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Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:45:48 +0800
Electric mood awaits fans, legacy giants at Auto China
The world's biggest car show opened on Friday in Beijing, with hundreds of thousands of auto fans descending on the capital to size up the latest sleek, teched-out models on the market. The Auto China exhibition, hosted at two side-by-side venues in...

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:08:16 +0800
China, Thailand vow to crack down on cyber scams
China and Thailand said they attached great importance to tackling cyber scams during Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to the Southeast Asian country. Wang on Friday held talks with Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul in Bangkok. The tw...

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:09:40 +0800
Two giant pandas heading to Zoo Atlanta
Two giant pandas will be heading to Zoo Atlanta in the United States as part of a Sino-US agreement on giant panda conservation. The China Wildlife Conservation Association said the future Atlanta pandas are male Ping Ping and female Fu Shuang. Bot...

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:20:54 +0800
DeepSeek previews latest upgrade of its hit AI model
Chinese startup DeepSeek released "preview" versions of a new artificial intelligence model on Friday, more than a year after it stunned the world with a low-cost reasoning model that matched the capabilities of US rivals. The long-awaited DeepSeek-...

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:16:49 +0800
Five international projects for China's Mars mission
The China National Space Administration announced on Friday the results of its international collaboration selection for Tianwen-3, China's first Mars sample-return mission. Following a call for co-operation proposals last April, in which the agency...

Hong Kong Local

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:38:57 +0800
'Alternative smoking products ban won't hurt tourism'
A large-scale publicity campaign is underway to remind tourists about an upcoming ban on alternative smoking products, a health officials said on Sunday. From April 30, the possession or use of alternative smoking products, such as vapes, e-cigaret...

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:29:58 +0800
'One last photo' — Wang Fuk residents' final goodbyes
Residents of the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court on Sunday continued to say emotional goodbyes to their homes, with one family planning to take a final group photograph inside their apartment. Authorities are allowing people to return in small groups t...

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:25:14 +0800
HK's financial growth unstoppable: FS
Financial Secretary Paul Chan says the development of Hong Kong’s financial market is “unstoppable” despite global uncertainties. Writing in his weekly blog, Chan said the SAR continued to rank first globally in initial public offerings this y...

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:04:13 +0800
Movie fans pack theatres for HK$30 Cinema Day
Movie lovers packed theatres across Hong Kong on Saturday for the annual Cinema Day, which offered screenings for just HK$30. At a cinema in Mong Kok, long queues formed outside the venue in the afternoon, with the line at one point stretching well ...

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:25:07 +0800
Wang Fuk returnees file over 40 lost property reports
Police said on Saturday that more than 40 reports have been lodged regarding missing property in the first five days that displaced residents of Wang Fuk Court were allowed to return to their homes to salvage what they could. Since Monday, resident...

South China Morning Post

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:43:46 +0000
Cinema Day attracted 201,000 film-goers. How does it stack up against last year?
Hong Kong’s Cinema Day has drawn a record-breaking 201,000 film-goers, despite a marginal decline in occupancy rates compared with last year. The Hong Kong Theatres Association, which organises the annual event, revealed the figures on Sunday, just...

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:30:08 +0000
For the US dollar, a subtler shift than a ‘petroyuan’ order is underfoot
In the span of a few days earlier this month, developments that usually sit in separate policy compartments began to converge. Abu Dhabi’s crown prince arrived in Beijing as President Xi Jinping used the visit to set out China’s four-point positi...

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:27:39 +0000
Southwestern China’s busiest airport disrupted by biggest hailstorm in a decade
Southwestern China’s busiest airport was mopping up and struggling to resume operations on Sunday after the biggest hailstorm in a decade grounded flights, damaged aircraft and stranded passengers. Hailstones, some as big as fists, battered Kunming...

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:01:09 +0000
Over 5,000 Guangdong motorists sign up for Hong Kong’s southbound travel scheme
More than 5,000 Guangdong motorists have been approved to drive into Hong Kong’s urban areas under a southbound travel scheme as of March, while 90 per cent of the 3,500 travellers who booked to visit have stayed for one or two days. The Transport ...

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:00:11 +0000
Chinese travellers flock to Central Asia as flight bookings soar 120% on pre-Covid levels
Once a niche destination, Central Asia is quickly emerging as a key market for Chinese travellers, supported by robust traffic growth, expanding air links and deeper economic ties under Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, according to analysts. Dat...

Xinhua China News

2017-05-07
China Focus: Beijing firms bring tech to Belt and Road countries
"Borrow a boat to sail in the sea -- we will find more ways to use the opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative," he said.

2017-04-24
Xi, Trump discuss ties, Korean Peninsula situation over phone
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Monday discussed bilateral ties and the situation on the Korean Peninsula on phone, pledging close contact by various means to promptly exchange views on major issues of common con...

2017-04-21
Feature: A Thai student dreams of selling rice to China
Agricultural products have been exempted duty by the FTA , but most Thai rice sold in China ' s supermarkets is imported through regular channels , without taking advantage of the FTA , she said .

2017-04-20
Hebei promises dedication in building Xiongan New Area
Public services including employment , education , healthcare and social security will be improved in the area , he said .

2017-04-08
Xi, Trump pledge to expand mutually beneficial cooperation, manage differences
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, pledged on Friday to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and to manage their differences based on mutual respect.

Xinhua World News

2018-01-24
Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers after protest against Pence visit
Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest against the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Jan. 23, 2018.

2018-01-03
U.S. failure to appoint Australian ambassador "diplomatic insult": former deputy PM
Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer has accused the U.S. of hitting Australia with a "diplomatic insult."

2017-10-28
Speaker of Hungarian Parliament addresses in Budapest
Laszlo Kover (1st L), Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, speaks at a conference of the parliament speakers of the Western Balkans in Budapest, Hungary on Oct. 27, 2017.

2017-10-23
Typhoon Lan lashes central Japan, killing 2 and disrupting transport systems
Two people were killed and transportation systems and businesses severely disrupted as Typhoon Lan lashed central Japan's Pacific coast after making landfall early Monday.

2017-10-13
Spotlight: U.S. decision to withdraw from UNESCO triggers calls for multilateralism
The U.S. decision to withdraw from UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, has triggered worldwide calls for supporting multilateralism amid world challenges.

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