Tighter lending standards and debt monitoring at the International Monetary Fund are pressuring borrowers to disclose more information on Chinese loans, former senior staff and analysts say.

Figures released by Census and Statistics Department show city’s population slid to 7,291,600 from 7,413,100 the year before.

Two elderly women who waited at the venue since Monday won 300 cans of abalone in a game.

Secoo, once China’s top online luxury goods retailer, has filed a bankruptcy petition for the second time this year, as it faces delisting from Nasdaq and waning consumer buying power.

Daily Nation newspaper has former Prime Minister Raila Odinga ahead, while Rival outlet Citizen has Deputy President William Ruto in front. No official results have been released.

Seoul rejected Beijing’s demand that it stop deploying additional anti-missile batteries, saying the system is a means of self-defence.

Defendants Vivien Chuang, 48, and Chiu Ming-yu, 47, have been charged with theft, after they allegedly stole fruits, sushi and pre-packed chicken from Aeon in Hung Hom.

In latest operation customs officers seize HK$115 million worth of illegal cigarettes on a barge and arrest six men.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi says some countries are acting out of ‘political self-interest’ and it will ‘seriously undermine the foundation for engaging with China’.

This week in ‘love and courage in China’, we highlight stories that celebrate the human spirit featuring a doctor’s donation to a sick young woman, an artist honouring Covid volunteers and a woman goes 800km to deliver food.

Rights groups say zero-Covid rules shut thousands of people out of China’s already bleak job market, with migrants and young people hit hardest.

John Lee tells technology forum he is aware of calls for greater effort to ‘fight’ for talent, develop innovation sector in city.

Island’s army fires howitzers and target flares in defensive drill on Thursday, a day after Beijing publishes white paper declaring it reserves option of ‘all necessary measures’ to reunify.

Civil service chief says some 2,200 children have received shots in past week since vaccination extended to those from as young as six months.

Landlords will be given 10 to 20 years to remove such structures known as ‘banjiha’ homes – depicted in the 2020 Oscar-winning film – from existing buildings.

Beijing’s ambassador to Moscow, Zhang Hanhui, accused Washington of pushing Russia into a corner with repeated expansions of the Nato military alliance and support for Ukraine’s alignment with the European Union.

Zhou Xiaoxuan had in 2018 accused TV host Zhu Jun of forcibly kissing and groping her when she was an intern, but a court last year ruled there was not enough evidence, and the decision was upheld on Wednesday.

The plant, which is near the southern city of Enerhodar and is Europe ’s largest, has been shelled several times and was partially damaged last weekend. Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the attacks.

Winnie Chan, fighting for the rights of her peers, says that while their impairment is invisible, their needs are real.

Mainland authorities are unlikely to crash Taiwan’s economy, opting instead to target pro-independence politicians and businesses following Nancy Pelosi’s visit, analysts say.

Military analysts say the PLA’s preferred option would be lightning strikes with the aim of quickly taking out Taiwan’s command centres.

The trade ministry trimmed the full-year GDP projection to a range of 3-4 per cent.

Chinese interference and Manila’s inability to attract big oil players have hindered attempts to exploit energy resources in the West Philippine Sea.

The Metropolitan Police arrested Aine Davis, 38, after he arrived on a flight from Türkiy and say he has been charged with offences that include ‘possession of a firearm for a purpose connected with terrorism’.

Pelosi’s misguided trip to Taiwan has backfired on both Washington and Taipei. It has given Beijing a chance to show off its military capabilities, while providing an incentive to ramp up reunification efforts and show that the Taiwan issue matters...

A petty squabble between a father and son at a family gathering gone wrong wound up before a Chinese court after mediation failed, with the father claiming the son is a moocher who beats him.

A new line-up is about to be promoted to the top jobs. Who will get a seat at the leadership table?

See which full members of the 19th Central Committee have connections with those at the very top.

See who is likely to stay and who may go in this interactive chart on the top leadership body.

Will Xi Jinping stick with tradition as members of the policy-making body reach the retirement age?

Attacks in the Singapore Strait, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, have risen significantly since 2019.

Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said the bloc is also considering seeking support from third-party states to help with the Asean-led peace process

Realme, one of the most popular smartphone brands in India, is revising its global sales target for the year amid global economic headwinds.

The secondary housing market is sinking further into the gloom as interest rate rises, competition from cheap new developments and a wave of emigration take a toll on demand, according to analysts.

France has been buffeted this summer by a record drought that has forced water-use restrictions nationwide, as well as a series of heatwaves that many experts warn are being driven by climate change.

From Hainan to Xinjiang, summer holiday hotspots are not immune to coronavirus outbreaks and subsequent lockdowns, but that’s not stopping Chinese tourists like it used to – they want to travel.

Kyiv has not claimed responsibility for the explosions, though officials have mocked Moscow’s explanation that a careless smoker might have caused detonations at the airbase.

Would-be travellers struggle with expensive flights and lack of availability as quarantine period cut in Hong Kong.

Most schools are too focused on producing students who get good grades and go to university to prepare young people for other paths in life. Mental health training should be included in the compulsory curriculum to cultivate positive life attitudes, ...

His sister, Kim Yo-jong, said the North Korean leader himself had suffered from fever symptoms.

The new white paper has key differences from one published in 2000, including a promise that ‘any matter is up for negotiation’ under the one-China principle.

At least 2 police officers and 1 civilian are dead after a day of demonstrations in the capital, Freetown.

Gina Raimondo says the controversial visit has made geopolitics with Beijing ‘particularly complicated’, but she expects the US president to make a decision ‘before too long’.

The presence of Ayman al-Zawahiri in the heart of Kabul casts doubt on the Taliban’s pledge that the country will not be a haven for terrorists. Whether the Taliban limits itself to austere Islamist domestic policies or involves itself in external ...

‘We will not allow China to isolate Taiwan,’ Nancy Pelosi says in her first extensive public remarks after her visit to Taipei.

The Justice Department has charged Revolutionary Guard member Shahram Poursafi, accusing him of offering an individual US$300,000 to kill the official.

China’s export of textiles and garments hit a historical high of US$33.22 billion in July despite the Uygur Forced Labour Prevention Act effectively banning US imports of all products from Xinjiang.

Former US president said he invoked the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment that offers citizens protection against self-incrimination.

Veteran politicians James Tien, Selina Chow and Miriam Lau submit resignation letters to Liberal Party in protest over plans to abolish honorary chair posts.

Beijing’s white paper on ‘Taiwan Question’ also accuses political forces on island of misrepresenting and distorting the guiding principle.