Topic: China — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-18 18:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-08-18 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: It marks Hong Kong’s transformation from a yuan payment channel and funding pool into a comprehensive centre for yuan assets
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[2026-08-18 18:30 UTC+10:00] [yuan assets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: It marks Hong Kong’s transformation from a yuan payment channel and funding pool into a comprehensive centre for yuan assets
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[2026-08-18 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Tibetan Dragon Canon, a huge 17th century scripture on show at Taiwan’s National Palace Museum, has set social media ablaze
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[2026-08-18 18:15 UTC+10:00] [Tibetan Dragon Canon] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Tibetan Dragon Canon, a huge 17th century scripture on show at Taiwan’s National Palace Museum, has set social media ablaze
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[2026-08-18 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: On this day 65 years ago, Hongkongers rushed to vaccination centres as authorities implemented strict measures against cholera
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[2026-08-18 18:15 UTC+10:00] [Lo Wu] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: On this day 65 years ago, Hongkongers rushed to vaccination centres as authorities implemented strict measures against cholera
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[2026-08-18 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lower yuan borrowing costs and longer maturities lure issuers, marking a fresh phase in the city’s expanding offshore market
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[2026-08-18 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lower yuan borrowing costs and longer maturities lure issuers, marking a fresh phase in the city’s expanding offshore market
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[2026-08-18 17:35 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Laota Saenlee, a former anti-communist guerrilla turned drug runner, is freed after serving less than a decade of a life sentence
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[2026-08-18 17:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s peak-oil plan pairs an expansion of China’s network of pipelines with 15-km-deep drilling rigs
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[2026-08-18 17:26 UTC+10:00] [energy security] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s peak-oil plan pairs an expansion of China’s network of pipelines with 15-km-deep drilling rigs
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[2026-08-18 17:11 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — China appears to be shifting its maritime presence in the West Philippine Sea toward coast guard and research operations, with the Philippines monitoring fewer Chinese navy and maritime militia vessels but more China Coast Guard (CCG) and research vessels in the first half of 2026, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Tuesday.
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[2026-08-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The result shows that local voters are not as concerned about geopolitical issues as claimed in earlier reports, analysts say
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[2026-08-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The result shows that local voters are not as concerned about geopolitical issues as claimed in earlier reports, analysts say
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[2026-08-18 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more details throughout)
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[2026-08-18 16:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: China has announced a new shipping route through the Arctic Ocean, which could ease the way for global trade amid the Middle East crisis that has paralysed critical waterways, including the Bab al-Mandeb on the edge of the Red Sea.
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[2026-08-18 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ridhuan Tee Abdullah publicly questioned why a Hungry Ghost Festival banner was in Chinese rather than Malay
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[2026-08-18 16:06 UTC+10:00] [Malaysian Chinese] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ridhuan Tee Abdullah publicly questioned why a Hungry Ghost Festival banner was in Chinese rather than Malay
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[2026-08-18 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more details, minor edits in paras 3-6)
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[2026-08-18 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The vice-admiral is the latest prominent expert to be removed from the prestigious national engineering institution’s membership list
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[2026-08-18 16:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The vice-admiral is the latest prominent expert to be removed from the prestigious national engineering institution’s membership list
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[2026-08-18 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A rare uptick in margins lifted Chinese lenders in the second quarter, but falling loan demand and policy constraints loom large
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[2026-08-18 16:00 UTC+10:00] [yuan loans] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A rare uptick in margins lifted Chinese lenders in the second quarter, but falling loan demand and policy constraints loom large
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[2026-08-18 15:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Labour chief Chris Sun says authorities aim to adjust the system this month after it failed to trigger a higher alert during record-breaking temperatures
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[2026-08-18 15:49 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong Observatory] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Labour chief Chris Sun says authorities aim to adjust the system this month after it failed to trigger a higher alert during record-breaking temperatures
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[2026-08-18 15:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Second-quarter profit jumps 47% as sales surge across US, China and Europe
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[2026-08-18 15:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit South Korea this week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday, for talks that are widely expected to focus on advancing bilateral ties and issues related to North Korea.
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[2026-08-18 15:32 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Panel says it has asked Chief Executive John Lee for deadline extension, citing complexity of issues and large volume of documents it must review
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[2026-08-18 15:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) Lee proposes dialogue with N. Korea to officially end Korean War, halt Pyongyang's nuclear program
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[2026-08-18 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Alexandra Eala’s international success has parents rushing their children to courts across the country, and a government-backed National Tennis Centre is in the works.
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[2026-08-18 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say a report accusing nine Southeast Asian nations of helping China skirt tariffs conflates cheating with legitimate trade
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[2026-08-18 15:13 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say a report accusing nine Southeast Asian nations of helping China skirt tariffs conflates cheating with legitimate trade
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[2026-08-18 14:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Oily, chewy, spongy and spicy, Chinese latiao – literally ‘spicy strips’ – are finding fans outside China, driven by social media
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[2026-08-18 14:49 UTC+10:00] [latiao] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Oily, chewy, spongy and spicy, Chinese latiao – literally ‘spicy strips’ – are finding fans outside China, driven by social media
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[2026-08-18 14:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Zhu Rongji served as China's premier from 1998 to 2003, leading China through a series of key economic reforms
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[2026-08-18 14:12 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The share price of Chariot Resources surged as much as 39 per cent to a high of 6.8 cents after the company signed a term sheet with a subsidiary of Chinese supply-chain goliath Xiamen C&D Inc. for a proposed partner-funded drilling, trial-mining and direct-shipping-ore, or “DSO”, offtake program at one of its Nigerian lithium projects.
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[2026-08-18 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: People’s Daily commentary is part of broader efforts to bolster China’s ‘discourse power’ in global conversations
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[2026-08-18 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Webster] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: People’s Daily commentary is part of broader efforts to bolster China’s ‘discourse power’ in global conversations
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[2026-08-18 13:39 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-08-18 13:36 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-18 13:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man walks by a drawing poster promoting a Chinese animated film “Niulai” on display with other movie posters at a cinema in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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[2026-08-18 13:05 UTC+10:00] [Der Podcast] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team nehmen Euch mit durch die Hauptstadt - kurz, präzise, hintergründig. Montags bis freitags ab 5 Uhr.
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[2026-08-18 13:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Matin Kim will open its first stores in China and Vietnam in October and enter Senegal in the second half of this year, brand incubator Hago Haus said Tuesday.
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[2026-08-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Investors David Tepper and Stanley Druckenmiller are among those switching up their bets, with Chinese giant Baidu gaining investment from both
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[2026-08-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Alibaba] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Investors David Tepper and Stanley Druckenmiller are among those switching up their bets, with Chinese giant Baidu gaining investment from both
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[2026-08-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company’s ‘Shield of Open Source’ programme offers free security audits to help users patch software vulnerabilities
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[2026-08-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Zhipu AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company’s ‘Shield of Open Source’ programme offers free security audits to help users patch software vulnerabilities
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[2026-08-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Earlier today we reported that China's highly touted DRAM memory maker CXMT recently surpassed Tencent to become China's most valuable company.
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[2026-08-18 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Google's Pixel portfolio of devices includes smartphones, smartwatches and wireless earbuds. © Reuters
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