Michelle Bachelet will go to the far western region where Beijing is accused of human rights abuses.

Treasury Wine Estates will release its first Penfolds wine made in China for the domestic Chinese market in the second half of 2022 after Beijing hit Australian imports with tariffs last year.

South Korea’s new president Yoon Suk-yeol has opened the Blue House to the public as part of his pledge to abandon the presidential palace and establish his offices at a Defence Ministry compound.

A ministry survey found that nearly two-thirds of respondents wanted Tokyo to talk tough on territorial issues, while some 57 per cent urged China to ‘respect human rights, freedom, democracy and the rule of law’.

China’s largest open-source code platform will temporarily close public repositories to review their contents before opening them up again.

In this week’s Quirky China, a monkey is famous for resembling humans, a man stole puppies because they were “too cute”, and a daily queue of people stealing toilet paper from a public restroom.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is ‘amplifying and accelerating’ the drivers of food insecurity and global hunger – climate change, Covid-19 and inequality.

Rider, 19, lost control of Kawasaki Ninja and hit roadside barrier, throwing him four metres down slope near Chung Mei.

The world’s supply chains have taken a battering this year from China’s zero-Covid policy, which has hampered the production and delivery of everything from bathroom taps to Apple iPhones.

Former US president George W. Bush jokingly blamed the mistake on his age as his audience in Dallas burst into laughter.

More than 85,000 cases recorded on Wednesday, with experts predicting further rises before peaking in late May and abating by September.

There have been mixed results for candidates endorsed by the former president in key primary elections across the United States.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the front runner in Brazil’s October presidential elections, took a break from campaigning to marry his fiancée and fellow Workers’ Party member, sociologist Rosangela da Silva.

Shanghai’s ports are back operating at 90 per cent capacity as mainland China’s gateway city kept new infections in communities at zero for a fifth consecutive day.

David Chou, the man accused of opening fire on a Southern California church congregation because of his political hatred for Taiwan, dubbed himself a ‘destroying angel’ in the diary.

Singapore will strive to keep its borders open and stay connected to the rest of world as it now has ‘more tools in the toolkit’ if a new coronavirus variant does emerge, Transport Minister S. Iswaran said.

As city presses ahead with second stage of eased restrictions, some industry leaders worry about manpower shortages.

Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said the question for Russia is how cryptocurrency will be regulated, which the central bank is working to address.

The Hang Seng Index tumbled 2.5 per cent to 20,120.68 at the close on Thursday, weighed down by a 6.5 per cent slump in the internet giant, one of its biggest constituents.

Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani are profiting from a surge in global commodity prices that’s burnishing their fossil-fuel credentials even as they publicly push their pivots toward greener energy.

John Lee will become first leader since handover to establish deputy minister posts, with ones for chief secretary, financial secretary and secretary for justice.

China suspended imports of canola seeds from Richardson International and Viterra in March 2019 due to the detection of pests.

Singapore’s smart city credentials include its use of big data for urban planning and resource management, its favourable regulatory environment for finance and tech start-ups, and successful roll-out of a digital ID for citizens. Yet, with the rig...

The closed-off country has only confirmed a small number of cases because it lacks tests. Health specialists have questioned its abnormally small reported death toll of 63 a week after it acknowledged the outbreak.

A line of limited edition trainers from Balenciaga designed to look extremely worn were heavily criticised in China for being out-of-touch and ugly.

Shanghai’s stop-work, now approaching the third month for some of the affected companies, has taken a crucial quarter out of earnings and is driving many businesses to the brink of collapse.

Piano Land, run by Astro Ocean Cruise, is set to begin operations in the city on July 1, pending local Covid-19 situation, according to sources.

Cases of the rare but potentially serious virus have now been reported or are suspected in the United States, Canada, UK, Portugal and Spain.

Discoveries at historic Buddhist site are evidence of the significant incense trade along the Silk Road in the Tang dynasty.

Demand for shark fin in Hong Kong and other markets is driving overfishing and pushing many species to the brink of extinction. An initiative conceived and developed in the city aims to recover populations of at least eight threatened species, but re...

Russian ‘Zadira’ weapon is supposedly designed to target drones, blind reconnaissance systems.

All 670 students and staff living at the Fangshan campus have been transferred to an isolation facility.

By hampering economic activity, China’s coronavirus controls are doing more damage to average life expectancy than good, a high-profile Chinese professor says.

‘China is a fundamental partner to these countries in technology, trade and production’, so asking them to choose sides will be a challenge, US experts say.

The Tesla CEO says the Democrats used to be ‘the kindness party’, but have become the ‘party of division and hate’.

Strongman Lukashenko is allowing capital punishment for ‘attempted’ terrorism, drawing backlash from human rights groups and government critics.

The US Treasury Secretary is said to be at odds with trade chief Katherine Tai on whether to eliminate some of the Trump-era measures to combat inflation.

US Senate confirmed Bridget Brink as the next ambassador to Ukraine, a move that came after the US embassy in Kyiv was reopened after three months.

‘If the US continues to play the “Taiwan card” and head further on the wrong path, this will certainly lead to dangerous situations,’ Yang Jiechi says on a phone call.

The indictment says the intelligence officers carried out the campaign in collaboration with US citizen Wang Shujun, who is accused of using his status within the Chinese diaspora and dissident communities.

As of Friday, US travellers to China need only show two PCR test results and a negative antigen report, Chinese mission says, citing changing nature of virus.

Spanish said decision not based on reciprocity and Italian PM called it ‘hostile act’; European nations have thrown out more than 300 Russians since invasion began, often accusing diplomats of spying.

The Chinese leader praised outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, who has moved closer to Beijing, and said he hoped for ‘continuity and stability’.

Privacy Commissioner Ada Chung is thinking about invoking regulations for the first time to restrict people’s access to the service, according to a source.

Abdul Somad, a preacher with 9 million social media followers, was denied entry into Singapore and said he was put in a ‘1 by 2 metre room, like an immigration jail’

Top Pentagon officials visited Hargeisa last week, and toured the newly renovated port and airport at Berbera.

It says holding a vote on the planned Fudan campus would be ‘unconstitutional’. Voters would have been asked if they wished to repeal a law that gave a green light to the plan.

US President Joe Biden is set to kick off the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework during his four-day visit to South Korea and Japan, which starts on Friday.

Asked in court if he was guilty of the allegations, including war crimes and premeditated murder, 21-year-old sergeant Vadim Shishimarin responded ‘yes’; he said: ‘I was ordered to shoot.’

Foreign minister Wang Yi tells his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi that the view the two countries are ‘joining hands’ has put ‘people on alert’