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Hong Kong has pulled ahead of Singapore in attracting technology-driven companies that use cryptocurrency for treasury management and other applications, reinforcing its position as Asia’s leading digital-asset hub, at least for now, according to a crypto industry veteran who advises both governments. “Over the past two years, especially in the first half of this year,…
China’s president, Xi Jinping, has met with his American counterpart, Donald Trump, for their first face-to-face talks in six years. Trump emerged from the meeting in South Korea in a buoyant mood, describing it as a 12 on a scale of one to ten. He is now saying the US will lower tariffs on Chinese…
A new study has found that rainwater in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta contains microplastics and potentially other toxic chemicals harmful to public health, raising alarm over the pervasiveness of such particles in the country’s biome – down to food consumed. Raindrops were picking up microplastics floating in Jakarta’s air, Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)…
This article was originally published by Pacific Forum. It is republished with permission. China has emerged as an economic and strategiccompetitorof the United States in South America. As part of the Belt and Road Initiative, China has funneled$1.3 billioninto the new Peruvian Port of Chancay, a deepwater facility that became fully operational in November 2024….
The decision by Hong Kong banks to follow the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut will help the city’s economy by easing loan repayments for mortgage holders, the finance chief has said. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po’s remarks came as figures released on Friday showed Hong Kong’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 3.8 per…
It was 12 out of 10, said US president Donald Trump when reporting back on his meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The two men met in the South Korean city of Busan on October 30, the first time they have come together face to face since 2019. That, in itself, must be seen…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday urged world leaders to ensure the stability of supply chains, saying countries should be “joining hands” instead of “breaking chains”, as he pointed to growing uncertainty in the Asia-Pacific. According to Chinese state news agency Xinhua, Xi also repeated earlier calls for countries to uphold the multilateral trading system…
Few moments in US history have tested academic freedom as much as the present, with US President Donald Trump’s administration releasing a 10-point Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. What started as bureaucratic proposals have hardened into a national doctrine tying federal funding to political conformity. It is changing the nature of US universities…
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping finally met in Busan, South Korea, for long-awaited talks aimed at easing trade tensions. If that was the objective, it was only narrowly achieved: the US “fentanyl tariffs” on China were halved—from 20% to 10%—bringing Chinese tariff levels closer to those of other Asian economies. In…
Britain’s King Charles on Thursday stripped his disgraced brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicted him from his royal residence after weeks of pressure to act over his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Buckingham Palace said. After the king’s rare move, which follows years of shameful scandals, he would be known as…
