US-Vietnam strategic partnership faces intellectual property test

A widening dispute over intellectual property protection may soon test whether the US-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is more than a mere diplomatic label. The Office…

Crunch culture and tight timelines blamed for 15 construction site deaths this year

Construction sector representatives have blamed the industry’s crunch culture for the 15 fatal worksite accidents recorded in Hong Kong since the beginning of this year.…

He just humiliated them

Chinese vessel caught with banned shark fin in Pacific

Kiribati, a tiny Pacific neighbour to Hawaii that has grown ties with Beijing, detained a Chinese vessel this month for illegally harvesting shark fins, its…

The real roots of America’s mass resentment

It’s hardly news that Americans are not happy with the state of their nation. Confidence in the country’s direction crashed hard during the Bush years and never…

Chinese ambassador begins Australia posting, says took bus to work

Chinese ambassador Liu Jinsong said he had taken a public bus in Australia and spoke with “ordinary” people on his way to his new posting…

Six-company consortium wins Northern Metropolis tender for HK$1.03 billion

A consortium of mainland Chinese firms and a local property company has been awarded a HK$1.03 billion tender for the first major land parcel to…

China’s YJ-20 hypersonic missile tilting Pacific’s naval balance

Footage broadcast by Chinese state television in July showed a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile fired from the vertical launch system of a Type 052D…

Woman arrested for alleged sedition outside court ahead of Tiananmen vigil group’s national security case verdict

Hong Kong police arrested a woman for alleged sedition outside the West Kowloon Law Courts Building on Friday, hours before leaders of a Tiananmen vigil…

New US ‘Malice’ missile aims at China’s carrier kill chain

The US Navy’s new AIM-424 “Malice” missile could push carrier defense back into the outer air battle, where destroying the aircraft and networks enabling China’s…

Nokia China exit deepens telecom split as Nvidia bets on 6G AI

Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia is walking away from mainland China after two decades of building out its networks there, closing nearly every remaining site…

Join new Iran sanctions or leave the dollar system: Bessent

With the United States unable to militarily defeat Iran in President Donald Trump’s illegal US-Israeli war of choice, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday escalated the administration’s…

America just triggered its own endgame

78% of low-income elderly Hongkongers have suffered heat-related distress – Greenpeace

Close to 80 per cent of low-income elderly residents in Hong Kong report suffering physical or mental distress related to extreme heat, a Greenpeace survey…

America just threatened the world

​Nuclear war: still a possibility?

In 1991 President George H.W. Bush announced unilateral, sweeping reductions in US tactical nuclear forces. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was supposed to take parallel steps, but he hardly…

China abruptly delays unmanned moon mission over ‘launch conditions’

China’s manned space agency said on Sunday it is delaying a research moon mission that is part of Beijing’s efforts to land a crew there…

Shein to make market debut in Hong Kong next Tuesday

Shein will debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on September 1, the fast-fashion retailer said on Monday, in a long-awaited listing that would value…

Trial booking system for Sai Kung geopark trail launches in bid to curb overtourism

Hong Kong authorities have launched a new booking system for visitors to a popular Sai Kung coastal trail, in a bid to better manage crowds…

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