Pro-skateboarder from China seriously hurt after stunt goes awry

IPOH: A professional skateboarder from China sustained serious injuries after getting hit by a car in front of the Ipoh Town Hall on Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab here. Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said Song Zihao, 23, suffered injuries to his head, right limbs and hip after getting run over by...

China’s Pop Mart-loving Gen Z fuels big gains for investors

BEIJING: China’s attempt to offset the damage of tariffs is getting a helping hand from Generation Z, which is spending big on everything from toys to bubble tea. The country’s younger generation of shoppers is on a spree of what analysts call emotional consumption, defying a wider malaise in China’s economy. Revenues at Gen Z favoUrites...

Hong Kong’s top developer sells out homes in hours as rates fall

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s biggest property developer Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd sold out the first batch of homes for a new project within hours, as the lowest mortgage rates in more than two years lured buyers. Sun Hung Kai sold all 160 units in the 1B phase of Sierra Sea, a residential development in the...

Trump wants Apple to stop moving iPhone production to India

US President Donald Trump said he’s asked Apple Inc’s Tim Cook to stop building plants in India, taking aim at the iPhone maker’s plans to diversify its manufacturing beyond China. "I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said of his conversation with the Apple chief executive officer in Qatar, where he’s on a...

Hong Kong tycoon Joseph Lau selling HK$35mil wine collection

HONG KONG: Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau is selling another wine collection with an estimated value exceeding HK$35 million ($5.8 million) in an auction by Christie’s next week. Lau is offering more than 200 lots of fine wine, including rarities from revered producer Henri Jayer, vintages from Petrus and selections from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, as...

China’s First Corgi Police Dog In Trouble Again — This Time For Stealing Sausage From Kid During Patrol

Is it okay for the police to be the thief when he’s this cute? The world gushed when Fuzai (aka Lucky Boy in Mandarin) was first introduced to the world as China’s first corgi police dog. Who wouldn’t with that cheeky smile and stumpy limbs? However, it seems that all this Internet fame (he has over 400K followers on...

Malaysia and Qatar discuss bilateral issues, second Asean-GCC summit

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Malaysia and Qatar on Friday held a discussion on bilateral ties, the upcoming Second Asean Gulf Cooperation Council Summit (GCC) and Asean-GCC-China Economic Summit. According to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry on its Facebook page, the discussion was held during a courtesy call by the Secretary General of the Qatari Foreign Ministry, Dr Ahmad Hassen Al-Hammadi, on Foreign...

‘Golden’ era ahead with Malaysia-China Mutual Visa Exemption Agreement, says embassy

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysia-China Mutual Visa Exemption Agreement inked last month to enable hassle-free travel of citizens from both nations will usher ties of both countries into another “Golden 50 Years”, says the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China here on Tuesday (May 6). The embassy said that it was confident that the agreement would...

Two women wanted for running cheap China travel package scam

JOHOR BARU: Police are looking for two women linked to an alleged scam involving cheap travel packages to China. Johor police chief Comm Datuk M. Kumar said the two women, Low Siew Hwa of Taman Nusajaya Mas, and Lim Zhi Xuan of Bukit Indah, were wanted for allegedly collecting payments from customers but failed to fulfil...

Nearly 50% of surveyed firms in China to reduce business with US

BEIJING: A survey covering more than 1,100 Chinese foreign trade companies found that nearly 50 per cent of respondents will scale back their business activities with the United States amid tariff hikes. The survey results, released on Monday (April 28) by China's top foreign trade and investment promotion agency, also said that 75.3 per cent of...