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Even if the United States and China reach a trade deal, the lack of “strategic trust” between the two powers could still result in a fragmented global economy, Singapore’s trade and industry minister ...
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan last week appealed for global intervention in the country’s dispute with India over Jammu and Kashmir. Khan wrote in a piece for an international newspaper that fai...
The upcoming Asean-US Maritime Exercise has fuelled various interpretations, with some trying to frame it in “black and white” terms – that Asean is shifting towards the United States instead of China...
As the US-China trade war intensifies and South Korea’s spat with Japan shows no sign of abating, Seoul is doubling down on its diplomatic pivot to Southeast Asia. On September 1, President Moon Jae-i...
When Tikendra Dewan enlisted in the famed Gurkha brigade of the British army in the early 1970s, he was not thinking much about the future, let alone a comfortable retirement. Like many Nepalis who si...
The art of face-changing, or bian lian, is the most dramatic highlight of traditional Sichuan opera, in which a deft performer can change painted silk masks in quick succession with a flip of the wris...
Police from the Philippines and China are planning to work together to solve crimes committed by Chinese nationals against their compatriots, according to the head of the Philippine National Police An...
Hongkongers are “more than welcome” to move to Malaysia through the country’s My Second Home programme but must not be “running away from something”, officials said on Wednesday amid reports of a spik...
Australia on Wednesday launched a task force to clamp down on foreign interference at universities amid growing concerns about Chinese influence on college campuses. Education Minister Dan Tehan said ...
Universities in Australia are taking a “multibillion-dollar gamble” by relying on Chinese students for revenue, a report has said, amid growing concerns that Australian research has been used by Beiji...
A senior Indonesian minister in charge of ties with China was forced to clarify over the weekend that Jakarta had not struck any deal with Ping An, China’s biggest insurer by market value, to improve ...
Indonesia’s restive province of West Papua was gripped by violence this week as protesters clashed with police, leading Jakarta to cut internet access and send almost 1,000 additional officers to quel...
“Almost the single worst abuser of everybody.” This was how US President Donald Trump described Vietnam’s approach to trade in an interview in June. His damning verdict was followed a few days later b...
Perfecto Yasay, Jnr, 72, President Rodrigo Duterte’s former college room mate whom he appointed as his first foreign secretary, was arrested in the Philippines on Wednesday in connection with a long-r...
East Timor wants to cooperate with China in the oil and gas industry, but reports that Dili would borrow US$16 billion from China’s Export-Import Bank to finance one such project were a “hoax”, the co...
Sceptics of East Timor’s relations with China should know it is not a “new, fragile country” that can be easily swayed by others, its foreign minister said, citing how the nation handled its border di...
Days after China backed Pakistan and prodded the United Nations Security Council into an informal discussion on New Delhi’s decision to strip Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy, anger is brewing in Ind...
If an armed conflict broke out between Beijing and Washington, China’s hi-tech ballistic missiles would likely cripple the United States’ military bases and naval fleet across the Western Pacific regi...
“He’s going to be a great one,” cooed US President Donald Trump in his characteristic ebullient style as he witnessed the swearing-in last month of Mark Esper, his fourth defence secretary in three ye...
Members of Hong Kong’s Pakistani community joined their home country in observing a “black day” on Thursday, India’s Independence Day, to denounce New Delhi’s decision to strip the disputed Kashmir re...