When the 220,000-ton megaship Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal last week, it served as a timely reminder of the importance of Asia-Europe trade.The vast container ship blocked the canal for use, prompting a flurry of activity to restart this ...

Three Carrollton-Farmers Branch teachers are on administrative leave after “derogatory and hurtful” language about Chinese culture was used on a middle school quiz.Joy Lim, a 2018 Carrollton Creekview High School graduate, posted a screenshot to ...

Two stricken swimmers were rescued from the sea as confusion and anger dominated the latest easing of Hong Kong’s Covid-19 rules on Thursday, with lifeguard shortages blamed for delaying the long-awaited reopening of public beaches and swimming poo...

A sperm bank in China is so desperate for donors it has taken to social media to call for volunteers to fill a shortage in donors and is offering lucrative cash payments for quality men.The Zhejiang Human Sperm Bank, based in the city of Hangzhou, Zh...

Pregnant women and their babies are suffering worse outcomes during the Covid-19 pandemic, and researchers are sounding the alarm for immediate action to avoid rolling back decades of global investment in safe maternity care.Data from an analysis of ...

New Zealand said on Thursday it wants to independently analyse the World Health Organization’s (WHO) report on the origins of the coronavirus before it commented, explaining its reluctance to join others in expressing concern.Thirteen countries inc...

Designer Zhou Li took to the stage amid applause following her runway show at China Fashion Week with a prop that has political overtones: a bouquet of cotton plants.“As far as I’m concerned, I think Xinjiang cotton is my sweetheart, my love, whi...

Any sort of coordinated militia action by Myanmar’s insurgents against the junta will provide the military rulers with the perfect foil to launch an all-out attack that would “rain down hell” on innocent civilians, a top UN rights investigator ...

Organisers have rejected RTHK’s requests to withdraw all its entries from two major journalism awards, after the Hong Kong public broadcaster cited an ongoing review of operations as the rationale.The Post understands some of the submitted producti...

Nearly three dozen scientists vetted by the World Health Organization and the Chinese government gathered in Wuhan, China, early this winter to start the arduous task of finding the origins of Covid-19 and determining how it spread like wildfire arou...

Key points:– BioNTech vaccinations will resume on Monday, April 5– Residents booked on or after April 5 will retain their previously scheduled appointment– Those whose first shot was cancelled during the March 24-April 4 halt will be allocated ...

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin said she has tested positive for Covid-19 and urged people to take steps to guard against the coronavirus, such as wearing masks in public.“Through it all, I view wearing that cumbersome mask indoors in a crowd as...

As the US waits to learn if President Xi Jinping will attend a virtual White House climate summit later this month, analysts warn the two countries still have a deep and mutual distrust to overcome about each other’s commitment to saving the enviro...

The US is undertaking “strategic planning” with its Australian ally to consider potential joint responses to a war over Taiwan, according to President Joe Biden’s top diplomat in Canberra.“We’re committed as allies to working together – n...

The United States government on Wednesday vowed to continue battling what it sees as significant trade barriers that are harming American companies and farmers, and singled out China as the “world’s leading offender” in creating overcapacities ...

The top Pentagon general called counterparts in Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday as the US Defence Department expressed concerns about a reported build-up of Russian troops along Ukraine’s border and in Crimea.US troops in Europe were on an elevated...

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and six former lawmakers, including veteran opposition campaigner Martin Lee Chu-ming, have been convicted of organising and taking part in an unauthorised anti-government protest in 2019.Lawyers for the sev...

China’s factory activity in March expanded at the slowest pace in almost a year on softer overall domestic demand, but underlying economic conditions remained positive even as input and output inflationary pressures intensified for manufacturers.Th...

A young and healthy Hong Kong man who suffered paralysis to half of his face after receiving a Covid-19 jab has returned home from a week in hospital, but says he has still not recovered from the ordeal.Wilson Lam, 26, fainted shortly after he was gi...

A manufacturing error at a plant involved in Covid-19 vaccine production affected 15 million doses worth of an ingredient for Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, according to two sources familiar with the matter, but the company downplayed the situation a...

[Sponsored Article] What happened during British rule? All governors were appointed without election by or consultation with the Hong Kong people.  Did Hong Kong have elections to the legislature? Not before the Sino-British Joint Declaration wa...

More than a third of multinational firms in Shanghai are considering moving all or part of their operation out of China or to another Chinese city when tax exemptions on allowances for foreign employees expire next year, a survey released by a US bus...

The requirement that electoral reform in Hong Kong must take place gradually has been used to justify holding back democratic development for years. But there is nothing incremental about the radical changes imposed by Beijing on Tuesday. The syste...

Many of the mainland organisations newly entrusted by Beijing to field Hong Kong representatives to the powerful body which now oversees the city’s key elections are closely tied to the central government, if not directly controlled by it, the Post...

The UN envoy on Myanmar implored the Security Council to take action Wednesday in the Asian nation’s escalating crisis, warning of the risk of civil war and an imminent “bloodbath” as the junta violently represses pro-democracy protests.More th...

Russia announced on Wednesday it had registered what it said was the world’s first coronavirus vaccine for animals, describing the step as important for disrupting virus mutations.It said mass production of the vaccine could begin in April.The agri...

The number of eager Hong Kong job-hunters falling prey to scams rose fourfold in the first two months of this year, with victims losing HK$6.4 million (US$823,000) to con artists amid the highest jobless rate in 17 years. In addition to stealing vict...

Taiwan and Palau have kicked off their first quarantine-free “travel bubble”, with the hope of resuscitating their tourist sectors seriously battered in the past year by the Covid-19 pandemic and strict border control.But Taiwanese tourism operat...

The Chinese government is encouraging the independence movement in Okinawa, according to a former political adviser for the US Marine Corps in Japan, and has deployed thousands of “agents provocateurs” in Japan’s most southerly prefecture to ri...

More multinational companies could yet reconfigure their China-centred supply chains because of manufacturing disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic, a mood of heightened protectionism and changing geopolitics, a new report said on Wednesday.Tha...

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for a sweeping use of government power to reshape the world’s largest economy and counter China’s rise in a US$2 trillion-plus proposal that has been met with swift political resistance.Biden’s proposa...

China is sending a group of soldiers to take part in a military competition in Russia that will test their winter skills in gruelling mountain conditions.According to China’s defence ministry, 11 soldiers from the Harbin-based 78th Group Army unit ...

This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Doug Palmer on politico.com on March 31, 2021.Top trade officials from the world’s leading democracies on Wednesday took aim at China in a joint statement...

Boeing urged the United States on Wednesday to keep disputes over human rights and other topics separate from trade relations with Beijing, and warned that European rival Airbus would gain if the US plane maker were locked out of China.Chief Executiv...

At a United Nations Human Rights Council review in January, close to 50 countries – including Germany, Norway and Finland – questioned Canberra’s treatment of asylum seekers and refugees, with the biggest discussion generated by its “offshore...

The United States expressed interest on Wednesday in working with China to curb Iran’s nuclear programme, striking a cooperative tone just days after Beijing and Tehran entered into a 25-year “strategic partnership”.“Competition, as you know,...

Unfavorable views of China have reached historic highs, especially in the West. Even China’s achievements – such as combating Covid-19 at home – are viewed negatively. What went wrong?Some Western media outlets are prone to seeing China as a mo...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday announced a three-week nationwide school closure and a month-long domestic travel ban, as the rapid spread of the virus ramped up pressure on hospitals.In a televised address to the nation, Macron said ef...

Canada was obliged to arrest Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver’s airport more than two years ago, but her detention had now been revealed as unlawful, the Huawei Technologies executive’s lawyer told her extradition hearing in Vancouver on Wednesday.Lawye...

Myanmar’s junta announced on Wednesday that it is implementing a unilateral one-month ceasefire, but made an exception for actions that disrupt the government’s security and administrative operations - a clear reference to the mass movement that ...

The head of the European Medicines Agency said Wednesday that there is “no evidence” that would support restricting use of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine in any population, as Germany has now done amid concerns over rare blood clots in peopl...

A Hong Kong restaurant at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak has hit back at accusations its ventilation system was not up to standard by saying a subsequent government probe suggested otherwise.Mr Ming’s Chinese Dining, located in the upscale K1...

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny went on hunger strike on Wednesday in an attempt to force the prison holding him outside Moscow to provide him with proper medical care for what he said was acute pain in his back and legs.The fate of Navalny, one...

Hong Kong does not warrant preferential treatment under US law owing to the erosion of its autonomy at the hands of Beijing, the Biden administration said on Wednesday, upholding a Trump-era determination made last year.“Over the past year, the Peo...

Global merchandise trade is expected to rise by 8 per cent this year, making up for a decline last year caused by the coronavirus pandemic as stimulus in the US and other countries has kept demand intact, the World Trade Organization (WTO) announced ...

Lawyers defending a Hong Kong couple accused of murdering their five-year-old daughter have argued her death was the result of excessive corporal punishment and gross negligence, as prosecutors maintained the case was too serious for manslaughter. Th...

A World Health Organization-backed probe into the origins of Covid-19 in China has turned up few answers, and the agency’s chief has called for more research and data access. But whether that can happen will remain in Beijing’s court, experts say...

Taiwan has decided to buy an upgraded version of Lockheed Martin’s Patriot surface-to-air missile, the air force said on Wednesday, as the island bolsters its forces to guard against a rising threat from the mainland.Taiwan has complained of repeat...

UK trade secretary Liz Truss on Wednesday called for urgent reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to “get tough on China”, arguing it no longer warrants its status as a developing nation.Truss made her comments to the media and to the firs...

Employees at Chinese tech giant ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, should keep an “ordinary mind” and executives should avoid thinking of the tech firm as a “large company”, founder and CEO Zhang Yiming said in an internal speech on Tuesday, eve...