China couple choose bicycles over limousines for wedding, get community blessings
A young man and woman in China who swapped traditional luxury bridal cars for a bicycle on their wedding day has captivated mainland social...
China’s advanced chest pain centre standards to go global through Hong Kong
Published: 1:37pm, 26 May 2025Updated: 1:43pm, 26 May 2025 Hong Kong will help mainland China internationalise its advanced standards for chest pain treatment centres,...
Can neighbours, security guards do more to help Hong Kong single families in need?
Neighbours, security guards and kindergartens can play a bigger role to help look out for vulnerable single-parent families in Hong Kong amid restricted information...
Go fish: China to deliver world’s first salmon-farming ship, modernising fisheries
China is building the world’s first ship dedicated to salmon farming, and it is set to be delivered in June, in a sign of...
Sleep helps the brain enter repair mode to clean up free radicals, Chinese study finds
Sleep serves as the brain’s nightly clean-up crew, flushing out harmful oxygen-derived free radicals that accumulate during wakefulness, Chinese scientists have discovered in a...
Hong Kong surgical robot start-up Cornerstone eyes funds to take on da Vinci
Hong Kong surgical robot start-up Cornerstone Robotics, which competes with rival products such as the da Vinci Surgical System, aims to raise more than...
World’s fastest coilgun, Korean-Chinese food, cancer drug trials: 5 weekend reads
We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would...
Shirtless man detained in Vietnam for vandalising historic throne
Police in Vietnam have detained a man who broke into a history exhibit and damaged an antique throne considered to be one of the...
In Singapore, ‘third places’ tap into yearning for deeper physical connection in digital age
When Rebecca Toh posted on social media in May 2024 to gauge interest in a community-run library in Singapore, she was surprised by the...