Tourists chase high-octane thrill in China’s trending biker capital

The roar of engines fills the night air in China’s Chongqing city as tourists awkwardly clamber onto gleaming motorbikes and cling to muscular drivers to…

UK court rejects challenge against new Chinese embassy in London

An English court on Friday threw out a challenge against planning permission for a Chinese “mega” embassy in central London, but residents seeking to block…

Hong Kong Originals: Turning wood into the saints – the lost art of deity wood carving

As Hong Kong’s economic boom faded and manufacturing moved to China, some long-established, family-run companies preserved their traditions as others innovated to survive. In ongoing new…

Moron risk now costs $100k

Why can’t they see it?

Taiwan hails late Hong Kong bookseller for ‘resistance’ against China

A Hong Kong bookseller who fled to Taiwan in 2019 after being detained by China was hailed for his “resistance and defiance” at a memorial…

America’s cracks just surfaced

ASEAN winners and losers in the era of the Hormuz crisis

The Hormuz crisis is too often seen as ASEAN oil-shock story. Truth is, it is that. But in addiiton it’s a human ledger of pain…

Explosions, red flags: Chinese tourists reenact communist victory

Dressed in Red Army uniforms and waving prop weapons, scores of tourists stormed a mound in southwestern China’s Loushan Pass as pyrotechnics lit up the…

America is bombing

America’s one big casino is off the rails

5 months, 3 weeks jail for senior police officer who molested colleague at force HQ

A senior police superintendent has received a prison sentence of five months and three weeks after being found guilty of indecently assaulting a female subordinate…

A weak German economy, a weaker chancellor

Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Merz loses political control as…

‘Insufficient evidence’ to charge basketball coach over viral clip showing alleged abuse of students, police say

There is insufficient evidence to charge Hong Kong basketball coach Yung Kam-wah over alleged abuse of students, the police have said. Yung, a prominent basketball…

The enduring legacy of Kashmir’s poet‑saints who built bridges between faiths

Kashmir remains one of the world’s most contentious geopolitical flash points. In April 2025 India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed countries that share a tense border,…

Hong Kong public housing provider fined HK$8,000 over faulty fire alarm following fatal Kwun Tong blaze

Hong Kong’s second-largest public housing provider has been fined HK$8,000 for failing to keep fire alarms functional at an estate where a blaze killed a…

Taiwan monitors China coast guard ships ‘drifting’ east of the island

Taiwan said Friday it has deployed vessels to monitor two China Coast Guard ships east of the island, as Beijing asserts authority over an area…

China expresses ‘serious concern’ over latest US trade restrictions

China’s top trade official told his counterparts from the United States on Thursday Beijing had “serious concern” over Washington’s latest trade restrictions, according to state…

AI reckoning makes South Korean economy run for cover

TOKYO — South Korea has outrun the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the 2008 Lehman shock, and the 2013 taper tantrum. Whether it can outrun its…

Revamped HK-China border crossing needs stress tests ahead of opening, lawmaker says

The revamped Huanggang Port will need stress tests and drills to ensure the border crossing with China is prepared for operation, a lawmaker and a…