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China couple celebrate wedding at hotpot chain for US$3,100, attract attention with long bill

Traditional Chinese weddings feature lavish banquets, a typical table for 10 costs at least US$700.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

India blocks state-backed Chinese X accounts for spreading pro-Pakistan ‘disinformation’

Global Times and Xinhua were banned by New Delhi on Wednesday for ‘spreading unverified claims’, according to local media reports.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Greater healthcare demand drives 55% hike in Hong Kong employee medical premiums

Inaugural ‘staff medical insurance index’ highlights surge over past three years with post Covid-19 illnesses among contributing factors.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Singapore, US to discuss ‘zero’ or preferential tariffs on pharmaceutical exports

Washington has offered to talk about concessions on pharmaceuticals – which make up over 10 per cent of Singapore’s exports to the US– said deputy PM Gan Kim Yong.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Malaysia records fewest births ever, fuelling population decline concerns

Officials warn of a looming demographic crisis as more Malaysians opt for a ‘child-free’ lifestyle.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

China-US ties: lawmakers call on American college to end role in Duke Kunshan University

Congressmen say college partnership creates ‘direct pipeline between US innovation and China’s military-industrial complex’.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Hong Kong court questions human rights implications in denial of early release

Lawyer of Adam Ma, dubbed the ‘Captain America’ protester, argues rejecting his client’s jail sentence review violates human rights.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Hong Kong confident over 2025 growth after economy expands 3.1% in first quarter

‘Broadly sustained external demand’ and front-loading of shipments in early April helped accelerate export growth to 8.4 per cent against year ago, government says.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Trump wraps up his Middle East tour with deals galore

The US president made scoring business deals a centrepiece of the first major foreign trip of his second term.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

China’s message on trade deals is clear: multilateral is the only way

The choice of the Swiss city of Geneva for US-China negotiations was telling, and the breakthroughs achieved are only the start of a long process.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

The Historical Great Powers of Asia: Medieval East Asia

China was preeminent both within East Asia and beyond that region as a globally influential state.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Tech war: US curbs on global use of Huawei chips add uncertainty to China’s AI investment

New guidance on US export rules could deter Chinese firms with global ambitions from using Huawei processors, analysts say.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Are India-US Relations Entering a Difficult Phase?

Trump’s re-hyphenation of New Delhi and Islamabad – a reversal of the de-hyphenation policy started by Bush – is a serious setback to the India-U.S. partnership.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Thai monk arrested for stealing US$9 million from temple, funds traced to online gambling

Police said Phra Thammachiranuwat’s arrest is to ‘help purify our religion’.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Inside the minds of Singapore’s opposition members – why do they keep coming back?

SDP’s Chee Soon Juan and Paul Tambyah, WP’s Yee Jenn Jong and SDA’s Desmond Lim explain why politics matter to them despite the hurdles.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

To survive the trade war, China aims to create a stronger domestic economy

Beijing has gained greater urgency in its push to rebalance the economy and make it less vulnerable to US tariffs, analysts say.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

UK talking with several countries to set up ‘return hubs’ for rejected asylum seekers

The British leader is under pressure to reduce immigration and cut the number of irregular migrants arriving on UK shores.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Ordinary Hongkongers can take photos near ‘prohibited places’: authorities

Government says visitors welcome to take photos for leisure purposes, after journalist reportedly threatened with arrest at off-limits site.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Putin’s ‘second wife’ joke about Malaysia’s Anwar draws laughs and anger amid MH17 ruling

While some social media users were amused by the leaders’ moment of levity, others felt it was inappropriate in light of the MH17 tragedy.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

The Philippine Midterm Election Results Reflected the Country’s Political Polarization

The results have set the scene for a similarly polarized battle during Vice President Sara Duterte's upcoming Senate impeachment trial.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

North Korea defectors in SK public sector at record high

Seoul has intensified efforts to help North Korean defectors settle into the South.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

On Indonesia Visit, Albanese Calls For Greater Defense and Economic Cooperation

Despite the warm neighborly talk that marked the Australian leader's visit, the two nations will continue to have divergent strategic perspectives.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Malaysia’s PM Anwar Winds Up Second State Visit to Russia

The four-day visit was overshadowed by the release of a report blaming Russia for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, in which 43 Malaysians lost their lives.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

WHO declares polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea

Less than half of the country's population are immunised against the highly infectious disease.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Top Australian soldier loses appeal over war crimes defamation case

Ben Roberts-Smith says he now intends to appeal the landmark judgement in the High Court.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

China’s strategic pivot paying off in South Caucasus

Western powers have, by and large, failed constructively to engage Azerbaijan following its restoration of integral territorial sovereignty. Filling the gap, China has been deepening its influence in the country while extending its reach into Georgia and even Armenia. Beijing has been ramping up investments in the region’s digital infrastructure and financing energy projects. At […] The post China’s strategic pivot...

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

Trump’s trade beef more with Global South than China

As Donald Trump gears up for his big trade battle with Xi Jinping’s China, is the US president fighting the wrong economic war? A perusal of Federal Reserve data shows, rather convincingly, that the US now imports roughly four times as much fromGlobal Southnations, ex-China, than from Asia’s biggest economy. In March, for example, the […] The post Trump’s trade beef more with Global South than China appeared first on...

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

China’s moves in disputed waters spark concerns in Japan about ‘incremental control’

China could gain control of more undersea resources, change status quo with suspected construction of new offshore platform, analysts say.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Chinese student Xu Yang breaks ‘impossible’ microdrone world speed record

With help from other drone speedsters, Xu comes up with his own 3D-printed propellers for his superfast small quadcopter.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

How India and Pakistan share one of the world's most dangerous borders

Living along the LoC - the volatile India-Pakistan border - means life in a fragile limbo between war and peace.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Criminal investigation opened into rape, sex assault allegations against Smokey Robinson

4 women allege that the Tears of a Clown singer, 85, assaulted them while they worked for him as housekeepers between 2007 and 2024.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Trump announces US$14.5 billion Etihad commitment with Boeing, GE Aerospace

White House on Thursday said Abu Dhabi-based Etihad will buy 28 American-made Boeing 787 and 777X aircraft powered by GE engines.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Mexican influencer shot dead during TikTok live stream was ‘killed by hitman’: prosecutors

Authorities investigating if death was connected to murder of a former congressman just hours earlier in the same area of Guadalajara.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

UAE to build biggest AI campus outside US in Trump deal, bypassing past China worries

Such a deal, finalised during Trump’s visit to Abu Dhabi, is major win for UAE, which has been trying to balance relations with US and China.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Taiwan more likely to face blockade or economic warfare from Beijing than invasion: panel

Still, witnesses testifying before influential US House committee urge America to prepare for all scenarios.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post