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A licensing scheme allowing dogs into Hong Kong restaurants has attracted strong initial interest, with 70 per cent of the 1,000-place quota filled on the first day, according to food hygiene authorities. In response to inquiries from the South China Morning Post, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said on Monday it had received about 700 […]

Owners at Wang Chi House, the only block spared in Hong Kong’s fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court, have until October 15 to finalise the sale of homes under a government buyback scheme – provided more than 75 per cent of them indicate their intention to sell by the end of next month. However, the tight timeline has sparked widespread frustration among […]

Washington, DC [US], May 18 (ANI): The White House has released an official fact sheet charting the significant outcomes of US President Donald Trump's high-stakes recent State visit to China. The detailed document highlights major breakthroughs regarding bilateral trade, cross-border investments and the security gridlock in Iran, but noticeably leaves out […]

A Hong Kong police chief inspector has admitted accepting more than HK$1.1 million (US$140,463) in cash and gifts from a businessman in exchange for terminating a criminal investigation against him and divulging confidential information about two other cases. Tsuen Wan Court, which is now used to handle District Court cases, on Monday recorded a guilty plea […]

Issuing “several thousand” licences to ride-hailing vehicles under a proposed regulatory framework will be insufficient to meet demand, a Hong Kong government transport advisory body has said, calling for a quota that will not compromise existing services. Speaking after meeting government officials on Monday, Professor Wong Sze-chun, chairman of the […]

CHAOZHOU, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chaoshan region in China's Guangdong Province is renowned nationwide for its beef hotpot, though very few cattle are raised locally. The Chaoshan people have a system of nomenclature for a dozen parts of the beef, which is a reflection of both the exquisite knife skills of the chefs and the pursuit of culinary excellence. […]

CHAOZHOU, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chaoshan region in China's Guangdong Province is renowned nationwide for its beef hotpot, though very few cattle are raised locally. The Chaoshan people have a system of nomenclature for a dozen parts of the beef, which is a reflection of both the exquisite knife skills of the chefs and the pursuit of culinary excellence. […]

(260518) -- BEIJING, May 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Visitors try a lens at the exhibition area of Fujifilm at the 27th China International Photograph & Electrical Imaging Machinery and Technology Fair (China P&E) at the Beijing Exhibition Center in Beijing, capital of China, May 18, 2026. The 27th China International Photograph & Electrical Imaging […]

Iran has appointed influential parliament speakerMohammad Baqer Qalibafas its special representative for China affairs, a move analysts say carries a message that extends well beyond bilateral ties, and may be as much about Washington as it is about Beijing.There has been no formal government announcement. The appointment was first reported by Tasnim and […]

An unemployed man has received a suspended jail sentence for reposting a social media post by a fugitive inciting the Hong Kong public to boycott the Legislative Council election last year. Before suspending the punishment for 24 months, West Kowloon Court on Monday handed down a two-month jail term to Lam Kin-sik, 67, after he admitted to violating the […]

(260518) -- SYDNEY, May 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone on May 4, 2026 shows an interior view of the Museum of Chinese in Australia (MOCA) in Sydney, Australia. TO GO WITH "Feature: A new home for Chinese Australian stories at Sydney's Chinatown museum" (Xinhua/Zhang Shuhui)

A woman with a chronic illness has been found dead in a Hong Kong public housing flat where her uninjured adult daughter, who suffers from mental illness, had been staying with her for at least two days. Police received a report at about 1.50pm on Monday from a 42-year-old woman who said she could not reach her 66-year-old mother and 34-year-old younger […]

Washington DC [US] May 18 (ANI): Representatives of Tibetan and East Turkistan advocacy groups jointly held an advocacy day at the United States Congress on Friday, May 15, 2026, calling for international support for the independence of Tibet and East Turkistan, according to a report by the East Turkistan National Movement (ETNM).As per the ETNM report, […]

BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China's economy posted a steady recovery in the first four months of 2026, with key indicators rebounding and new growth drivers gaining momentum as macroeconomic policies continued to take effect.During the January-April period, growth in production and supply accelerated, while market demand continued to expand. Employment and […]

The liquidators of China Evergrande Group are seeking 57 billion yuan (US$8.4 billion) from three PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) entities in one of the largest corporate lawsuit claims in Hong Kong, arguing the firm’s global coordinating arm assumed responsibility for audits linked to the collapsed developer’s accounting scandal. Evergrande’s […]

Four young men have pleaded guilty to rioting during the police siege of a university at the height of the 2019 anti-government protests in Hong Kong, with a defence lawyer saying in mitigation that one of them later developed post-traumatic stress disorder after being tortured in “KK Park” – a notorious scam compound in Myanmar. The District Court on […]

CHENGDU, May 18 (Xinhua) -- As dusk settled, Zigong China Lantern World in the city of Zigong, southwest China's Sichuan Province, came alive at what is a peak time at this venue. Thousands of lanterns flickered on, one after another, with the laughter of visitors and dazzling displays of light merging into a vibrant glow that illuminated the city […]

(260518) -- HARBIN, May 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Staff members and artists from China and Russia pose for a group photo during the 10th China-Russia Expo in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on May 17, 2026. The 10th China-Russia Expo, themed "Trust, Cooperation, and Mutual Benefit," opened in Harbin on Sunday. It is jointly hosted by the […]

Hong Kong’s largest annual LGBTQ carnival has been cancelled for the second year in a row after failing to secure a venue and the relevant event licences, according to its organiser. Pink Dot HK announced on Monday that it was forced to cancel this year’s festival after property manager Link Reit pulled its offer to rent two venues to the advocacy […]

Tokyo [Japan], May 18 (ANI): Toyama Prefecture is enriched by natural resources and tradition. They are the attractive landscape of the Tateyama mountains, each season's marine products, seasonal tradition 'Owara Kazenobon' and so on. Based on the rich experience of local diplomacy, Toyama pays close attention to India.Governor of Toyama Pref. Hachiro Nitta […]

(260518) -- CHAOZHOU, May 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Head chef Sun Bindi makes hand-beaten beef meatballs at a beef hotpot restaurant in Chaozhou, south China's Guangdong Province, May 13, 2026. The Chaoshan region in China's Guangdong Province is renowned nationwide for its beef hotpot, though very few cattle are raised locally. The Chaoshan people have a system […]

Chinese automobiles are taking the UK market by storm, eclipsing their Japanese rivals in total deliveries for the first four months of 2026.According to an analysis of Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders records, Chinese automakers accounted for 14.2% of all car registrations during this period, delivering nearly 87,500 vehicles.Popular brands such […]

Hong Kong authorities have allocated HK$5 billion (US$638 million) in funding for efforts to safeguard national security, bringing the total amount earmarked for this purpose to HK$18 billion over the past five years, an official document has revealed. The South China Morning Post’s check on the government’s general revenue expenditure accounts for the […]

BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China's satellite navigation industry continues to expand, with the total output value of the sector reaching 629 billion yuan (about 91.9 billion U.S. dollars) in 2025, an increase of 9.24 percent year on year, according to a newly released white paper on Monday.The white paper, unveiled by the Global Navigation Satellite System […]

(260518) -- AMMAN, May 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A visitor takes pictures at a Chinese zodiac culture exhibition in Amman, Jordan, on May 17, 2026. An exhibition showcasing Chinese zodiac culture and the symbolism of the horse in Chinese civilization opened on Sunday at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman. The exhibition, titled "Horses Herald the […]

President Donald Trump recently described military cooperation with Taipei as a "negotiating chip" with China Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has defended purchases of American weaponry after US President Donald Trump characterized weapons deliveries to the island as a bargaining chip in talks with […]

President Donald Trump recently described military cooperation with Taipei as a negotiating chip with ChinaTaiwanese President Lai Ching-te has defended purchases of American weaponry after US President Donald Trump characterized weapons deliveries to the island as a bargaining chip in talks with Beijing.During Trump's visit to Beijing last week, Chinese […]

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has opened the city’s first full-stack interactive robotics lab, partnering with 24 tech firms, mostly from mainland China, to train talent and develop humanoid robots over the next five years. The Hong Kong Embodied AI Lab, established by CUHK’s Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics under the government’s […]

BEIJING, China: China said on May 16 that it had reached preliminary agreements with the United States to reduce tariffs on agricultural products and address market access barriers, offering one of the clearest signs of progress following this week's summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. China's Commerce Ministry said […]

(260518) -- SAN DIEGO, May 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Contestants compete during the annual San Diego Dragon Boat Festival at Mission Bay in San Diego, California, the United States, on May 16, 2026. TO GO WITH "Feature: Dragon Boat Festival in Southern California showcases enduring appeal of Chinese culture" (Photo by Qiu Chen/Xinhua)

New Delhi, [India] May 18 (ANI): India has continued to strengthen its position as the world's fastest-growing major steel producer, with crude steel output growth accelerating sharply in March 2026, according to the latest Global Steel: The Steel Market Barometer - May Update report released by Goldman Sachs.The report highlighted that India's steel sector […]

A Hong Kong court has ordered the confiscation of more than HK$674,000 (US$86,000) seized from three defendants in a landmark terrorism trial, finding the funds were raised to finance a plot to kill police during the 2019 anti-government protests. The High Court on Monday declared the money raised by the “Dragon Slaying Brigade” constituted terrorist […]

Hong Kong authorities should step up preventive measures and issue a travel alert to warn residents against visiting parts of central Africa as an Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo and Uganda threatens to worsen, an infectious disease expert has said. The call by Dr Joseph Tsang Kay-yan, a council member of the Hong Kong Society of Infectious Diseases, came on […]

LANZHOU, May 18 (Xinhua) -- In a climate-controlled repository in northwest China's Gansu Province, Fung Ming-chu leaned toward a display case, her eyes fixed on a rare surviving set of ancient Chinese texts.For the former director of the Taipei Palace Museum, the moment carried the weight of decades."My wish has finally come true," Fung told Xinhua. After […]

BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China's value-added industrial output posted a rapid year-on-year growth of 5.6 percent in the first four months of 2026, underpinned by strong growth particularly in the equipment and high-tech manufacturing sectors, official data showed on Monday.In April alone, the value-added industrial output grew 4.1 percent year on year, […]

NANNING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- As of 11:10 a.m. Monday, two trapped people were confirmed dead, and a 91-year-old man was rescued after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Liuzhou City in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local earthquake relief headquarters said.The quake hit Liunan District of Liuzhou at 0:21 a.m. Monday at a depth of 8 km, […]

IRKUTSK, Russia, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Irkutsk region is ready to work with Chinese partners to elevate practical cooperation to a new level so as to set a mutually beneficial example of regional collaboration, Governor Igor Kobzev has said.China accounted for 81 percent of the region's total foreign trade in 2025, said Kobzev in an interview with […]

(Photo credit: Nick Oza/The Republic via Imagn Content Services, LLC)Team Falcons and Natus Vincere secured wins on Sunday to finish atop Group A and Group B, respectively, on the final day of round-robin play of the DreamLeague Season 29 event.Falcons rallied past GamerLegion 2-1 to finish group play as the only unbeaten team in either group at 7-0. Ammar […]

A 65-year-old taxi driver has been arrested after his vehicle collided with a pedestrian, who later died in hospital, marking Hong Kong’s second fatal crash involving an elderly cabby in less than a week. The pedestrian, 87, died after he was struck and trapped beneath the taxi while crossing the road under a footbridge in Tung Chung on Monday. The fatal […]

New postsFeatured entry02:27Iran Executed 'Staggering' Number Of People In 2025, Amnesty SaysIran executed a "staggering" 2,159 people in 2025, Amnesty International reported on May 18, helping to push the global figure to the highest level since 1981.London-based Amnesty said at least 2,707 people were executed globally last year, although death sentences […]

New postsFeatured entry11:36Iranian Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Sent Home From Hospital By RFE/RL Nobel Peace Prize Winner Narges Mohammadi has been discharged from a Coronary Care Unit (CCU) in Tehran and sent home, according to a statement by her foundation.Mohammadi was taken to a hospital from a prison in Zanjan, some 330 kilometers west of th

BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China's fixed-asset investment dropped 1.6 percent year on year in the first four months of 2026, official data showed on Monday.The investment totaled 14.13 trillion yuan (about 2.06 trillion U.S. dollars) during the period, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a statement.Breakdown data showed infrastructure […]

BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- A young researcher sitting in a wheelchair looked out at the audience in a Beijing conference hall and described a future in which blind people can move through crowded streets with devices capable of sensing danger before it arrives."A guide device should do more than detect obstacles," he said. "It should work almost like a […]

Washington DC [US], May 18 (ANI): Following US President Donald Trump's visit to China, the White House has announced that China has agreed to buy atleast USD 17 billion worth of agricultural products annually across three years, as US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a consensus on several major issues, aimed at strengthening […]

GUIYANG, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Inside the Swallow Cave in Guiding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, the digital world vanishes. Cell phone signals drop just 100 meters beyond the entrance, leaving only the sound of rhythmic dripping and the heavy breathing of explorers.After 30 minutes of crawling and climbing along slick rock walls, explorers reach […]