BEIJING — At least 31 people were killed when an explosion caused by a gas leak ripped through a restaurant in the northwestern Chinese city of Yinchuan, state media said on Thursday (June 22).
The blast occurred on the eve of the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, when many in...
BEIJING — The temperature in Beijing soared above 40°C on Thursday (June 22) for the first time since 2014 and broke the record for the hottest day in June, with heatwaves that had seared northern China a week earlier expected to persist through the weekend.
A weather station in the...
JAKARTA — Indonesia has changed where it will host Asean's first-ever joint military exercise to a location away from the South China Sea where several countries including China have overlapping territorial claims, its military said on Thursday (June 22).
The non-combat drills for members of the Association of Southeast Asian...
Beijing , June 17: Tech firm Ultra has created an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that it says helps analysts to identify products coming from China through Temu, a digital marketplace platform, which were built using forced labour, possibly from the Uyghur population.
Ram Ben Tzion, Founder and CEO of Ultra...
Last August, as China captured the world's attention with its large-scale military exercises off Taiwan, another offensive was taking place more subtly in the digital realm.
Across social media, fabricated stories claimed that China was evacuating its citizens from Taiwan and missiles were targeting a local airport, just days after...
June 18: Drugmaker AstraZeneca (AZN.L) is drafting a plan to spin off its China business, and listing a separate unit in Hong Kong is being viewed as an option, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
A separation might not ultimately take place, the report said, citing people familiar with the...
Seoul , June 18: South Korean authorities started a probe to look after unofficially set up Chinese 'police stations' across the country. The alleged presence of such entities was found after an investigation in Seoul in 2023.
The National Intelligence Service and the police officials are looking into the suspected activities...
Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) slashed its economic growth forecasts for China on Sunday, stating that current levels of stimulus from the government will provide less support for the economy than previously thought.
The investment bank cut its forecast for 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) to 5.4% from 6%, joining a growing...
China’s aircraft carriers are not specifically targeting Taiwan but pose a threat to the United States-led global security order, a former chief of Taiwan’s general staff said Friday (June 16).
Lee Hsi-ming (李喜明) was speaking at the presentation of a report about Taiwan’s defense situation by the Taipei School of...
