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A court in China recently heard a divorce lawsuit stemming from a couple’s disagreement over their child’s name. Due to their inability to reach a consensus on their son’s name, the baby, who is over a year old, cannot obtain a birth certificate and, as a result, has not received any of the necessary vaccinations…
When Ding Xiaohan, a software engineer from Shanghai, took her 18-year-old son to Japan for a weeklong holiday this summer, she did not hold back. The 47-year-old spent freely as they explored the affluent neighbourhood near the Tokyo Tower and the tea-producing city of Shizuoka, splashing out on sushi lunches, barbecue dinners and dolls modelled…
A sweeping review by the United States of the landmark Aukus submarine pact could usher in stricter conditions on technology transfers, cost-sharing and fresh concessions from Australia, raising questions about the future of the trilateral deal. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had privately assured Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles that the pact would…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his American counterpart Donald Trump have spoken by phone for the third time this year, capping off a string of high-level US-China engagements, with the US leader suggesting that the two sides made progress on trade friction and a TikTok deal, among other issues. Both presidents framed the nearly two-hour-long…
That new initiative is expected to start on Saturday in selected districts in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Jiaxing, a city in eastern Zhejiang province, according to a report on Friday by local media outlet LatePost, which cited unnamed sources. Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post, did not immediately reply to a request for comment…
Chinese naval researchers have detailed plans to construct a multilayered defence architecture designed to protect warships from saturation attacks by up to thousands of low-cost drones, responding to what they call an existential threat amplified by accessible commercial technology. The proposed “counter-swarm system”, likened by some experts to a digital-age Great Wall, would integrate satellites,…
A senior official with the Xinjiang regional government said US sanctions would lead to reduced job opportunities in the region, in the first official confirmation of their economic impact. Chen Weijun, vice-chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, told a press conference on Friday that those affected included ethnic Uygurs, but expressed confidence in the…
The Philippines’ new acting transport secretary has likened his ride in an overcrowded bus in Manila recently to “going to war”, prompting him to order his officials to commute weekly on the country’s public transport system so they can experience the daily ordeal of Filipinos. The highly publicised move has drawn praise from some advocacy…
Hong Kong’s cash-strapped Urban Renewal Authority (URA) will consult the public next year about its preliminary proposal to revamp a financially unsustainable compensation scheme for flat owners affected by redevelopment, a minister has said. Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho on Friday gave a timeline for reviewing the statutory body’s compensation mechanism, which provides payouts…
Nine months in, however, gloom hangs over the relationship, as the bloc grows increasingly frustrated at the Asian giant’s action on trade and what it sees as its catalysing support for Russia on the battlefield. “Some expected some kind of charm offensive by China … we haven’t seen a charm offensive. We’ve seen, rather, a…
