My food obsession has deep Chinese roots
I think about food constantly, not in a passive way, but obsessively. I plan my next meal while still chewing the last bite of...
New lending and repo plans accelerate the yuan’s challenge to the US dollar
When Hong Kong businessman Sunny Yip Yuk-chik heard about a new scheme that would make it easier and cheaper to borrow Chinese yuan, he...
Why Chinese boy rolls across newlyweds’ bed while chanting on wedding day
At some Chinese weddings, a little boy is invited to roll across the wedding bed while chanting blessings, praying for the couple to have...
64 South Korean cyber scam suspects repatriated from Cambodia
Published: 8:40am, 18 Oct 2025Updated: 10:19am, 18 Oct 2025 Sixty-four South Koreans who had been detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in cyberscam operations...
A perfect purr-scription? How ‘pet doctors’ can help Hong Kong hospital patients
One of the greatest wishes of Fung, an elderly patient hospitalised at Hong Kong’s Caritas Medical Centre for the past three months, is to...
Asia’s youngest nation nears the end of its years-long quest to belong
As the streets of Dili thrum with anticipation, East Timor is preparing for a diplomatic victory decades in the making. Advertisement Next weekend, Asia’s...
The aircraft carrier champion and naval genius behind China’s blue sea strategy
The commissioning of the Fujian, China’s third and most advanced aircraft carrier, will mark yet another milestone in the country’s naval ambition. Advertisement Behind...
Hamas sends Israel another hostage’s body, vows to return the rest
Published: 7:43am, 18 Oct 2025Updated: 7:52am, 18 Oct 2025 Hamas handed over to Israel the remains of one more hostage on Friday night, after...
Trump commutes sentence of ex-US lawmaker George Santos, orders him freed
US President Donald Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former congressman George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in...