In a global first, Hong Kong opens secondary trading for tokenised public funds
Published: 6:01pm, 26 Oct 2026Updated: 6:02pm, 26 Oct 2026 The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) on Monday approved the world’s first-ever secondary...
Why China’s heritage-listed Dog-Carrying Festival honours canines as sacred lifesavers
In a remote Miao village in southwestern China, dogs are honoured as life-saving heroes. Every seventh month of the lunar calendar, residents of Jiaobang...
The Weeknd’s ‘Hong Kong’ captures nostalgia for bygone era, video director says
Published: 5:12pm, 26 Oct 2026Updated: 6:42pm, 26 Oct 2026 A new viral song by Canadian singer The Weeknd, “Hong Kong”, is a love letter...
Lula secures surprise win to retain Brazil presidency
Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva staged a surprise comeback to secure a fourth term in office, extending a presidency that has overseen...
AI chip surge lifts South Korea to record surplus, behind only China
Published: 4:39pm, 26 Oct 2026Updated: 5:03pm, 26 Oct 2026 South Korea earned US$116.63 billion more from the world than it spent in the second...
China may well be the next big competitor for Asian migrant labour
For decades, China was one of the world’s largest sources of migrant labour. Its workers staffed factories at home and built infrastructure abroad. But...
What Hongkongers need to know about the latest changes to the MPF scheme
Hong Kong employees will have better control over the management of their compulsory retirement savings under the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) starting from December...
‘Fed up’ Malaysian sultan rebukes scandal-hit pilgrimage fund, demands accountability
A Malaysian ruler has demanded accountability over the mismanagement of a pilgrimage fund, where a government rescue, criminal proceedings against former officials and half-hearted...
Could new US investment curbs complicate China’s biotech licensing surge?
Chinese biotech firms face fresh headwinds in their global expansion as Washington’s proposed outbound investment restrictions threaten to disrupt deal structures, even though drug...