In the sleepy fishing towns, many locals are sanguine, despite the frequent PLA fighters flying over the Taiwan Strait.

Big-hearted Chinese man holds down two jobs for nearly a decade so he can provide for his own family – and seven more disadvantaged children.

Taiwan’s rough terrain, heavily fortified islet outposts and Beijing’s own concerns about mass casualties and image might deter assault, say experts.

Anyone convicted of using abusive language to insult a person in a public setting, including online, now face up to one year behind bars or a fine of up to US$2,236. Previously, a conviction could have led to a maximum prison term of 30 days or a fin...

Ukraine appeared to threaten to target a key Russian bridge across the Kerch Strait to Crimea by publishing details of its construction.

The European Commission will meet Friday to give its fast-tracked opinion on Ukraine’s bid for EU candidacy, a step closer to membership for the country.

Reported claims made about the health of Russian President Vladimir Putin are lurid and macabre, as well as impossible to verify.

Republican and Democrat duo introduce draft legislation which includes proposed changes to Washington’s long-standing policy.

Chief executive sets out new measures in press briefing, with city’s caseload crossing 1,000 for three days straight.

Trip by Penny Wong marks the first visit to the Solomons by an Australian foreign minister since the island nation sealed a security pact in April with China, sparking alarm in the US, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

More than 400 fire and rescue personnel and 47 rescue vehicles were sent to the scene of the explosion in the Lanzhou company’s sewage treatment workshop.

The Netherlands said it had stopped a Russian spy posing as a Brazilian intern from infiltrating the International Criminal Court, which is investigating war crimes in Ukraine.

The World Trade Organization concluded hard-won deals after hectic round-the-clock talks in Geneva.

Even as emerging market economies like Malaysia grapple with the repercussions of the pandemic and Ukraine war, they tend to put off the more difficult structural adjustments necessary for growth. In Malaysia, meagre private-sector investments stems ...

After at least two delays, the Type 003 warship has left the Jiangnan shipyard in Shanghai, according to Chinese state media.

China State Railway Group says new 825km Hotan-Ruoqiang railway will ‘play a role in boosting ethnic unity, strengthening national defence’.

Scheme extended to cover people in Hong Kong eligible for permanent residency while excluding locals planning to emigrate.

This week in ‘love and courage in China’, we highlight stories that celebrate the human spirit including a grandfather waiting all day for a package, a boy mourns his pet chick and dozens of dogs are saved with quick thinking.

In 1982, Chinese immigrant Vincent Chin was beaten to death with a baseball bat in Detroit by two white men who never served jail time.

Criticism of the monarchy is taboo in Thailand, where King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his close family are protected by some of the world’s toughest royal insult laws, with each charge carrying a prison term of up to 15 years.

Ukraine’s president referenced Star Wars and World War II as he sought aid from big tech firms, appearing as a hologram at a conference in Paris.

With no domestic market and limited aviation experience, Singapore’s dream of owning a world-class international airline seemed far-fetched, but Pillay believed it was achievable.

The Post talks to some of Hong Kong’s ‘Covid-19 heroes’, people who have risen to the challenges thrown at them by the virus over the past two years.

South Korea’s Foreign Minister Park Jin wants to settle old disputes and revive a military information agreement thought to have lost steam under Seoul’s previous government.

Protesters were angry over new short-term military scheme, where a majority of recruits will be compulsorily retired after four years with no pension benefits.

Ruan Zongze, 56, is the former vice-president of the CIIS, a think tank run by the foreign ministry.

In a culture that views thinness as the epitome of female beauty the case of a Chinese woman with anorexia nervosa ignoring medical advice spurs debate about beauty standards in China.

Topping off the higher rates is a bulging pipeline of new flats – estimated at 12,646 in 2022 by JLL – waiting to find buyers.

Insistence on ‘zero infections’ left authorities unable to act swiftly when Omicron variant of coronavirus arrived, experts say.

But despite the reduced risk, more people have been infected with the variant, meaning the number of patients with lingering symptoms has actually increased.

The mob storming the building came within 12 metres of the VP; Trump supporters threatened to hang Pence, even erecting a gallows outside.

As concern grows about the labour market, China’s Communist Youth League says it will help at least 100,000 graduates find jobs this year, including through volunteer missions to impoverished regions.

Kurt Campbell, US President Joe Biden’s Indo-Pacific adviser, discusses plans to offer more security guarantees to New Delhi and also hints at developments in the Aukus pact.

Thousands of travellers are likely to be affected each day, as the Netherland’s busiest airport struggles with a surge in demand as the Covid-19 demand eases.

Global inflation is soaring, reaching a 40-year high in the US, thanks to sky-high food and energy prices that have been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. Why is it a different story in China?

Nicholas Burns also counters the claim that US policy is designed to keep China down and prevent it from developing. ‘The evidence doesn’t bear that out,’ he says

If the IPEF seems to offer little to its Southeast Asian members, that’s because it was never really meant to. Instead, the framework is another attempt to bring India into the Western fold while positioning it more strategically in the Indo-Pacifi...

The species is threatened by the loss of sea ice, but an isolated population found in Greenland suggests they could change their hunting practices to adapt.

Penalties over petrochemical exports were also imposed on Chinese citizen Jinfeng Gao and Indian national Mohammed Shaheed Ruknooddin Bhore.

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says an unchallenged invasion of Ukraine would embolden ‘other would-be aggressors, like China’.

Study published in Science reveals major shift from 1990s estimate showing roughly 50-50 split in human and natural sources.

For two years she has ruled the country’s Covid-19 response with an iron fist, but at 72 the vice-premier is expected to step down at this year’s party congress.

New Delhi said it was confident more global accords could be achieved as negotiations on fishing, vaccines and food security entered their final hours.

Some Western nations use democracy and human rights as a pretext to meddle overseas, Xi Jinping told Politburo study session in February.

Chinese Academy of Sciences team discovered a new technique they say improved efficacy and safety in study on mice.

As the US Federal Reserve announces the largest hike to its benchmark interest rate in 28 years, China is pushing for stabilisation and shying away from headline rate reductions to stimulate the economy.

Among 21 principal officials tipped to be recruited by Lee, only six not from current administration.

Consultation paper by city’s judiciary suggests expanding use of remote hearings beyond civil cases, with proposed bill open to public input until September 22.

If confirmed, Ip, 71 will be first woman to lead body of advisers that helps chief executive in policymaking.