The fate of actor Wang Xing prompted outrage in China after he disappeared and had to be saved from a Myanmar scam center. But Beijing may have ulterior motives for its anti-scamming crackdown.

But all is not well between China and Cambodia these days. China made no new loans to Cambodia last year. It has been ...

As tariffs and geopolitical tensions transform the $700 billion US-China trade corridor, companies are creating sophisticated ...

On January 21st, a day after his inauguration, his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, hosted a Quad foreign ministers’ meeting ...

From incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing to prayer rituals at temples in Bangkok and Taipei, hundreds of ...

The US-China tech war and politicisation of tech firms are narrowing options for wary regional players As Donald Trump settles back into the White House for a second term and the rest of the world ...

Beneath the fertile farmlands of Victoria in south-east Australia lie deposits of mineral sands that miners and politicians are keen to tap for rare-earth elements, ingredients in everything from EV ...

The US-Asean Business Council says US companies are still eager to explore opportunities in Southeast Asia as they recognise ...

The United States needs to redefine its role in world affairs, what does that mean and what will it take? The liberal rules-based international order it built and sustained in the years after the ...

Skittish Chinese consumers at home or abroad dragged down the Swatch Group: The Swiss company’s 2024 net income dropped 75 percent to 219 million Swiss francs, or $242 million at current exchange ...

The people generally referred to as Negritos were once widely dispersed across South-East Asia. Today, they are found in the ...

Essential background on how the online scam industry sprung up and evolved – and how Indians became its targets.