Huawei smartphone spin-off Honor reshuffles management in wake of CEO’s abrupt departure
[South China Morning Post] - 01/22/2025
The latest departures reflect internal complexities within the company after its organisational overhaul to prepare for a public listing.
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Trump pardons imprisoned Silk Road founder Ulbricht for online drug scheme
US president makes good on a campaign pledge to free the mastermind behind the illicit drug marketplace Silk Road.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Sunac’s onshore debt deal bodes well for China’s troubled property sector: experts
The deal could ‘provide a viable reference model for other embattled Chinese property developers’.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
In Trump 2.0, Japan faces a familiar uncertainty
Beneath the polite diplomacy lies a current of apprehension about what Donald Trump’s return means for Japan’s place (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Ukraine’s Zelensky urges united European defence, seeks meeting with Trump
Speaking at Davos, the leader said at least 200,000 European peacekeepers would be needed for a settlement to end (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Hong Kong helper battles cancer and heartless bosses who allegedly kicked her out
Breast cancer patient Noelyn Patricio Arzaga was allegedly fired by her employers after they found out about her (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Indonesia’s US$1.4 billion fish start-up faked most sales, report claims
EFishery was a darling of the nation’s start-up scene. Then a whistle-blower alleged that the company’s accounts (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Trump’s America First Trade Policy: US-China 2020 import deal is again under scrutiny
Nomura analysts say Trump’s ‘rather hawkish’ memo on China raises concerns that Beijing will be forced to comply (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Asia’s lowest birth rate is rising for the first time in years
South Korea has the world’s lowest fertility rates, but an uptick in pandemic-postponed marriages has sparked (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Trump says he is mulling 10% tariffs on imports from China, starting February 1
The US president is framing the possible tariffs as a penalty for the flow of fentanyl from Canada and Mexico.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Trump lectured by bishop after he targets transgender people and immigrants
The US president scowled when a service to commemorate his inauguration featured a sermon begging Trump for ‘mercy’.
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025