The United States has deployed two warships to the disputed South China Sea near Scarborough Shoal. This follows a collision between Chinese navy and coast guard ships while they attempted to drive away a smaller Philippine vessel.

Tropical storm Podul dumped torrential rain on southern China on Thursday, and caused widespread disruption in Hong Kong after tearing through Taiwan and leaving 143 people injured.

Fangchenggang in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region issued an official statement on Saturday detailing disciplinary measures against a couple of people in a widely followed case involving a female driver who flashed her firefighter husband's credential during a traffic dispute.

Australia has launched its largest military exercises with Philippine forces, involving over 3,600 personnel in live-fire drills and a beach assault near the South China Sea.

(Reuters) -China South City <1668.HK> on Monday became the first state-backed property developer to get a liquidation order from the Hong Kong High Court since the Chinese property sector tipped into a debt crisis in 2021.

China has moved early to lock in soybean supplies from Brazil for September and October, sidelining US exporters from what is traditionally their most lucrative selling period. The shift underscores Beijing’s growing trade reliance on South America and comes amid renewed political and commercial tensions with Washington.

South Africa, long regarded as the continent’s most advanced economy, is moving decisively to counter the fallout from Washington’s latest tariff measures by turning to Beijing for new trade opportunities.