The much-anticipated revamped Huanggang Port, expected to open later this year, should be seen as more than a story about faster clearance. Its deeper significance lies in a question that deserves wider discussion: if border functions can be redesigned, where should border control actually operate? Living in the Greater Bay Area, where people and businesses…
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi (centre right) and India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (centre left) at the 57th Asean foreign ministers’ meeting in Vientiane last year. (AFP pic) NEW DELHI: Indian foreign minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday he told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that the neighbours should tackle key aspects of relations, such…
The exterior of the North Korean consulate in Dandong, Liaoning province, China. / Image: Daily NK As hopes fade for a resumption of Chinese group tours to North Korea, travel agencies are pivoting to a new product this year: business trips. Agencies that once aggressively marketed North Korea tourism now sell visits framed as business…
AIM Talks 2026 AIM China 2026 Get the latest news delivered to your inbox Sign up for The Manila Times newsletters By signing up with an email address, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. H.E. Fahad Al Gergawi Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Trade…
Hong Kong police are investigating the suspected poisoning of four dogs on farms in the northern New Territories, with an animal welfare group saying two other canines are missing and describing the cases as “heartbreaking”. The Sai Kung Stray Friends Foundation said on Friday that the incidents were among at least 19 reported cases linked…
Myanmar’s ruling junta said on Saturday that it had recaptured a town on a trade highway to China from an ethnic armed group in the country’s war-wracked north. Following a 16-day operation, “Tatmadaw reoccupied Hsipaw completely” on Thursday, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said, referring to the military by its Burmese name….
A Hong Kong woman has died after the car she was driving crashed into a truck near the border with mainland China. Police received a report at 4.55am on Saturday that the car heading to the border control point slammed into the truck, which was parked on the side of Man Kam To Road near…
A Hong Kong woman has died after the car she was driving crashed into a truck near the border with mainland China. Police received a report at 4.55am on Saturday that the car heading to the border control point slammed into the truck, which was parked on the side of Man Kam To Road near…
A student from northwestern China who was tricked into a scam in Myanmar was unexpectedly released after the gang learned he had a “bright future”. Peng Yuxuan, 19, from Hanzhong City in Shaanxi province, had just retaken China’s national college entrance exam known as the gaokao in June. His scores and intended university have not…