2 h. ago Historic diamond brooch abandoned by defeated Napoleon to go up for sale

A diamond brooch owned and abandoned by Napoleon Bonaparte after the Battle of Waterloo will go up for auction for the first time. The brooch, made of nearly 100 diamonds, was left behind after the emperor fled Waterloo’s battlefield to return to Paris, and was given to the king of Prussia three days later as part of the trophies his armies took back. The Battle of Waterloo, in 1815, was Napoleon’s final defeat. The brooch will go under the hammer for the first time in Sotheby’s The Royal and...

Culture

2 h. ago Insight: Pressure grows on Europe to act on Chinese import surge

Insight: Pressure grows on Europe to act on Chinese import surge  Reuters

Events

2 h. ago Why Beijing is looking to exert tighter control over Chinese Christians

Why Beijing is looking to exert tighter control over Chinese Christians  Yahoo News UK

Politics

3 h. ago Beijing's assistance in wars: Myanmar junta ousted rebels from cities in three weeks thanks to Chinese weaponry

Beijing's assistance in wars: Myanmar junta ousted rebels from cities in three weeks thanks to Chinese weaponry  Українські Національні Новини

Events

5 h. ago Crypto tycoon Zhao Changpeng to make big comeback after Trump pardon: analysts

Freshly pardoned by US President Donald Trump, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng is expected to return at the helm of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of daily turnover, according to analysts. The Chinese-born Canadian entrepreneur, widely known as CZ, received a pardon after he pleaded guilty to breaking US anti-money-laundering laws and went to prison for four months, part of a US$4.3 billion settlement with the US government to resolve a years-long investigation into...

Politics

6 h. ago Top Chinese Turbine Maker Goldwind Posts 170% Jump in Profit

Top Chinese Turbine Maker Goldwind Posts 170% Jump in Profit  Bloomberg.com

Politics

6 h. ago Chinese TCM enthusiasts attend Ayurveda workshop held by Indian mission in Beijing

Chinese TCM enthusiasts attend Ayurveda workshop held by Indian mission in Beijing  Press Trust of India

Economics

7 h. ago China can learn US lessons to unleash military power of civilian tech, researcher says

China can learn from the United States when it comes to applying civilian innovations to the military, a Chinese geopolitical expert has said. In an article last week, Gu Jianyi, a researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, said China could consider developing a new industrial ecosystem inspired by successful US firms such as SpaceX, Palantir and Anduril. Such an ecosystem would be defined by Silicon Valley-style innovation, software-centric design, agile development and civil-military...

Events

10 h. ago China and US must halt escalating weaponisation of trade, Chinese scholar urges

China and the United States should refrain from weaponising more aspects of their relationship, a Chinese scholar has urged, as the world’s two largest economies prepare to hold a fresh round of negotiations to cool down a recent flare-up in tensions. “It’s very important that the two sides need to have some kind of self-restraint,” said Da Wei, director of Tsinghua University’s Centre for International Security and Strategy, at the Bund Summit in Shanghai on Thursday. “Stop trying to find new...

Events

11 h. ago Chinese developer’s property management arm hit by share seizure in Hong Kong

Chinese developer’s property management arm hit by share seizure in Hong Kong  South China Morning Post

Events

13 h. ago Myanmar scam farm ‘worse than death’, China’s superfast chip: SCMP’s 7 highlights

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China’s analogue AI chip could work 1,000 times faster than Nvidia GPU: study Chinese scientists have created a superfast analogue chip that can solve complex maths problems for advanced scientific tasks and artificial intelligence...

Events

13 h. ago Chinese academic's remarks at forum misrepresented as official response to 'Israeli threat'

Chinese academic's remarks at forum misrepresented as official response to 'Israeli threat'  AFP Fact Check

Politics

13 h. ago Nexperia China defies Dutch headquarters’ order to oust executive

Nexperia’s Chinese subsidiary has publicly rejected a decision by the Dutch headquarters to remove John Chang as vice-president of global sales and marketing, declaring the dismissal legally ineffective in China and escalating a conflict that has garnered international attention. Nexperia China, the chipmaker’s primary entity in the country, said the dismissal “shall not have legal effect within the jurisdiction of China”, claiming it violated local company and labour laws, according to a...

Politics

15 h. ago Beijing opposes EU listing of Chinese firms in Russia sanctions package

Beijing opposes EU listing of Chinese firms in Russia sanctions package  chinadailyasia.com

Politics

16 h. ago Letter: UK is right to prioritise trade ahead of hunt for Chinese spies

Letter: UK is right to prioritise trade ahead of hunt for Chinese spies  Financial Times

Politics

18 h. ago Trump to meet Xi in South Korea next Thursday as part of key Asia trip

US President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 30 in South Korea, the White House confirmed. “On Thursday morning local time, President Trump will participate in a bilateral meeting with President Xi of the People’s Republic of China,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing on Thursday. The meeting between the two leaders will take place at the end of a trip by the US president to Asia, which will begin in Malaysia, continue to Japan and...

Politics

19 h. ago FirstFT: Indian and Chinese refineries pause most purchases of Russian oil

FirstFT: Indian and Chinese refineries pause most purchases of Russian oil  Financial Times

Politics

19 h. ago China’s rare earth export control regime is blowback from US policy

To justify his threat of a 100 per cent tariff on imports from China, US President Donald Trump framed China’s tightening of its export controls on rare earths as “hostile”. However, Beijing’s expanded rules are a direct and reasonable response to the Trump administration’s relentless campaign of ratcheting up restrictions on Chinese companies and exports. On September 12, just two days before US-China trade talks in Madrid, Spain, the US blacklisted 23 Chinese institutions. On September 25,...

Events

22 h. ago CALAMASUR president urges for more Chinese cooperation to drive change in South Pacific squid fishery

CALAMASUR president urges for more Chinese cooperation to drive change in South Pacific squid fishery  SeafoodSource

Politics

22 h. ago EV battery maker Gotion abandons plan for US$2.4 billion factory in Michigan

A subsidiary of Chinese battery company Gotion has abandoned a plan to build a US$2.4 billion plant in Michigan to produce essential materials for electric vehicle batteries, the state said on Thursday. The plan, first announced in October 2022, was expected to create 2,350 factory jobs but came under criticism from some lawmakers for the company’s Chinese ownership. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) said none of a US$125 million state grant for the project was ever disbursed...

Economics