But with no mention by the State Council of the worsening outbreak situation, analysts continue to ask how economic growth can be achieved amid widespread lockdowns and mobility restrictions.

Landlocked Laos, one of the world’s least developed economies, has been a staunch regional backer of China but debt concerns are mounting.

Monday’s 5.6-magnitude quake, about 75km south of Jakarta, killed at least 271 people and left thousands sheltering in tents. Sanitation is lacking and rubbish is piling up as survivors ration food and other essentials.

Anwar Ibrahim’s victory in the Malaysian election caps one of the most remarkable political turnarounds in modern Southeast Asian history.

After the US midterms, Chinese experts say bilateral relations between China and the US will remain turbulent and unpredictable.

Number of infected patients in serious or critical condition has also risen from 90 last week to more than 100 lately.

Nine-day visit to US by diverse group of former Chinese officials and scholars seen as being part of efforts by both sides to de-escalate bilateral tensions.

The Philippines has asked for ‘clarification from the Chinese side’ regarding an incident involving a Chinese coastguard forcibly seizing Chinese rocket debris in possession of Filipino navy personnel.

A visit to China by European Council President Charles Michel next month comes amid concerns the bloc has too much economic reliance on Beijing.

An array of disruptions and a bird flu outbreak have led to empty shelves in supermarkets, with consumers fretting over supplies ahead of Christmas.

What Singapore and Hong Kong are doing appears to be centralised, contradicting the permissionless principle of the cryptocurrency movement.

Analysts have pointed out that no elected PM has completed a full five-year term due to the political machinations of army chiefs they appointed.

The Russian president is planning to meet the women as his efforts to shield citizens from the costs of the fighting wear thin.

China has the world’s largest network for bullet trains. The network is getting bigger, with plans to extend it to 50,000km by 2025, and 200,000km by 2035.

After years of uncertainty, group announced in October it would go on mandatory military service, starting with Jin, who turns 30 on December 4.

NHC reports 31,444 local infections in China on Thursday, including 1,648 reported in Beijing, which so far has not imposed a hard lockdown.

Sector representative says initial plan is to implement latest proposed increase in two years, with details to be ironed out.

A 6-year-old boy has been pulled from the rubble of a deadly Indonesia earthquake in a ‘miracle rescue’, while one survivor’s ‘blessing’ baby was born in a tent.

Thieves broke into the unguarded Celtic and Roman Museum in Manching and made off with 483 Celtic coins after disrupting communications networks in the area.

Saint Barnabas Society and Home runs its Regain Crystal Clear Vision project, backed by fundraising drive Operation Santa Claus.

The electoral court said the Liberal Party was acting in ‘bad faith’ and trying to undermine Brazil’s electronic voting system.

Bill Ackman, founder of US hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, is betting against the Hong Kong dollar, saying that the peg no longer made sense.

Kim Yo-jong’s comments come days after she warned the US would face ‘a more fatal security crisis’ as it pushes for UN condemnation of the North’s recent missile test that showed potential to strike the US.

Pakatan Harapan’s chief has been sworn in as Malaysia’s 10th prime minister, after five days of political uncertainty.

Opinion in China is divided over the latest case of tough love parenting where a boy watching too much TV is forced to stay up all night in front of the screen as punishment.

Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s ‘friend to all, enemy to none’ foreign policy could be tested when he visits Beijing next year.

Government may be able to build bigger flats when it dominates land supply and has accelerated development procedures, Winnie Ho says.

Little evidence that Russian institutions have used Cross-Border Interbank Payment System to evade Western sanctions over Ukraine invasion.

A steady rise in revenue could help shore up investor confidence in Meituan, after its major shareholder Tencent Holdings said it would give away around US$20 billion worth of Meituan shares as dividends.

Multiple sources say hundreds seek temporary shelter after their release from quarantine, denied access to their homes in Haizhu district.

The former vice-president is said to be considering the request by investigators looking into Trump’s effort to stay in power after losing the 2020 election.

Items on the list include pump bottles for hand sanitizer, blood pressure monitors, fingertip pulse oximeters, MRI machines and X-ray tables

Former UK Paralympic sprinter John McFall is part of a new generation of 17 recruits picked for training to work and live in space.

Moscow’s latest missile barrage forced Kyiv to shut several of the country’s nuclear plants, as the US warns Putin is trying to ‘freeze the country into submission’.

The offer has reportedly been made to newly-hired workers only with protests still continuing at the Foxconn Zhengzhou plant over pay and conditions.

After escaping black holes, particles accelerate to nearly the speed of light and shine as bright as 100 billion suns, according to international team that includes researchers from China.

Prominent economist Wang Yiming’s economic-growth projection is at the high end of expectations among analysts, and it comes with a number of conditions and concerns, some shared by other advisers.

Fewer than 40 per cent of registered street sleepers received support from government subsidised groups in last year.

Health officials invite doctors Xie Dongping and Wu Guangping as part of visiting scholars scheme to promote use of Chinese treatments in public health sector.

While it is ‘confident’ the errors were accidental, global governing body says it will look into how to prevent further issues.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa hailed the six-storey building in Mt. Hampden as a ‘testimony of the strategic and comprehensive partnership’ between Harare and Beijing.

Home sales watchdog authority fails to meet time targets in 76 per cent of complaint investigations, Audit Commission says.

Information Minister Annuar Musa shared a video of a political rally in Taiwan without specifying so, and urged Muslims to not take ‘clear enemies of the religion as allies’.

The scenes of violence have upset the image that local official media had painted of a smooth resumption of production at the Foxconn plant amid strict Covid-19 restrictions.

Audit Commission also calls on transport authorities to shorten queues for driving tests in report on city’s licensing service for motorists.

Electronics demand is cooling as shoppers react to elevated inflation and slowing economic growth.

Three years into experiment, some of the Kwai Tsing facility’s classes attract just a single person while many fail to meet minimum enrolment thresholds.

The State Administration for Market Regulation, China’s antitrust regulator, has proposed tougher curbs and penalties on unfair practices adopted by internet giants such as Alibaba, Tencent and Meituan.

Following leaders’ meeting on Apec sidelines Chinese and Japanese officials pledged to ‘earnestly implement’ agreement reached by Xi and Kishida.

The court ruled the Scottish government cannot hold a second vote on independence without approval from the British parliament.