The added value of the financial sector is being calculated via a new set of metrics to increase statistical accuracy and cut down on data manipulation, making GDP figures more resilient to massaging by localities.
The Beijing-based Grandview Institution says Hanoi ramped up island expansion in the South China Sea from 2021 using large dredgers.
Lee Hsien Loong has led the island nation through major challenges in his two decades behind the wheel and will hand over power on May 15.
Strong financial results by the two companies are the touchstones of the earnings growth that global investors are looking for, as they debate whether China’s post-pandemic recovery was a flash in the pan.
Hong Kong trade office in London was where former city leader Carrie Lam and ex-finance chief John Tsang nurtured their budding government careers.
Enhanced mechanism set to boost international investors’ confidence in the onshore bond market and further internationalise the yuan, according to industry experts.
Nearly 40 officers from the Philippine armed forces took part in a military exchange programme with China that started from 2008.
How explorers and conservationists protect our planet along Africa’s Zambezi River, on Canada’s Mount Logan, Swiss Alps’ glaciers, and plains of Chile and Argentina.
US President Joe Biden also gives his action a political edge, criticising Donald Trump, his predecessor and challenger for re-election, for failing to increase US exports and boost manufacturing.
A meeting of political officials and experts has been convened to propose new ways to boost dropping fertility rates, as recent policies have made little headway in encouraging births.
Hong Kong is missing out on an office investment boom in the Asia-Pacific region this year as a supply glut and high vacancy rates put investors off the segment, according to analysts.
Hong Kong’s market regulator has warned the public to beware of a suspected investment scam in which fraudsters claim they are trying to raise the funds to relaunch one of the city’s iconic nightclubs.
Lupus has no cure, but people can live with the autoimmune disease – actress Selena Gomez is an example. My Lupus Diary, founded in Hong Kong by lupus sufferer Sapphire Shen, supports fellow patients.
A Chinese think tank calls for a strong response, ‘countermeasures’ after the Balikatan exercise sent an ‘increasingly dangerous’ signal on Taiwan.
A carbon trading system that promotes tighter supply and higher prices can induce China’s cement makers to undertake costly investment, Ian Riley of World Cement Association says.
A coastguard boat escorted the flotilla carrying supplies to Filipino fishermen in the China-controlled reef.
Palestinians observe May 15 as Nakba Day, Arabic for catastrophe, to commemorate the expulsion of 700,000 Arabs at the time of the establishment of Israel in 1948.
China’s oldest pole dancer loves the hobby that she started 14 years ago, she says it improves her health and she intends to carry on throughout her 80s.
Confidence among Chinese consumers was showing ‘early signs of growth’, according to Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai, as the e-commerce giant expects business to be back on the growth path this year.
Official says the plan is to build a control point in Luohu, with co-location arrangements adopted.
Hong Kong must walk the talk, and get Beijing’s backing to showcase how ‘two systems’ is not only alive but working well.
Traditional bouquets and family lunch just as important for some, as last-minute shoppers hit Mong Kok’s flower market.
Popular chain Bakehouse and long-time operator Kee Wah Bakery hope new rules will help them deliver made-in-Hong Kong goods to hungry consumers across the border.
Fresh US tariffs targeting China’s new-energy sector are imminent, threatening to thwart export efforts aimed at alleviating a market oversupply.
With its narrowbody C919 flying regular routes and orders pouring in, China has already started design work on the next generation of its domestically produced commercial aircraft – the C939.
Lack of a level playing field is underlying issue of overcapacity, Berlin’s representative in Beijing said, in a wide-ranging interview.