Opinion

China may well be the next big competitor for Asian migrant labour

The country that once transformed global labour markets by exporting workers could reshape Asian migration by beginning to import them.

Chinese video AI models beat US rivals in visual quality, but lag on safeguards: HKU study

Researchers rank ByteDance’s Seedance the top AI video-generation model but only sixth out of 11 for blocking harmful content ...

Top bankers to gather in Hong Kong to learn how the city has been ‘rethinking the playbook’

Some 280 global top bankers, including 120 group chairmen and CEOs, will attend the fifth Global Financial Leaders’ ...

Interpol’s Hong Kong meeting to consider ‘silver notice’ targeting criminal assets

Global police body aims to adopt resolution on new system for tracing and seizing criminals’ assets at first Hong Kong ...

‘Fed up’ Malaysian sultan rebukes scandal-hit pilgrimage fund, demands accountability

The Selangor sultan expressed disappointment over the fund in an interview, warning against politicians exploiting race and ...

In Australia, Sydney’s second airport blows some passengers off course

Two passengers confused the new facility with the city’s existing airport while another misread Western Sydney as Western ...

From bright ideas to real businesses: women entrepreneurs make their mark in Shenzhen

At the SC WIN Now & Next Challenge, women-led businesses demonstrated how innovation, technology and purpose can come ...

Goldman Sachs steps up Asia hiring as wealthy clients eye US assets for diversification

Wall Street investment bank’s global co-head of wealth management says it is ‘very committed to hiring more advisers in the ...

Suit linings: the link between the NFL draft and London’s Savile Row

Giants and Cardinals draftees have underlined what the likes of Hackett London and Gieves & Hawkes have always known: what’s inside your suit counts.

China’s Communist Party opens fifth plenum with focus on discipline and loyalty to Xi

Four-day session cites lavish dining, illicit gifts and vanity projects as state media defends decade-long corruption ...

South Korea urged to guard chip profitability as China’s CXMT and YMTC gain market share

Report urges Samsung, SK Hynix to sharpen cost competitiveness in commodity memory while doubling down on cutting-edge sectors such as HBM.

Trump cites 9/11 in urging Michigan voters to oppose Muslim Senate candidate El-Sayed

US President Donald Trump at a Sunday campaign rally ratcheted up his push to link US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to Muslim extremists, comparing him to the September 11 attackers while saying ...