US businesses hoard to prepare for Trump’s tariffs
From an ice-cream parlour in California to a medical supply business in North Carolina to a T-shirt vendor outside Detroit, US businesses are bracing...
Why DeepSeek caught so many in the West by surprise
To those of us who follow Western media, the typical reporting about China tends to centre around its label as a competitor and rival,...
Made in Morocco: how China’s EV battery makers are powering past Western tariffs
An electric vehicle (EV) battery parts maker has become the latest Chinese company to begin production in Morocco to target lucrative European and North...
5 years after it was banned, China’s Shein returns to India
Reliance Retail has launched an app in India to sell fashionwear from China’s Shein under a licensing deal, almost five years since Shein’s app...
Sudan market attack kills 54, wounds more than 150
An attack on an open market in the Sudanese city of Omdurman by a paramilitary group killed 54 people and wounded at least 158,...
Singapore actor’s love scam story puts shifting Philippine fraud networks in focus
The case of a Singaporean actor who fell victim to a love scam has reignited concerns over the persistence of such fraud operations in...
Trump tariffs will prolong high interest rates, Hong Kong’s Paul Chan warns
Published: 2:19pm, 2 Feb 2025Updated: 2:46pm, 2 Feb 2025 America’s new tariffs on Chinese imports could trigger domestic inflation in the United States, potentially...
China’s Type 055 destroyer can stop US fleet with unmanned ‘kill web’, war game suggests
One warrior skilfully defeating eight assailants is not a scenario that is only confined to a Bruce Lee kung fu movie – it can...
Warning over scamming RedNote ‘fake foreigners’ who share improper content
So-called fake foreigners have emerged on mainland social media platforms, posing as TikTok refugees to deceive young women and share inappropriate content, sparking widespread...