Beijing has yet to formally recognise new government but has pledged funds for rebuilding economy, fighting terrorism and earthquake relief.

Netizens are slamming a Philippine congressman’s proposal to rename Manila’s airport after the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, just a week after his namesake son became president.

After Russian forces on Sunday took control of Lysychansk, Ukraine’s military braced for an assault on Donetsk, with the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk both in the Russian line of fire.

Pricing the Hong Kong offer at the top of the range is a shot in the arms for Hong Kong’s stock market, which skidded to 10th place during the first half in the global ranking of IPO destinations.

Mohammad Barkindo was due to step down at the end of this month after six years in the top job at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Chief executive vows to look into minimising inconvenience for arrivals and reducing seven-day hotel quarantine.

Washington’s proposed new restriction would expand an existing moratorium on the sale of the most advanced chip-making systems to China, thwarting the country’s semiconductor ambitions.

Harumichi Shibasaki was nearly 70 when he began making YouTube art tutorials from his quiet home in the Japanese countryside. Five years on, he has 1.4 million subscribers.

Belarus, an “all-weather good friend” of China’s, has launched online stores on Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com and short video app Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, to promote and sell its goods to Chinese consumers.

Britain’s national newspapers painted a grim picture on Wednesday for Boris Johnson, who faces the biggest leadership crisis of his premiership after Rishi Sunak quit as chancellor of the exchequer and Sajid Javid resigned as health secretary.

Hundreds of thousands of animals have been infected with the contagious viral disease across Indonesia, significantly dampening sales of livestock ahead of the Islamic ‘Festival of Sacrifice’.

The couple from Guangxi had their seventh child taken away more than 30 years ago and the refusal to investigate trafficking claims triggered a public outcry.

A two-year-old boy who was found alone after Monday’s mass shooting in a Chicago suburb has been left orphaned.

The scientists created 75 cloned mice from freeze-dried cells using a technique they believe could one day help conserve species and overcome challenges related to current methods of storing biological samples at low temperatures.

Activity not part of any joint Russia-China exercises but to prevent misunderstanding, Chinese analyst says.

Opponents of the secret agreement which comes up for renewal in October include former Hong Kong archbishop Joseph Zen.

Ren Zhengfei said ‘Huawei’s strategy should not be decided by a handful of people’ but ‘come from tens of thousands of experts’.

Education, social welfare sectors among latest to host seminars aimed at learning, promoting and implementing ‘the spirit of Xi’s important speech’.

But even before session began, Lee drew criticism for asking lawmakers to stick to just handful of policy areas.

The requests come as the US is conducting a four-year statutory review of the Trump-era tariffs after the issue was raised during a call between Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He on Tuesday.

Engineers lose touch with the US$32.7 million craft after kick-starting it on its way to test a lopsided lunar orbit.

Industry experts are calling on Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu to speed up the building of transitional housing, streamline the planning process, and relax curbs on reselling as short-term measures to address a chronic shortage of flats.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr said he wanted Manila’s ties with Beijing to be about more than the disputed waterway, telling reporters ‘let’s have cultural exchanges, educational exchanges, even military, if that will be useful’.

Throughout Nato’s history, China has been both adversary and ally, but never before has it been so high up on the organisation’s agenda. While the alliance’s focus remains on Europe, China’s relationship with Russia means that security in the...

Police’s bomb squad called in to the High Court in Admiralty, with unknown substance in parcel later found to be protein powder.

A group of friends hiking was surprised to encounter a middle-aged man living a reclusive life reading books in a collection of caves in southwestern China.

Decrease in perfect scores came as number of local candidates rose from 2,193 to 2,213.

The vacancy rate in Hong Kong’s premium office market climbed to 12 per cent in June, the highest since the third quarter of 2003, as a rising number of companies adopt flexible work arrangements and cost saving measures to cope with the economic d...

While rising prices are a top worry for many Japanese, security concerns over Russia, China and North Korea have also led to increased support for amending the country’s pacifist constitution.

Key benchmarks include virus’ reproductive rate falling below one and whether more transmissive Omicron subvariants become dominant strain in city, source says.

Researchers have discovered a new kind of ‘pentaquark’ and the first-ever pair of ‘tetraquarks’ as they seek to unlock the building blocks of the universe.

It has been unfurled on a recently launched Long March 2 and may help it re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere within two years.

The city’s new health secretary has pledged to use scientific, effective and precise measures to achieve maximum results. For Hong Kong, the best measure would be to map a science-based exit path from the pandemic, as befits a global financial cent...

China’s inflation rate is relatively benign compared to Western countries, but there are fears rising prices for pork, a staple meat, may drive up consumer inflation.

China’s GDS is expanding its data centre operations to Southeast Asia, with Singapore as a major hub, to serve the increasing number of mainland Chinese technology companies operating in the region.

US Senator Lindsey Graham and other allies of the ex-president were also subpoenaed by a special grand jury in Georgia.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi have scheduled an in-person discussion in Bali, with expected topics to include Beijing’s continued support of Moscow.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was clinging to power, gravely wounded by the resignation of ministers who said he was not fit to govern.

Suspect Robert Crimo, who has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder, is thought to have done so to hide his facial tattoos and help him flee.

The prime minister’s office earlier claimed he was not briefed on allegations faced by deputy whip Chris Pincher, who resigned in dramatic fashion last week.

‘Conscious music’ draws on elements of Islam and spiritual poetry, and it is often laced with religious metaphors to circumvent measures restricting some free speech in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Even though President Joe Biden may end up lifting tariffs to curb inflation – possibly this week – there are concerns among Hong Kong-based manufacturers that such tariffs ‘may come back anytime’.

Searches make Vivo the latest Chinese tech company to face scrutiny by Indian investigative agencies, after similar raids against Xiaomi and Huawei earlier this year.

Northwestern Polytechnical University team says its combination of rocket and air-breathing engines could exceed Mach 5.

Authorities have instructed about 50,000 people to evacuate and another 28,000 to prepare to escape the rising waters in New South Wales.

URA says projects in Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok districts part of five-year plan to deliver more than 13,400 new flats.

Russian forces struck a market in the city of Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring at least seven others.

The new facility, whose name and location remain secret, can simulate extreme flight conditions at Mach 5 or faster at high altitude.

The new 12S-series smartphones reflect Xiaomi founder Lei Jun’s pledge to ratchet up the firm’s challenge to Apple in the high-end segment of the smartphone market.

Chinese embassies in Russia and the Philippines say more services and airlines will start operating between the countries.