Shanghai

Ya Ya: The giant panda returning to China from the US after 20 years

People shared screenshots tracking Ya Ya's flight path into Shanghai. The giant panda landed Thursday in Shanghai after departing from the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee, where she spent the past 20 years on a loan agreement

China to examine US chipmaker Micron's products for cybersecurity risks

The US has imposed a series of export controls on chipmaking technology to China for fear it could be used to produce chips for applications such as artificial intelligence which could be used by China's military

First US official visits China marking a low-key return to dialogue after Blinken cancellation

Rick Waters, who heads the State Department's new so-called 'China House' that supervises US policy toward Beijing, travelled to Beijing as well as Shanghai and Hong Kong

Former Taiwan president on China visit, pledges to bring peace

Ma, in office from 2008-2016, is the first former or current Taiwanese president to visit China since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taiwan in 1949 at the end of a civil war with the Communists

Floating in Profits: Why this shipping company in Taiwan is giving its staff 5 years of salary as bonus

Taiwan shipping giant Evergreen Marine reported a whopping $10.9 billion (~Rs 90,000 crore) in revenue for the fiscal year 2022. To reward its employees for their hard work, the company is handing out massive bonuses, roughly equal to five years' worth of income, to its 3,100 workers

Asian markets sink as SVB contagion fears rattle banking sector

Equity markets were well in the red in early Asian trade Tuesday, with Tokyo, Sydney and Seoul almost two per cent down, while Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Taipei suffered hefty selling

In show of political goodwill, Taiwan to allow more flights from mainland China

Taiwan’s China-policy making Mainland Affairs Council said 10 more cities would be allowed to have regular flights, including the economic powerhouses of Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Nanjing, while charter flights would be allowed to another 13 regions

Explained: How new Chinese premier Li Qiang will influence Xi Jinping's leadership

Some commentators believe that Li Qiang, who is expected to be chosen as China's premier on Saturday, is more trusted, and therefore more influential, than his predecessor, who was seen as a rival to Xi Jinping

Explained: Why Chinese couples are reluctant to have children

Weary parents have stated the difficulties of juggling work and childcare in a costly and ultra-competitive society with little help from the state as the root of the country's dwindling birth rate

WATCH: Angry man's wild car tirade inside China luxury hotel lobby

Several videos published on social media show the man, in a white car, smashing in through the glass doors of a central Shanghai hotel, breaking them from their hinges