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Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:43:52 +0800Fok calls for GBA coalition to host sporting events
Sports sector lawmaker Kenneth Fok on Sunday called on the authorities in the Greater Bay Area to look into forming a coalition in a bid to secure the rights to host major sporting events in future.
Speaking after taking part in a running event at t...
Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:59:49 +0800Huawei ascends in chip stakes with giant orders
Customer testing of Huawei's new AI chip, designed to challenge Nvidia in the China market, has gone well and big tech giants including ByteDance and Alibaba plan to place orders, two insiders said.
The development marks a milestone for Huawei.
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Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:34:00 +0800China launches trade investigations against US
The Ministry of Commerce in Beijing on Friday announced trade barrier investigations into US actions and measures that harm global production and supply chains as well as that impede trading of green products.
The probes into alleged disruptions to ...
Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:18:43 +0800Commerce chief urges US to avoid 'vicious competition'
China wishes to strengthen economic co-operation with the United States to avoid "vicious competition", Minster of Commerce Wang Wentao told US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, according to a readout released on Friday.
The two met on Thursday o...
Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:07:55 +0800Profits up 15.2pc for China's major industrial firms
Profits at China's major industrial firms increased 15.2 percent year on year in the first two months of 2026, with emerging sectors such as equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing serving as major growth drivers, official data showed on ...
Hong Kong Local
Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:43:52 +0800Fok calls for GBA coalition to host sporting events
Sports sector lawmaker Kenneth Fok on Sunday called on the authorities in the Greater Bay Area to look into forming a coalition in a bid to secure the rights to host major sporting events in future.
Speaking after taking part in a running event at t...
Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:26:47 +0800Singapore PM's visit shows interest in NM: govt
Development minister Bernadette Linn said on Sunday that the SAR government was encouraged by the Singaporean prime minister's visit to the Northern Metropolis during his whirlwind tour in Hong Kong.
Lawrence Wong was in town for three days, and Li...
Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:22:12 +0800Govt monitoring economic effects of Mideast war: FS
Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said tensions in the Middle East have so far had a limited direct impact on Hong Kong, but if the conflict persists it would unavoidably affect global interest rates and capital flows.
Writing on his weekly bl...
Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:43:14 +0800MPFA mulls second-tier surcharge for late MPF payments
The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority on Sunday proposed a new surcharge on employers who fail to settle outstanding MPF contributions.
Currently, the late-payment surcharge is a flat rate of five percent.
The authority said it issues ov...
Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:43:28 +0800HK man freed from 'horror movie' abduction in Myanmar
A Hong Kong resident has been rescued and transferred to Thailand after being held against his will and forced to carry out "illegal work" in Myanmar.
In a statement, the Security Bureau said its task force earlier received a request for assistance...
South China Morning Post
Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:00:13 +0000ByteDance bolsters Seedance 2.0 with watermarking, IP safeguards ahead of global roll-out
ByteDance has bolstered its controversial video-generation model Seedance 2.0 with “advanced” watermarking and intellectual property (IP) protection guardrails ahead of its global roll-out, the TikTok owner has said.
The much-anticipated internat...
Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:00:10 +0000Jiang Xueqin, the viral ‘prophet’ predicting the world’s fate from a Beijing classroom
Beijing-based high-school teacher Jiang Xueqin may not seem like an obvious candidate for a geopolitical “prophet”.
Dressed casually in a polo shirt, the greying Chinese-Canadian looks unassuming.
But through his hugely popular Predictive History...
Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:44:04 +0000Australia’s Karratha LNG plant closed after cyclone amid fuel shortages
At least one of the world’s largest LNG plants remained closed on Sunday after a cyclone knocked out power to thousands of people in Western Australia.
The outages were restricting already stretched fuel supplies caused by the war in the Middle Eas...
Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:30:09 +0000How to assess China’s real chance of winning AI race against US
In January, a top Chinese AI researcher told an industry summit in Beijing there was less than a 20 per cent chance of any Chinese company surpassing a leading US artificial intelligence firm in the next three to five years.
The remark by Lin Junyang...
Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:00:10 +0000China’s high-end yacht owners say industry growth stifled by structural gaps
As the country with the world’s largest cohort of billionaires, China is no stranger to wealthy elites engaging in luxurious leisure activities, but one common pastime in the West does not seem to have attracted a commensurate level of interest acr...
Xinhua China News
2017-05-07China 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.
2017-04-24Xi, 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...
2017-04-21Feature: 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 .
2017-04-20Hebei promises dedication in building Xiongan New Area
Public services including employment , education , healthcare and social security will be improved in the area , he said .
2017-04-08Xi, 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
2018-01-24Palestinians 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.
2018-01-03U.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."
2017-10-28Speaker 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.
2017-10-23Typhoon 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.
2017-10-13Spotlight: 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.