China’s Social Credit System

IOI Properties executive vice chairman and CEO Lee Yeow Seng (Image: IOI Group) The return of REITs leads today’s look at real estate investment news from around Asia, with a Malaysian developer said to be looking at listing opportunities for its growing portfolio of commercial assets. China’s JD Property also…

Human decency in the midst of inhumane atrocity is the powerful emotional drive of China’s international Oscar entry, “Dead to Rights,” a stirring drama set during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Centered on a postman who poses as a photo developer to survive the Japanese occupation…

President Lai Ching-Te said Beijing should "exercise restraint and demonstrate the conduct befitting a major power, rather than becoming a troublemaker for regional peace and stability." Taiwan’s president warned on Monday that China is now pushing what he called a “multifaceted attack” against Japan. Officials in Taipei said the situation…

China’s youth jobless rate drops to 17.3% in OctoberRead More

A member of security stands guard at the Japanese embassy in Beijing - Copyright POOL/AFP Chung Sung-Jun Japan has warned its citizens in China to be careful of their surroundings and to avoid big crowds amid a diplomatic row over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan. The escalating spat…

The US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinted that a deal between the two could be signed before Thanksgiving. After a day and a half of calmness and apparent price stability, bitcoin has slipped once again on Sunday afternoon despite some bullish news coming on the US-China trade deal front. What’s…

The Global South Media and Think Tank Forum China-Africa Partnership Conference opened Thursday in Johannesburg to explore ways to strengthen cooperation, amplify the Global South's collective voice and promote a shared global governance. Read More

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan pose for a group photo with King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua of the Kingdom of Thailand and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 14, 2025. Xi met with King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua, who is on a state…

This view shows a Shenzhou spacecraft departing the Tiangong space station in 2023. Credit: China Manned Space Agency Swapping spacecraft in low-Earth orbit With their original spacecraft deemed unsafe, Chen and his crewmates instead rode back to Earth on the newer Shenzhou 21 craft that launched and arrived at the…

OnePlus has launched its latest flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 15, today in a live event. It’s supposed to mark the availability of the phone outside of China, where it came out in October, but the US government shutdown apparently put a damper on the manufacturer’s plans. “As is the case…