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The most revealing fact about Hong Kong’s stablecoin launch is not that licences were issued. It is who got them, and who did not. By handing the first approvals to HSBC and the Standard Chartered-led joint venture Anchorpoint Financial, regulators made clear from the start that digital money in Hong Kong will be bank-led. That choice matters because Hong […]

Four trips, dozens of deals, and one message: Madrid is moving closer to Beijing - on its own terms When Spain's Pedro Sanchez arrived in Beijing in April for his fourth visit in four years, he did so for a tightly choreographed round of high-level meetings with Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, […]

Beijing [China], April 22 (ANI): China on Wednesday dismissed US President Donald Trump's claim that a vessel intercepted by US forces in the Strait of Hormuz may have been carrying a 'gift from China' to Tehran, reiterating that it has always complied with its international obligations.Responding to a question on Trump's comments during a regular press […]

Taipei [Taiwan], April 22 (ANI): In a development that raises fresh concerns about external interference, Control Yuan officials have warned that Taiwan's political transparency framework could be exploited by China to intimidate donors and influence democratic processes, as reported by The Taipei Times.According to The Taipei Times, speaking at a press […]

(260422) -- PHNOM PENH, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- The first meeting between foreign ministers and defense ministers of China and Cambodia under the "2+2" strategic dialogue mechanism is held in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, April 22, 2026. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Defense Minister Dong Jun co-chaired the meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime […]

(260422) -- PHNOM PENH, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Defense Minister Dong Jun in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, April 22, 2026. Wang and Dong are in Cambodia for the first meeting between foreign ministers and defense ministers of China and Cambodia under the "2+2" strategic […]

Botka said Chinese automotive giant BYD's investment in Szeged has been "the largest industrial investment in the city's history," and that its success is in the interest "not only of Szeged, but of the entire Hungarian economy."SZEGED, Hungary, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The southern Hungarian city of Szeged welcomes Chinese investment and sees broad prospects […]

Families of victims who died in Hong Kong’s Lamma ferry disaster 13 years ago have filed an application for a judicial review against a coroner’s findings in an inquest, saying the conclusions showed irrationality and failed to weigh contradictory evidence. Four individuals lodged the application in the High Court on Wednesday. They acted without […]

(260422) -- WUHAN, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Kuo Yang-fu is pictured in the office in his farming complex in Ezhou, central China's Hubei Province, March 18, 2026. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cross-Strait bridge of love built on 75-year-old Taiwan businessman's farmland" (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

(260422) -- SZEGED, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Szeged Mayor Laszlo Botka receives an interview with Xinhua in Szeged, Hungary, April 21, 2026. TO GO WITH "Interview: Hungary's Szeged welcomes Chinese investment, mayor says" (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

(260422) -- LISBON, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Sam Hou Fai (R) attends a presentation on the achievements of the successful implementation of "one country, two systems" in Macao, in Lisbon, Portugal, April 20, 2026. Speaking at a media briefing at the end of his visit, Sam said the visit had […]

(260422) -- BEIJING, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 30, 2025 shows the border area between the Tengger Desert and a sand-controlling project in Zhongwei, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

(260422) -- BEIJING, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Han Zheng meets with foreign attendees of the Third High-Level Conference of the Forum on Global Action for Shared Development in Beijing, capital of China, April 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

CHANGJI, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A total of 30 Przewalski's horses were successfully reintroduced to the Kalamaili Nature Reserve on Wednesday after completing rewilding training.The Przewalski's horse, a globally endangered species under first-class national protection in China, was once extinct in the wild within the country. In 1985, China launched a […]

(260422) -- TIANJIN, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Staff members work at Airbus' second A320 family final assembly line in Tianjin, north China, Nov. 17, 2025. TO GO WITH "Economic Watch: Foreign investors eye long-term opportunities as China opens wider" (Airbus/Handout via Xinhua)

Sao Paulo [Brazil], April 22 (ANI): In a significant policy shift aimed at safeguarding national interests, the government of Brazil is advancing plans to strengthen state oversight of its strategic mineral resources. The move follows controversy surrounding the sale of the Serra Verde mining company to a United States-based firm, raising concerns about […]

Beijing [China], April 22 (ANI): In a significant move for regional connectivity, Air China has officially resumed its direct flight operations between Beijing and Delhi as of April 21. The restoration of this key aerial link marks a milestone in easing travel and strengthening people-to-people ties between the two neighbouring nations.The announcement was […]

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 22 (ANI): The health of two imprisoned Tibetan writers has sharply worsened due to what sources describe as systematic denial of medical care by Chinese authorities, as reported by Tibet Times.According to Tibet Times, writer-activists Gangkye Drubpa Kyab and Tsering Dolma are facing severe medical crises after […]

BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- China is ramping up its offshore wind capacity by developing a number of advanced offshore wind projects, accelerating its energy transition, and solidifying its leading edge in the global wind power sector.Several major offshore wind projects have come online or broken ground across the country's coastal regions this year, […]

(260422) -- MINQIN, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Volunteers water tree seedlings at the Zhonglin ecological public welfare forest base of Minqin County, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 20, 2026. Minqin, sandwiched between China's third- and fourth-largest deserts -- the Badain Jaran and the Tengger, has 94 percent of its land area covered by desert […]

Editor's note: Fostering new quality productive forces is one of China's top priorities in the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030). Statistics showed that new progress was made in this endeavor in the first quarter of this year. Xinhua hereby presents a series of four stories that examine how China's provincial economic powerhouses are taking the lead in […]

ABU DHABI, 22nd April, 2026 (WAM) -- The UAE Jiu-Jitsu National Team has completed the official weigh-in ahead of the jiu-jitsu competitions at the 6th Asian Beach Games in Sanya, China, running from April 22 to 30, with leading teams from across Asia set to compete.The weigh-in marks a key step before the start of the competition, offering an early […]

(260422) -- MADRID, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People look at syrup art works at the event "Macao Night" in Madrid, Spain, April 21, 2026. Spain's capital city Madrid hosted the event "Macao Night" on Tuesday, organized by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), bringing together institutional representatives, industry professionals and local residents […]

(260422) -- CHANGJI, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 22, 2026 shows Przewalski's horses released into the wild in the Kalamaili Nature Reserve in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. A total of 30 Przewalski's horses were successfully reintroduced to the Kalamaili Nature Reserve on Wednesday after completing […]

BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Two Pakistani candidates have been selected as the first foreign astronauts for China's space mission training, the China Manned Space Agency announced on Wednesday afternoon, calling it a landmark achievement in international cooperation on the Chinese space station.The agency said in a statement that Muhammad Zeeshan Ali and […]

Soumahila Kolo Kone, subprefect of San Pedro, said: "China's vast market will provide a stable outlet for Ivorian rubber and allow our products to reach broader markets."ABIDJAN, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A light mist hangs over rubber plantations in southern Cote d'Ivoire in the early morning, as workers tap trees and collect milky latex flowing slowly down the […]

Hong Kong authorities have proposed new offences with tougher punishments for fire installation contractors who fail to obtain prior approval before deactivating firefighting systems or do not report malfunctions within 24 hours, following the city’s deadliest blaze in decades, the South China Morning Post has learned. Other proposed changes included […]

The bourse operators of Hong Kong and Malaysia are exploring a range of collaborations, from dual listings and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to Islamic finance, to forge closer ties between the city and the Southeast Asian country. Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) CEO Bonnie Chan Yiting and Boursa Malaysia CEO Dato Fad’l Mohamed unveiled their joint […]

(260422) -- SANYA, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform before the opening ceremony of the 6th Asian Beach Games in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, April 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

More than 600 Hongkongers aged 60 and above have failed to repay their student loans under five government schemes funding tertiary and post-secondary studies, with the average amount owed standing at HK$17,400 (US$2,220). In a reply to questions from lawmakers on Wednesday, the Education Bureau said it had recorded 9,838 default cases involving 8,494 […]

BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- They are stellar systems of two or more stars bound by gravity and too tight-knit to be "seen" by any telescope, yet their light reveals hidden clues, and Chinese astronomers have now uncovered more than 20,000 such "invisible" systems that had never been recorded before.Using medium-resolution spectral data from China's Large […]

A public inquiry into Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades has exposed confusion among government agencies over their roles in supervising large renovation projects, with a fire services officer insisting on Wednesday that his department was not responsible for handling complaints about flammable building materials because it lacked construction […]

LANZHOU, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A new study by Chinese scientists has revealed how cryospheric degradation affects carbon and nitrogen cycles on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, providing key data for biogeochemical models of high-altitude cryospheric regions.The study, spearheaded by the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) under the […]

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Octopus is moving further into Hong Kong’s transport system with the rollout of a taxi booking feature in its app, as the city steps up efforts to modernise a traditionally cash-heavy sector through regulation and fintech. The new “Easy Ride” feature allows passengers to book, […]

Eight mainland China-based companies – five of them biotech firms – passed listing hearings on the Hong Kong stock market in April, clearing the way for them to tap the city’s deep liquidity. The influx, including an AI-driven drug discovery firm, a driverless technology developer and a maker of industrial robots, comes as the China Securities […]

(260422) -- GUANGZHOU, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Guests attend the groundbreaking ceremony of a new air separation unit of Air Liquide in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 21, 2026. French industrial gases giant Air Liquide broke ground on a new air separation unit in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province, on Tuesday, a project that will […]

(260422) -- SHENZHEN, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This undated screenshot from a video clip taken by an infrared camera shows a leopard cat walking through Kunpeng Trail No. 1 Bridge in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. In recent years, Shenzhen has explored a distinctive path for biodiversity conservation in urban areas by developing ecological […]

(260422) -- BEIJING, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, poses for a group photo with guests during the Third High-Level Conference of the Forum on Global Action for Shared Development in Beijing, […]

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] The Hong Kong Sevens concluded successfully this evening (19 April) at Kai Tak  Stadium with The Hong Kong Jockey Club having supported the tournament for the fifth consecutive year as the Official Community Partner. This year, the Club has also become  the Official Community […]

(260422) -- WASHINGTON, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform Henan Yu Opera in celebration of the International Chinese Language Day at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., the United States, April 21, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Rui)

LIPING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- As one of China's largest villages primarily inhabited by Dong ethnic residents, Zhaoxing Dong Village of Liping County was once economically underdeveloped due to poor transportation and lack of industrial diversity.In recent years, the village has leveraged its unique ethnic culture and ecological resources to develop cultural […]

(260422) -- SANYA, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Players of China's Hong Kong pose for photos after the water polo women's round-robin final match between China and China's Hong Kong at the 6th Asian Beach Games in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, April 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- It's very clear that there's no longer a so-called "ROC president" in the world anymore. Anyone who wears that false title is acting against history and will only invite disgrace upon themselves, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday on Taiwan authorities' "postponement of Lai Ching-te's visit" to […]

(260422) -- SHANGHAI, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 21, 2026 shows Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy ship Fuyang mooring at a port in east China's Shanghai. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy opened its barracks to the public in Shanghai on Tuesday, marking its 77th anniversary, with active-duty vessels set for […]

Hong Kong residents, from housewives to stay-at-home mothers and couples, have rushed to theatres to secure HK$30 (US$4) tickets for Cinema Day, with many calling for even more discounts and family-friendly perks on other occasions. Before sales opened at noon on Wednesday, some customers started queuing up from as early as 10.30am at Star Cinema in Tseung […]