Dr Tsai Ing-wen, widely tipped to become Taiwan's next president, kicked off a one-month election campaign yesterday, with supporters bringing donations in piggy banks to a rally held by her opposition party.
Taiwan's presidential elections in January are expected to usher in a new political era, and many hope it will also see the island become the first Asian power to legalise same-sex marriage.
Australian researchers believe that rising costs and pressure of pursuing a university-grade education have led to a worldwide phenomenon known as "boomerang children."
As China hosts World Internet Conference, attended by senior global technology company executives on Wednesday, we take a quick look at internet’s growing importance on mainland.
Women may be underrepresented throughout the tech sector, but they're building some incredible startups, apps, and products. We've rounded up a collection of 19 female-founded startups that made the news this year.
After years and years of failed negotiations, the fate of securing a landmark global agreement to curb climate change has boiled down to a revised draft of 27 pages released Thursday at the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference (COP21).
Australian road signs could soon be translated into Mandarin in a move to attract more Chinese tourists, and make it easier for the growing number of "self-drive" Chinese tourists to find their way around the country.
Women in Saudi Arabia will be voting and standing for office for the first time in the oil monarchy's municipal elections this weekend.Around 900 women will be standing among 7,000 people vying for seats on the county's 284 local councils.
Hong Kong's Police Commissioner Stephen Lo said here Saturday that there has been no intelligence suggesting Hong Kong being a target of terrorist attack.
She is married to one of the world's richest men, yet little is known about Ms Priscilla Chan, wife of Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg.
Mark Zuckerberg will put 99 percent of his Facebook Inc (FB.O) shares, currently worth about $45 billion, into a new philanthropy project focusing on human potential and equality, he and his wife said Tuesday in a letter to their newborn daughter.
They are probably still working on mastering basic math or simple English sentences, but primary school children in China's top-tier cities have shown surprising financial maturity.
North Korean officials are ordering young men to keep their hair short and are enforcing their tonsorial diktat if they find anyone who fails to comply.
North Korean officials are ordering young men to keep their hair short and are enforcing their tonsorial diktat if they find anyone who fails to comply.
The result of Hong Kong's fifth District Council Election was unveiled on Monday, when political organizations contested for the election pledged to continue to strive to serve the public and to attract more young contestants in the future.
A new survey here in China is suggesting that while trends surrounding marriage in China have been changing, traditional values are still engrained in China when it comes to people finding a mate.
Facebook was built to bring people together. Now it wants to help people break up.
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