China’s Deepening Property Slump Signals Weakness of EconomyChina will start taxing condoms and other contraceptives for the first time in three decades, as it searches for ways to lift one of the world’s lowest birth rates. Under a revised Value-Added Tax (VAT) Law passed at the end of 2024, condoms and oral

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China’s national security office in Hong Kong warned foreign media on Saturday not to spread “false information” or “smear” government efforts to deal with the city’s worst fire in nearly 80 years. Ahead of a legislative council election on Sunday

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Accusing a now-former Auckland City councillor of being unfit to hold public office and subject to foreign influence has cost a man who admits his views are “extreme” $225,000 (US$130,000) in damages. The case has highlighted the level of tension between

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Hong Kong Student Arrested After Launching Petition Over Deadly FireHong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has sealed off a student bulletin board after the campus student union posted messages on it on Dec. 2, mourning the victims of a massive residential fire that killed at least 159 people late last month. Several days

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