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Renaissance of 'land for peace' principle could bring peace in Mideast

Editor's note: Azhar Azam works in a private organization as a market and business analyst and writes about geopolitical issues and regional conflicts. The article reflects the author's opinions a

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Global Political Calendar: ASEAN members' meetings, Human Rights Day

Global Political Calendar for the coming week: The 14th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) and the seventh ADMM Plus will be held online, the world marks the World Human Rights Day, and the EU h

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WTA looks to start 2021 season on January 4 outside Australia

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA), the women's governing body in world tennis, is planning to start the 2021 season in the first week of January outside Australia before the players travel to M

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Post COVID-19: China-ASEAN FTA embarks on next golden decade

Editor's note: Zhang Yijun is a PhD candidate of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and a research assistant at DesignX Lab, Entrepreneurship Research Center on G20 Economies at Tsinghu

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What matters the most: Afghan lives or a Twitter war?

01:15 Tensions between China and Australia have escalated due to an image posted by Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on November 30.The controversial image was posted on

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Spotify launches ‘2020 Wrapped’ with new features including quizzes, badges and, yes, stories

Spotify is today launching its 2020 Wrapped personalized experience — the company’s popular year-end review of users’ favorite artists, songs, genres, and podcasts. This year, howeve

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Farmers expect more agricultural exports to RCEP countries

Dong Jianbao has farmed spring onions for almost two decades in Linghe County, east China's Shandong Province.This year, though the coronavirus epidemic and summer floo

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China's only free trade port: First zero-tariff list takes effect

02:24 At 0:26 December 1, the first batch of zero-tariff goods was imported to Hainan with a tariff exemption of 3.81 million yuan ($580,000). The goods were meteorological radar trans

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Women's Rugby World Cup to expand to 16 teams from 2025

Photo of the Women's Rugby World Cup during a past event. /Getty Images The women's edition of the Rugby World Cup will increase from 12 to 16 teams from 2025 onwards, World Rugby announced.A

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Takeaways from the 17th China-ASEAN Expo

02:56 The exhibition halls at the 17th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) were buzzing with people, mostly locals, snapping up goods ranging from food pastes or pulled teas from Malaysia and in

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HungryPanda raises $70M for a food delivery app aimed at overseas Chinese consumers

Food delivery apps have been a big deal this year for consumers stuck at home and unable (or unwilling) to go to restaurants or grocery stores; and for investors who are eyeing the opportunity to back

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Explainer: Why have tariffs in the first place?

The world's biggest free trade agreement (FTA), Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), was signed on November 10 by 15 countries, aiming to cut up to 90 percent of the tariffs on impo

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French rugby legend Christophe Dominici found dead at 48

Former French rugby international Christophe Dominici, whose dazzling runs made him one of the country's best wingers, has been found dead at the age of 48 in a park near Paris."It is with immense sa

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China superior to West in dealing with epidemic, economic challenges

12:15 Editor's note: Martin Jacques, a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, is the former senior fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies in Cambridge Unive

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Snapchat launches a TikTok-like feed called Spotlight, kick-started by paying creators

After taking on TikTok with music-powered features last month, Snapchat this morning is officially launching a dedicated place within its app where users can watch short, entertaining videos in a vert

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Metigy gets $20 million AUD to making online marketing easier for SMEs

David Fairfull, CEO and co-founder of Metigy Metigy, a marketing platform created to help small businesses automate more of the decision making in their online ad campaigns, has raised a Series B of $

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Global Political Calendar: Wang Yi visits Japan, ROK, China-ASEAN Expo

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to visit Japan and South Korea, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang hosts the fifth "1+6" Roundtable via videoconference, and the 17th China-ASEAN E