Donald Trump’s return to the White House is set to have profound implications for China, the world and the United States itself. In the last of a three-part series, Khushboo Razdan looks at how the US president-elect’s cost-cutting initiatives could affect federal departments and, in turn, increasingly fragile Sino-American relations. Washington’s bureaucrats are bracing for…
Voters approved an Arizona ballot measure this month that promised to enhance border security through various means, including stricter punishment for people selling fentanyl and granting local law enforcement agencies sweeping authority to enforce federal immigration laws. Several provisions of Proposition 314 went into effect Monday, such as the crackdown on the sale of fentanyl….
The Hang Seng Index rose 0.6 per cent to 19,258.09 as of 10.04am local time. The Hang Seng Tech Index gained 0.5 per cent. On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index and the Shanghai Composite Index both added 0.6 per cent. Chinese search giant Baidu surged 3.7 per cent to HK$80.75 on media reports that…