Jimmy Lai was the chief of the now-defunct Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily. Now 77, he’s facing a life sentence in a national security trial in Hong Kong. He was arrested in August 2020 after the intense anti-China government protests of 2019. Jimmy Lai, once one of Hong Kong’s most outspoken media tycoons, has been…
InnovationRx is your weekly digest of healthcare news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. Getty Images President-elect Trump has announced his plans to appoint two key people to healthcare roles in his upcoming Administration: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services last Thursday, and Mehmet Oz for administrator of…
The first US presidency of Donald Trump coincided with a rapid growth in China’s ability to transfer its emerging technologies between military and civilian use, according to a study by Chinese researchers. The project team led by Tian Qingfeng of the school of management at Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU) draws a line between US sanctions…
Chinese chip industry experts and investors have congregated in Beijing for one of the largest annual chip forums to discuss the impact of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) cutting advanced foundry services for some mainland clients and the outlook for the country’s chip sector under a new Donald Trump administration in the US. Despite US…
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – OCTOBER 17: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (R) welcomes Ukraine’s President … [+] Volodymyr Zelensky as he arrive for a joint press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on October 17, 2024. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu via Getty Images As Kyiv gets a green light to…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and US President-elect Donald Trump spoke shortly after the latter’s election Attila KISBENEDEK, CHARLY TRIBALLEAU Text size Donald Trump’s allies voiced vehement criticism Monday of President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine use US-supplied long-range missiles for attacks inside Russia, accusing him of a dangerous escalation. With two months left…
Military accidents involving China and the US in the South China Sea will be “increasingly likely” during Donald Trump’s second presidential term, but China is better prepared this time, according to a military analyst and retired People’s Liberation Army officer. PLA senior colonel Zhou Bo, now a senior fellow with Tsinghua University’s Centre for International…
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Memes, inspirational quotes, and even dance videos have brought President-elect Donald Trump to a new height of fame on Chinese social media since his election. On Xiaohongshu, a media platform most similar to Instagram, the search term “Trump” shows more than 200,000 posts on the topic and 880 million views, with recent…
The feverish post-election stock market rally came to a screeching halt last week. For the week, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell more than 2%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) shed more than 500 points or nearly 1.3%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) sank over 3%. Two firm inflation readings and commentary from Federal…
The Trump transition team is considering a former Uber executive and three current or former Republican congressmen – one of whom is now a Fox News host – to lead the US Department of Transportation, eight sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Emil Michael, a Trump donor and technology entrepreneur who knows Elon Musk…