Hong Kong warms to online commerce amid pandemic and protests
HONG KONG -- Kristy Wong, a 25-year-old marketing officer in Hong Kong, had never shopped online until the coronavirus pandemic....
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Coronavirus latest: India tops 6,000 cases for fifth straight day
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Macau gambling king Stanley Ho dies at 98
HONG KONG (Reuters) -- Macau gambling king Stanley Ho, who built a business empire from scratch in the former Portuguese...
Shimadzu to use saliva for coronavirus testing
KYOTO -- Japanese precision instrument maker Shimadzu will add salvia to the sample of PCR reagents to test for the...
Coronavirus crushes overseas dreams of Asian students
TAIPEI/HONG KONG -- Iris Hsu is only 23, but she is clear about what she wants to do with her...
Startup takes on foreign groups in China’s polishing robot market
BEIJING -- KAANH, a Chinese startup which develops robots that perform polishing tasks, is steadily expanding its presence in the...
Australia risks ‘insolvency tsunami’ when coronavirus aid ends
SYDNEY -- Australia faces an "insolvency tsunami" when government handouts to help businesses cope with coronavirus restrictions expire on Sept....
Samsung-TSMC rivalry heats up as US cracks down on Huawei
SEOUL/TAIPEI -- The rivalry between Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is intensifying as the latest U.S. ban on...
Coronavirus latest: Vietnam suffers FDI drop of 8.2% in January-May
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Flying to China still a challenge as restrictions extended
Travelers planning summer trips in and out of China may continue experiencing difficulties finding plane tickets as the country extends...
