To find a solution to the issue of unfilled vacancies in the police force, the Hong Kong government, in May 2023, relaxed the entry requirements for police constables, police inspectors, and police constables (auxiliary). Among the relaxations put into 
BEIJING—Around 1,000 tourists remain stranded in a remote holiday village after avalanches hit China’s northwestern Xinjiang region with meters-high snow, state TV reported on Tuesday. Road access to Hemu village, a scenic destination near the borders of 
Chinese authorities earlier this month initiated an anti-dumping investigation against brandy liquor imported from the European Union (EU), a move seen as a “tit-for-tat” response to an EU probe into Chinese subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs). The European 
Beijing has denied paying Pacific nation Nauru to switch diplomatic ties from Taiwan. In a surprise announcement, just two days after the Taiwan presidential election, Nauru declared it was switching diplomatic ties to the democratic island, while declaring in