Long after lockdowns ended, acclaimed director Lou Ye’s independent film revives heated debate about China’s controversial zero-Covid policy.
A Harvard University professor, famed for his NAD anti-ageing therapy, has resigned from a prominent scientific academy.
Dubai is shaping up to be a new favourite for buyers, thanks to a booming real estate market and fast-track residency scheme, agents say. It handed out 158,000 ‘golden visas’, dwarfing the 13,000 that Portugal has issued since 2012.
There must be international recognition of the genocide in Gaza, and targeted sanctions to hold Israel accountable and encourage massive reforms.
Government expected to address Legislative Council on Monday on findings from trial run, which started on April 1.
Israeli warplanes and artillery pounded Rafah, after the government dismissed an order by the top UN court to halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city.
China’s domestically developed Lansi pig, a new breed with several advantages over Western imports, has received commercial approval – and could be an asset in the country’s efforts to self-source its livestock.
As the city strives to become a top tech centre, the government doubles down on I&T development and increases support for emerging industries such as biotechnology, artificial intelligence and electric vehicles.
An ambitious plan to turn an African fishing town into a major trading port is set to enter its second phase of construction with backing from China Eximbank.
Activists argue the bill is being fast-tracked to protect the interests of the political elite.
Tokyo policymakers could have been driven by security needs and strong domestic opposition against atomic weapons when structuring post-World War II nuclear policy.
Russia’s TASS state news agency cited a security source claiming that a missile strike destroyed a “military store and command post” inside the shopping centre.
The fire broke out late on Saturday in the New Born Baby Care hospital in Delhi’s Vivek Vihar area.
Early opposition successes point to potential trouble for DPP administration, from cross-strait policy and military budgets to falling popularity.
Doctors are working overtime to ease the caseload as a result of people taking advantage of free healthcare services in Thailand, industry players say.
Pyongyang accused the US of ‘air espionage’ by deploying military planes, and the South Korean navy of ‘enemy intrusion’ across its maritime border.
Jitsuko Katsumata, daughter of late Japanese manga master Fujiko F. Fujio, says father cherished ‘daily life’ inspiration in creating beloved characters.
Mission scientist Pei Zhaoyu struggles to form a sentence during a live broadcast, sending patriotic doubters of the 1969 moonwalk into overdrive.
Fruit Chan Gor’s Made in Hong Kong, The Longest Summer and Little Cheung depict Hong Kong working-class life at the time of the handover from British to Chinese rule, and the start of cultural change.
New Frontier, chaired by Hong Kong’s former financial secretary, said it has completed the acquisition of the Hong Kong Integrated Oncology Centre as part of its expansion in the healthcare industry of the bay area.
Events designed to boost Hong Kong’s economy and tourism run the gamut from high fashion, art and architecture to sports, technology and business.
Financial Secretary Paul Chan will first visit France then move on to US – his second trip there in six months – accompanied by delegates from Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong province.
The city has contributed to the GBA’s academic research and development in fields of strategic importance such as biomedicine, artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
‘No government in its right mind’ would want China’s collapse, but what China and the US want from each other is unlikely to materialise ‘any time soon’, warns David Lampton, China watcher since the times of Deng Xiaoping.
The risk of cross-Strait conflict with mainland China appears to be chipping away at Taiwan’s long-held dominance in the semiconductor industry, underpinning a sense of urgency in diversifying hi-tech supply chains.
Ma, one of the country’s hottest fiction authors, combines thrilling plots with historical detail to create stories that are ‘both exciting and plausible’, winning acclaim as young people embrace cultural heritage and ‘China-chic’ trend.
Famous for his celebrity-packed chain of Chinese restaurants, 85-year-old Michael Chow talks about facing prejudice, and why he wants to be known as the world’s greatest living artist.