Sulu was battered by years of clashes between the militants and Philippine troops, but visitors are slowly returning due to better security.

Washington is set to restrict exports to Chinese semiconductor manufacturers and certain chipmaking equipment from Malaysia, and Singapore.

The Thai government’s optimism about the number of overall foreign arrivals suggests fewer Chinese tourists isn’t as big a problem as feared.

‘In China, if you do something wrong, the consequences are rather high, so the officials would rather stay inactive,’ scholar says.

Tests at the free-range farm identified ‘a high pathogenic H7N6 subtype of avian influenza’, officials said.

The watch maker is sprucing up its showroom in Hong Kong and opening more in Shanghai, Beijing and Taipei, CEO Ilaria Resta says.

New US restrictions will hit two dozen semiconductor companies, two investment firms and over 100 chipmaking tool makers, sources told Reuters.

Namesake founder rose to prominence as a make-up artist who helped Liu Xiaoqing play an empress who aged from 15 to 80 years in a TV drama.

Adviser to China’s central bank says increasing the fiscal deficit ratio, expanding stimulus should put 5 per cent growth in reach for 2025.

Head of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong says city can build an ‘interconnected international higher education cooperation network’.