Gas panic buying just started

Political commentator charged with revealing nat. security probe says police gave no confidentiality warning

A Hong Kong political commentator charged with revealing details of a national security investigation has told the court that police did not caution him about…

She can’t take this back

How Beijing combines conservation and trade in panda diplomacy

Two giant pandas recently landed in Atlanta, a week after Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Washington. The summit produced no immediate breakthrough on…

The Frontier Express: when Samsung gets money

For most of the past thirty years, the semiconductor industry ran on a remarkably clean division of labor. Everybody knew their place. The caricature was…

PTI opposition jailed as Trump embraces Pakistan’s Asim Munir

As US President Donald Trump deepens his ties with Pakistan’s powerful military chief Asim Munir, the nation’s government has detained the elected leadership of the…

They all just rang the fire alarm

Firefighters receive 179 reports of people trapped in lifts after sudden voltage dip

Hong Kong firefighters have received over 200 reports of people trapped in lifts and falsely triggered fire alarms after a sudden drop in voltage along…

China sentences to death Myanmar scam clan members

A Chinese court sentenced three members of a criminal gang to death on Tuesday for operating a network of brutal scam centres in Myanmar’s Kokang…

China-linked hackers hit Fiji: US embassy

Hackers with links to China compromised a regional organisation in Fiji, the Pacific nation’s US embassy said Tuesday, warning that governments and telecommunication networks in…

New Huanggang checkpoint logs 79,500 first-day trips as transport chief says contingencies ready for long weekend

The newly redeveloped Huanggang Port border checkpoint between Hong Kong and Shenzhen saw 79,500 trips on its first day of operation, Shenzhen border authorities have…

Hong Kong enacts pneumonia checks for arrivals from Russia after mystery lab death

Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) has stepped up checks for arrivals from Russia after a lab worker in Siberia died from severe pneumonia…

Trump aligns with Putin yet again, squeezing Ukraine and Europe

The deal struck by Donald Trump with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on October 9 to allow Russia to sell millions of tonnes of diesel…

India’s superpower dream is just another recycled Modi slogan

Famous Indian author Shashi Tharoor was famously quoted as saying: “Everything in India is recycled, even the dreams “ In October 2010, The Economist ran…

The seven stages of American decline

When Donald Trump went to Joint Base Andrews on September 23 to greet Xi Jinping in person, strategic analysts took notice. American presidents rarely wait…

Hong Kong actor Angela Yuen calls for eradication of film industry’s ‘misogynistic’ culture

A Hong Kong actor has urged for the “eradication” of sexual harassment and what she called “misogynistic” behaviour in the local film industry in a…

Iran war-depleted arsenal making US a less potent power

The Iran conflict has exposed a glaring blind spot in US war strategy. America can escalate in hours, but it can take years to rebuild…

US turning B-52 bomber into long-range China ship killer

While the US is arming its long-serving B-52 with potent ship-killing missiles to take on China’s expanding navy, severe munition constraints and operational vulnerabilities could…

Worst crash in 143 years just started

Hong Kong police launch AI-powered national security platform for school pupils

Hong Kong police have launched an artificial intelligence-powered national security education platform for pupils. The NSmarties AI Interactive Platform was officially launched last week at…