BEIJING — China on Wednesday warned that it would not tolerate protesters’ efforts to threaten the central government’s authority in Hong Kong and suggested that it could, if necessary, mobilize troops in the People’s Liberation Army garrison there to maintain order. The warning came as the government released a new defense strategy that accused the […]
SINGAPORE – A Taiwanese tourist had just walked out of Chinatown MRT station when an e-scooter knocked into her right heel, causing her to fall and hit her head against the ground. Madam Liang Yuan-Chia, 45, was taken to Singapore General Hospital and was found to have a minor head injury and strained buttocks. She […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – A Chinese company, its owner and three managers have been indicted on charges they conspired to evade US sanctions intended to stop North Korean companies from helping Pyongyang develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday (July 23). Ma Xiaohong, her company Dandong Hongxiang Industrial […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – A small group of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong on Wednesday (July 24) temporarily disrupted the city’s notoriously busy morning rush, stranding crowds of commuters on platforms at a main station. The action prompted Hong Kong’s train operator to announce delays on the Island Line, which cuts through the the city’s financial centre. MRT Corp, […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Former ruling party Umno and Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) have agreed on the terms of an electoral pact that is set to be unveiled by the end of next month. Under the agreement, both parties will not contest against each other in state and parliament seats, paving the […]
India is making a big push for electric vehicles, signalling a turning point in its clean energy policy, writes energy writer Vandana Gombar. In 2017, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari shocked the automobile industry (and the world) when he announced that he intended for India to move to 100% electric cars by 2030. “I am going […]
We don’t see her photo on our social media. We don’t read her real name in the papers. But the whole country is talking about her and the sickening crime she’s said to have suffered. The case of “Victoria” has stopped Myanmar in its tracks. On the morning of 16 May, a two-year-old girl went […]
(Reuters) – China’s campaign to boost loans to small firms was supposed to support the economy during its biggest slowdown in decades, but banks’ reluctance to lend has left exporters and manufacturers in its southern industrial belt struggling to pay the bills. Despite prodding from Beijing, several bankers have told Reuters they have little appetite […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government will pay a minimum of $15 per acre to farmers hurt by President Donald Trump’s trade war with China under an aid package to be unveiled before the end of the week, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Tuesday. “We’ll have information for you before the week ends,” Perdue […]
Russia says it has carried out its first ever joint air patrol with China, prompting both South Korea and Japan to send jets in response. The defence ministry says four bombers, supported by fighter jets, patrolled a pre-planned route over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. South Korea says its jets fired […]