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Hong Kong has established an international commercial court specialising in adjudicating major cross-border disputes, with the justice chief saying it will strengthen the city’s role as a global legal hub under the national plan. The Hong Kong International Commercial Court (HKICC) was launched on Thursday as a dedicated platform for global enterprises to […]

Lawmakers have urged transport authorities to merge Hong Kong’s two cross-boundary ferry piers to optimise capacity and cater to the rising demand from luxury yachts, amid growing alternative transport options for travelling to mainland China. Their comments came on Thursday after the China Ferry Terminal and the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal recorded a […]

Beijing [China], May 28 (ANI): The 35th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) was held in Beijing on Wednesday, with both sides describing the discussions as 'constructive and forward-looking', according to the official press release by the Ministry of External Affairs. The Indian […]

Taipei [Taiwan], May 28 (ANI): Employee bonuses at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are expected to rise by more than 30 per cent this year as the company continues to post record profits, according to a report by Focus Taiwan citing sources.According to the report, TSMC Chairman CC Wei informed employees during a meeting on Wednesday […]

Hong Kong civil servants could receive a salary rise of up to 4.12 per cent this year, according to preliminary pay trend survey results, subject to final approval by the Executive Council. The survey findings, based on data from 104 private companies and released on Thursday, suggest pay increases of 4.12 per cent for senior civil servants, 2.64 per cent […]

(260527) -- NEW YORK, May 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Sean Sobers, foreign minister of Trinidad and Tobago, in New York, the United States, May 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)

(260527) -- NEW YORK, May 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn in New York, the United States, May 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)

(260527) -- NEW YORK, May 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Turkmenistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov in New York, the United States, May 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)

BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- The question facing Wangping was not only how to make old villages look better. It was how to make them earn again.For decades, the town in Beijing's western Mentougou District lived off coal. By the 1990s, some villages had more than 100 small coal pits. Wangping's main mine shut in 2016, and in 2020 Mentougou ended a mining […]

Taipei [Taiwan], May 28 (ANI): Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence on Thursday recorded 9 sorties of PLA aircraft and 6 PLAN vessels operating around its territory.Sharing the details in a post on X, the MND said that these were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today.'9 out of 9 sorties crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's […]

Washington DC [US], May 28 (ANI): The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has unveiled a plan, one of the most ambitious space endeavours in history, to construct a permanent Moon base involving robotic landers, moon buggies and hopping drones- before eventually sending humans.The US space agency has envisaged a permanent lunar base […]

Hong Kong, May 28 (ANI): Just four days after saying farewell to US President Donald Trump, May 15, and even before the red carpet could be rolled up and stashed away, the Chinese leader Xi Jinping welcomed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to Beijing from May 19-20.The close proximity of the state visits was unmistakable, as Chairman Xi Jinping and […]

ZHENGZHOU, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Thirteen people have been confirmed dead and three others injured after an overloaded passenger van rear-ended a semi-trailer truck on an expressway section in central China's Henan Province early Thursday morning, according to local authorities.The crash took place at around 2:40 a.m. Thursday at the section in Nanyang City. […]

BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Inside the Shenzhen headquarters of Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD, Harvard student Iseult Alice Fitzpatrick looked on in disbelief as a car rolled smoothly forward, balanced on just three wheels during a technology demonstration."This feels like the future," she said. Later, she climbed into several of the company's […]

(260528) -- NANCHANG, May 28, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Wu Jia, a stall owner, interacts with netizens via livestreaming at the Zijing Night Market in the Economic Development Zone of Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 12, 2026. The Zijing Night Market opens on time every evening at 5:30 p.m., with more than 300 stalls sizzling in business. This popular […]

Hong Kong authorities have suspended a drainage replacement project in Kowloon after a contractor’s worker died in an industrial accident. The worker, 68, was struck by an electric chain hoist at a site on Yen Chow Street in Sham Shui Po on Wednesday afternoon. He was taken to Princess Margaret Hospital in a critical condition and later died at about […]

(260527) -- NEW YORK, May 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Costa Rican Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar Rivera in New York, the United States, May 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)

(260527) -- NEW YORK, May 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Djuric in New York, the United States, May 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)

It is very often said that the common law is one of Hong Kong’s greatest assets. It provides us with a corpus of law which shares common origins with those of many established jurisdictions. It enables conversations to take place between our legal professionals and with our counterparts elsewhere. As the only common law jurisdiction with both Chinese and […]

Hong Kong’s public housing conversation is often dominated by a single anxious question: how long do you have to wait for a home? Today, the answer is starting to change. The average waiting time for a general applicant for subsidised public rental housing has fallen to 4.7 years, a shift that feels small on paper but enormous for the families living it. […]

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] In 2026, China embarks on its 15th Five-Year Plan. At this critical juncture, as changes unseen in a century accelerate worldwide and the global innovation landscape is being profoundly reshaped, Hong Kong is presented with a historic opportunity to develop into an international […]

Hong Kong is an excellent option for Central Asian companies considering secondary listings to raise funds for expansion due to its deep liquidity, as the city eyes rapidly growing markets in the region, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) CEO Bonnie Chan Yiting has said. Chan, who will join a high-level delegation led by Chief Executive John Lee […]

New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): There have been very positive movements in the Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting hosted by India including on marine surveillance, former senior diplomat Ashok Sajjanhar has said and noted that the focus of the four-nation grouping will be also be on the Indian Ocean apart from West Pacific. In an interview with ANI, Ashok […]

(Photo credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)Yuliia Starodubtseva recorded the biggest win of her career by posting a 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) victory over second-seeded Elena Rybakina on Wednesday in the second round of the French Open in Paris.Starodubtseva, a 26-year-old from the Ukraine who attended Old Dominion, bounced back from dropping the opening set to […]

"China is a technology leader in some very significant areas of energy, whether it's vehicles, solar panels or critical minerals processing. What China chooses to do, and what it can do will be hugely influential," noted Simon Henry, a veteran industry expert and former Shell CFO.LONDON, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Industry experts said Tuesday that even under the […]

BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities have launched an integration and matchmaking campaign for enterprises of all sizes, according to an official notice released on Wednesday.Dubbed the 2026 "100 events for 10,000 enterprises," the campaign aims to expand exchanges and matchmaking channels between large enterprises and small and medium-sized […]

(260527) -- BEIJING, May 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee and a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with the European Parliament's delegation for relations with China led by chair Engin Eroglu in Beijing, capital of China, on May 27, […]

Three life scientists from mainland China and France have won Hong Kong’s Shaw Prize for developing a therapy that has turned a rare form of leukaemia from deadly to widely curable. Professor Emerita Anne Dejean, Professor Hugues de The and Professor Chen Zhu have won in equal shares the life sciences and medicine prize of the Shaw Prize, which has been […]

BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese military spokesperson on Wednesday condemned the provocative acts by a Dutch Navy vessel, urging the Dutch side to immediately stop its violations and provocations.Zhai Shichen, spokesperson for the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command, said that the vessel, Dutch Navy frigate De Ruyter, […]

(260527) -- BEIJING, May 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, shakes hands with Germany's economy and energy minister Katherina Reiche in Beijing, capital of China, May 27, 2026. He met with Katherina Reiche and German business representatives in Beijing […]

(260527) -- NINGBO, May 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspects the Jintang undersea tunnel of Ningbo-Zhoushan high-speed railway in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, on May 26, 2026. Li made inspection trips to Zhoushan […]

(260527) -- SANTIAGO, May 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A contestant performs during the "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition in Santiago, Chile, on May 26, 2026. The Chilean final of the 25th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students and the 19th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign Secondary […]

New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Former Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration, Lobsang Sangay, on Wednesday warned India to be on alert for Chinese interference in the Dalai Lama's succession.Speaking to ANI, he highlighted that though the succession of the Dalai Lama is not complicated, as it will be facilitated by the Ganden Phodrang and […]

(260527) -- HONG KONG, May 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Passengers check in at the departures hall of Terminal 2 of Hong Kong International Airport in south China's Hong Kong, on May 27, 2026. Hong Kong International Airport's expanded Terminal 2 departures hall was officially put into operation on Wednesday following a 12.9 billion-Hong Kong-dollar upgrade. […]

BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The first ever Hong Kong astronaut on board the Tiangong space station as Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship was successfully launched came as a tangible outcome of the practice of "one country, two systems," Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday.Li Jiaying, known as Lai Ka-ying in Cantonese, a Hong Kong […]

(260527) -- BEIJING, May 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum in Beijing, capital of China, May 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

(260527) -- NANJING, May 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Martin Olson poses for a photo at Nanjing Zhiyuan Foreign Language Primary School in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 26, 2026. Martin Olson, 34, is a U.S. teacher at Nanjing Zhiyuan Foreign Language Primary School in Nanjing. His vivid expressions and exaggerated movements fill the classroom with […]

Hong Kong authorities are seeking to inject HK$4.6 billion (US$587 million) into the government-owned postal service provider to sustain its operations for the next three years, following eight years of losses and declining mail volume. A document submitted to the Legislative Council on Wednesday by the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau showed a […]

(260526) -- NEW YORK, May 26, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha on the sidelines of a UN Security Council high-level meeting in New York, on May 26, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Rui)

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 27 (ANI): Odisha has been awarded the hosting rights for the prestigious Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2027, a decision taken by the Asian Athletics Council during its meeting in Hong Kong on Wednesday.The development marks another milestone for the state's growing profile in hosting major sports events.Odisha Chief […]

The Russian presidents three-day state visit to Astana focuses on trade, energy, and regional integration, according to the KremlinRussia-Kazakhstan ties are built on "unbreakable principles of mutual trust" and are crucial to stability across Eurasia, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said ahead of a three-day visit to Astana starting on Wednesday.The […]

(260527) -- BEIJING, May 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong meets with Russia's Prosecutor General Alexander Gutsan in Beijing, capital of China, on May 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

Hong Kong police are investigating after a blade was discovered between two seats on a Citybus double-decker, the second such case reported in recent days. A male passenger alerted the driver of the route 37A bus, which travels from Pok Fu Lam’s Chi Fu Fa Yuen to Central, at about 5.20pm on Wednesday that the box cutter had been found on the upper deck. […]

China-Serbia cooperation deepens through industrial revival, infrastructure connectivity and emerging-sector partnerships as ties enter a new phase.by Xinhua writers Shi Zhongyu, Zhang Xuan and Nemanja CabricBELGRADE, May 27 (Xinhua) -- For commuters between the Serbian capital of Belgrade and Novi Sad, the country's second-largest city, travel time has […]

(260527) -- PARIS, May 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Wang Xinyu hits a return during the women's singles second round match between Tamara Korpatsch of Germany and Wang Xinyu of China at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, France, May 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)