Pakistanβs new Chengdu trade route shows CPEC can work
Earlier this month, more than 80 metric tons of dried chilies from Pakistan arrived at the Chengdu International Railway Port. Packed into eight containers, the…
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Time to recognize the Houthis as Yemenβs real government
TheΒ Trump administrationΒ came perilously close to launching another bombing campaign againstΒ YemenΒ this weekend. According to a September 20Β New York TimesΒ report, US commanders had approved their targets, American…
Read full article βGovβt to revamp 1823 hotline, pledging 10-day response time for public enquiries
Hong Kongβs government has announced new improvements to its 1823 hotline, pledging to respond to public enquiries and complaints within 10 days and to coordinate…
Read full article βTrump, nukes, AI and civilizational suicide
As human beings we have always been sitting ducks to extinctionβs cosmic whims. We are a few astronomical units away from a life-ending meteor or…
Read full article βTrump again threatens to βannihilateβ Iran in genocidal UN speech
In a rambling, lie-laden speech Tuesday to world leaders gathered at theΒ United NationsΒ General Assembly in New York, US PresidentΒ Donald TrumpΒ again threatened to βannihilateβ Iran if…
Read full article βAI is warping the time value of everything
Rising bond yields have put the time value of money back on the table. Investors are right to watch borrowing costs, distant cash flows and…
Read full article β4 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…
Read full article βThe 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…
Read full article βHong Kong court to rule on ex-Stand News editorβs 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…
Read full article βKelvin 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,…
Read full article βElderly 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…
Read full article βPakistanβs 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…
Read full article βChina curbs drug precursor exports ahead of Xiβs 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…
Read full article βChina neutralizes yuan tensions ahead of Trump-Xi talks
TOKYO β If US President Donald Trump plans to make a big issue of the yuan on Thursday, Xi Jinpingβs team just complicated things for…
Read full article βCambodiaβs anti-scam summit canβt whitewash its own record
This week, Cambodia welcomes foreign diplomats, law-enforcement officials and financial regulators to Phnom Penh for the βInternational Conference on Combating Online Scams.β Prime Minister Hun…
Read full article βChina says opposes βillegalβ US sanctions on Iran airlines
China said on Tuesday it opposed βillegalβ US sanctions on Iranian airlines, a day after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened potential measures in a televised…
Read full article βHong 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 Hillβs Plaza…
Read full article βTakaichi scrambles to reach Trump before he sees Xi
Japanβs Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is heading into an unusually consequential meeting with Donald Trump. The two are expected to meet in New York on…
Read full article βThree 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…
Read full article βBound 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,…
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