How China’s ancient capital staked a claim to the nation’s fastest export growth
A booming semiconductor industry is helping drive a surge in trade in Xian, one of China’s ancient capitals, making it the country’s top performer...
Over 1,000 still in Japan shelters 3 months after Kumamoto quake: ‘exhausted all the time’
More than 1,000 people are still taking shelter in evacuation centres, awaiting temporary housing three months after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan’s Kumamoto...
Will China travel hurt US students’ careers? FBI battles fears as talent pipeline stalls
Published: 8:56am, 28 Oct 2026Updated: 9:04am, 28 Oct 2026 An American student considering studying in China attended a briefing with a senior FBI official...
‘Don’t have the illusion’: graduate job ads down 22% as AI rewrites the rules
Fresh-graduate job postings in Hong Kong fell 22 per cent in the first nine months of this year from the same period in 2025,...
China’s battery factories could be sitting right on top of vast lithium deposits
Lithium deposits formed by ancient volcanic activity may lie beneath parts of China’s battery manufacturing heartland, particularly along the southeastern coast, according to a...
Why is the US reluctant to give South Korea wartime control of its troops?
South Korea wants to take back wartime command of its troops from the United States within the next two years, but analysts say Washington...
Global carmakers search for new China strategy as market share slips below 30%
Global carmakers are searching for a way to survive in China’s cutthroat market, as they continue to lose ground to domestic competitors in a...
UK King Charles lands in the Bahamas, faces demands for slavery reparations
Britain’s King Charles arrived in the Bahamas on Tuesday as part of a nine-day trip to the Caribbean, where he faces calls for an...
Alexander brothers each get 30 years in prison for drugging, raping women
Three once high-flying brothers convicted of exploiting their wealth and access to luxury real estate to drug and rape dozens of women were sentenced...