Hongkongers should avoid making non-essential trips to southeastern areas of Myanmar, the Security Bureau has said in issuing a red travel alert, while a top official has met the country’s consul general in the city to follow up on a resurgence of job scams. The bureau said on Friday travellers needed to adjust plans and…
The mainland Chinese authorities have lifted a pandemic-era ban on travel to Taiwan, allowing tour groups from Shanghai and Fujian province to visit the island. The Culture and Tourism Ministry said preparations were “actively under way” – although there is no timetable for visits to resume – and the move would help normalise cross-strait exchanges,…
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying paid more than HK$13 million (US$1.93 million) to two former United States officials for their consultancy services for the Taiwanese government, a court heard on Friday. Lai also said he had unknowingly paid NT$5.8 million (US$176,000) to a top aide of then Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen over…
Chinese President Xi Jinping will skip US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday but will send Vice President Han Zheng instead, the country’s Foreign Ministry said. An announcement Friday from an unnamed ministry spokesperson confirming Han’s participation said China wanted a “stable, healthy and sustainable relationship” with the US and was ready to work with…
This is the 42nd instalment in a biweekly series profiling major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades. G.E.M. is that rare Cantopop singer who is more popular in mainland China than her native Hong Kong. The musician, whose real name is Gloria Tang Tze-kei, has certainly lived up to her stage name over…
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has admitted to connecting three ex-US officials with the Taiwanese government to offer advice on foreign relations and strengthen ties with Washington, while denying claims he acted as a “middleman” to harm mainland China’s interests. Lai also said on Thursday that he had relayed suggestions from two…
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has admitted to connecting three ex-US officials with the Taiwanese government to offer advice on foreign relations and strengthen ties with Washington, while denying claims he acted as a “middleman” to harm mainland China’s interests. Lai also said on Thursday that he had relayed suggestions from two…
Chinese President Xi Jinping will launch an invasion of Taiwan before 2030 unless the costs of such an operation are dramatically increased, President-elect Donald Trump‘s choice for secretary of state, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, said on Wednesday. Newsweek reached out to the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Rubio’s office with emailed requests for comment. Why It…
Washington: Marco Rubio, Donald Trump’s pick to be the US Secretary of State, has said that if current trends continued, China would control the health, security, prosperity and lives of Americans in a decade. He also warned that the US will have to deal with China’s president Xi Jinping invading Taiwan by the end of…
China’s construction of barges that appear tailor made for amphibious landings has raised concerns over the prospect of an invasion of Taiwan, with a former U.S. admiral likening the situation to preparations made before the “D-Day” landings in June 1944. Newsweek reached out to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, U.S. Department of Defense, and Taipei Economic…