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Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:03:15 +0800
HK locked and loaded in supply chain reaction
Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau says the SAR is ready to play a pivotal role in the transformation of global supply chains brought about by changes in the geopolitical environment. Speaking at the Global Supply Chain Su...

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:21:31 +0800
Politburo meeting analyses 2026 economic work
The Politburo analysed and studied the economic work of 2026 and reviewed a set of regulations on the Communist Party's leadership over law-based governance in a meeting on Monday. The meeting was chaired by President Xi Jinping, who's also general ...

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:25:26 +0800
China's exports beat forecasts amid tariff truce
China's exports topped forecasts for November, buoyed by a boost from a tariff truce with the United States, according to the General Administration of Customs on Monday. Outbound shipments grew 5.9 percent year on year, beating a 3.8 percent foreca...

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 23:01:58 +0800
China, US hold 'constructive' video call
Vice Premier He Lifeng had an "in-depth and constructive" video call with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Friday, Xinhua News Agency reported. Both sides agreed to promote the stable development of b...

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:48:04 +0800
Macrons go off beaten diplomatic track in Chengdu
An ancient dam, pandas and ping-pong: French leader Emmanuel Macron concluded his fourth state visit to China on Friday, striking a more relaxed note in Chengdu after discussions on Ukraine and trade with President Xi Jinping a day earlier. Far from...

Hong Kong Local

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:10:04 +0800
Lawmakers unite in solidarity in fire tragedy's shadow
Outgoing lawmakers and legislators-elect vowed on Tuesday to do their best to address the concerns of the people while working with officials to deal with the aftermath of the deadly Tai Po blaze. That came as nearly 100 of them met the press toget...

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:48:27 +0800
'Half of local firms optimistic about city's outlook'
The chairwoman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Agnes Chan, on Tuesday said a recent survey by the body found about half of local businesses are optimistic about the city's economic outlook for next year. At the chamber's International...

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:03:15 +0800
HK locked and loaded in supply chain reaction
Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau says the SAR is ready to play a pivotal role in the transformation of global supply chains brought about by changes in the geopolitical environment. Speaking at the Global Supply Chain Su...

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:28:48 +0800
Fire safety reform tops agenda for Christine Fong
Legislator-elect Christine Fong says her top priority after assuming office will be pursuing reforms to fire safety and building maintenance regulations in the wake of the tragic Wang Fuk Court inferno in Tai Po. After five failed attempts to win a...

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:05:16 +0800
Police probe six scaffold net cases at housing estates
Police said on Tuesday they were investigating six reports that some housing estates had used falsified documents for scaffold nets installed during maintenance works. The estates are Baguio Villa in Pok Fu Lam, Fung Wah Estate in Chai Wan, Fortres...

South China Morning Post

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:00:16 +0000
DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng among top 10 ‘people who shaped science in 2025’
DeepSeek’s founder and CEO, Liang Wenfeng, has been listed among the top 10 “people who shaped science in 2025” by the British journal Nature, which hailed the 40-year-old entrepreneur as a “Chinese finance whizz” whose breakthrough artific...

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:00:08 +0000
China prankster injures girlfriend by accident, fakes car crash for insurance cash
A man in southwestern China who broke a bone in his girlfriend’s chest during a prank staged a car accident and used her injuries to claim an insurance payout. The couple was recently arrested, bringing the case to light. According to mainland medi...

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:59:04 +0000
7 Chinese warships followed our navy vessel in East Asia, says New Zealand
New Zealand’s largest naval vessel was followed by seven Chinese warships in a deployment to East Asia last month, including a rare transit through the Taiwan Strait, according to the Pacific nation’s military. HMNZS Aotearoa, a Polar-class reple...

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:49:26 +0000
Death toll from Hong Kong fire rises to 160 as DNA tests show 1 more perished
The death toll from Hong Kong’s worst fire in decades has risen to 160 after another resident of inferno-ravaged Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po was confirmed as having perished, the city’s police chief has said. Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming...

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:46:41 +0000
‘Death sentence’ averted as sick Filipino man removed from US deportation flight
A last-minute medical intervention halted the deportation of a Filipino man from the United States after advocates warned that his deteriorating condition and months of alleged neglect in immigration custody had put his life at risk. Greggy Valerio S...

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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