Senior US State Department official says Beijing is trying to intimidate the island and overreacted to House speaker’s trip.

Global investment banks Standard Chartered, Goldman Sachs and Nomura have all cut their 2022 economic growth forecasts for China, with new Covid-19 outbreaks and trouble in the property sector cited as key concerns.

John Lee, 64, ran three adverts on his Facebook campaign page between April 13 and 18 in which three public figures endorsed him.

Officers intercept teenage boy after he is found acting suspiciously at Shin Ming Estate in Tseung Kwan O.

Those intending to admit liability in coming High Court proceedings include jailed legal scholar Benny Tai, three coordinators and 25 candidates.

Minister calls on researchers and industries to use platform to tell city’s innovation story.

Tencent said it will continue cost-cutting efforts after reporting its first revenue decline on record amid China’s economic slowdown and Beijing’s regulatory scrutiny.

Police said the bodies of the two primary school-aged victims were likely to have been in storage for several years and their relatives might not be aware they were dead.

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Politburo member Yang Jiechi meets Japan’s national security adviser Takeo Akiba for first senior political dialogue between the two nations since 2020.

Local authorities in China are believed to have room to issue an extra 1.55 trillion yuan (US$229 billion) in special debt and bonds this year to support infrastructure investment.

Elderly Services Association chairwoman Grace Li says resident discharged from hospital later showed symptoms, leading to the quarantining of 20 others.

A series explosions have rocked Crimea, the peninsula Russia annexed in 2014. The region had previously been seen as a secure rear base for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

Despite rising geopolitical tensions, investment from the European Union into China was up 15 per cent in the first half of 2022 compared to a year ago, according to data from Rhodium Group.

Windswept Matsu islands, less than 10km from mainland China at the closest point, would likely be an early target if Beijing attacks.

US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart’s home address was posted on right-wing sites, and Donald Trump has done little to lower the temperature among his supporters.

So far, 20 people have been rescued as Datong county in Qinghai province issues level 2 alarm in response to torrential rain that began on Wednesday.

Covid-19 survivors remain at higher risk of psychotic disorders, dementia and similar conditions, according to a large study that highlights the mounting burden of chronic illness left in the pandemic’s wake.

Officials said the haul, including two iguanas and three monitor lizards, were found in plastic baskets, hidden underneath snacks and packed in luggage.

Security experts said the attack highlighted potentially dangerous vulnerabilities in the UK’s critical infrastructure.

Taliban spokesman vows perpetrators will be punished after blast ripped through Kabul mosque packed with worshippers.

Agreement to address ‘significant distortions’ caused by state-owned enterprises and harm caused by non-market practices and policies.

Sales of so-called Dim Sum bonds have jumped as yuan borrowing costs are more attractive for issuers than US dollar rates, while for investors the notes often offer better yields than mainland China’s yuan debt.

The meal delivery platforms have formed the Digital Platforms Industry Association to help shape guidelines that protect the safety of workers.

Jen Flowers aims to give women the platform, audience and courage to have a voice.

A group of Chinese friends who converted 6,888 yuan into a 42kg bag of coins to give to their best friend, the groom, on his wedding day.

Moscow has become ‘even more accommodating’ towards Myanmar’s junta, as both seek closer economic and military ties, analysts note.

Suspect Hadi Matar, who called Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini ‘a great person’, says he decided to go to the writer’s event in New York after seeing a tweet about it.

Police say 12 Hong Kong residents had been detained against their will and at least two held for ransom so far this year after they fell for love and employment scams.

The region’s governments need to ‘incentivise both supply and demand for green financing,’ even as a surge in fossil fuel prices boosts the appeal of clean energy, says a climate researcher at MSCI.

The Z-20 is a multirole aircraft that can meet a range of needs in the city, according to observers.

Deeply intertwined economic connections between China and Japan – built up over decades – are seen as the bedrock for stability in China-Japan relations, despite deep-rooted historical disputes and political mistrust.

Joint statement from Washington and Seoul also describing expanded military drills points to closer bilateral ties as US-China relations languish.

The ex-US president has been described as an impossible client, with some lawyers citing how he tweeted about the Mueller probe against his legal team’s advice.

The move could further worsen ties between Beijing and the West, after US House Speaker Pelosi’s visit to the island earlier this month drew a furious response.

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Salma al-Shehab, a PhD candidate in the UK, is accused of aiding dissidents seeking to ‘disrupt public order’ and was arrested when she was back on holiday.

The United Nations special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery says evidence points to activity ‘in sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing’.

The first case of human-to-dog transmission was reported in Paris; pets are not a risk, but there is concern about spreading the disease to rodents and other animals.

Jason Grant was hired to promote access to sanitary products in schools; Scotland has just passed a law to make such products available for free.

Probationary inspector was found with cheat sheet during exam at Police College in Wong Chuk Hang, source says.

Iraqi actress Enas Taleb is suing The Economist for defamation after an article was published with her photo was used to illustrate how Arab women are more prone to putting on weight.

‘We don’t welcome those kinds of tourists,’ Thailand’s Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters when asked about recreational marijuana use among foreign visitors.

Aides to Pence told the panel in June that former President Donald Trump pressured the then-vice president to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

The China Semiconductor Industry Association denounced the US Chips and Science Act for violating shared principles of fair, open and non-discriminatory practices in the sector.

Enzo Leung, 18, originally scored perfect 5** in only six of his seven subjects and extended mathematics module elective.

Premier Li Keqiang visited tech giant Huawei Technologies, carmaker BYD and Yantian Port, while driving home the message of ‘reform and opening up’.

Review committee member and legislator Tik Chi-yuen says surprise inspection teams comprising community leaders could be among first proposals to be implemented.

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences say their technology uses an enzyme that targets RNA and has more short-lived effects.

President vows to peg the country’s modernisation to the principle of ‘wealth and happiness for all’.