OTTAWA (Reuters): Canada and Mexico have announced retaliatory measures, while China is turning to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), in response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to slap sweeping tariffs on the United States’ largest commercial partners. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Feb 2 that Canada would impose 25 per cent tariffs on C$155...
BEIJING: A Malaysian man has tied the knot with a Muslim Chinese woman after they met on a street in China when he asked her for directions to a launderette. Ethic Malay Zairy Amir, 38, comes from the state of Selangor in West Malaysia. He runs a delivery store in Guangzhou, in southern China’s Guangdong province. He recently...
BEIJING/BANGKOK/YANGON (Reuters): The abduction and cross-border rescue had all the makings of the kind of action script struggling Chinese actor Wang Xing had hoped to land - only not as a reality star. Wang, 31, flew to Bangkok earlier this month after getting an unsolicited offer to join a film that was shooting in Thailand. There was...
HANOI: Vietnam's durian export industry faces difficulties in entering the Chinese market due to new inspection regulations for durian exports. China has tightened inspection of Basic Yellow 2 (BY2) residues in durian batches exported from other countries to this market, including Vietnam, with 90 per cent of its durians exported to China. The inspection regulation was issued...
JOHOR BARU: A male student from China who was charged with kidnapping a teenage girl last year has been released on RM8,000 bail with two sureties. Magistrate A. Shaarmini granted bail to 23-year-old accused Huang Xiaonan after hearing arguments from both the prosecution and defence, Sinar Harian reported on Wednesday (Jan 22). “The accused must also report...
WASHINGTON: Millions of TikTok users were blocked from accessing the popular app in the United States as a national ban came into effect Sunday (Jan 19), with incoming president Donald Trump unable to intervene until he takes office. TikTok, removed from prominent app stores hours before the ban, said in a message to users attempting to...
SHANGHAI: A snack shop in southern China has gone viral online because of the number of primary school students who flock to it after school as part of their daily routine. Feijuan Snack in Suixi county, Guangdong province, is always crowded with young customers dressed in school uniforms, the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported. Students go there because...
HONG KONG: Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai testified on Thursday (Jan 160 that he brokered meetings between former Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen and American establishment figures, with prosecutors alleging that he colluded with foreign forces. Lai is one of the most prominent figures to be prosecuted under Hong Kong's national security law, which Beijing...
BEIJING: Chinese singer, actor and former South Korean boy band EXO member Lu Han was banned from accepting new followers on major social media platforms, allegedly because he behaved inappropriately during a live-stream. Users on the platforms discovered that they were unable to follow Lu on Jan 6, because his account had “violated laws and regulations...
BANGKOK: Thai police are currently investigating the case of a Chinese model Yang Zeqi who went missing on the Thailand-Myanmar border area, similar to the case of Chinese actor Xingxing who had been rescued earlier, National Police inspector-general Pol General Thatchai Pitaneelaboot said on Thursday (Jan 9). According to the World Forum Facebook page, Zeqi took...
