4 Chinese nationals arrested in Papua New Guinea human trafficking bust

Four Chinese nationals are suspected of forcing 39 people to work in an online scam operation from a living room in the capital of Papua…

The coming war with Russia: a European road to ruin

NATO, EU and E3 leaders are taking Europe down a path to be ready for war by 2030. In the light of European bellicosity, Russia…

Hong Kong court to rule on ex-Stand News editor’s appeal bid against sedition conviction in 6 months

A Hong Kong appellate court will rule within six months on a bid by a former Stand News editor to overturn his sedition conviction, following…

Trump China meeting already going wrong

Kelvin Kong replaces Andrew Kan as director of the police Department for Safeguarding National Security

Kelvin Kong has been sworn in as the head of the police Department for Safeguarding National Security, replacing Andrew Kan, who has retired. Kong, 54,…

Why they’re laughing at Trump’s UN speech

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Elderly woman to stand trial under nat. security legislation despite psychosis diagnosis

A 61-year-old woman will go to trial over allegedly displaying seditious publications from her flat, despite being diagnosed with psychosis and delusional disorder after a…

Pakistan’s US opening looks well beyond the next crisis

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to meet Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York on September 22, on the sidelines of the United…

China curbs drug precursor exports ahead of Xi’s US visit

China unveiled export restrictions on precursor chemicals that can be used to make drugs on Tuesday, days before a high-stakes meeting between President Xi Jinping…

China neutralizes yuan tensions ahead of Trump-Xi talks

TOKYO – If US President Donald Trump plans to make a big issue of the yuan on Thursday, Xi Jinping’s team just complicated things for…

Cambodia’s anti-scam summit can’t whitewash its own record

This week, Cambodia welcomes foreign diplomats, law-enforcement officials and financial regulators to Phnom Penh for the “International Conference on Combating Online Scams.” Prime Minister Hun…

China says opposes ‘illegal’ US sanctions on Iran airlines

China said on Tuesday it opposed “illegal” US sanctions on Iranian airlines, a day after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened potential measures in a televised…

Hong Kong man gets indefinite hospital order for fatal 2023 mall stabbings

A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to an indefinite period at a psychiatric hospital for stabbing two women to death in Diamond Hill’s Plaza…

Takaichi scrambles to reach Trump before he sees Xi

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is heading into an unusually consequential meeting with Donald Trump. The two are expected to meet in New York on…

Three Ts will dominate Trump-Xi summit

When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping last sat down in May 2026, talk was centered on three Ts: trade, technology and Taiwan. The latest…

Bound by reality: forging an American strategy for China

This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with kind permission. Read the original here. The US-China relationship stands at a perilous threshold,…

The deal Trump and Xi should artfully make

In July 1971, Henry Kissinger, then American national security adviser, had arrived in Pakistan on an official trip but suddenly developed a convenient case of…

Houthis choking the life out of Asia’s gasping energy supplies

In late July, two tankers loaded with Saudi crude for Asia left the Red Sea port of Yanbu and headed south toward Bab al-Mandeb. Then…

HKFP Lens: Fans celebrate Hong Kong icon Leslie Cheung on what would have been his 70th birthday

Exhibitions and events around Hong Kong have celebrated local icon Leslie Cheung on what would have been his 70th birthday on September 12. More than…