Half-Japanese tycoon wins voters after urging them not to eat kebabs
A far-right party whose leader wants to quit the EU and urged Czechs to walk pigs near mosques and stop eating kebabs, performed surprisingly well in an election, potentially giving it a chance to influence how the next government is formed. The Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party rode a wave of far-right sentiment in Europe in an election that ravaged the more established political parties a
Opinion: Reform or repression: what will the next five years bring for China?
Party congresses in China, which occur at five-year intervals, tend to be of two varieties: consolidating or transitional. Those that occur at 10-year intervals allow for a transition of the Communist Party leadership from one general secretary to another, and often one political generation to another. Interim congresses – such as the upcoming 19th – are more about the consolidation of power by th
China is on the rise, but not as a hegemon
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North Korea warns of ‘nuclear clouds’ over Japan
North Korea’s official media has decried Japan’s call for pressuring Pyongyang into giving up its nuclear and missile programmes, calling its neighbour’s tactic a “suicidal deed” that will bring “nuclear clouds” to the country. A commentary released by the North’s Korean Central News Agency on Monday framed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent call for pressure, not dialogue, to make Pyongy
Opinion | Why are Hongkongers working themselves to death?
The city’s workers are no strangers to putting in overtime; according to recent statistics we do more of it than any other workforce in Asia. A 2015 survey by Regus, an international office space provider, found that 20 per cent of Hongkongers put in four to six hours of overtime every week and 19 per cent work an extra six to eight hours per week. That is more than our neighbours on the mainland,
Hong Kong team in epic 3,000km solar car race across Aussie desert
An epic 3,000-kilometre solar car race across the desert heart of Australia designed to showcase new technology that could one day help develop commercial vehicles got underway Sunday. The World Solar Challenge, first run in 1987 and last held in 2015, began in a hi-tech, futuristic flurry from Darwin’s State Square. Dutch team Nuon is aiming to defend its title but Belgium’s Punch Powertrain led
US in contact with North Korea and ready to talk, Tillerson says
The United States has direct communication channels with North Korea and is investigating whether the regime is ready to enter talks on giving up its nuclear weapons programme, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday. Tillerson made the remarks after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping, as officials from the two sides stepped up preparations for US President Donald Trump’s visit to B
China plans facility to let naval flotilla dock at Djibouti base
China is planning to build a multi-purpose wharf that would allow a naval flotilla to dock at its first overseas military base in Djibouti, according to military sources. The wharf project will be started only when construction work on accommodation for the People’s Liberation Army marines, engineers and workers stationed in the Horn of Africa nation is completed, one of the sources who is familia
Two Vietnamese killed in chase with Philippine navy
Two Vietnamese fishermen were found dead and five others were taken into custody after they were spotted fishing off the northwestern Philippines, sparking a night chase during which a Vietnamese boat hit a Philippine navy ship and shots were fired, officials said on Sunday. Philippine navy information officer Lieutenant Jose Covvarubias said the five Vietnamese, along with their two dead fellow f
Live-fire show of force by China’s first overseas military base
Troops from China’s only overseas base have staged their first live-fire drills in what military analysts said was a major show of combat readiness. The exercises in Djibouti on Friday involved dozens of officers and took place at the country’s national gendarmerie training range, the People’s Liberation Army Navy said in an online report. Troops arrived at the base – China’s first overseas garris
Can Japan claw back the ¥1.4 trillion it sent to North Korea?
A campaign that would effectively bankrupt Chosen Soren, the association of North Korean residents of Japan and a major source of funds for Pyongyang, is the latest sign of Japan’s hardening stance towards its wayward neighbour. With tensions ratcheting up following two missile tests in which Pyongyang sent rockets over Japanese territory, a prominent rights campaigner has upped the stakes in a de
Exclusive | Steve Bannon takes a trip down memory lane in Hong Kong
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon says he still remembers the day he approached the shores of Hong Kong on a US destroyer four decades ago. “We were anchored right out here, about 1,000 yards out,” he said, looking out the window of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Wan Chai across the harbour. “I fell in love with it right away. It was the Orient. It was the whole mystery out there,” Bannon
Emotional tale of China’s 22 surviving war sex slaves a box office hit
When the topic was deemed politically sensitive for China’s movie-goers, Guo Ke, the director of Twenty Two, a documentary about “comfort women”, said he did not expect his film to be financially successful. But the work surprised Guo, by going on to become China’s highest grossing documentary. “When I was making this film, many people told me it is very sensitive and the authorities would regard
China building world’s biggest quantum research facility
China is building the world’s largest quantum research facility to develop a quantum computer and other “revolutionary” forms of technology that can be used by the military for code-breaking or on stealth submarines, according to scientists and authorities involved in the project. The National Laboratory for Quantum Information Science will be located on a 37-hectare site next to a small lake in H
Turkey vows to root out militants plotting against China
Turkey’s top diplomat vowed on Thursday to root out militants plotting against China, signalling closer cooperation against suspected Uygur militants hailing from China’s far west who have long been a sore point in relations between the two nations. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters during a visit to Beijing that his government would treat threats to China’s security as thre
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