Two months after their expiration, Chinese import permits for hay from 25 Australian businesses have not been renewed, as the political and trade conflict between the two major trading partners crosses the one-year milestone. China's General Administ

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken denounced Hong Kong's "politically-motivated" decision to sentence publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and multiple opposition lawmakers to prison for their roles in the 2019 mass protests that rocked the city f

Legal scholars have warned of "real constitutional problems" in new legislation proposed by Hong Kong authorities that would make it a criminal offence for people to encourage voters to boycott elections or spoil ballots as a form of protest against

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China has stepped up plans to launch its own version of the under-fire Better Cotton Initiative after the network cut off all ties with Xinjiang due to concerns about the alleged forced labour issue in the region, according to three people familiar w

Bullying at Hong Kong's primary and secondary schools has hit a 10-year high with reported cases jumping by more than 50 per cent year on year, despite in-person classes having been suspended for an extended period amid the coronavirus pandemic. A y

Reports of Tehran's interest in the jet have been circulating on Chinese social media platforms for months, with the expiry in October last year of the UN's 13-year arms embargo which prohibited Iran from buying foreign weapons like tanks and fighter

China has given new US Senate legislation designed to contain its tech rise a relatively muted response, despite a warning from some analysts that the move represents a paradigm shift in relations. The US Strategic Competition Act of 2021, presented

China's People Liberation Army flew 25 warplanes into Taiwan's air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on Monday, its largest incursion yet as tension in the Taiwan Strait continues to escalate. According to Taiwan's defence ministry, the PLA warplan

Duterte appeared in a pre-recorded "Talk to the People" address televised late on Monday evening following speculation about his health or possible death. He had not been seen since his former aide-turned senator Christopher "Bong" Go released a vide

The European Union says it will not pay off Montenegro's near-US$1 billion debts to China, rejecting the tiny Balkan nation's repeated pleas for help. A spokesman for the EU told the South China Morning Post that it "does not repay loans of partners

In a post on his Facebook page on Wednesday night, he said the Home Office had deemed him a refugee under the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and he would be offered asylum. Law said the application required several interviews over four

The charges were built around Sawut's role in writing and publishing of Uygur-language textbooks that were used in primary and secondary schools in Xinjiang for 13 years but in 2016 were deemed by the regional government to be inciting ethnic hatred

Australia's trade minister has told Australian businesses to "step up to the plate" in repairing ties with China amid the worst bilateral relations between the two countries in decades, as he put forth recommendations on how Australia can better enga

The annual energy consumption of China's bitcoin miners is expected to peak in 2024 at about 297 terawatt-hours, or more than was used by Italy in 2016, the study said. The mines' annual carbon emissions are set to peak at 130 million tonnes in 2024,

It came on the same day that Taiwanese authorities said 15 Chinese military aircraft, including a dozen fighter jets, had crossed into their defence zone, and warned Beijing that the island would "defend ourselves to the very last day" if necessary.

Coking coal exports from the United States has filled some of the void created in China by its unofficial ban on Australian exports of the commodity over the past five months as trade manipulation creates "winners and losers", economists said. And w

Beijing has 15 major active fault lines, more than double the previous count, according to a new geological survey commissioned by the government. A third were "strongly active", suggesting a high earthquake risk, but when the next big jolt may hit r

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday urged China to further address its high corporate debt levels that have resulted from the easy monetary policy put in place during the coronavirus pandemic.  The IMF, while applauding the Chinese government'

Hong Kong police have seized 700kg of cocaine worth about HK$900 million (US$115.7 million) in their largest bust of the narcotic in a decade. Officers arrested two men, aged 19 and 25, after finding bricks of cocaine in Fo Tan and Sha Tin on Friday

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One Capitol Police officer was killed and another was injured when a vehicle drove into them and a barricade near the US Capitol in Washington, the department's acting chief said on Friday. The suspected driver, who exited the vehicle brandishing a k

More than half of Canadians oppose participation in the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, according to a recent survey, underscoring the negative public opinion in the country toward China stemming from allegations of human rights abuses. Online

A contractor Johnson & Johnson enlisted to make its coronavirus vaccine acknowledged on Thursday that it had contaminated millions of doses, confirming reports of supply problems related to the firm's Maryland facility. The acknowledgement by Emergen

The remarks by Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying came a day after the publication of the US State Department's Hong Kong Policy Act Report, sent annually to Congress, which includes a determination as to whether the city is sufficient

After removing a laptop advertisement featuring the popular stand-up comedian Yang Li, semiconductor giant Intel is having a hard time pleasing both men and women who say the US firm is guilty of sexism - but for different reasons. "Intel has a taste

"We have to take this on, put those deterrence capabilities like [the Pacific Deterrence Initiative] in place in the near term and with urgency," Aquilino said, referring to a mandate written into the 2021 National defence Authorisation Act to fulfil

Mongolia enacted stricter checks at the key border crossing at Ganqimaodu a week ago after a worker at its nearby copper mine tested positive for coronavirus, slowing down coking coal deliveries into China, Mysteel Global analyst Sean Xie said. Get