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Hong Kong’s police chief has said that national security remains a priority despite the city’s overall stabilising social situation, citing absconders and foreign forces among lingering threats. Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming said on Wednesday the force would continue to ramp up intelligence gathering and enhance national security education […]

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities have rolled out a series of policy measures to unlock consumption potential during the Spring Festival holiday, as domestic demand remains a key engine for economic growth.Local governments have allocated 2.05 billion yuan (about 295.23 million U.S. dollars) in funds to directly benefit the public through […]

(260211) -- LIVIGNO, Feb. 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Liu Jiayu (bottom) of China receives medical attention during the women's snowboard halfpipe qualification at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Livigno, Italy, Feb. 11, 2026. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)

Hong Kong authorities have launched an unprecedented open recruitment exercise for director positions overseeing information services and environmental hygiene, with “strong political acumen” listed as a common requirement. The government posted the two job advertisements on its website on Wednesday, seeking directors for the Information Services […]

Vendors at Hong Kong’s biggest Lunar New Year fair are confident of strong sales this year despite higher rents, with some noting a larger turnout in Causeway Bay on the event’s opening day than in 2025. Hundreds of shoppers visited the fair at Victoria Park on Wednesday to check out the offerings at 400 stalls, which included horse-themed merchandise, […]

A former senior executive of a Hong Kong fintech company has been jailed for 6½ years for stealing HK$19.2 million (US$2.45 million) from his employer and laundering part of the money to support his gambling addiction and lavish lifestyle. The High Court on Wednesday handed down the sentence to Shum Lok-man after the 38-year-old divorcee pleaded guilty to […]

(260211) -- PREDAZZO, Feb. 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Jiawen of China competes during the Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Predazzo, Italy, Feb. 11, 2026. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

(260211) -- BEIJING, Feb. 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Nine units from different services of the military and the armed police report to Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), via video link on Feb. 10, 2026. Xi on Tuesday reviewed the armed […]

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The buzzword "Becoming Chinese" and videos showing Chinese lifestyle practices are trending across social media. From drinking warm water infused with goji berries and practicing Tai Chi, to cooking authentic Chinese cuisine and taking foot baths, people around the world are increasingly embracing the Chinese lifestyle. More […]

New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): The Final draw for the AFC U17 Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2026 and the AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup China 2026 will be held on Thursday at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, according to the All India Football Federation (AIFF).For the 21st edition of the AFC U17 Asian Cup, 16 teams will be divided into four groups of […]

Taipei [Taiwan], February 11 (ANI): The United States House of Representatives has thrown its weight behind new legislation aimed at deterring China from further pressuring Taiwan. The chamber voted overwhelmingly to advance the PROTECT Taiwan Act, highlighting rare bipartisan unity on countering China, as reported by The Taipei Times.According to the […]

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday reviewed the armed forces' combat readiness and ongoing operations and extended Spring Festival greetings to all service members of the country via video link in Beijing.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military […]

The seizure of oil tankers is reportedly being considered as part of a campaign aimed at restricting Tehrans nuclear programThe US is considering seizing tankers carrying Iranian oil in a bid to push Tehran toward a deal on its nuclear program, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing American officials.Washington has long accused Iran of seeking […]

New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): India's medical devices industry is projected to reach USD 50.1 billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 26.9 per cent from the current valuation of USD 15.2 billion in 2025, said a report by Rubix Industry Insights on Wednesday. Currently, India ranks the fourth-largest medical devices market in Asia and among the top 20 […]

An Asia-wide intellectual property festival will be held in Hong Kong in April, featuring Japanese musicians – including Cocomi as its ambassador – and pop culture exports such as hit franchises Gundam and Godzilla. Held at AsiaWorld-Expo on April 4 and 5, Con-Con Hong Kong will also showcase immersive exhibitions and dialogue sessions with Asian […]

Balochistan [Pakistan], February 11 (ANI): A renewed surge in insurgent violence in Balochistan is casting doubt on Pakistan's ability to secure major foreign investment in its lucrative mineral belt. Although Pakistan has tried to project an image of economic recovery after the financial breakdown that began in 2022 amid political unrest and the removal of […]

by Xinhua writers Lyu Qiuping, Xu Zuhua and Yao YoumingLHASA, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen years ago, Shi Lei, a university student from Shaanxi Province in northwest China, landed on the snowy plateau of Xizang, thinking he was just going to teach for three months. Little did he know that he would end up staying for 15 years.Majoring in English at Shaanxi […]

WENCHANG, Hainan, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday successfully conducted a low-altitude demonstration and verification flight test of its Long March-10 carrier rocket and a maximum dynamic pressure abort flight test of its new-generation crewed spacecraft Mengzhou.Carried out at the coastal Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island […]

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 11 (ANI): The domestic stock markets witnessed a decline in January 2026, underperforming several major global markets during the month, according to a report by Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund.The Nifty 50 closed at 25,320.65, falling 3.10 per cent in January. Broader markets saw sharper corrections, with the Nifty Midcap […]

HONG KONG: Jimmy Lai, the 78-year-old pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, received a 20-year jail sentence under a China-imposed national security law. Lai had been convicted in December, and given his age, the prison term could keep him behind bars for the rest of his life. Three government-approved judges decided […]

CHENGDU, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing 32nd Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival has turned this city in southwest China's Sichuan Province into a luminous sea of over 200 lantern sets, drawing inspiration from fairy tales, children's drawings and, most fittingly, the prehistoric dinosaurs whose fossils were unearthed here.Blending local […]

WENCHANG, Hainan, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday successfully conducted its first maritime search and retrieval of a crewed spacecraft's return capsule, the China Manned Space Agency said.The Mengzhou (dream vessel) spacecraft, China's new-generation spaceship for crewed mission, successfully conducted a maximum dynamic pressure abort test and […]

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- With the Spring Festival just days away, China's annual rush to buy "nianhuo," or holiday goods, is offering a snapshot of an economy in transition, as younger shoppers are reshaping demand, imported products are becoming routine purchases and a government-backed trade-in program is unlocking new consumer spending.SPENDING […]

by Ma Yunfei and Guo ShuyangLANZHOU, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The shoes reach overseas markets with no obvious hint of their origin, bearing labels of international brands and styles that follow the latest fashion trends, yet a closer look reveals the woven texture of hemp fiber, carefully crafted by hand rather than pressed by machine.The work begins far from […]

(260211) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Customers select goods at a daily consumer goods duty-free shop for island residents in Haikou, south China's Hainan, Feb. 11, 2026. The first batch of daily consumer goods duty-free shops for island residents in south China's Hainan Province opened on Wednesday. The layout for the first five daily consumer […]

The father of a wanted Hong Kong activist has been convicted under the city’s domestic national security law for trying to cash out an insurance policy worth more than HK$88,000 in his daughter’s name. West Kowloon Court on Wednesday convicted Kwok Yin-sang of attempting to deal with the financial assets of US-based activist Anna Kwok Fung-yee, despite […]

New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday lashed out at Leader of Opposition (LoP) Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi amid the ongoing row over former Army Chief General MM Naravane's memoir, asking him not to use national security as a 'political weapon'. Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi, Rijiju asked him not to […]

XINING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have newly proposed a viable strategy for the adaptive management and sustainable development of perennial cultivated grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, according to the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology (NWIPB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.This 5-year reploughing strategy for Elymus nutans […]

(260211) -- NAIROBI, Feb. 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An artist performs Chinese folk music during a reception in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 10, 2026. A reception marking the upcoming Chinese New Year and the close of the 2025 China-Kenya Culture and Tourism Season was held Tuesday in Nairobi, bringing together officials, lawmakers, diplomats and scholars. (Xinhua/Liu […]

Dhaka [Bangladesh], February 11 (ANI): At least 394 international election observers and 197 foreign journalists have arrived in Bangladesh to observe the country's 13th general election and the referendum on the July National Charter, both scheduled to be held on Thursday, the Chief Adviser's Press Wing said in a statement on Wednesday.Of the international […]

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- With the Year of the Horse on the horizon, more international tourists are joining China's traditional Spring Festival festivities.From the vibrant streets of Shanghai to the historic stilt houses of central China's Hunan, the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 17 this year, has evolved into a global cultural event, triggering […]

GUIYANG, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- For Wu Shoufen, a 42-year-old member of the Miao ethnic group in southwest China's Guizhou Province, the steady clatter of slow, green-painted trains has become a familiar backdrop to her weekly routine.Every few days, Wu walks just a few minutes from her home in Wengdang Village to the nearby Jialao Railway Station, carrying a […]

(260211) -- NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A guest interacts with a dancing lion before a Chinese New Year banquet held in Lower Manhattan, New York City, the United States, on Feb. 9, 2026. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese New Year banquet in New York celebrates culinary heritage, cross-cultural connections" (Photo by Vivien Liu/Xinhua)

Why we should stop obsessing over the Doomsday ClockWhen people talk about the threat of nuclear war, American popular culture inevitably creeps in. More than in almost any other field, the language, imagery and mythology surrounding nuclear apocalypse were created in the United States. Along with the weapons themselves.One immediately thinks of Billy […]

Taipei [Taiwan], February 11 (ANI): Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) approved a USD 44.96 billion capital budget on Tuesday to expand its advanced and speciality technology capacity amid a global surge in demand for artificial intelligence. The decision, made during the company's first-ever board meeting in Kumamoto, Japan, allocates funds to […]

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- In recent years, the Spring Festival travel period has often seen Chinese New Year goods arrive home faster than the people who sent them.Thanks to the increasingly widespread application of intelligent and efficient logistics equipment, items bearing good wishes for the Chinese New Year can now reach households more […]

Hong Kong authorities are considering allowing a maximum of two dogs per diner into restaurants licensed under a new pet-friendly policy, with the permits possibly being granted only to larger premises at the outset. A day after authorities told lawmakers that they had no intention of setting limits on the number of dogs per customer allowed into […]

A passenger who was not wearing a seat belt died after being ejected from a taxi that collided with a highway maintenance vehicle en route to the Hong Kong airport, the South China Morning Post has learned. Police said they received a report at 9.46am on Wednesday from a cabby who claimed his New Territories taxi had collided with a road-maintenance shadow […]

Premium experiences power record revenues as Trkiye shifts toward high-value tourismISTANBUL, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Trkiye's tourism industry is gaining strong momentum as rising demand for tailor-made travel experiences combines with record accommodation revenues, highlighting a shift toward higher-spending visitors and premium services.Authorities said that […]

SYDNEY, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese market is very important to Australia's tourism industry and its recovery is very strong, the new chief of the Australian government's tourism promotion agency has said."The Chinese market is so important to Australia, and we really welcome all the Chinese visitors who come across to see us," Robin Mack, who was […]

(260211) -- WENCHANG, Feb. 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A low-altitude demonstration and verification flight test for the Long March-10 carrier rocket and a maximum dynamic pressure abort flight test for the new-generation crewed spaceship system Mengzhou are successfully conducted at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, Feb. 11, […]

New Delhi [india], February 11 (ANI): Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat criticised the Narendra Modi government for blocking Leader of Opposition (LoP) Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi from citing former Army Chief General MM Naravane's unpublished memoir, saying that the public has the right to know India's position on China and Prime Minister Modi's stance on the issue. […]

Washington, DC [US], February 11 (ANI): The United States has designated two senior public office holders from Palau and the Marshall Islands for 'significant corruption', making them and their immediate family members ineligible for entry into the US.According to a State Department press release issued on Tuesday (local time), Palau's Senate President […]

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- On the site of a former steelworks, a new kind of factory is humming. This facility, owned by Shougang Group, one of China's largest steelmakers, sees carbon-rich industrial tail gas, once simply vented as a pollutant, now piped into fermentation tanks. There, microbes transform it into a high-protein powder used for animal […]

MILAN, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Reigning world champion Ilia Malinin of the United States took the lead in the men's figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday.Skating to Dies Irae and The Lost Crown, the 21-year-old scored 108.16 points in the short program. His technical elements score of 62.35 gave him a clear advantage over the rest of the […]