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China’s top legislature has reviewed a draft law aimed at combating cross-border corruption as part of Beijing’s latest efforts to expand its anti-graft legal framework beyond its borders. On Tuesday, the draft Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law was submitted for its first reading during the 24th session of the Standing
Following is the speech by the Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Mr Tse Chin-wan, at the discussion session entitled Work Towards High Quality Agricultural and Rural Development in the Asia-Pacific Region at the 11th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Food Security Ministerial Meeting (FSMM) in Hangzhou toda
Hong Kong police arrested a woman for alleged sedition outside the West Kowloon Law Courts Building on Friday, hours before leaders of a Tiananmen vigil group were found guilty under the national security law. Police told local media outlets that a 45-year-old was arrested early on Friday on suspicion of acting with se
The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority: Result of the tenders of the People's Bank of China RMB Bills held on August 25, 2026: Tender Result ************************************************************************* Tender Date : August 25, 2026 Bills available for Tender : Three-Month RMB
Guo Yanliang, a champion debater who honed his argumentation skills in international contests and on online variety shows, has left one of Europe’s top quantum laboratories to set up his own research group in Beijing. Guo, 33, says he sees scientific research as a debate between different opinions, which made him more
Canada will announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday after relations deteriorated sharply Monday, with US President Donald Trump telling Canadian leaders to “fall in line” or face consequences “far WORSE” than existing tariffs. Trump also threatened new 50 percent tariffs on Canadian vehicles,
Enflame Technology, one of China's leading AI chipmakers, will open share subscriptions on September 2 for its six billion yuan initial public offering on Shanghai's tech-heavy Star Market, a regulatory filing showed late on Monday. The chipmaker, backed by technology company Tencent Holdings, will issue 43.04 million
Following is the speech by the Permanent Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Mr Kevin Choi, at the Second Global Innovation Show and Global Innovation Summit - Hong Kong today (August 25): Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Good morning. It is my great pleasure to join you today at the 2nd Globa
Asian stocks fluctuated on Tuesday as investors assess a US plan for the "economic asphyxiation" of Iran, while tech firms struggled following another down day on Wall Street and ahead of earnings from chip titan Nvidia. In Hong Kong, the benchmark Hang Seng Index opened up 116 points, or 0.46 percent, at 25,634 before
The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) today (August 25) announced an adjustment to the auto-LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) ceiling prices for dedicated LPG filling stations from September 1 to September 30, 2026, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contracts for dedicated LPG filling st
China has proposed formulating at least 100 key standards for the humanoid robot industry by 2028, according to a draft guideline from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The draft guideline for developing a national standard system for the humanoid robot industry will be open for public comment from A
CATL is staking the battery industry's next elimination round on carbon, vowing non-zero-carbon batteries will be eliminated and tying low-carbon data and green power to supplier contracts by 2027.
The anonymous model Ox Alpha, free for a week on OpenRouter and OpenCode, ended DeepSeek's 56-day run atop the OpenCode ranking and set a single-day usage record, as the community hunts for its creator.
QiAnXin Threat Intelligence Center disclosed an unauthenticated remote-code-execution vulnerability in DeepSeek Harness (CVSS 9.8), from flawed HTTP Host-header validation, with proof-of-concept code already public.
China Manned Space Agency said Chang'e-7 does not meet launch conditions for this year's window; the postponement points to a deeper shift toward integrating manned and unmanned lunar plans for long-term presence.
The second World Humanoid Robot Games wrapped at Beijing's Ice Ribbon with 666 teams and 2,056 robots in 51 events, shifting from raw speed toward dexterous, autonomous and real-scenario work.
In a typical course of action, Vijay Prashad has hit out at a letter by a number of prominent left intellectuals in The Guardian criticizing both the Iranian government and the forces of Western imperialism, which calls instead for solidarity with Iranian political prisoners. Prashad is, of course, predictably an apolo
Guest Post: At IETF 126, discussions highlighted how AI is beginning to shape the future of Internet infrastructure. Participants identified IPv6 as a critical foundation for large-scale AI ecosystems and explored new approaches.
More than 3,000 products were shown at the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing as China showcased its rapidly growing robotics industry. The event, which ran from 19-23 August, showcased the latest advances across the robotics industry, from humanoid robots to embodied intelligence and cutting-edge components Contin
Close to 80 per cent of low-income elderly residents in Hong Kong report suffering physical or mental distress related to extreme heat, a Greenpeace survey has found, highlighting the demographic’s vulnerability to rising temperatures. Greenpeace said on Monday that it surveyed 127 residents aged 65 or above across sev
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended lower on Monday, pulled down by technology stocks, as investors weighed fresh US economic pressure against Iran and braced for a week that includes Nvidia earnings and a closely watched inflation report. The Trump administration announced on Monday a possible expansion of sanctions on count
The South China Morning Post has launched a major data project diving into President Xi Jinping’s signature anti-graft campaign. In the first part of a series accompanying the data project, Phoebe Zhang looks at how the campaign became one of the Communist Party’s most important policies. In the early years of Presiden
Reports of a female employee allegedly being assaulted at a drinking party in Hangzhou brought back a version of myself from more than a decade ago. Back then, I was one of those young women routinely invited to business dinners. Seating followed an unwritten rule, with the most powerful person taking the seat of honou
The United States is opening Venezuela’s telecommunications sector to new investment and technology while explicitly excluding Chinese companies, a move that could reshape a market where Huawei and ZTE have become deeply embedded and give Western suppliers an opening as the country expands its 5G networks. The US Treas
China has condemned fresh US “Economic D-Day” sanctions imposed on Chinese entities over their ties to Iran, pledging “all necessary measures” to protect its interests. Launching the measures on Monday against Iran and its trading partners, the United States unveiled new sanctions against 60 entities, individuals and v
Two activists who organised commemorations of the bloody crackdown on China’s 1989 pro-democracy protests now face jail. Remembering is not a crime For decades, Hong Kong mourned when the mainland could not. Its huge annual Tiananmen vigil kept alive the memory of the 1989 pro-reform protests in Beijing, and of the mas
US authorities are conducting a national security review of Shein Global Holdings’ purchase of American clothing retailer Everlane after Shein sought approval for the deal, people familiar with the matter said, adding to a growing list of regulatory hurdles for the China-founded fast-fashion giant in one of its most im
Mainland Chinese government vessel sightings around Taiwan have reached record levels for a third straight month, as Beijing expands its law enforcement footprint east of the island following the announcement in late May of Tokyo-Manila maritime boundary talks over the area. Taiwan’s defence ministry said that in the f
China and Jordan have called for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to shipping and for the ceasefire between the United States and Iran to be maintained, in a joint statement issued during King Abdullah’s visit to Beijing. They also said they wanted to see “a comprehensive solution addressing the root causes of ten
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng has secured US$900 million in funding from high-profile investors including Alibaba Group Holding and IDG Capital to spur its robotics unit, despite a widening second-quarter loss. Dogotix, a subsidiary of Xpeng, raised US$900 million in the latest round of financing, which val
With Washington claiming that the United States can “grow” out of its mounting fiscal burdens, some economists are sceptical that growth alone could absorb the country’s mountain of national debt, which just surpassed US$40 trillion. The milestone, reached last week, has amplified concerns about the long-term sustainab
Diplomats for China and the US in Latin America have traded brickbats on social media over alleged espionage risks posed by Chinese tech firms in the region, in the latest sign of the two powers’ unfolding strategic tensions in the western hemisphere. US assistant secretary of state for western hemisphere affairs Juan
Women Photograph, a non-profit launched in 2017 to amplify the voices of women and non-binary visual journalists, has announced three recipients of its 2026 grants. Grants of $10,000 have been awarded to Fatma Fahmy , Caroline Gutman and Yixi Tian . This year’s grants were sponsored by Leica USA Continue reading...
There is no shortage of Western commentary on US President Donald Trump’s second term. What’s missing is an honest account of how 1.4 billion of us in China see it – or at least how China’s officials and scholars do, since that’s who I can speak for here. I’ve spent a decade watching that view change, from real alarm i
China’s manned space agency said on Sunday it is delaying a research moon mission that is part of Beijing’s efforts to land a crew there by 2030, less than two weeks after a rare launch failure. The agency said after a “comprehensive assessment” the mission, which involved sending the Chang’e-7 lunar probe on a Long […
China and Switzerland have concluded negotiations on the scrapping of tariffs on 99.8 per cent of Swiss exports, with analysts saying the deal carries more symbolic than economic weight amid growing trade tensions between China and the European Union. The agreement was announced by the Swiss side on Thursday after a me
Days of heavy rain caused by Typhoon Narra have left China's southern Guangxi region inundated by flood waters. Emergency workers used boats to navigate flooded city streets as 54,000 residents had to be relocated, according to the state broadcaster CCTV Continue reading...
Taiwan’s top weapons developer has unveiled details of its Chiang Kung, or Strong Bow, anti-ballistic missile system as it seeks legislative funding for mass production to strengthen the island’s air defences amid growing pressure from Beijing. The government-funded National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technolo
Test of US rhetoric will rest on whether nations such as India, China and Russia view economic threats as credible Tehran has vowed to retaliate against any country that cooperates with the US attempt to impose fresh sanctions against Iran in what the Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has billed as “the single greates
Evidence suggests that criminals may control a substantial share of new gTLD registrations. Although the precise scale remains contested, the article asks whether current DNS Abuse measures adequately address wider misuse of domain names.