The Labour Day holiday saw a surge of tourism in China, setting records and providing a boost to consumption at a time when the country is looking to solidify its economic recovery.
Witnesses tell police woman bundled into car by two men in Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district.
A record 246,000 international visitors flocked to the spring session of the Canton Fair over the last three weeks in Guangzhou, but deals signed rose by only 10 per cent from the previous edition.
Some were aware of the risks and joined voluntarily, but others said they were tricked into going to the frontline after being promised cooking and cleaning jobs.
Thailand’s farms are buckling under the high temperatures, while Malaysia braces for ecological impacts like rising dengue cases
Beijing’s ‘intensifying efforts’ in Palestinian reconciliation talks aimed at influencing reconstruction, governance of post-conflict Gaza, observers say.
Ma mobilised thousands of medical staff to help during major outbreaks while arguing in favour of stringent testing, quarantines and lockdowns.
Firm’s flagship corporate social responsibility initiative works with 500 global universities and has benefited more than 18,000 students from 140 nations and regions.
Series of exercises later this year to focus on ‘operational resilience’ of essential facilities.
Announcement comes amid fragile Gaza ceasefire talks between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
The incident occurred on Saturday as an Australian air warfare destroyer was enforcing UN sanctions against North Korea in international waters in the Yellow Sea, the Defense Department said in a statement.
More than 46 per cent of urban residents polled by People’s Bank of China say job market is ‘uncertain’, while 62 per cent aim to save more, in continued challenge for policymakers counting on domestic consumption to propel the economy.
A top physicist is ‘confident’ Chinese scientists can build the world’s largest collider, as debate of the project continues.
From a baby in Hong Kong left with ‘irreversible’ brain damage after abuse to Asia’s multibillion-dollar fertility treatment industry, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.
Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, a close Duterte ally, has initiated a hearing in which a former anti-narcotics agent claimed Marcos Jnr was a drug abuser.
To slyly raise prices without alerting customers, manufacturers have been shrinking the size of their products amid South Korea’s skyrocketing food inflation – but regulators have caught wind.
Malaysia has been accused by the West of helping Tehran evade sanctions through the supply of Iranian oil to China via a “dark fleet” in its waters.
More than half of middle-income households in Hong Kong believe house prices are poised to rally now that all of the restrictions in the market have been scrapped, according to a survey by Citibank.
Sustainable aviation fuel is made from 100 per cent renewable waste and residue raw materials and cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80 per cent over the fuel’s life cycle, Finnish firm Neste said.
The HKMA plans to replace the term ‘virtual bank’ with ‘licensed digital bank’ in reference to the city’s eight branchless lenders to remove negative connotations associated with the term in Chinese.
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.
Teresa Teng’s untimely death in 1995 sparked many a conspiracy theory. A former employee of the Chiang Mai hotel where the singer lived and died recalls what happened on that fateful day 29 years ago.
Academics said his use of the term was unfair given Japan’s unique cultural and historical context.
From Singapore and Malaysia to Australia, New Zealand and the China-focused clinics of Thailand, would-be parents are finding fertility treatments can take their financial, physical and emotional toll.
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.