China’s rare earth export controls have gone global. Can it enforce them?
As more countries begin formulating contingency plans for their stocks of rare earth elements, analysts said China’s tightening control over its near-monopoly status in...
Chinese team aims to test powerful chip on world’s largest optical telescope
Chinese researchers have developed an optical chip the size of a fingernail that can analyse light in real time with a precision once possible...
Outrage over celebrity revels at South Korean breast cancer event
A breast cancer awareness fundraiser by a South Korean high fashion magazine has come under fire for focusing too much on the celebrities and...
Western framework ‘cannot explain’ China, academics say in call for context
Western theoretical frameworks are often ill-suited for China studies, according to Chinese academics who called instead for research that was grounded in the country’s...
Hong Kong to showcase 4,000 years of ancient Egypt, reinforcing belt and road ties
A nearly three-metre-tall (9.8-foot) statue of Tutankhamun, ancient Egyptian jewellery and other historical artefacts covering 4,000 years of history will be exhibited in Hong...
No ‘Beijing’s blessing’ or special treatment in Hong Kong election, office says
Published: 7:26pm, 17 Oct 2025Updated: 8:22pm, 17 Oct 2025 Veteran Hong Kong lawmaker Michael Tien Puk-sun has said he is considering stepping down following...
Malaysia football suspends a top official over Fifa eligibility scandal
Published: 7:04pm, 17 Oct 2025Updated: 7:18pm, 17 Oct 2025 The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) said on Friday it had suspended its secretary general...
China ‘showed integrated combat capabilities in locking on US fifth-gen jets’
Published: 6:00pm, 17 Oct 2025Updated: 6:24pm, 17 Oct 2025 A Chinese J-16 fighter that locked onto two foreign warplanes – believed to be American...
‘Painkiller’: Taiwan singer helps cancer-hit blogger with comforting late wedding
Taiwan singer Kenji Wu has given a 26-year-old blogger with terminal stomach cancer an “emotional painkiller” by helping her hold a belated wedding ceremony....