Facing budget blowouts and new policy directions, local governments are finding ways to shed ‘iron rice bowl’ positions without mass redundancies.
Possibility of higher-for-longer interest rate regime in US may hurt city’s exports, inbound investment and capital markets, Chan says.
As China pumps money into the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, observers say its motivation is unlikely to be economic.
Snakebites remain a deadly threat in Nepal, especially among rural populations, but experts believe targeted awareness campaigns and increased treatment access could halve fatalities.
Consumers in Indonesia and Malaysia expressed concerns about whether the Chinese-made products meet halal certification standards
Chinese embassy in Wellington says Beijing has no hidden agenda or military intentions in the South Pacific.
Small number of pupils have engaged in ‘time zone cheating’ and practice not widespread, IB says, although Post finds papers downloaded over 45,000 times.
The theme park recently honoured more than 2,000 employees at its first-ever long-service awards ceremony, including twin brothers who have performed there for more than a decade.
An ancient tradition in China by which future brides are adopted by families with a son at a very young age and raised to be a wife still exists today, the Post explains why.
China’s steel production has increased, but a property market downturn and slowdown in infrastructure spending have seen prices plunge steeply, leading to overcapacity and trade tensions.
Matthias Ecke, a European parliament lawmaker, was set upon by four attackers as he put up election posters in an attack decried as a threat to democracy.
Over one million people have no access to drinking water and fast-rising water levels are straining dams, while rescuers face a huge task with entire towns inaccessible.
With its catchy melody, ‘Friendly Father’ is reminiscent of an Abba track – but with a Soviet-sounding twist.
PM Narendra Modi has attacked Gandhi’s decision, saying he is ‘scared to fight’ in Amethi against BJP’s Smriti Irani again.
Tourism minister Kevin Yeung says about 670,000 mainlanders came to city over first four days of Labour Day break.
The forensics team – Tokyo Prison Fire Project – have made ‘significant progress’ with the remains that were co-mingled and degraded by fire.
Hopes were high that President Yoon Suk-yeol’s first-ever meeting with the opposition chief might bring some measure of stability, but the encounter only underscored the country’s political gridlock.
In the US, for example, around 3,500 antisemitism incidents were counted between January and September 2023, followed by almost 4,000 in the last three months of the year after the Hamas attack on Israel.
Mainland China sends mixed messages as island’s president-elect William Lai Ching-te prepares to take office, sending PLA planes in closest known fly-by while signalling goodwill through eased tourism and imports.
Simon Wong, president of Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants and Related Trades, says visitor numbers below expectations compared with pre-pandemic levels.
Mainland China visitors to Hong Kong during the golden week holiday period will be offered a host of freebies by banks vying for their business amid growing interest in the city’s cash-for-residency scheme.
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners to receive eight months of training on the mainland and another 16 months in Hong Kong as part of government scheme.
Outstanding researchers in Beijing and Shanghai among those set to benefit from policies announced on Sunday by National Immigration Administration.
Almost 10 years after the ‘Made in China 2025’ targets were drawn up, we investigate just how many have been achieved.
With the junkets of Asia’s gambling capital ‘decimated’ by an anti-corruption crackdown, money launderers have shifted focus to more loosely regulated casinos in Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Myanmar.
A recent songwriting camp in Hong Kong brought Chris James, Gaston Pong and Chiyo – who between them have written for BTS, Tia Ray, and Priscilla Abby – to create all-but-guaranteed chart-toppers.
As China works to sell itself as a viable destination for international firms to air their disputes through arbitration, more must be done for these efforts to meet with success, analysts and professionals say.