President Xi Jinping on Friday chaired a Politburo meeting to discuss a draft outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan. According to Xinhua News Agency, the meeting noted that the 15th Five-Year Plan period between 2026 and 2030 "will be critical as China...

The national space agency on Friday said it's planning to carry out two crewed spaceflights and a cargo resupply mission this year, while pointing to efforts in meeting the country's goal of sending astronauts to the moon by 2030. Of the missions pl...

The central government has presented the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Commemorative Medal to the SAR, as a museum collection and major exhibit. Deputy director of the Hong Kong and...

China's largest search engine operator Baidu topped market estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday, as strong growth in ⁠its cloud business helped cushion the hit from persistent weakness in its mainstay advertising business. Baidu, like other...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in the mainland tech hub of Hangzhou on Thursday with a large group of entrepreneurs, hoping to land new contracts a day after meeting President Xi Jinping and announcing an Airbus deal. Merz's first official...

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau said on Friday the government was exploring the possibility of staging more large-scale and innovative exhibitions that could bring in more overnight visitors. He was speaking two days aft...

Budget moves to develop the artificial intelligence and technology sectors in Hong Kong have evoked optimism from a lawmaker and calls to train and attract more talent. Their reactions came two days after Financial Secretary Paul Chan announced a se...

Transport secretary Mable Chan on Friday said even though the government is not extending its one-for-one replacement scheme, a number of support measures have been introduced to incentivise the use of electric vehicles (EVs). The concession arrange...

Minister for culture, sports and tourism Rosanna Law on Friday said that a significant funding increase for Hong Kong’s sports sector will be used to improve training for athletes in team-based disciplines, with a comprehensive review of team sport...

A new light festival-themed show is set to debut in the second half of the year, replacing Hong Kong’s long-running "A Symphony of Lights" display, tourism minister Rosanna Law announced on Friday. Law said the Tourism Board is actively exploring ...

Young people in China are embracing a new trend of ‘parenting parents’ to heal wounds they inherited from childhood and redefine the traditional value of filial piety. Many have posted that they are ‘reparenting their parents’ on social media...

The publisher of the South China Morning Post, Tammy Tam Wai-yi, has been appointed to Hong Kong’s Law Reform Commission as the representative for the media industry for a three-year term starting in March. Tam succeeded May Chan Suk-mei, a news di...

Hong Kong’s exports surged by more than 30 per cent in the first month of 2026, thanks to a rebound from last year’s low base after US-China trade war fears eased. According to the Census and Statistics Department, the total value of Hong Kong’...

Semiconductor designer Moore Threads Technology has achieved full-stack compatibility between its flagship MTT S5000 graphics processing unit (GPU) and Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen3.5-series artificial intelligence models, as China’s tech self-reliance e...

China’s rapid expansion of surveillance satellites means protective measures in space are not sufficient for the United States, which needs the offensive capability to “turn around and punch”, a US Space Force general said. According to the US ...

"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.

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...

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 .

Public services including employment , education , healthcare and social security will be improved in the area , he said .

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.

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.

Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer has accused the U.S. of hitting Australia with a "diplomatic insult."

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.

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.

The U.S. decision to withdraw from UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, has triggered worldwide calls for supporting multilateralism amid world challenges.