A train every 40 seconds: how Chinese rail station handled record 1 million trips in a day
A railway station in southern China’s hub city Guangzhou has set a national record for trips in a single day and drawn attention for the fr…
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John Lee urges public to tune in to Legco debate on city’s 5-year plan, policy address
Hong Kong’s leader has urged residents to pay close attention to a coming three-day debate on the city’s inaugural five-year plan and lates…
Hong Kong prepares reforms, accountability measures ahead of Tai Po fire report
Hong Kong authorities have made “a series of preparations” to implement reforms and pursue accountability ahead of the Tai Po fire inquiry …
Moonshot said to eye early 2027 IPO after value hits $50 billion
The Chinese AI champion has also begun laying the groundwork to gauge investor sentiment through early-look meetings starting as soon as th…
China: Fate of Xi Critic Ren Zhiqiang Uncertain in Prison
The fate of Chinese real estate tycoon Ren Zhiqiang, imprisoned for criticizing President Xi Jinping, is uncertain. He is serving an 18-yea…
Beijing’s policy advisers map out how post-reunification Taiwan could be governed
In 2019, President Xi Jinping became the first Chinese leader to publicly call for the exploration of detailed proposals for governing Taiw…
Hong Kong’s bridge of gold completes China’s yuan ambition
Beijing’s push to accumulate gold serves a larger goal: yuan internationalisation. In this series, Part I traces China’s path to becoming a…
The U.S. said China was priming a trade superweapon. Then it vanished.
It could not be established why the LOGINK platform championed by Beijing as a "key project" spiraled into financial and legal troubles.
Hong Kong must scrap housing plan and preserve golf course
The hotly contested court battle over government plans to build 12,000 public flats on Hong Kong’s oldest golf course has played its final …
Mainland Chinese favour diplomacy to achieve Taiwan reunification with caveats: survey
Mainland Chinese prefer coercion over military force to settle the “reunification question” with Taiwan, and their opinion of the US remain…
[Miao Yanliang] Will AI reverse renminbi’s rise?
The renminbi has staged a notable recovery against the dollar since the second half of 2025, prompting renewed discussion about how much fu…
Ren Zhiqiang, jailed for criticizing Xi Jinping, reportedly alive
Chinese businessman Ren Zhiqiang, serving an 18-year sentence for criticizing President Xi Jinping, is reportedly alive despite rumors of h…
China targets over 126 Taiwanese in transnational repression
China has targeted more than 126 Taiwanese individuals in a transnational repression campaign, according to Taiwanese media reports.
Taiwan condemns 'spying' on Lai's son
Taiwan condemned alleged spying activities targeting the son of Vice President Lai Ching-te.
What happens when Chinese AI goes rogue?
The article discusses what might happen if Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) goes rogue.
Taiwan's Kuai Kuai workers to vote on ending strike
Workers at Taiwanese confectioner Kuai Kuai are set to vote today on whether to end their strike.
China pressured Munich institute to cancel author event
China exerted pressure on a Munich institute to cancel an event featuring an author.
US search for missing airmen in China gains new attention after Xi-Trump summit
For more than eight decades, the remains of US fighter pilot Morton Sher lay unrecovered in China. A photograph of a memorial to him in a H…
Bid to turn 14 subsidised sale flats into subdivided homes raises abuse concerns
The owners of 14 subsidised sale flats have applied for a grace period to comply with Hong Kong’s new regulatory regime for subdivided home…
Researchers are tracking a Chinese AI ‘agent fleet’
Independent researchers discovered an agent swarm that seems to be running on Tencent's infrastructure and targeting Alibaba's map service,…
A Woman Exposed China’s Cat-Abuse Networks – and Paid a Terrible Price
When the law lags behind, citizens end up doing investigative work themselves, and pay for it when the people they expose strike back.
Mainland Chinese arrivals to Hong Kong surged at start of ‘golden week’ holiday
Mainland Chinese arrivals to Hong Kong surged at the start of the National Day “golden week” holiday before easing towards last year’s leve…
AI microdramas are a test case for China’s next big export wave
China’s US$1.2 trillion goods trade surplus last year has focused attention on electric vehicles, batteries, solar panels and industrial ov…
Adrian Cheng, former scion of Hong Kong’s NWD, expands K11 brand in Xiamen
Adrian Cheng Chi-kong, former heir apparent to Hong Kong’s New World Development (NWD), is expanding his K11 cultural retail business in ma…
Why the PLA’s Z-10 attack helicopter is taking a bigger role at sea
Built to hunt tanks and support ground troops, the People’s Liberation Army’s main attack helicopter is increasingly being prepared for ope…
Chinese ‘Coffee Grandma’ learns brewing to save son’s cafe, inspires female independence
An 86-year-old grandmother in China has become a social media sensation for operating a coffee shop for over a decade – a business she took…
China’s finance minister on fiscal policy
This article was translated from Chinese into English using Alibaba’s Qwen3.7-Plus, then checked and tweaked for accuracy by a South China …
Why protecting home values is Beijing’s new priority
For decades, China’s property sector was defined by spectacular scale: farmland transformed into suburbs, skylines rising across regional h…