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US lawmakers urged to ‘pull back from the brink’ over Hong Kong trade office bill
Beijing issues warning after US politicians revive bipartisan Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Certification Act.
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18 Hong Kong banks offer flexible loans to SMEs to cope with US-China trade war
Extension of loan repayment periods and partial principal repayment arrangements offered by banks to ease SMEs’ pain.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:China fires back with fresh 50% tariff in stern rebuke to Trump’s escalation
Matching blows with Washington, Beijing’s tariff hike brings the accumulative tariff total to 84% on goods from US, as trade war rapidly intensifies.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:India readies for ‘big win’ US extradition of 2008 Mumbai attack suspect
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Canadian citizen born in Pakistan, will face trial in India for helping to plan the 2008 Mumbai attack.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:US report warns of ‘frightening’ China biotech rise, urges action to boost local industry
China is ‘quickly ascending to biotechnology dominance’ and the US must ‘take swift action in the next three years’, the report says.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:12 non-locally trained dentists issued offers to ease shortage in Hong Kong
All 12 are fluent in Cantonese and English, with three already working in the city as authorities push to fill 80 vacancies.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:South Korean man jailed for attempted murder over Chinese insult, revealing racial tensions
The incident occurred when one business partner in Seoul called the other Chinese, reflecting ongoing national identity tensions.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Trump’s tariffs: Asean urged to tap East Asia’s US$10 trillion forex reserves, assets
By diversifying its market investment sources, Asean can be less reliant on American capital, a former Malaysian central banker says.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Why China can and should go all out against Trump in his trade war
China has all the cards and the confidence; but for the US, the likely outcome is the bursting of the US financial bubble and the dollar’s demise.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Ukraine captures two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia
President Zelensky says two soldiers were captured while fighting in Ukraine's Donetsk region.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:WWII bomber base enlisted for US power projection against China in the Pacific
Decades of jungle growth stripped away and multiple runways restored on abandoned airfield in the strategic second island chain.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Chinese cancer patient holds park funeral for herself, gains support from passers-by
‘I do not fear death. Life’s value is not in its duration, but in how fully we embrace each moment,’ says woman.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Malaysia’s brain drain deepens as 1 in 6 state-funded scholars opts to work abroad
Government data shows over 2,800 scholarship recipients have chosen not to return and fulfil their public service commitments since 2010.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong and Ningxia autonomous region forge trade ties amid US-China tariff war
Deals worth US$616 million were signed at the launch of the Ningxia-Hong Kong Cooperation Advisory Committee.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Korean actress Kim Min-hee and film director Hong Sang-soo welcome baby boy
Actress, 43, who has been in relationship with filmmaker Hong Sang-soo, 65, for about a decade, gave birth at hospital in Hanam, South Korea.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Neither US nor China ready for once-in-a-lifetime trade war
Donald Trump’s trade war with China is producing one of the most tantalizing split screens in the history of global economics. On one, the US president is going full bore against China and threatening a 104% tariff. This includes Vice President JD Vance dismissing the 1.4 billion-plus people generating the gross domestic product of Asia’s […] The post Neither US nor China ready for once-in-a-lifetime trade war appeared...
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Work with a smile? But that’s harassment, say nearly half of Japanese polled
45.7 per cent of respondents say they think asking store staff to smile is harassment, suggesting growing sensitivity to pressures on service workers.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:MTR users urged to plan ahead with work reducing Tung Chung line Saturday night service
Rail operator says second of four devices to be installed overnight to connect track to planned Tung Chung East station.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Chip war: Samsung denies halting foundry services for Chinese clients amid US pressure
Samsung operates one of the few foundries capable of rivalling industry-leading TSMC in producing advanced chips.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Trump’s tariff wall was never about fairness or reciprocity
Blanket tariffs on all goods imports confirm he is committed to ‘liberating’ the US from the very system that made it prosperous.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Why of all days is Xi visiting Cambodia on April 17?
Could Chinese President Xi Jinping have picked a more inconvenient moment to swan into Cambodia than April 17? Not only is it the anniversary of the Fall of Phnom Penh, when the Beijing-backed Khmer Rouge marched into the capital in 1975. It’s also over Khmer New Year, Cambodia’s biggest and most sacred national holiday, when […] The post Why of all days is Xi visiting Cambodia on April 17? appeared first on Asia...
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong lawmakers concerned over 52% rise in spending for coming Legco election
Constitutional affairs chief Erick Tsang defends additional resources while lawmakers question whether they will guarantee high voter turnout.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Nursing home fire in China kills 20 people
Authorities have detained the person in charge of the facility as they investigate the cause of the fire.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:US Anti-ship Missile System to Have Extended Deployment in Philippines: Report
The NMESIS system will be used during the upcoming Balikatan military exercises and then remain for further bilateral drills in June.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Karakalpak Refugees Find Asylum in the US
An interview with Tleubike Yuldasheva, Ziuar Mirmanbetova, Raisa Khudaibergenova, and Zhangeldi Zhaksymbetov.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Trump's tariffs are a huge blow to Vietnam's economic ambitions
US exports have driven the economic success of countries like Vietnam and Cambodia.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Japan’s delicate surge of top-tier Chinese workers
The face of Chinese migration in Japan is changing. Last month, the business magazine Toyo Keizai profiled the phenomenon of Chinese children enrolling in some of Tokyo’s top elementary schools. The article series zoomed in on Tokyo’s Bunkyo-ku, home to the University of Tokyo as well as some of the capital’s best public schools, noting […] The post Japan’s delicate surge of top-tier Chinese workers appeared first on...
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Pakistan Sees Opportunity in Trump’s Tariffs
Its main Asian competitors for access to the U.S. textile market have been slapped with higher tariffs.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:India Tightens Grip Over Sri Lanka With Defense Pact
Sri Lanka’s JVP-led NPP government has made a dramatic pivot toward India, even utilizing legislative changes it once vehemently opposed.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Trade, Tariffs and Trump in Southeast Asia
The tariffs will disrupt existing production networks and increase costs, while damaging Washington's image and relations with the region.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:What SE Asia does and doesn’t want from Trump
On his first official visit to Asia, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth underscored while in Tokyo the need for Japan to accelerate military strengthening in light of China’s growing assertiveness and the looming risk of a Taiwan contingency. From Manila to Hanoi, regional leaders have publicly welcomed reassurances of the US’s security presence, viewing America’s […] The post What SE Asia does and doesn’t want from...
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:AI chips not ice creams - minister's dig at Indian start-ups sparks debate
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal says Indian start-ups need to focus more on deep-tech innovations.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Shocked by Trump, Australia Must Double Down Its Relations With Asia
The U.S. president's indiscriminate tariff offensive has resolved a long-running debate about where the country's future lies.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Albanese and Dutton face-off in first Australia election debate
Cost of living issues dominated the debate and the political rivals were asked about Trump's tariffs.
Published on: April 09, 2025 | Source:Thai Court Denies Bail for American Academic Accused of Defaming Monarchy
Paul Chambers of Naresuan University, a leading academic authority on the Thai military, has been deemed a flight risk and imprisoned pending trial.
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