Chinese pharmaceutical firms expand to Africa under ‘health silk road’

China’s medical sector giants are setting up African factories in search of new markets in belt and road countries.

India’s wave of cyberattacks prompts calls for tougher rules and countermeasures

Among the entities that have been targeted by hackers were Star Health Insurance, the Supreme Court and SMEs.

Hong Kong’s Perfit gym offers 3-year deals to clients of Physical to cover prepaid services

Customers who accept deal can use services already paid for under now-defunct Physical chain, with more than 60 clients signing up.

Hong Kong names accounting regulator Kelvin Wong as next SFC chairman

Wong, 63, will serve a three-year term leading the market watchdog starting on October 20, replacing current chairman Tim Lui.

Nepal record-setting teen climber Nima Rinji returns home to hero’s welcome

The 18-year-old, who has scaled the world’s 14 highest peaks, said Sherpas ‘are not just guides, we are trailblazers’.

Nobel Prize in economics awarded for research into differences in prosperity between nations

The award concludes a week of prizes including medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and the coveted peace prize.

China eyes route for C919 into Southeast Asia, with landlocked Laos on the radar

China said it appreciated Laos’ interest in and intention to cooperate on Chinese commercial aircraft without naming the C919 or ARJ21.

Diverse China burial customs see cliff, sky, water, mummy, ancestral altar send offs

Bidding farewell to the dead in China takes many forms, the Post explains the centuries of tradition that surround passage to the afterlife.

On climate change, stitch in time from clothing industry would save nine

With emissions from the textile and apparel industry set to surge, brands and suppliers must speed up efforts to decarbonise.

Afghan Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things

The law, which will be gradually enforced, is aimed at persuading people that images of living things are against Islamic law.