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Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:24:55 +0800
Airbus flies over trade war fray with Tianjin opening
Airbus said on Wednesday it had opened a second assembly line in China, increasing manufacturing capacity for its best-selling A320neo family of single-aisle jets. The European planemaker's 10th final assembly line globally, located in the port city...

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 06:15:36 +0800
EU, China to hold talks on rare earth curbs
European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Tuesday he had invited Commerce Minister Wang Wentao to Brussels in the coming days to find "urgent solutions" to China's tightening of its restrictions on rare earth exports. "The Minister Wang Wen...

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:33:42 +0800
China looks to boost ties with Japan under new PM
Beijing said on Tuesday it hopes to "advance" ties with Tokyo, after prominent China hawk Sanae Takaichi was appointed Japan's first female prime minister. Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told a regular press briefing that China had "noted the...

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 18:12:49 +0800
Apple faces crunch over 'China app monopoly'
A group of 55 Chinese iPhone and iPad users filed a complaint with China's market regulator on Monday, a lawyer representing the group said, alleging that Apple abuses its market dominance by restricting app distribution and payments to its own platf...

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:16:14 +0800
HK sailors set sights on National Games podium
Hong Kong sailors are hoping to make waves at this year's National Games, as they chase the city's first-ever medal in the competition which started on Monday in Guangdong province. The SAR is fielding eight athletes at four sailing competitions at ...

Hong Kong Local

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:35:54 +0800
Legco president: turnover rate lower than past terms
Outgoing Legislative Council President Andrew Leung said on Wednesday that the turnover rate of lawmakers this term is lower than that in the past several terms. So far, 22 out of 89 serving lawmakers have said they are not running again, or a litt...

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:26:45 +0800
Panda fever feeds new revenue shoots at Ocean Park
Ocean Park has seen revenues rise for a fourth consecutive year, up by 9 percent, with visitor numbers soaring as the preservation-focused theme park leveraged on the "Panda mania" to create green shoots of business growth. However, a statement rele...

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:01:38 +0800
Higher risk of chronic diseases linked to depression
University of Hong Kong researchers said on Wednesday people suffering from depression run twice the mortality risk of those who don't as the illness increases their likelihood of being beset by various physical diseases. That conclusion was reache...

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:45:45 +0800
Doreen Kong, Stanley Li latest to bid Legco farewell
Election Committee lawmaker Doreen Kong said on Wednesday she would not be seeking another term in the legislature, the 22nd legislator to do so. Kong, a solicitor by trade, made the announcement as the Legislative Council began its final meeting se...

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:40:42 +0800
Push for airport inquest, bar on aircrew's departure
A workers' rights representative said on Wednesday that a coroner's inquest should be opened into the fatal collision that happened at the airport on Monday. In the accident, an Emirates cargo plane veered off the runway before crashing into a secur...

South China Morning Post

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:00:09 +0000
Airbnb chooses Alibaba’s open-source AI over ‘not ready’ ChatGPT
Alibaba Group Holding’s Qwen AI models are winning over major Western firms like Airbnb, underscoring the growing global appeal of China’s open-source approach to artificial intelligence. Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of the San Francisco-base...

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:34:27 +0000
Philippines to revive e-visa for Chinese tourists after 2-year suspension
The Philippines will revive its electronic visa programme for Chinese tourists next month, nearly two years after its abrupt suspension, as part of a broader push to boost lagging visitor arrivals and regain lost ground in the regional tourism race. ...

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:20:07 +0000
‘Head-on’ bus collision kills at least 46 in Uganda
Two buses collided on a major highway in Uganda early on Wednesday, killing 46 people and injuring several others, police said, lowering the death toll from 63. The east African country has a notorious road safety record, frequently recording bus or ...

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 07:57:35 +0000
US safety agency investigators to assist Hong Kong with fatal plane crash probe
A United States’ transport safety agency is deploying five investigators to Hong Kong to assist with the city’s probe into the cargo plane crash that killed two security workers, while the four aircrew involved have met with local authorities. Th...

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 07:54:16 +0000
Russia launches deadly barrage on Ukraine after Putin–Trump summit shelved
Russia launched multiple drone and missile strikes on Ukraine as the latest peace attempts by US President Donald Trump appeared to be floundering. The attack killed at least six civilians, including two children, with more than a dozen injured acros...

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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