An executive at Tencent Holdings has been detained by Chinese authorities in relation to the corruption investigation against Sun Lijun, a former vice-minister at the powerful Ministry of Public Security, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday....

Hong Kong’s deputy mainland affairs chief has resigned, becoming the third top political appointee to leave the government since Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor took office in July 2017.A government spokesman said on Thursday that Andy C...

The Hong Kong Bar Association’s embattled chairman has no intention of stepping down from his post, he told the Post on Thursday, despite a recent wave of criticism from the city’s pro-establishment camp over his past remarks and current affiliat...

Cui Tingting dyed her hair Mars red for the arrival of China’s spacecraft at the planet known in Chinese as the Fire Star.“This is a great era for space, and the future of mankind lies in the exploration of outer space,” said Cui, director of t...

Japan and the US have also broadly agreed to extend by one year the current deal on Tokyo’s costs for hosting American troops. The agreement coincided with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voicing concern over China’s incursions into Japanese...

With the Lunar New Year holiday coming, China’s drastic “zero corona” policy has baffled Japanese workers in Beijing, most of whom have been forced to stay in the capital for more than a year.One day before the 40-day Spring Festival travel sea...

China will move to allow eight vessels carrying Australian coal to dock on humanitarian grounds, although doing so does not signal a lifting of its unofficial ban on imports of the commodity which began in October, according to commodities analysts.W...

An inquiry into national security risks facing Australia’s universities has revived fears of Chinese interference and espionage, as well as concerns of an overreaction by Canberra that could impact research and collaboration across borders.Australi...

Hong Kong’s health minister has become the latest in a series of experts to raise fears of a possible Lunar New Year rebound in coronavirus cases, urging residents to be vigilant in observing pandemic prevention measures over the holiday as the cit...

At her French restaurant in Central, Vivienne Mak brings out a big metal bowl covered with golden puff pastry. People are always delighted when they tear into the pastry to find lobster, abalone, tiger prawns and mussels layered in a fragrant lobster...

Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former president Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine US democracy, are in talks to form a centre-right breakaway party, according to four people involved in ...

A close aide to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained in a new wave of arrests following last week’s military coup, a party official said on Thursday, as Washington moved a step closer to imposing sanctions on the junta.The aide, Kyaw...

Amy Yuan is looking forward to a quiet Lunar New Year – free from questions about her love life – thanks to the Chinese government’s call for people to avoid travelling to their hometowns for the traditional family celebration to reduce the ris...

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying applied for bail again a day after the city’s top court sided with prosecutors in rescinding a judge’s decision to place him under house arrest as he awaited trial under the national security law, the Pos...

With millions of Chinese facing mandatory coronavirus tests to travel during the Lunar New Year holiday, some enterprising private firms are eyeing a potential boon from more personalised but pricier services, such as swab tests at home or at work.Ch...

Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee, is set to step down over sexist remarks he made that women talked too much, the Fuji News Network reported on Thursday.The comments, made at a Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) b...

US President Joe Biden had a first phone conversation with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday, in a goodwill gesture to begin the process of reshaping China-US relations after four years of drastic deterioration.The call, held on the eve ...

Images of khaki-clad Indian police beating back protesting farmers with sticks on the outskirts of New Delhi two weeks ago have cast a spotlight on a crowd-control technique that has been used for decades and is seen as a symbol of power but has been...

Pressure is mounting on the Hong Kong Bar Association’s governing council to decide whether Paul Harris SC should remain as chairman after it emerged he is a member of the British Liberal Democrats.Prominent barristers in the pro-establishment camp...

More than 100 million Chinese migrant workers will drop the decades-long tradition of returning home for the Lunar New Year holiday this year and instead stay in big cities and manufacturing hubs.The nation’s army of migrant workers has been a cruc...

China’s new coastguard law entered into force on February 1. Some media reports have raised concerns. Will the Chinese coastguard become a “second navy”? Under what conditions would the coastguard be used in maritime law enforcement? Are the pr...

Evenings are normally the busiest time at Mikado, a retro gaming arcade in Tokyo, but these days the shutters come down early, leaving “Street Fighter” fans out in the cold.Bright, noisy arcades are still a neighbourhood fixture in Japan, but the...

Yang, a Chinese national working in Singapore for more than a decade, usually flies back to her hometown of Wuhan in central China every year to celebrate the Lunar New Year with her family. But this is the second straight year she will give her annu...

Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt Jnr, the self-described “smut peddler who cares”, who used his pornography empire and flair for the outrageous to push the limits of free speech, has died at the age of 78.Flynt’s brother Jimmy Flynt confi...

The Communist Party has expelled former Shanghai police chief Gong Daoan from its ranks setting the stage for him to stand trial, China’s top anti-corruption agency announced on Wednesday.Gong, who was also formerly a vice-mayor, was kicked out of ...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel alum Charisma Carpenter is the latest actress to publicly accuse director Joss Whedon of abusing his power, among other allegations, and she is standing with fired Justice League actor Ray Fisher.Carpenter, 50, who ...

The lone American on the World Health Organization coronavirus fact-finding mission in China dismissed US intelligence on the virus’ origins and urged the Biden administration to trust the WHO’s work amid criticism that the organisation is insuff...

The US Defence Department is launching a task force to evaluate its China-related military strategies and operations, President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday, the latest indication that tensions between Washington and Beijing – a feature of Dona...

A World Health Organization mission to China to investigate the origins of Covid-19 has ended without a clear answer, but research further afield could help fill in some of the gaps, according to members of the WHO team.The 14-person international te...

Researchers said on Wednesday they had observed water vapour escaping high up in the thin atmosphere of Mars, offering tantalising new clues as to whether the red planet could have once hosted life.The traces of ancient valleys and river channels sug...

For South African winemaker Vergenoegd Löw, the coronavirus pandemic could have been a disaster, but a bitter trade war between China and Australia has thrown the 325-year-old estate a lifeline.Bottles of its reds, whites and roses piled up when Sou...

The US has imposed sanctions on Myanmar’s military leaders and frozen US$1 billion in funds held in the US by the country’s government after a coup that toppled civilian officials including Aung San Suu Kyi, President Joe Biden said on Wednesday....

One of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent political activists was released from prison on Wednesday, her family said, after serving nearly three years on charges that sparked an international uproar over the kingdom’s human rights record.Loujain al-Ha...

Despite the change in US administrations, TikTok is continuing negotiations with the federal government about a potential sale of its American operations and how to address national security concerns, according to a person familiar with the discussio...

US government researchers found that wearing two masks are better than one in slowing coronavirus spread, but health officials stopped short of recommending that everyone double up.The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday reported ...

Cathay Pacific Airways is axing all Australia flights except Sydney, while services to Vancouver, San Francisco and Frankfurt are also among routes culled in response to a Hong Kong government plan to force local flight staff to quarantine for 14 day...

Facebook said on Wednesday it has begun rolling out news feeds with less political subject matter in line with a plan outlined by chief Mark Zuckerberg to reduce inflammatory content.The leading social network said it would begin testing the change �...

This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Kyle Cheney and Andrew Desiderio on politico.com on February 10, 2021.House Democrats unloaded a trove of horrific footage Wednesday that showed lawmaker...

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China’s health authorities have repeatedly said they are finding the Covid-19 virus on frozen food imports and have linked infections in the country to pig heads and seafood.While some researchers and health authorities have raised doubts about fro...

China and India began to disengage their troops from a key hotspot on their disputed border on Wednesday.Chinese defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian said forces that had been involved in an eight-month stand-off on the banks of Pangong Lake started to...

A malfunctioning automatic throttle may have caused the pilots of a Sriwijaya Air jet to lose control, resulting in the Boeing 737-500’s crash into the Java Sea last month, Indonesian investigators said Wednesday.National Transportation Safety Comm...

A 16-year-old student has become the youngest person to plead guilty to rioting during Hong Kong’s anti-government protests in 2019.The boy on Wednesday admitted to hurling a petrol bomb at an officer, without injuring him, during a midnight stand-...

China’s energy regulator has proposed that the share of renewables in electricity generation be increased to 40 per cent by 2030 to meet the country’s climate targets – up from 28.2 per cent last year.The National Energy Administration (NEA) al...

Fifty-two opposition activists, including Benny Tai Yiu-ting, who were arrested last month on suspicion of subversion in the biggest crackdown under Hong Kong’s national security law had their bail extended on Wednesday.But three others who were al...

Officials have approved a land-swap deal with the owner of an ecologically sensitive wetland in northern Hong Kong to guarantee the site’s long-term restoration and preservation.The government confirmed on Wednesday it would take over Sha Lo Tung �...

Taiwan has secured 5 million doses of US firm Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine, its health minister has said, after concerns that the island was unable to obtain shots because of intense global competition and its refusal to accept those made in mainland...

Hong Kong’s leader has commended police top brass who were sanctioned by the United States, honouring their contributions towards safeguarding national security.At a ceremony on Wednesday hosted at Government House, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng...

Malaysia’s fragile Perikatan Nasional government has found itself in yet another public relations quandary of its own making following a ruling granting a quarantine waiver for travelling cabinet ministers despite a coronavirus pandemic that shows ...

K-pop star Eric Nam was having a meeting in New York when he suddenly felt a pain in his chest.“I thought I was going to have to call 911,” he said, recounting the experience from 2019. But instead he remained sitting and “had to quietly breath...