The levy, which would impose a new 11% tax on the gross fares paid by a cruise ship's passenger, was set to go into effect at the start of 2026....

China implements 13% tax on contraceptives starting January 1, reversing exemptions from 1994 one-child policy era as Beijing pressures young people to marry and have children....

Chinese President Xi Jinping has touting an unbreakable “bond of blood and kinship” with the people of Taiwan in New Year’s Eve address...