The incident marks the second confrontation this week between Manila and Beijing over disputed South China Sea islands. China’s military said it drove away three Philippines aircraft “illegally” flying over the disputed Spratly Islands, marking the second aerial incident this week involving Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea. A spokesperson for the Chinese…
Consumer-grade spyware apps that covertly and continually monitor your private messages, photos, phone calls and real-time location are an ongoing problem for Android users. This guide can help you identify and remove common surveillance apps from your Android phone, including TheTruthSpy, Cocospy and Spyic, among others. Consumer-grade spyware apps are frequently sold under the guise…
WASHINGTON — The Vietnam National Assembly on Wednesday gave a near-unanimous approval to a railway bill that allows the country to utilize Chinese loans for the construction of a new $8.3 billion link aimed at improving transport connections between the two neighboring countries. The country’s rubber-stamp parliament gave the go-ahead to the project, with 455…
Manila says it will lodge a diplomatic protest after a Chinese helicopter flew deliberately within 3 metres (10 feet) of a Philippine aircraft. The United States ambassador to Manila has condemned “dangerous” manoeuvres by a Chinese navy helicopter that threatened the safety of a Philippine government aircraft patrolling a disputed shoal in the South China…
The research combines laser measurements from Nasa’s ICESat-2 satellite with optical data from the European Union’s Sentinel-2 to map underwater changes with unprecedented precision. The team’s peer-reviewed paper was published in the Chinese-language Journal of Tropical Oceanography on February 13. Barque Canada Reef is the largest landform in the Spratly Islands, an archipelago in the…
Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has pledged to make the city a Muslim-friendly destination for businessmen and tourists from Southeast Asia, by rolling out measures such as simplifying immigration requirements and more halal food offerings. He also focused on deepening ties with the Asean bloc, saying talks were under way with the Malaysian government…
Nearly 40 years after she was born with a malformed spine and misshapen limbs — most likely because her father was exposed to Agent Orange, the toxic chemical that the American military used during the Vietnam War — Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diem finally got some help from the United States. A project funded by U.S.A.I.D….
Hong Kong should leverage its experienced, well-connected China experts and capitalise on its role as a “superconnector” to share knowledge of the country with Asean economies, former city leader Leung Chun-ying has said. Speaking in Kuala Lumpur on Monday at the South China Morning Post’s China Conference: Southeast Asia 2025, Leung also highlighted the potential…
Hong Kong and mainland Chinese manufacturers will be hit by Donald Trump’s planned reciprocal tariffs on all imports given the difficulty of replacing the United States market with alternatives, but the blanket penalty approach may eliminate the competitive edge of producers in other Asian countries as well, experts have said. Trump on Thursday announced plans…
Hong Kong and mainland Chinese manufacturers will be hit by Donald Trump’s planned reciprocal tariffs on all imports given the difficulty of replacing the United States market with alternatives, but the blanket penalty approach may eliminate the competitive edge of producers in other Asian countries as well, experts have said. Trump on Thursday announced plans…