Stock markets in Asia and Europe sank and the dollar surged Monday after Donald Trump signed off huge tariffs on China, ...

The lunar new year marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar, which this year rises on 29 January, kicking off ...

The Year of the Snake commenced on January 29, ushering in Lunar New Year celebrations across Asia and beyond, with more than a billion people participating in rituals and festivities.

Wildlife groups warned that purchasing and owning snakes not only breaks the law, it also causes the animals to suffer.

Bites from red-bellied black snakes can cause severe pain, nausea and vomiting. Read more at straitstimes.com.

From incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing to prayer rituals at temples in Bangkok and Taipei, hundreds of ...

HSBC and ICBC (Asia) promote milestones using lai see envelopes, while the newly rebranded Hong Kong Gold Exchange sends out ...

An ST writer goes to Fang county in Hubei province in search of nian wei, or Chinese New Year spirit. Read more at ...

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A notable example is Hubei Yangtze Memory Labs in Wuhan, where many engineers from leading Chinese chipmaker YMTC, which was added to the U.S. Entity List in 2022, conduct trials and test samples.