Some vendors at Hong Kong’s coming Food Expo have said they expect brisker sales and higher foot traffic compared with last year, citing better weather, discounts and creative products such as caviar sake gelato. The five-day expo is among five trade fairs that will open next Thursday, with more than 1,850 exhibitors in total from…
A crypto Cold War is underway as the United States, China, and Russia have competing visions about the future of crypto-economic systems. Washington encourages private crypto markets and dollar-backed stablecoins as a way to extend American financial reach. Beijing favors state-led payment systems and carefully regulated blockchain infrastructure. Moscow views mining, digital assets, and the…
At Fastmarkets’ 2026 Battery Raw Materials Conference, a panel of industry veterans laid out just how much is riding on the next four months for the United States’ critical minerals buildout, from a looming midterm election to a September visit from Chinese President Xi Jinping that could reshape Washington’s leverage over the sector. Moderator Howard…
The recent decision by the US government not to extend its Hong Kong-related state of emergency saw the effective lifting of sanctions on nine mainland Chinese and Hong Kong officials. At a Ministry of Commerce press briefing, a spokesman called it “an important step in fulfilling the consensus” reached in negotiations. Some view the move…
When Tim Sypko describes Hong Kong Disneyland Resort as a “second home”, the phrase carries more weight than the familiar language of corporate arrival. Tim Sypko has been president and managing director of Hong Kong Disneyland since November 2025 Image courtesy of Disney Sypko has spent 35 years with Disney, beginning in frontline operations and…
KARAK, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian durian orchard owner Stephen Chow’s workers spend hours in the fields in the dead of night, donning headlamps to collect freshly ripened fruit coveted by Chinese consumers. But the hard work may not be enough to keep Chow out of the red. Durian lovers prize the Malaysian premium varieties such…
BEIJING, CHINA – NOVEMBER 11: The national flag of China flies in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Commerce on November 11, 2025, in Beijing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images China unleashed its broadest package of trade countermeasures since last October’s truce, pushing back against a string of…
China’s use of coal for electricity grew in the first half of 2026 as a record amount of wind and solar power was wasted through curtailment, new research has found. The world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter brought 30 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power capacity into operation in the six months to June and coal-fired…
The US has determined that there are human rights abuses and ongoing genocide in China’s Xinjiang region. (EPA Images pic) WASHINGTON: The US on Friday banned imports from 43 more companies over alleged human rights abuses of Uyghur and other minority groups, including Hunan Aihua Group, one of China’s largest capacitor manufacturers, according to a…
When China’s DeepSeek sent shock waves through the technology world early last year, it raised a confronting question for America’s tech giants, could China build cutting-edge artificial intelligence for a fraction of the cost? More than a year on DeepSeek is no longer the only strong challenger. In recent weeks, Chinese AI developers Z.ai (formerly…