Escalating hostilities between Iran, Israel and the United States have triggered sweeping air-space closures across the Gulf, forcing mainland airlines to scrap services to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh. TVB News reports that Air China, China Eastern and China Southern introduced special refund and re-booking policies late on 1 March (news.tvb.com). Passengers holding tickets purchased

Travel And Tour World reports that China has quietly expanded its 30-day unilateral visa-waiver to a further group of long-haul markets including Brazil, Argentina, Saudi Arabia and New Zealand (travelandtourworld.com). Although the Foreign Ministry has not yet issued a formal notice, airport circulars seen by airlines confirm the additions took effect on 29 February. The

China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has confirmed that 30.08 million foreign nationals entered the mainland on visa-free schemes in 2025, a 49.5 percent jump on the previous year (businesstoday.com.my). The figure covers travellers using three channels: the 30-day unilateral visa-waiver (now open to 48 countries), the 144-hour transit-without-visa (TWOV) programme, and the newer 240-hour

In the middle of the Mojave Desert, just off Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, sits the Mountain Pass mine. Surrounded by a high plateau of pale rock and desert scrub, this 600-foot-deep open pit hums with activity. Trucks haul blasted rock to the surface, where it is crushed in pursuit of valuable

HARBIN, China, March 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As a vanguard of China’s power equipment industry, Harbin Electric Corporation (HE) is accelerating the development of new power systems centered on green and low-carbon vision. As China’s first state-owned enterprise for exporting large-scale power units, HE has been proactively participating in the Belt and Road cooperation as a

Executive Summary This report assesses the geopolitical ramifications of the 28 February 2026 joint US-Israeli military strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran, specifically regarding the degradation of Iranian strategic depth. It evaluates how this escalation might jeopardise the long-term economic and infrastructural interests of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China (PRC)

HONG KONG — Global trade has been upended again after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs, with U.S. trading partners and businesses around the world grasping to understand the system that replaces them. A new flat global tariff of 10% paid by U.S. importers took effect Tuesday, lower than the 15%

António Guterres described the day’s events as a grave threat to international peace and security, urging the international community to unite and pull the entire region “back from the brink”. Mr. Guterres reminded the council that Article Two of the UN Charter states that all Member States “shall refrain in their international relations from the