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US troop aid may reassure Philippines but will prod China: analysts

For Beijing, the US defence secretary’s revelation of deployment to Task Force Ayungin could be ‘nerve-racking’, says analyst.

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Amazon invites Chinese sellers to new bargain marketplace Haul

The US e-commerce giant is aggressively promoting its new budget-shopping platform this holiday season to take on Temu and Shein.

Amazon is inviting Chinese merchants onto its new budget-shopping platform. Photo: AFP

Second Australian teen dies after suspected Laos poisoning, death toll now 6

Holly Bowles, 19, died hours after her friend Bianca Jones following a night out in Vang Vieng. Two Danes, an American and a Briton have also died.

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Outside In | It’s goodbye to ‘peace dividend’, hello to wars and defence binges

Global spending on defence is rising at the expense of social needs. The ‘peace dividend’ years are over.

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Citigroup CEO meets Chinese officials as Beijing touts financial market reforms

Fraser said the Wall Street bank will ‘further its participation in the market to help promote US-China economic ties and trade’.

Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng met Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua

Kim says ‘hostile’ US pushing Korean peninsula to brink of nuclear war

The North Korean leader said his previous experience of talks with Washington only highlighted its ‘aggressive’ policy against Pyongyang.

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Number of Hongkongers enrolled in US universities hits record low

According to US government-sponsored survey, country had 2,762 undergraduates from Hong Kong in last school year.

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Unprofitable Chinese EV makers face ‘do-or-die moment’

Only those that can sustain operations without external funding will stay in the race amid overcapacity and tariff woes, analysts say.

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Visitors look at Mona M03 electric vehicles (EVs), displayed at an XPeng launch event in Beijing on August 27, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Chinese biotech firms brace for Trump tariffs, US funding bill

Efforts to expand sales of high-value products in China and non-US markets would cushion the blow, analysts say.

A robotic surgical system is displayed during the 2024 China Medical Equipment Conference in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality on March 29, 2024. Photo: Xinhua

UN says its officials could meet with Israel’s Netanyahu despite warrant

Despite no-contact rules, UN officials may still meet with Israel’s Netanyahu under limited circumstances, spokesman says.

Inside the biggest art event in the US, featuring 800-plus artists

Combine over 800 artists in various mediums, and US$20 million in funding from The Getty Foundation, and you get ‘PST ART: Art and Science Collide’.

China creates new AI advisory body, with Alibaba Cloud founder as chief expert

The AI Experts Committee is expected to promote China’s perspective on how the fast-growing technology should be governed.

The creation of China’s AI Experts Committee was announced during the 2024 World Internet Conference held in Wuzhen, eastern Zhejiang province. Photo: Xinhua

Meet Senada Greca, personal fitness trainer to Kim Kardashian and Miranda Kerr

As a teenager, Greca moved from Albania to the US and managed her anxiety and depression with exercise; now, she runs several wellness companies and is a trainer to the stars in Los Angeles

Senada Greca dressed up while on holiday in St Barths. Photo: @senada.greca/Instagram

Meet Kevin Kline’s long-time fellow actor wife, Phoebe Cates

Tinseltown relationships may come and go, but for Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates, married for decades, bliss followed their decision to live in New York and her rejection of the film industry.

Russia’s Putin hints at strikes on West in ‘global’ Ukraine war

Russia on Thursday fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine in response to Kyiv’s use this week of US and UK-supplied missiles.

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US House passes bill to punish non-profits it deems to support terrorism

Proposal has drawn concern from range of nonprofits who say it could be used to target organisations a future administration disagrees with.

The US Capitol building in Washington. Photo: Reuters

Editorial | Torch of international cooperation to burn despite Trump return

China’s President Xi Jinping along with leaders at the Apec and G20 summits make it clear multilateralism is still the way to go.

Can Trump, avid TikTok user and China critic, save it from a US ban?

Republican loyalty test brews as president-elect’s support this year for popular social-media app runs headlong into tough-on-Beijing vows.

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Beijing voices support for jailing of 45 opposition activists

Central government’s liaison office also condemns US and other countries for ‘attacks’ against judicial system.

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Legal scholar Benny Tai leaves the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre in 2021. He was deemed the scheme mastermind and jailed for 10 years. Photo: Winson Wong

Opinion | Could Trump’s popularity in China prompt him to temper the trade war?

Beijing’s sensitivity to public opinion and Trump’s weakness for flattery could have big implications for US-China trade.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and then-US president Donald Trump participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. Photo: AP

Macroscope | China won’t be the only Asian economy in Trump’s sights

Expect trade tensions to intensify dramatically at a time when many Asian economies, including China, are relying on exports to boost growth.

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ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant and a Hamas leader

The action by the International Criminal Court came as the death toll from Israel’s campaign in Gaza passed 44,000 people.

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Why China’s EV battery industry could hit 10 trillion yuan despite overcapacity

Nation’s ‘most criticised scientist’ Ouyang Minggao says lithium-ion advances could power sector to new heights, despite current overcapacity.

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Leading battery scientist Ouyang Minggao says China’s battery industry could be worth 10 trillion yuan (US$138 billion) in the future. Photo: File

Chinese crypto entrepreneur pays US$6.2 million for banana taped to wall

Sotheby’s confirmed that Justin Sun was the buyer of artist Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian sculpture at its auction yesterday.

FILE - Artist Maurizio Cattelan’s piece of art “Comedian” hangs on display during an auction preview at Sotheby’s in New York, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Bitcoin hits US$97,000 as crypto sector seeks White House post

The world’s largest digital asset reaches an all-time high in Asia on Thursday.

Lai says no ‘serious violence’ at storming of Hong Kong Legco – as it happened

Former media boss also rejects claims from ex-Apple Daily staff over grip on editorial direction, creation of sanctions list targeting Hongkongers.

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