Hong Kong
How much autonomy actually remains under mainland rules keeps getting tested in new ways — through finance, through law, through what’s still allowed to be published.
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Aug- 2026 -29 AugustEarth
A debris dam now threatens Nepal and Tibet more than the flood itself
Rescue teams paused operations after a 3 million cubic-metre barrier lake formed upstream, while over 1,400 people remain missing across the Nepal–Tibet border and monsoon rains continue.
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23 AugustSociety
Hong Kong’s beauty counters are trapping elderly shoppers for hours
An 88-year-old woman spent HK$100,000 in three hours at a Sheung Wan counter, prompting Customs to arrest two managers and investigate six related complaints under consumer-protection law.
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21 AugustCapital
China sentenced its biggest property fraudster to life in prison
Hui Ka Yan, founder of Evergrande Group, received a life sentence on August 20, 2026, after the Shenzhen court found he overstated revenue by $78–80 billion between 2019 and 2020,…
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Jul- 2026 -21 JulyTech & AI
China’s AI model forces enterprises to weigh savings against state access
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 costs $0.94 per task—half Western competitors—but operates under Chinese national security law that gives Beijing access to corporate data flowing through the system.
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18 JulyCapital
Singapore’s property boom rests on two mega-deals worth S$6.4 billion
Savills raised its full-year investment forecast to S$55–60 billion after Q2 transactions hit S$15.02 billion, but strip out the Paragon and Asia Square Tower 2 sales and momentum evaporates.
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16 JulySociety
Hong Kong’s independent booksellers are disappearing into the law
Five arrests on July 15 mark the third bookstore raid this year under Article 23, closing the last spaces where Hong Kong readers could access banned ideas.
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11 JulySociety
Filipino domestic workers recruited as surrogates, left unpaid
The Philippine consulate in Hong Kong is investigating allegations that at least five migrant workers were promised up to 1 million pesos to carry pregnancies for Central Asian couples, but…
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Jun- 2026 -26 JuneLife & Health
Australia can learn from Asia’s 30 years fighting bird flu
Hong Kong stopped its 1997 outbreak by culling 1.5 million birds in three days, but the virus has since evolved to kill wild animals at unprecedented scale, forcing Australia to…
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22 JuneCapital
Australia’s wine bet on Southeast Asia, not just China
Southeast Asian exports hit AUD 374 million in 2025, up 11 per cent, as the industry hedges against renewed dependence on a single market after tariffs fell.
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18 JuneTech & AI
Asia’s scam economy runs on trafficked workers, not just code
Cybercrime now accounts for over 30% of recorded offenses across Asia and the South Pacific, driven by USD 40 billion annual fraud industry using AI deepfakes and coerced labor in…
