Due to economic challenges, Uniqlo, Nike, and other global apparel brands are struggling in China as consumers increasingly choose affordable, unbranded alternatives.

China's new laws, effective September 1, will ease hiring criteria for veterans, provide job preferences, and support entrepreneurship, vocational training, and higher education to improve their transition to civilian life.

China is turning to supercomputing to boost its AI capabilities in response to U.S. sanctions on advanced semiconductors and GPUs, which are crucial for developing large language models (LLMs).

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are in Manila this week to announce a $500 million defense funding to help the Philippines in its deterrence against China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Melon signed a new trade agreement, citing the history of the Silk Road Route despite Italy's exit from the Belt and Road Initiative.

Chinese flying taxi company EHang has moved closer to launching its commercial air mobility services as China's Civil Aviation Administration begins reviewing its air operator certificate application.

China's Communist Party is considering a gradual and flexible increase in the retirement age to address pension system pressures caused by an aging population and declining birth rates.

Share markets across Asia are expected to stay in the red after last week’s tech bloodbath, as well as the shock announcement of US President Joe Biden bowing out of the presidential race in November.

President Xi Jinping announced strategies to strengthen the finances of China's indebted local governments, which include increasing their financial autonomy and opening infrastructure to private enterprises.

On July 19, a global Microsoft Windows outage disrupted foreign businesses and luxury hotels, but China’s key infrastructure remained largely unaffected, following the country’s push for tech self-sufficiency.