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NewsVoirHong Kong, September 4: The annual Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival is set to return bigger and bolder this autumn, transforming the Central Stage, Central Harbourfront Event Space into a vibrant epicurean paradise from 29 October to 1 November 2026. Set against the iconic Victoria Harbour skyline, the festival will feature over 300 booths, […]

PRNewswireNew Delhi [India], September 4: Medhavi Group today launched MedhaviOne, a platform built on shared standards for skills and credentials across education and employment. Amit Haralalka, formerly Head of Growth at Tata Digital, joins as Co-Founder and CEO, alongside group co-founders Pravesh Dudani and Kuldip Sarma.A growing structural gap […]

American ice cream chain Dairy Queen will open four Hong Kong outlets in the fourth quarter of this year, as part of an ambitious expansion plan amid a wave of food and retail shop closures across the city. Dairy Queen, an 85-year-old brand, said on Friday that it would launch its flagship store at One Causeway Bay shopping centre on Hong Kong Island in […]

HEFEI, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- China's Tianwen-3 mission is seeking evidence of whether life has ever existed on Mars, aiming to collect high-value Martian samples and conduct detailed analyses after bringing them to Earth, the mission's chief scientist Hou Zengqian told Xinhua in an interview Thursday.Searching for potential signs of life on Mars is the top […]

(260904) -- YANGON, Sept. 4, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Participants attend the China-Myanmar Youth Exchange Event and China-Myanmar Media Tea Party for the third quarter of 2026 in Yangon, Myanmar, Sept. 3, 2026. Jointly hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar and Yangon University, the event gathered around 300 attendees, including diplomatic officials from the […]

Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel will temporarily close from October 12 for a comprehensive renovation and upgrade, with no completion date announced, as the resort shifts focus to seasonal culinary offerings and immersive storytelling. Hong Kong Disneyland announced on Friday that the Victorian-style property, open since 2005, will be revamped with Disney […]

(260904) -- GUANGZHOU, Sept. 4, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attends the opening ceremony of the 32nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting and delivers a speech in Guangzhou, south China's […]

(260904) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 4, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 3, 2026 shows a scene of a touring exhibition launched by Pop Mart at the Shanghai No.1 Department Store in east China's Shanghai. Chinese pop culture giant Pop Mart launched a touring exhibition on Monday, with Shanghai as its first stop. Running until November 1, the exhibition uses […]

by Xinhua writer Shi ChunNEW YORK, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- From social media and student exchanges to memories of the Flying Tigers, personal stories featured prominently at a local forum Wednesday, where more than 150 representatives from U.S. business, education and academia explored ways to strengthen China-U.S. ties.Hosted by the Chinese Consulate General […]

* Air China now serves 27 European destinations with nearly 260 weekly flights between the two continents, with the Beijing-Bucharest-Zagreb route adding another thread to this growing network.* For Croatia, where tourism accounts for about one-fifth of GDP, the direct flight is a long-awaited gateway to the world's largest outbound tourism market. For […]

Five former employees of Hong Kong supermarket chain ParknShop and its contractors have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud by falsifying workers’ attendance records to cheat the retail giant of HK$3.2 million (US$408,000). The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said on Friday that an investigation revealed that the former supermarket […]

CAIRO, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- On the Giza Plateau, the majestic pyramids, silent witnesses to millennia of history, now gaze across at the Grand Egyptian Museum.Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, visited the museum on Wednesday during his state visit to Egypt, where they were warmly received by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and […]

Hong Kong film actor and director Louis Koo Tin-lok’s production company has rejected allegations that it owes HK$149 million (US$19 million) in outstanding debts to an offshore firm, saying the claim is incomplete and violates confidentiality principles. In a statement published on social media on Friday, One Cool Film Production said the civil lawsuit […]

HARBIN, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Though harvest remains more than three weeks away in the golden rice fields of Heilongjiang, China's top grain-producing province, most of this season's crop has already found a buyer.For decades, the routine was simple: consumers bought whatever was planted. Now, a growing number of enterprises are securing orders even before a […]

BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- A spontaneous trend of "textbook relay" among young Chinese travelers and overseas Chinese students has gone viral on social media since the beginning of this year, as growing numbers of Chinese youth turn memories of knowledge in the textbook into shareable moments in their real journeys in front of global cultural […]

YEREVAN, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- The South Caucasus has entered a period of structural and geopolitical adjustments, and the principles of the "Shanghai Spirit" are highly relevant to regional stability and development, Armenian scholar Johnny Melikyan has said.In a recent written interview with Xinhua, Melikyan, a senior analyst at Armenia's Orbeli Center, […]

Impersonating customer service staff is the “most rampant tactic” used by phone scammers, Hong Kong police have said, revealing the number of such fraud cases rose by 45 per cent to 4,830 in the first half of 2026 compared with a year ago. Despite the increase, deception cases overall fell slightly between January and June, dropping by 0.7 per cent […]

A mainland Chinese man has been deemed unfit to stand trial for his alleged involvement in a deadly shooting during a botched robbery in Hong Kong 35 years ago, after he was diagnosed with a cognitive impairment caused by lung cancer. A High Court jury of four men and three women ruled on Friday that Shenzhen resident Wen Wenye, 61, could not be held […]

Hong Kong’s City University has disciplined students over an orientation event with a disco theme in which a half-naked man was seen carrying a woman wearing only a bra and shorts, two days after the institution said it had “zero tolerance” for improper conduct. The institution said on Friday that all students involved in the orientation camp incident […]

CHONGQING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Sipping tea in repurposed old movie theaters, wandering indoor rainforests while dining at modern malls, young consumers are reshaping China's retail landscape where creative, immersive enjoyment takes center stage.At the Sino-Swiss Technological Innovation Park in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, a rooftop commercial […]

(260904) -- NAIROBI, Sept. 4, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People attend the China (Yunnan) - Kenya Specialty Products Promotion Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 2, 2026. Kenya hosted the China (Yunnan) - Kenya Specialty Products Promotion Conference on Wednesday to deepen bilateral economic and trade ties by strengthening links between key industrial sectors. […]

(260904) -- VLADIVOSTOK, Sept. 4, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attends the 11th Eastern Economic Forum and delivers a speech in Russia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok, on Sept. 3, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

BEIJING, Sept. 4, 2026 (Xinhua) -- China announced on Friday its 1,274-member delegation for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, with 815 athletes set to compete across 38 sports and 369 events. Led by 36 Olympic champions, the squad has an average age of 24. Over a quarter of the athletes are 20 or under and most will be making their Asian Games debuts. The 2026 […]

Hong Kong’s leader has urged the banking sector to support financing the city’s creation of a new economic engine in innovation and technology (I&T) while expanding offshore yuan business, a key area for aligning with national strategies. Speaking at a Hong Kong Association of Banks event on Friday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu called for closer […]

(260904) -- BEIJING, Sept. 4, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese artistic gymnastics athlete Ke Qinqin attends the inaugural meeting of Chinese delegation for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 4, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

A sea wall at a popular selfie spot on Kennedy Town’s waterfront could soon gain grade two status after Hong Kong authorities proposed listing it as a historic structure, although experts say creative storytelling will be key to bringing the site’s heritage to life. According to a document from the Antiquities and Monuments Office, the Historic […]

BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- "Urgent orders tomorrow afternoon. Prioritize the production load and charge the batteries when power is cheap in the morning." This is the instruction a plant manager fed into an energy management system, with no coding or rule-setting required, and within seconds a complete scheduling strategy was generated.The system behind […]

Kathmandu [Nepal], September 4 (ANI): Clarifying reports regarding climate-related disaster claims following catastrophic flash floods in Nepal, Minister for Foreign Affairs Shisir Khanal emphasised that Kathmandu has not sought financial compensation from India.Speaking with ANI, Khanal dismissed reports that Nepal had formally demanded climate […]

BEIJING, 4th September, 2026 (WAM) -- A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Haixi Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province on Friday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre.The epicentre was located at 37.84 degrees north latitude and 95.59 degrees east longitude. The earthquake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres, the centre said.

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Xi, Trump and Putin may hold trilateral meeting at next Apec forum, Kremlin says A senior […]

Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has extended the suspension of passenger flights to Dubai and Riyadh until the end of November, keeping its Middle Eastern routes grounded for a total of nine months. The airline attributed the extension to “the latest developments in the Middle East”, confirming that services to both cities were now […]

Tashkent [Uzbekistan], September 4 (ANI): The India U20 men's team suffered a 0-4 defeat against hosts Uzbekistan in their second AFC U20 Asian Cup China 2027 Qualifiers match at the Do'stlik Stadium in Tashkent on Thursday.Ulugbek Maratov opened the scoring in the 29th minute before Kuvonchbek Abraev doubled Uzbekistan's advantage with a free-kick. […]

WASHINGTON -- Ukraine's top sanctions official says he remains optimistic about prospects for a sweeping Russia sanctions bill in the US Congress despite growing uncertainty over when the House of Representatives will take it up, as lawmakers face a sharply shortened legislative calendar ahead of the November midterm elections.Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Ukrainian […]

Much has been said about Hong Kong’s vitality as a higher education hub. Yet, a radical rethink of our primary and secondary school system is equally necessary. The need for a blueprint has never been clearer. Our world is increasingly defined by the powerful forces of automation enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), geopolitical tensions and flux, as […]

(260904) -- BEIJING, Sept. 4, 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, attends a symposium to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and […]

Soon after becoming a mother, Hong Kong resident Sarah Tam enjoyed eight hours of sleep a night and yoga sessions at a post-partum care centre in neighbouring Shenzhen, where carers looked after her newborn around the clock. Tam, a 30-year-old social worker who gave birth in mid-July, spent a month at the facility in mainland China, recovering from delivery […]

Washington DC [US], September 4 (ANI): US Vice President JD Vance on Thursday (local time) said that China is "willing to play ball" with Washington on efforts to economically isolate Iran, describing Beijing as "much more responsible" than Tehran despite differences between the United States and China.Speaking during a media briefing at the White House, […]

An Asian city will eventually overtake London and New York as the world’s leading financial centre, with Hong Kong well placed to compete for the top spot given its legal predictability and low tax burden, according to the creator of a closely watched ranking of financial hubs. “It’s going to happen because it’s so tight,” said Michael Mainelli, […]

Kathmandu [Nepal], September 4 (ANI): Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal has clarified that neither he nor the Ministry of Foreign Affairs nor the government has sought climate-related compensation from India, China or the United States following the devastating flash floods last week, saying Kathmandu's appeal was for the global community to recognise […]

(260903) -- NAIROBI, Sept. 3, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A visitor looks at a laser-engraving machine exhibited by a Chinese enterprise at the 9th Kenya International Industrial Expo in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 3, 2026. TO GO WITH "Kenya looks to China to boost industrial upgrade" (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)

New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): Legendary Indian cricketer Mithali Raj congratulated Smriti Mandhana after the India vice-captain surpassed the former's record to become the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket across all formats with a sensational 124-run innings against Hong Kong in a Group A encounter of the Women's Asia Cup 2026 at […]

DUBAI, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Middle Eastern countries are accelerating investment in power infrastructure and cleaner energy, creating new opportunities for cooperation with Chinese companies in grids, renewables, storage and electric-vehicle charging, exhibitors said at the Middle East Energy 2026 exhibition in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).The […]

Militarism was supposed to be defeated at the end of World War II. Eight decades later, it is returningThe anniversary of victory over militarist Japan is more than a commemoration of a distant war. It is an opportunity to ask uncomfortable questions: What exactly was defeated in 1945 and what lessons were meant to survive the victory?What was supposed to […]

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 3 (ANI): Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, on Thursday issued a Provisional Attachment Order (PAO) dated September 2 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, attaching immovable property of Rs 2.10 crore (approx.) in the form of residential plots in the case […]

New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Belgium Defence and Trade Minister Theo Francken on Thursday talked about the growing defence cooperation with India and said New Delhi wants to rapidly expand its military-industrial base and his country has a direct security interest in that.He said in a post on X that India is a stabilising factor in South Asia and […]