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The Hong Kong Sevens reached a high-octane finale on Sunday with costume-clad rugby fans filling the stands at Kai Tak Stadium, but some nearby restaurants said they struggled to match last year’s takings, blaming an influx of new rivals for diluting profits. After two action-packed days, the atmosphere on Super Sunday remained electric as a sea of […]

Hong Kong should take a more proactive approach to removing barriers hindering the cross-border flow of people, capital, goods and data with neighbouring Shenzhen, analysts have said, as the new leadership of the mainland China tech hub signals a fresh push for deeper integration. The calls for action followed the appointment of Jin Lei, an economist and […]

(260419) -- SHENZHEN, April 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A Pony.ai's self-driving taxi is pictured in Nanshan District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, March 28, 2026. Guangdong Province has emerged as a leading hub for robotics and AI in China, offering a highly autonomous industrial ecosystem, strong large-scale manufacturing capacity, and diverse […]

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Beijing E-Town hosts the humanoid robot half-marathon on April 19, 2026, following the world's first edition in 2025. In the second edition of the event on Sunday, humanoid robots made remarkable progress and demonstrated technological breakthroughs to become faster and more stable in running. The number of participating teams […]

About 1,900 families who lived in Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court will return in batches to their fire-ravaged homes from April 20. Nearly five months after the deadly blaze in Tai Po engulfed seven of the estate’s eight buildings, the government arranged for residents to visit the devastated flats to collect their belongings and bid farewell to their […]

(260419) -- SHENZHEN, April 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Yang Qian (C), chief operating officer of X Square Robot, makes an introduction as a robot performs the task of picking up flexible items, at the company in Nanshan District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, March 27, 2026. TO GO WITH "Economic Watch: China's home-cleaning robot service grabs […]

(260419) -- TEHRAN, April 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Iran Cong Peiwu (R) and Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) President Pirhossein Kolivand attend a signing ceremony for the handover certificates of China's emergency humanitarian assistance to Iran in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2026. China has decided to provide 58 tonnes of emergency […]

New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): India is weathering the latest oil shock and West Asia conflict from a 'situation of strength,' with GDP projected at 6.8%-7.1% in FY27 despite global headwinds, SBI Research said in its latest report.Historically, every major oil shock pushed the US economy into recession. This time looks different, the report argued. […]

Taipei [Taiwan], April 19 (ANI): Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence detected the presence of two sorties of Chinese military aircraft, six naval vessels and one ship operating around its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time) on Wednesday.Of the two sorties, both entered Taiwan's eastern part, the ADIZ.In a post on X, the MND said, '2 sorties of PLA […]

(260419) -- ALMATY, April 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Han Chunlin addresses an international academic seminar titled "China-Kazakhstan Community with a Shared Future: Prospects for All-round Cooperation under New Geopolitical Realities" in Almaty, Kazakhstan, April 16, 2026. TO GO WITH "China-Kazakhstan academic seminar focuses on […]

BEIJING, China: Apple recorded a sharp rise in iPhone shipments in China in the first quarter, outperforming rivals even as the broader smartphone market contracted amid rising component costs and supply disruptions. Shipments of iPhones rose 20 percent year-on-year in the January–March period, marking the fastest growth among major vendors, according to […]

The Hong Kong government should use its proposed accountability system prudently to investigate department heads and avoid undermining morale among civil servants, a top adviser to the city’s leader has said. But Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, convenor of the city’s top decision-making Executive Council, stressed on Sunday that the system would serve as a […]

Hong Kong is set to announce on Monday a new batch of “strategic enterprises” establishing a presence in the city, including several firms with market capitalisations of up to HK$100 billion (US$12.8 billion), the finance chief has revealed. Writing in his weekly blog on Sunday, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said the new partners were in […]

History shows that the failure to make a clean break with militarism after World War II keeps its remnants alive in Japan's right-wing circles.TOKYO, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The transit of a Japanese destroyer through the Taiwan Strait on Friday was a deliberate show of force that severely undermines the political foundation of China-Japan relations and poses […]

David Chan* is among the few remaining ship machinery maintenance masters at the Po Chong Wan temporary industrial area in Hong Kong’s Aberdeen. Chan, in his seventies, entered the trade in the 1960s as an apprentice in Ap Lei Chau, an islet off Aberdeen, repairing propellers, gearboxes and other machinery on wooden fishing boats and cargo ships. At the […]

SHIJIAZHUANG, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A group of ambassadors, representatives and senior diplomats from 24 countries and international organizations, including Argentina, Jordan and Slovakia, visited north China's Hebei Province from April 14 to 16 at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The tour focused on the region's industrial innovation, […]

SHIJIAZHUANG, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Despite being devoid of natural grasslands or sheep farms, Qinghe County in north China's Hebei Province has transformed into a major hub for cashmere raw materials. It processes 8,000 tonnes of cashmere and 50,000 tonnes of wool annually, accounting for 60 percent and 90 percent of China's total, respectively, and […]

(260419) -- SOFIA, April 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Participants perform during a Chinese singing contest in Sofia, Bulgaria, April 18, 2026. The Confucius Institute in Sofia on Saturday hosted a Chinese singing contest and inaugurated a peony culture center to celebrate this year's United Nations Chinese Language Day. (Photo by Marian Draganov/Xinhua)

Tokyo [Japan], April 19 (ANI): Japan remained on high alert on Sunday morning following the launch of what appeared to be multiple ballistic missiles from North Korea.The Japanese government activated its top-tier crisis management protocols to ensure public safety and regional stability in the face of the renewed provocation.Confirming the development, […]

(260419) -- LISBON, April 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A woman tries out a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) intelligent robot at the Instituto Universitario Egas Moniz in Lisbon, Portugal, April 17, 2026. Medical professionals from China and Portugal, alongside faculty and students, gathered to witness a TCM intelligent robot's debut on Friday here in Lisbon. TO […]

For the first time in its history – and in a striking departure from its long-standing doctrine of minimal economic intervention – Hong Kong is preparing to draw up a five-year plan. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has asked all policy bureaus to help draft proposals by the end of the year. To lead the exercise, veteran civil servant Janice Tse Siu-wah […]

The debut exhibition of the US’ Metropolitan Museum of Art in Hong Kong has underscored the importance of people-to-people ties and trust between countries through cultural exchanges during times of uncertainty, organisers have said. About 200 pieces of jewellery from 4,000 years of history across five continents are on display at the Hong Kong Palace […]

Taicang has become an important hub for German enterprises developing in China, said Gudrun Weidmann, senior official of the Bavarian economic ministry. He spoke highly of Taicang's achievements in smart manufacturing, industrial innovation, talent cultivation and green transition.BERLIN, April 18 (Xinhua) -- China and Germany could step up communication […]

For a Chinese enterprise venturing overseas, the first decision is often not which market to enter, but which city to launch from. And that choice increasingly narrows to Hong Kong or Singapore. Both offer deep capital markets, common law systems and Chinese-speaking talent. Both want to be the trusted first stop. But a gap has emerged – not in what the […]

SEATTLE, Washington: The Chinese government is asking travelers to avoid entering the United States through Seattle, citing a pattern of continual harassment by U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel. Around 20 Chinese scholars with visas recently arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to attend an academic conference, but China's consular […]

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 18 (ANI): Knight Frank in its latest report, 'Asia Pacific Research, Office Markets - Q1 2026', noted that Bengaluru recorded the highest year-on-year (YoY) growth in prime office rents across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region recording a rise of 14 per cent in Q1 2026 over same time last year.The performance highlights […]

HAIKOU, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The sixth China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE), a key gateway into China's vast consumer market and a platform for China to offer more quality consumer products to the rest of the world, concluded in the tropical island province of Hainan Saturday.As a major event showcasing the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) after […]

(260418) -- BEIJING, April 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Shu Qi, president of the Final Jury for Project Pitches of the 16th Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF), speaks during the 16th BJIFF Jury Press Conference in Beijing, capital of China, April 18, 2026. (Xinhua/Xiao Xiao)

(260418) -- HAIKOU, April 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A visitor plays the drum kit at the sixth China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, April 18, 2026. The sixth China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE), a key gateway into China's vast consumer market and a platform for China to offer more quality […]

Fourteen people were injured after a minibus crashed into a heavy goods vehicle, Hong Kong police said on Saturday. The driver reported to police at about 9.30pm that the minibus had hit a heavy goods vehicle in Tsing Yi and that some passengers had been injured. The crash happened near Ching Chung House at Cheung Ching Estate. Emergency services found 14 […]

Hong Kong’s competition watchdog is closely monitoring a potential megadeal between the city’s two largest supermarket chains amid a continued decline in grocery sales since 2020. The Competition Commission told the South China Morning Post that it was aware of media reports about the potential merger. “The commission is aware of the relevant media […]

KASHGAR, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Along the southern edge of Taklimakan Desert, vibrant green barriers extend into the horizon, where fruit trees take root in and sand-fixing forests stand resilient against the desert sands, reflecting the growing ecological and economic vitality of southern Xinjiang in far western China.From medicinal plants to flourishing […]

HAIKOU, April 18 (Xinhua) -- At the Syria pavilion of the sixth China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE), Dong Jingyan, a representative of the exhibitors, held up a bar of naturally scented traditional Arab soap, and its alluring fragrance quickly drew a circling audience."This is our fifth time attending the expo," Dong said. "Our pavilion […]

(260418) -- BUDAPEST, April 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Xinkun (L) of China competes against Josef Mahringer of Austria at the FIE Westend Grand Prix in Budapest, Hungary, on April 18, 2026. (Photo by David Balogh/Xinhua)

(260418) -- GUANGZHOU, April 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A founder of a tech company illustrates a language model developed by his company in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, March 26, 2026. TO GO WITH "Economic Watch: South China's algorithm competition fuels high-quality development in AI Industry" (Xinhua/Wu Lu)

HAIKOU, April 18 (Xinhua) -- In a crowded exhibition hall at the China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE), a pair of AI-powered glasses drew a steady stream of visitors. Among them was Ye, a 41-year-old employee at a private company, who placed an order shortly after trying them on.With a simple voice command, the glasses translate spoken English […]

(260418) -- VLADIVOSTOK, April 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A contestant competes during a preliminary round of the sixth "Chinese Bridge" Chinese proficiency competition for foreign primary school students in Vladivostok, Russia, April 17, 2026. (Photo by Andrey Matveenko/Xinhua)

SHANGHAI, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The 2026 Shanghai International Flower Show opened on Saturday with events in two main venues, 10 sub-venues and multiple exhibition spots across the city.

A Hong Kong woman has lost nearly HK$4.9 million (US$625,800) in three months after being cheated by bogus “investment experts” in an online scam. The victim was lured into contacting the scammers after seeing a post on social media advertising high-return stock investments, police said. She was then instructed to download an app via an online messaging […]

Munich [Germany], April 18 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress has condemned the detention and deportation of Uyghur activist Abdulhakim Idris from Malaysia, describing it as part of an expanding pattern of transnational repression. In a press release issued on April 16, the organiSation stated that Idris, who serves as Executive Director of the Center for […]

Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 18 (ANI): The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has spotlighted the case of Tibetan writer and political prisoner Tsultrim Gyaltsen, renewing attention on alleged human rights violations in Tibet.In a recent post on X, the CTA's Tibet Advocacy Section profiled Gyaltsen, who was arrested on October 11, 2013, by […]

Hong Kong rugby has reached a “pinnacle” as the city celebrates the 50th anniversary of its annual Sevens tournament, the man who coached the local team at the first edition of the event in 1976 has said. Peter Duncan, who stepped down as president of Hong Kong China Rugby in March after a decade in the post, described the annual three-day tournament as […]

(260418) -- GUANGZHOU, April 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A robot sells pop corns at a company in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, March 26, 2026. Guangdong Province has taken various measures in recent years to explore the development and application of embodied artificial intelligence (AI). Domestically leading industrial clusters are booming in […]

(260418) -- NEW YORK, April 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People watch a video message from former U.S. table tennis athletes during an event marking the 55th anniversary of "Ping-Pong diplomacy" in New York, the United States, on April 17, 2026. Chinese and U.S. table tennis athletes, university representatives and local enthusiasts gathered here on Friday to mark […]

(260418) -- SHENZHEN, April 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 18, 2026 shows an inauguration ceremony of the Max Planck-Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Synthetic Biochemistry in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. The Max Planck-Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Synthetic Biochemistry was officially inaugurated in South […]