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Hong Kong property tycoon Gordon Wu Ying-sheung has said he is “very optimistic about the future of China” due to its “stability” as he received the Game Changer Award from the Asia Society for his contributions to the country’s development. At a fireside chat on Thursday after receiving the award from the city leader, the 90-year-old founder and […]

A British court has jailed two men linked to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London for up to 10 years for spying on activists, prompting immediate condemnation from the city government, which reiterated their convictions involved “unfounded allegations and smearing”. Bill Yuen Chung-biu, an office manager at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade […]

PRNewswireSingapore, June 18: Carro, Asia Pacific's leading online automotive marketplace[1], has announced the acquisition of CarPlace, a leading Australian used car platform. This deal will give Carro a physical presence in 3 out of the 4 largest markets[2] in Australia in one swoop.CarPlace is a leading used car sales player operated by Autoleague, one […]

Towngas customers are facing higher bills as Hong Kong’s largest piped-gas provider will raise tariffs by 4.4 per cent in August, citing higher operating costs, while pledging no further changes over the next two years. The Hong Kong and China Gas Company (Towngas) said on Thursday that the tariff increase would result in about half of its commercial and […]

More than 90 per cent of mainland Chinese families moving to Hong Kong under the city’s talent visa schemes have cited their children’s education as the primary reason for relocating, according to a survey. The poll published on Thursday by the Beacon Group, one of the city’s largest tutoring and college admissions consultancies, showed that nearly 80 […]

BEIJING, 18th June, 2026 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates participated in the Beijing International Publishing Forum 2026, one of the leading cultural events held alongside the 32nd Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), taking place in the Chinese capital from 17th to 21st June. The UAE is the Guest of Honour at this year's edition of the fair.The […]

BEIJING, 18th June, 2026 (WAM) -- The National Media Authority (NMA) is taking part in the 32nd Beijing International Book Fair 2026, where the UAE is the Guest of Honour.The NMA is showcasing its initiatives within the "Al Bait Al Emarati" (The Emirati House) pavilion at the China National Convention Centre.Overseen by the UAE Embassy in China and […]

Hong Kong’s Housing Authority will roll out two schemes in September to promote more efficient use of subsidised homes by allowing owners to lease properties without paying a premium and encouraging elderly owners to swap properties for a smaller or remote flat. The two initiatives received the green light from the subsidised housing committee of the […]

XI'AN, June 18 (Xinhua) -- In Mexico City, the buses shuttling World Cup fans are Yutong vehicles, manufactured by a leading coach enterprise based in central China's Henan Province.Of the 800 new energy shuttle buses officially deployed for the World Cup, 95 percent are from Chinese brands, with Yutong alone taking up 85 percent of the fleet. More broadly, […]

Hong Kong will measure the size of its poor using a new 21-indicator framework, abandoning the previous income-based metric said to have overestimated the number of underprivileged people by ignoring billions of dollars spent on public housing and healthcare. In a 224-page report released on Thursday, the government also raised the concept of “social […]

BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- A new generation of high-performance carbon fiber, often dubbed "black gold," has officially transitioned from laboratory research to large-scale production in China, marking a significant breakthrough in the country's advanced materials sector.The domestically developed T1000-grade 12K small-tow carbon fiber is now being […]

A Hong Kong court has jailed a man for 14 years for his role in an “evil” bomb plot against the authorities during and after the 2019 anti-government protests. The High Court on Thursday convicted Cheung Lai-ming of four charges after he pleaded guilty to making explosives at his public rental flat in Wong Tai Sin, with a view to carrying out attacks […]

WUHAN, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Inside a bustling robot innovation center in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, humanoid robots are learning to brew coffee, serve dishes and transport cargo. Beside the robots, young human trainers wearing VR headsets and holding motion controllers are fine-tuning every movement of the robots.This emerging […]

XIUNING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Shiren Village of Xiuning County, Huangshan City of east China's Anhui Province, dubbed "the hometown of zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) in ancient Huizhou," boasts a long tradition of zongzi making. The annual sales of zongzi in the village has reached 900,000 yuan (about 133,000 U.S. dollars).Xitian Village, also in Xiuning […]

Hong Kong has ranked as the second-most globally competitive economy – its best performance in seven years – climbing one spot from last year to place behind Singapore. The ranking, released by the Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD) on Thursday, placed the city ahead of 68 other economies among the 70 surveyed. […]

Homeowners in a Hong Kong subsidised housing estate will need to amend a legal land-use document to allow a cafe there to admit dogs, after the venue was disqualified from a pet-friendly licence scheme despite winning an application ballot. The Housing Department said on Thursday that the owners of Kai Yan Court in Kai Tak must agree to amend the deed of […]

DUBAI, 18th June, 2026 (WAM) -- Mohammed ben Sulayem, President of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), said the federation's Extraordinary General Assembly and Annual Conference in Macau, China, next week will play an important role in shaping the future of motorsport and mobility.Hosted in partnership with the Automobile General […]

(260618) -- BEIJING, June 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo shows the T1000-grade high-performance carbon fiber being produced at scale by Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical. TO GO WITH "China Focus: China's aerospace-grade super fiber goes industrial" (Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical/Handout via Xinhua)

(260618) -- RONGCHENG, June 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 17, 2026 shows deep-sea fishing vessels docking at a wharf of Shidao Port in Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Provence. A fleet of 12 deep-sea fishing vessels returned to Shidao Port with over 2,400 tonnes of catches after a ten-month operation on Wednesday. The port sees […]

(260618) -- SINGAPORE, June 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese director Lan Hongchun (4th L), actors Li Sitong (3rd L) and Wang Yantong (2nd L) attend the premiere of the Chinese film Dear You in Singapore on June 17, 2026. TO GO WITH "Asia-Pacific Community: In Singapore, a film about migration reopens family memories" (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)

PRNewswireMumbai (Maharashtra) [India]/ Singapore, June 18: The Twimbit Telecom Summit & Awards 2026 recently concluded at the iconic Capitol Theatre Singapore, bringing together senior telecom operators, technology leaders, policymakers, investors, and ecosystem partners from across Asia-Pacific for a day dedicated to telecom reinvention in the AI […]

At a time when countries are grappling with economic uncertainty, climate pressures and widening development needs, the China-proposed Global Governance Initiative resonates because it addresses concerns long voiced across the Global South.by Maya MajueranThe concept of a "rules-based order" has long been presented as a foundation for global stability, […]

BEIJING, 18th June, 2026 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates Embassy in Beijing hosted a UAE-China media dialogue reception on Wednesday aimed at deepening cultural and press cooperation, coinciding with the opening of the Beijing International Book Fair.The event, held at the UAE's "Al Bait Al Emarati" (The Emirati House) pavilion, brought together […]

BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has called on Party members in the new era to carry forward revolutionary traditions and strive for new accomplishments on the new journey.Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a reply […]

(260618) -- XIUNING, June 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Zheng Hui, a young entrepreneur, dries bamboo leaves at Shiren Village of Xiuning County, Huangshan City of east China's Anhui Province, June 15, 2026. Shiren Village, dubbed "the hometown of zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) in ancient Huizhou," boasts a long tradition of zongzi making. The annual sales of zongzi […]

Over the last decades, the Chinese government has implemented major ecological projects, including the Grain for Green Program and the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, restoring large areas of degraded land while also creating new economic opportunities for relevant regions.BERLIN, June 18 (Xinhua) -- "China's experience shows that large-scale land […]

(260618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A model presents traditional Chinese costumes during a fashion show at Tianjin Foreign Studies University in north China's Tianjin, June 17, 2026. A show focusing on traditional Chinese costumes was held here on Wednesday as part of this year's Tianjin Fashion Week. Models and foreign students trooped the […]

(260618) -- SINGAPORE, June 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Shan Liang, director of the Shenzhen Urban Planning and Land Development Research Center, who also heads the research center on Urban Index of Shenzhen (UIS), introduces the UIS during the 10th World Cities Summit in Singapore on June 16, 2026. Chinese tech hub Shenzhen on Tuesday officially launched the […]

(260618) -- SALVADOR, June 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Workers operate on automobile engines at the production base complex of BYD in Camacari, Bahia State, Brazil, June 15, 2026. About 50 kilometers away from Salvador, the capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, the Camacari production base complex of Chinese auto manufacturer BYD has been put into […]

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong issued the black rainstorm warning twice within a single day, as downpours flooded the New Territories, disrupted flights and forced class suspensions on Thursday. The Observatory downgraded the day’s […]

A leading green group has urged Hong Kong to align with coming national standards on excessive packaging, warning that the city generated at least 2.7 million kg (5.9 million lbs) of waste from e-commerce parcels last year. The call coincided with an online survey by non-profit group The Green Earth, which found that 60 per cent of respondents in Hong Kong […]

I seldom, if ever, assume people in general do a particular thing, unless, of course, I do it too. But if it is a criminal act, then I assume in general that nobody would do it. There is a peculiarity, it seems, with taking office supplies home, like a pen, or a soda, or a coffee capsule. Apparently, some people think it is no big deal, or even that there […]

The Hong Kong government has launched a public consultation on the city’s first five-year development plan, a blueprint aimed at aligning with China’s newly approved 15th five-year plan. Officials have promised a “macroscopic, strategic and forward-looking” road map that will guide Hong Kong’s economic and social development for the rest of this […]

CHENGDU, June 18 (Xinhua) -- China's first next-generation flexible display production line began mass production on Wednesday in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, set to deliver thinner, cheaper displays to laptops and tablets worldwide.Operating one of the world's first Gen-8.6 AMOLED production lines, BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. mainly targets […]

TAIYUAN, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Though retired, Zhao Shuhai, who is turning 70 years old, is busier than before. He has been leaving home before 6 a.m. for weeks, driving his newly designed seedling lifter into the mountains in rural Shanxi Province in northern China.Crouching in a grove with sleeves rolled up, the retiree steadied a hollow cylindrical lifter […]

(260617) -- BEIJING, June 17, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, visits the 32nd Beijing International Book Fair to conduct research on the event at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, capital of […]

(260617) -- BEIJING, June 17, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, upon the entrustment of Chinese President Xi Jinping, visits Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk in Beijing, capital of China, June 17, 2026. […]

Hong Kong graduates believe the city’s finance industry is its most attractive and stable sector, making them more optimistic about career opportunities than their global peers, according to a study by the CFA Institute, which trains investment managers. The US-based institute’s “2026 Graduate Outlook Survey”, released on Wednesday, found that 71 […]

Hong Kong and Macau can complement rather than compete with each other in tourism development, officials and industry leaders in the gaming hub have said, as it continues its decades-long push for economic diversification. Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, director of the Macau Government Tourism Office, said that the two cities had long worked together to […]

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have been ranked among the top 20 in a global league table – the first time two of the city’s universities have achieved this simultaneously – with CUHK making significant gains in its reputation among employers. The UK-based education information firm Quacquarelli […]

Paolo Pesciatini, Pisa city councillor in charge of tourism, has said Pisa attaches great importance to Chinese tourists and the city hopes to deepen cultural and tourism exchanges with China to allow more Chinese visitors to discover the Italian city beyond its world-famous Leaning Tower.PISA, Italy, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Tourism is an important bridge […]

Chinese motorcycle exports to Europe surged 38.72 percent to 1.68 billion U.S. dollars, making it one of the fastest-growing overseas markets for Chinese motorcycle manufacturers.ROME, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Over the weekend, French rider Valentin Debise of China's ZXMOTO claimed victory in Race One of the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) Supersport […]

BEIJING, 18th June, 2026 (WAM) -- The UAE today launched its participation as Guest of Honour at the 32nd Beijing International Book Fair, being held at the China National Convention Centre in the Chinese capital from 17th to 21st June,The participation is jointly organised by the UAE Embassy in Beijing and the Ministry of Culture, under the theme "Society […]

(260617) -- PRETORIA, June 17, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Young scientists attend a panel discussion during the South Africa-China Young Scientist Symposium in Pretoria, South Africa, June 17, 2026. TO GO WITH "Roundup: China, South African young scientists deepen bonds, cooperation through dialogue" (Xinhua/Chen Wei)

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 17 (ANI): Chinese authorities have launched a sweeping campaign across the so-called Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, targeting Tibetan religious symbols, cultural traditions, and local government officials in what activists describe as an intensified effort to assimilate Tibetans into the Chinese state […]