Canada sanctions 8 Chinese officials, citing human rights violations
Canada imposed sanctions on eight former and current senior Chinese officials on Tuesday, citing alleged state-led human rights violations in the Xinjiang region, Tibet...
South Korea’s ex-defence minister formally arrested over martial law imposition
Published: 12:30am, 11 Dec 2024Updated: 1:19am, 11 Dec 2024 South Korea’s previous defence minister was formally arrested on Wednesday over his alleged collusion with...
Trump mocks Trudeau as ‘governor’ of ‘state’ of Canada
US president-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday mocked Canada’s Justin Trudeau as the “governor” of a state, rather than prime minister of the giant US...
China’s export boom not bust despite November dip: 5 takeaways
1. Exports decline just a blip China’s export growth slowed in November, missing expectations and growing by 6.7 per cent year on year to...
Students prepared to raise their game with the Sinopec-donated training hub
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Advertisement Funded by Sinopec and after months of planning to engage teachers...
US adds 2 Chinese firms to trade blacklist over human rights concerns
Published: 11:18pm, 10 Dec 2024Updated: 12:56am, 11 Dec 2024 The United States added two Chinese companies to a trade restriction list on Tuesday for...
Messi, Kowloon Walled City film and ‘playing badminton’: what Hong Kong googled most in 2024
Football legend Lionel Messi, who created a media storm in the city earlier this year for sitting out in a long-awaited game, emerged as...
Why China needs allies in the next mining frontier – the ocean floor
China should shore up alliances with pro-seabed mining countries to control and extract the wealth of critical resources in the world’s largely unexplored ocean...
Syrian rebels name Mohammed al-Bashir head of transitional government
The rebels who ousted president Bashar al-Assad and are now in power in Syria appointed a transitional head of government on Tuesday to run...