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Wed, 12 May 2021 17:00:07 +0800
Miracle Chinese pig Zhu Jianqiang that survived 36 days trapped under debris after 2008 Sichuan earthquake dying, says owner
A legendary pig that became a household name in China after surviving 36 days while trapped under debris after the devastating 2008 Sichuan earthquake is reportedly near the end of its life.The pig, called Zhu Jianqiang which means strong-willed pig ...

Wed, 12 May 2021 16:13:32 +0800
More American Chamber of Commerce members say they are considering leaving Hong Kong, with many citing national security law
The number of people surveyed by an influential American business group who say they are considering leaving Hong Kong has risen since last year, with a significant portion citing the national security law as the primary driver.In the latest American...

Wed, 12 May 2021 16:06:07 +0800
Coronavirus: Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble to launch as scheduled this month despite recent cases, commerce minister says
Hong Kong will launch its quarantine-free travel bubble with Singapore as scheduled on May 26 despite sporadic local coronavirus infections, the city’s commerce minister has said.Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau Tang-wah o...

Wed, 12 May 2021 15:45:00 +0800
Coronavirus: India’s death toll passes quarter-million mark; scores of corpses found floating in Ganges
India’s coronavirus death toll surpassed 250,000 on Wednesday, official data showed, as the pandemic raged across the vast country of 1.3 billion people.According to the health ministry, 4,205 people died in the past 24 hours – a new record – t...

Wed, 12 May 2021 15:31:46 +0800
Taiwan’s Gigabyte Technology faces boycott in China after mocking ‘low-quality’ manufacturing on mainland
A Taiwanese computer hardware maker has become the target of a boycott in mainland China, after calling Chinese manufacturing “low-quality” and touting its products as Taiwan-made.In an advertisement for its latest laptop series that has since be...

Wed, 12 May 2021 15:05:48 +0800
Hong Kong leader accepts recommendation that veteran judge Johnson Lam be named to city’s top court
Veteran Hong Kong judge Johnson Lam Man-hon is expected to become a permanent member of Hong Kong’s top court after the city’s leader accepted a recommendation from an advisory commission that he be named to the post.In a statement issued on Wedn...

Wed, 12 May 2021 14:50:17 +0800
Singapore arrests couple over death of baby found dumped in Taiwan
Two Singaporeans have been arrested in connection with the death of a newborn baby in Taiwan two years ago, police in the city state said on Tuesday.Taiwan had placed a couple from Singapore on its most-wanted list on suspicion of murder after the ba...

Wed, 12 May 2021 14:39:40 +0800
Hong Kong couple falls victim to gang violence after rushing to save sons from attack in park
A Hong Kong couple was assaulted as they attempted to save their sons and two young friends from a gang attack in a park on Tuesday night, police have said.As of midday on Wednesday, a citywide manhunt remained under way for 12 suspects in connection...

Wed, 12 May 2021 14:00:11 +0800
As Indonesia bans Eid homecomings, Chinese worker arrivals raise questions
As Indonesian authorities turn back thousands of people trying to return to their hometowns for the Eid ul-Fitr festival despite a nationwide interstate travel ban, some have questioned the inflow of foreign workers into the country. Earlier this mo...

Wed, 12 May 2021 13:58:49 +0800
Syringe scandal: Peru probes nurses who injected people with only air, not Covid-19 vaccine
Peru’s Health Ministry said it was investigating nurses who were accused of trying to inoculate patients with empty syringes during the country’s coronavirus vaccination campaign.The ministry said the three known cases were reported in the capita...

Wed, 12 May 2021 13:00:11 +0800
Chinese county bans birthday parties, housewarmings and limits cost and size of weddings, funerals in frugality drive
A county in China has banned birthday parties, housewarmings and other celebrations following calls for frugality from the country’s central government.Funing county in southwestern Yunnan province also revealed new rules for weddings and mourning ...

Wed, 12 May 2021 12:50:54 +0800
Millions at risk as hundreds of cities fail to adapt to climate change, report says
Hundreds of cities have no climate adaptation plans in place despite rising threats like floods, heatwaves and pollution, according to a report Wednesday that said this could put 400 million people at risk across the world.Fast-expanding urban areas ...

Wed, 12 May 2021 12:01:35 +0800
India envoy asks China to help stop price surging of Covid-19 supplies
India is calling on China to help stop surging prices and increase cargo flights to get urgently needed supplies to the pandemic-ravaged country.Indian companies have sourced oxygen concentrators and other medical supplies from their Chinese counterp...

Wed, 12 May 2021 11:35:12 +0800
Defiant Liz Cheney tears into Donald Trump, Republican Party, before expected ouster
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Olivia Beavers and Melanie Zanona on politico.com on May 11, 2021.On the eve of being ousted as House Republican conference chair, a defiant congresswoman L...

Wed, 12 May 2021 11:10:10 +0800
Coronavirus: variant from India found in at least 44 countries, World Health Organization says
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that a variant of Covid-19 behind the acceleration of India’s explosive outbreak has been found in dozens of countries all over the world.The UN health agency said the B. 1.617 variant of Covid-19, fi...

Wed, 12 May 2021 10:36:20 +0800
Donald Trump Jnr’s ex-wife and Tiffany Trump became ‘inappropriately close’ to Secret Service agents, book claims
Vanessa and Tiffany Trump became “inappropriately – and perhaps dangerously – close” to Secret Service agents assigned to protect them when former president Donald Trump was still commander-in-chief, according to a new book from Washington Po...

Wed, 12 May 2021 10:27:54 +0800
Hong Kong Observatory issues first ‘very hot weather’ warning of 2021, a year likely to be full of them
The Hong Kong Observatory issued its first “very hot weather” warning of the year on Wednesday, with the mercury expected to reach as high as 33 degrees Celsius in urban areas and higher still in the New Territories.The warning was sent at 6.45am...

Wed, 12 May 2021 10:15:12 +0800
Coronavirus: Hong Kong releases list of 10 vaccines approved for travellers arriving in city, eases strict quarantine rules
Hong Kong eased its strict 21-day mandatory hotel quarantine for most vaccinated travellers on Wednesday, while health authorities have released a list of 10 approved coronavirus vaccines for inbound arrivals.Five Chinese-made and produced vaccines w...

Wed, 12 May 2021 10:00:13 +0800
Hong Kong’s domestic workers say repeated mandatory Covid-19 screening just an attempt to force them to be vaccinated
Hong Kong’s domestic workers say the government is unfairly forcing them to take a Covid-19 vaccine or else face the risk of undergoing repeated mandatory testing after authorities suddenly ordered them to be screened again.Although Chief Executive...

Wed, 12 May 2021 10:00:12 +0800
Donald Trump started a blog, but hardly anyone is reading it
When he still had a Twitter account, Donald Trump shared tweets featuring the word “ratings” almost 400 times. It's no secret he's obsessed with numbers and how many eyes he has on him at all times. Along those lines, the former president might ...

Wed, 12 May 2021 10:00:07 +0800
How East-meets-West approach at joint-venture university in China ensures adaptable students gain international perspective
[Sponsored article] Although multinational companies today recognise the value of a workplace that combines people from diverse backgrounds, polarisation – characterised by a rise in trade wars and growing hostility between the East and West –...

Wed, 12 May 2021 09:30:16 +0800
Can Malaysia’s DAP capture the Muslim and non-Chinese vote? Anthony Loke may be about to find out
A multilingual Malaysian Chinese politician with a love of Hong Kong movies is being touted as a top candidate to lead Malaysia’s largest opposition party into the next general election.If he is elected as secretary general of the Democratic Action...

Wed, 12 May 2021 09:16:47 +0800
Coronavirus: Sinovac shot causes ‘drastic drop’ in deaths, infections among Indonesian health workers; World Economic Forum to go ahead with Singapore meeting
Sinovac Biotech Ltd’s vaccine is wiping out Covid-19 among health workers in Indonesia, an encouraging sign for the dozens of developing countries reliant on the controversial Chinese shot, which performed far worse than Western vaccines in clinica...

Wed, 12 May 2021 09:15:09 +0800
How the Myanmar coup and South China Sea disputes are deepening Asean’s irrelevance
“An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted,” Arthur Miller once observed. In the same vein, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), a once promising regional organisation, is confronting its own moment of truth....

Wed, 12 May 2021 08:00:19 +0800
Meet the Pakistani barber who uses meat cleaver and blowtorch to cut customers’ hair
Hoping to prove a cut above the competition, Pakistani barber Ali Abbas relies on an unusual array of tools to practice his craft – including blowtorches, meat cleavers, and even broken glass.Abbas’s fringe style has proved a hit in the conservat...

Wed, 12 May 2021 07:32:22 +0800
Panic buying in US as petrol pumps run dry after Colonial Pipeline hack
Petrol stations from Florida to Virginia began running dry and prices at the pump rose on Tuesday, as the shutdown of the biggest US fuel pipeline by hackers extended into a fifth day and sparked panic buying by motorists.The administration of US Pre...

Wed, 12 May 2021 07:30:06 +0800
What do the former UK homes of Tim Burton, Rihanna, Jay-Z have in common? They are all sought after by Hong Kong buyers
Hongkongers are among the keenest buyers of homes that have been owned or rented by Hollywood actors, pop stars and tycoons, seeing them as a sound investment whose resale value is likely to be boosted by their celebrity associations, according to a ...

Wed, 12 May 2021 07:03:12 +0800
Coronavirus: Honduras turns to China as rich nations hoard vaccines
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said the Central American nation, a long-standing diplomatic ally of Taiwan, could open a trade office in China in a bid to acquire coronavirus vaccines.Honduras does not have formal relations with China and ...

Wed, 12 May 2021 06:00:05 +0800
China’s population outlook worrying as young people baulk at high cost of having kids
This is the third in a series of stories about China’s once-a-decade census conducted in 2020. The world’s most populous nation released its national demographic data on Tuesday, and the figures will have far-reaching social policy and economic i...

Wed, 12 May 2021 05:47:20 +0800
US industry group applauds NYSE move to delist three Chinese telecoms companies
A US industry group on Monday applauded the New York Stock Exchange’s move to delist China’s big three telecommunications carriers to comply with a ban introduced last year by the Trump administration.The Big Board last week rejected the appeals ...

Wed, 12 May 2021 05:00:49 +0800
Indian workers lured to US and paid US$1.20 per hour to build Hindu temple, lawsuit says
FBI agents searched the sprawling site of a Hindu temple on Tuesday as a lawsuit filed in federal court alleged workers from marginalised communities in India were lured to the US and forced to work long hours for just a few dollars per day to help b...

Wed, 12 May 2021 05:00:18 +0800
China’s Long March 5B rocket makes splash, but good news burns up in the atmosphere
Its fragments plunged into the Indian Ocean with no casualties, but the fall to Earth of the Long March 5B rocket focused attention on China’s forays into space – against the inevitable backdrop of broader tussles with the West.As the rocket was ...

Wed, 12 May 2021 04:00:15 +0800
China looks to Turkmenistan for more gas as it cuts Australian supplies
China is looking to Turkmenistan to expand natural gas supplies as it cuts back on Australian energy imports.Wrapping up a meeting with his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov and the country’s deputy prime minister Serdar Berdymukhamedov in Xian on...

Wed, 12 May 2021 03:23:07 +0800
Israel and Gaza militants nearing ‘full-scale war’ as violence escalates
The worst Israeli-Palestinian violence since 2014 saw 1,000 rockets fired at the Jewish state by Wednesday, the Gaza Strip pounded by relentless air strikes and at least 50 people killed, fuelling fears of a descent into “full-scale war”.In anoth...

Wed, 12 May 2021 02:47:13 +0800
Atlanta shooting suspect indicted for murder, with prosecutor to seek hate crime charges and death penalty
The man accused of killing eight people in a shooting spree in Georgia targeted most of his victims because they were of Asian descent, a prosecutor said on Tuesday, saying that she would be seeking the death penalty against the suspect.Robert Aaron ...

Wed, 12 May 2021 02:13:14 +0800
Coronavirus: US touts free Uber and Lyft rides as vaccination rates fall
The White House on Tuesday announced a series of steps aimed at boosting US Covid-19 vaccination rates, including a partnership with ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft, as it seeks to achieve President Joe Biden’s July 4 reopening deadline.The lat...

Wed, 12 May 2021 02:00:13 +0800
Joe Biden shows ‘more continuity than expected’ from Donald Trump policy on China
US President Joe Biden has so far shown more continuity from his predecessor than expected when it comes to China, according to Chinese foreign policy scholars.But at a seminar on the US leader’s first 100 days in office on Tuesday, they concluded ...

Wed, 12 May 2021 00:30:13 +0800
Top officer in Hong Kong police national security unit may step down after being caught in massage parlour raid: source
The No 2 officer in Hong Kong’s police National Security Department is considering resigning after he was caught during a raid on an unlicensed massage parlour and placed on leave, a high-level source has told the Post.The further fallout on Wednes...

Wed, 12 May 2021 00:05:09 +0800
Germany ‘has all the tools’ to whip Hungary into line on Hong Kong, but does it really want to?
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban describes his foreign policy as a “peacock dance”.“He takes one step to the right, one step back, and tries to rattle his beautiful feathers to please everyone,” said Tamás Matura, a professor covering C...

Tue, 11 May 2021 23:30:05 +0800
The missteps that led India into an oxygen shortage amid a devastating Covid-19 surge
In the past three weeks, more than 68 trains carrying 4,200 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen have travelled from Indian states that produce it, such as Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal, to cities that are in dire need of it, ...

Tue, 11 May 2021 23:00:08 +0800
‘Made in China, sold on Amazon’ gadgets from Aukey, Mpow vanish from e-commerce site
Amazon.com has apparently blocked several prominent mainland Chinese merchants for alleged “suspicious behaviour”, in a move that industry insiders said is part of a targeted crackdown on questionable business practices sellers on the platform, i...

Tue, 11 May 2021 22:30:15 +0800
China population: Beijing urged to act in face of ‘brutal’ facts of slower birth rate, declining workforce
China’s population has grown to 1.412 billion over the past decade, the slowest pace since the 1950s, in a continuing demographic shift to a declining labour force and rapidly ageing society that is expected to weigh on the country’s economic pro...

Tue, 11 May 2021 22:20:17 +0800
Deadly coronavirus strain in France slipped through testing net, says study
A variant of the coronavirus that caused a deadly outbreak in France can evade standard tests, detectable only deep in the lungs, according to a new study.In a paper published on the preprint service medRxiv.org on Monday, researchers in western Fran...

Tue, 11 May 2021 22:00:13 +0800
US on self-defeating China trade war tack, former American defence official says
The US’ aggressive China policy will prove self-defeating and threatens to weaken both sides, according to a former senior American defence official.In an article published in the influential East Asia Forum on Sunday, former assistant secretary of...

Tue, 11 May 2021 21:41:27 +0800
Thousands in China join mother’s call for transparency over son’s death at school
The death of a 17-year-old student at his school in Chengdu, southwest China, has caused online uproar after his parents raised questions over an initial investigation that suggested he had taken his own life, without providing any details.The educat...

Tue, 11 May 2021 21:33:09 +0800
Hong Kong to send more civil servants across border to Greater Bay Area under exchange scheme
Hong Kong will send more civil servants for working stints across the border in the Greater Bay Area under an extended exchange deal to be signed with mainland Chinese authorities, the city’s leader has revealed.The scheme would boost local governm...

Tue, 11 May 2021 21:30:12 +0800
Malaysian ex-police chief Abdul Hamid’s expose makes waves but won’t spark reforms: experts
When Malaysia’s former police chief last week took aim at government officials over their links to elite officers as he passed the reins to his successor, insiders who had long discussed the issue in hushed tones found their suspicions brought out ...

Tue, 11 May 2021 20:46:15 +0800
PLA releases videos showing marines in island landing drills ‘targeting Taiwan’
The People’s Liberation Army has conducted island landing drills apparently targeting Taiwan, amid heightened tensions across the strait.Video footage released by the PLA Navy on Monday shows marines from the Eastern Theatre Command in a recent lan...

Tue, 11 May 2021 20:32:25 +0800
Hong Kong protests: jobless man with mental disability placed in rehabilitation centre for attempted arson, criminal damage in 2019
An unemployed man with moderate mental disability has been placed in a rehabilitation centre for attempted arson and criminal damage during the 2019 anti-government protests in Hong Kong.The District Court heard Hongkonger Mahmood Hamaad, 19, placed ...

Tue, 11 May 2021 20:29:17 +0800
Tesla suffers setback in China as backlash over safety, quality of its electric cars sinks sales by 27 per cent
Tesla’s sales in mainland China hit a blip last month as the leader in the electric vehicle (EV) field ran foul of angry customers raising concerns about safety and quality.The US carmaker delivered 25,845 Shanghai-made vehicles in April, 27.2 per ...



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