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Goldman Sachs president John Waldron has called on China to loosen foreign exchange rules, ease cross-border data restrictions and improve regulatory transparency as the country’s policymakers seek to strengthen Shanghai’s role as an international financial centre. Waldron, also the investment bank’s chief operating of
German sportswear giant Adidas is bent on new fashionable outdoor and street dance apparel to sustain its growth in China amid heightened competition against domestic and international rivals, according to its CEO Bjorn Gulden. “We see that there’s a running boom and an outdoor boom [in China],” he told reporters in a
Taiwan will “closely monitor” Chinese live-fire drills off China’s coast this week, the democratic island’s defence minister said on Monday. Chinese maritime authorities announced in recent days that drills would be held from October 12-20 in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea and South China Sea. China claims T
The second edition of the Legal Practical Training Course for Chinese Enterprises Going Overseas, organised by the Hong Kong International Legal Talents Training Academy, commenced today (October 12). Addressing the opening ceremony of the course, the Secretary for Justice, Mr Paul Lam, SC, expressed his gratitude to t
Freshly crowned China Open champion Zheng Qinwen withdrew on Monday from her home tournament in Wuhan, citing fatigue and a right shoulder injury. Zheng became the first Chinese player to clinch the Beijing title on Sunday by defeating reigning Roland Garros champion Mirra Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 in the final. "I'm very sorr
A large desalination plant on Bohai Bay has achieved an energy efficiency breakthrough, slashing electricity consumption by more than half while converting millions of tonnes of toxic waste brine into high-value chemical salt. Situated in the Caofeidian industrial zone of Tangshan, Hebei province, the facility recently
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The family of late Cantopop star Anita Mui has appealed for information after discovering almost three months ago that an urn containing her ashes had been taken from a Lantau monastery In a statement dated Saturday, the family said a fan who went to pay respects to Mui at Po Lin Monastery on July 18 […]
China’s manufacturing sector is leapfrogging straight into the era of agentic artificial intelligence and is now exporting that playbook to global supply chains, according to the CEO of Black Lake, a Chinese provider of cloud-based AI tools for factories. “Just as China skipped credit cards and jumped directly to mobil
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will hold the Corporate Games 2027 in January to October next year. Commercial, industrial and public organisations are welcome to enroll in the Games in phases through SmartPLAY, starting from October 15, 2026. The LCSD organises the Corporate Games biennially as a m
Following is the speech by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Paul Lam, SC, at the opening ceremony of the Legal Practical Training Course for Chinese Enterprises Going Overseas today (October 12): Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Good morning. It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to Hong Kong and to the op
The first travellers to pass through the redeveloped Huanggang port on its first day of operation have praised its convenience. The new facility opened at 6.30am on Monday, providing 24-hour clearance services for passengers and passenger vehicles. One traveller from the Shenzhen side said it was spacious, comfortable
China announced sanctions on Monday against ministers from Paraguay and Belize over their diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing as its territory. The measures against Paraguay’s Communications Minister Gustavo Villate and Belize’s Foreign Minister Francis Fonseca include the freezin
Secretary for Security Chris Tang has expressed confidence that the opening of the redeveloped Huanggang port would be safe, smooth and efficient. “Since the Hong Kong Port Area was established on July 31, we have already done a great deal of work,” Tang told reporters after the opening ceremony of the checkpoint on Su
Attention TV/radio announcers: Please broadcast the following as soon as possible: Here is an item of interest to swimmers. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (October 10) that due to big waves, red flags have been hoisted at Stanley Main Beach, Shek O Beach and Big Wave Bay Beach in Southern
CCCC has passed expert review of the research phase for a 10,000-tonne deep-sea engineering survey ship, with a design for 5,000-meter drilling equipment. Construction has not yet begun.
China Mobile's Hohhot expansion adds 120 MW of IT power. Once running, the site will offer 20,100 PFLOPS, 16,700 of it for AI, with 90% serving the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
Tencent Yuanqi stops creating new agents and API keys on October 29 and goes dark on November 9. Agents published to WeChat accounts will stop replying; data can be exported until January 9, 2027.
BeingBeyond's Being-M0.7 predicts future visual latents and whole-body motion before acting. It led SIMPLE simulation at 71.1% and tied the strongest baseline on a Unitree G1 robot.
JAKA Robotics is launching the Kargo50, a heavy-duty wheeled humanoid for factory tote handling, and the Zu50, a 50 kg collaborative arm, at the China International Industry Fair in Shanghai.
This is a special contribution from the Centre on Contemporary China and the World at the University of Hong Kong. Read the full report at the end of the article. It will be available on the institute website cccw.hku.hk from October 13. With the rising strategic significance of energy, especially due to the need to su
Chinese memory chip giant ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has reported “key progress” on a new cell architecture to boost memory density, an innovation that competitors such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are also working on. CXMT planned to roll out a new server-memory product based on the structure by the en
Words by James Lee Hong Kong’s local rap scene has been going through a dry spell lately. Shows, as with other independent music scenes, have shrunken in size and dropped in frequency since the days of the Covid-19 pandemic, when local subcultures rallied around homegrown talent. Whereas promoters could once fill venue
Guest Post: IPv6 deployment is often described as a protocol upgrade. In reality, operating IPv6 at broadband scale is a test of subscriber management, DHCP, CPE interoperability, observability, and operational processes. Over seven years, WorldLink Communications grew to more than one million dual-stack subscribers, w
Kurt Campbell is a veteran US diplomat and strategist who has played a leading role in shaping Washington’s approach to China and the Indo-Pacific for more than a decade. He served as the White House coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs from 2021 to 2024 and as US deputy secretary of state from 2024 to 2025. Previously
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi three times in the past three years. Indian pilgrims are back at Kailash, the Tibetan mountain sacred to Hindus and Buddhists. Air China has restarted flights to New Delhi. But can trust grow between two armies that meet only in a crisis? And why
Oliver Blume says ‘Made in Europe’ rules to counter rapid rise of lower-price Chinese brands ‘must reward real value creation’ The boss of Volkswagen has backed EU proposals to boost its domestic industry, arguing European carmakers need to be able to “compete under comparable conditions” with Chinese rivals. Oliver Bl
Russia is looking to expand shipbuilding cooperation with China through technology partnerships and joint investment, visiting presidential aide and Maritime Board chairman Nikolai Patrushev said. Patrushev held talks in Beijing with Ke Jixin, Chinese vice-minister of industry and information technology, the Russian Ma
Zhou Xianwang, the former mayor of Wuhan widely criticised for the initial handling of the Covid-19 outbreak, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption. Zhou used various positions he held between 2003 and 2025 – including party secretary of Huangshi, mayor of Wuhan and vice-governor of Hubei province – t
Zheng Qinwen became the first home winner of the China Open on Sunday as she beat Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva 7-5, 6-4. The former world number four and current Olympic champion was a wildcard entry in Beijing, having struggled with form and fitness after elbow surgery in 2025. It was the 54th-ranked Zheng's first
Eddie Flores pressed the button at a pedestrian crossing on King Street, then pointed across the road. In the spring of 1910, Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen lodged over there, on the second floor of a shop owned by a friend and fellow party member. “It’s no longer there,” said Flores, chairman of the restaurant chai
Leading China’s mathematicians joined forces in Beijing on Sunday to launch an alliance aimed at integrating artificial intelligence into mathematical research. The Yau Laboratory Alliance for Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence is being spearheaded by Fields medallist Shing-Tung Yau, who warned that China was lagg
In September, the Jaecoo 7 – a budget SUV from China’s Chery Automobile – made headlines when it shifted more than 10,000 units to become Britain’s bestselling car. Christened the “Temu Range Rover” online, a nod to the cheap goods available on the Chinese online marketplace and the luxury 4X4 made by Jaguar Land Rover
Taiwan’s military is grappling with a worsening manpower shortage, with its volunteer staffing rate remaining below the 80 per cent target for a third consecutive year and concerns mounting over the impact on combat readiness, according to the island’s legislature. The shortages extend deep into frontline formations –
For the past few months, this newspaper has extensively covered China’s ongoing clampdown on tax avoidance, especially its push to tax the income of super-rich families held in offshore trusts. We never expected to become targets of the campaign ourselves. But there have been signs in recent weeks that officials are st
In support of National Love Teeth Day 2026, the Department of Health (DH) today (October 11) organised the "Oral Health for Life" Festival at Plaza Hollywood in Diamond Hill. Through interactive exhibition panels, fun game booths and performances, the event disseminated accurate oral health information to the public. T
International scientists warn that rising sea levels driven by melting Antarctic ice will be 15 to 20 per cent higher in cities such as Hong Kong and Shanghai compared with the global average. They said gravitational shifts caused by shrinking Antarctic ice would redistribute water across the globe, causing higher ocea
Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said the redeveloped Huanggang port will bring convenience to people who frequently travel between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The revamped port will officially open and begin 24-hour clearance services at 6.30am on Monday. Writing on his blog, Chan said the redeveloped port is desig
The redeveloped Huanggang Port will open at 6.30am tomorrow (October 12). The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, officiated at the opening ceremony at the Mainland Port Area of the Huanggang Port today (October 11) alongside the Director of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, Mr Huang Chupi
Huawei's HarmonyOS Interconnect app is now on Apple Watch, relaying notifications and finding devices across both ecosystems. Pura X View, Mate 90 series and Mate XT 2 phones are supported first.
Before she addresses the world from behind the White House briefing room podium this week, 42-year-old Katie Zacharia has a story that stretches far beyond Washington’s power corridors. Years before US President Donald Trump appointed her as his new press secretary, she lived in Beijing, worked at one of China’s leadin
Materials scientist and chemist Antonio Facchetti, formerly of the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, has joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as a chair professor in its newly established department of materials. Facchetti, who was elected to the US National Academy of Engineeri