Just what the doctor ordered: how AI could help China bridge the medical resources gap
Li Bin, a doctor at the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, was among the wave of Chinese consumers who snapped up Apple Mac Mini...
Default in our stars: China’s banks use satellites to track assets with sky-high scrutiny
With bad loans and repayment collateral in focus, Chinese banks are increasingly using satellites to evaluate their clients’ terrestrial assets, mounting a hi-tech offensive...
Japanese military seeks answers for fatal Type 10 tank blast that should not have happened
A turret explosion that killed three Japanese crew members inside a Type 10 tank during manoeuvres earlier this week has caused shock and confusion...
China’s AI token drive is really about upgrading inland economies
The idea of a token economy is gaining traction. The concept is still nascent, loosely defined and easy to dismiss as just another piece...
Russia accuses US of using coups, kidnappings to ‘defend its well-being’ at any cost
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the United States of abandoning internationally recognised diplomatic conventions in pursuit of its own interests, particularly in dominating...
Wang Fuk Court residents make long climb to retrieve family treasures, bid farewell
Hon Wing, 77, and his family climbed 19 floors to their fire-ravaged flat in Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court housing estate on Tuesday but...
Why China will see India’s latest defence deal with South Korea as ‘inevitably sensitive’
China would see India’s attempt to expand defence industry cooperation with South Korea in artillery and anti-aircraft guns as “inevitably sensitive” given Beijing’s border...
WHO approves first malaria treatment for babies
The World Health Organization announced on Friday that it had given prequalification approval to a malaria treatment for newborns and infants for the first...
Mixed bag: Indonesia’s 8% growth dream hits a plastic ceiling
The plastic bag is an unlikely symbol of economic frailty. But in Indonesia, the soaring cost of that humble everyday item is raising uncomfortable...