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Hong Kong’s legislature has passed motions supporting the city’s first five-year plan and thanking Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu for his latest policy address, while Beijing’s top representative in the city urged mainland Chinese enterprises to align themselves with the government’s blueprint. At the close of a three-day Legislative Council […]

The developer of One Stanley has offered flat owners a six-year structural warranty and free independent property inspections amid an investigation into suspected steel reinforcement deficiencies at the seaside luxury residential development in southern Hong Kong. K Wise, a subsidiary of One Stanley developer K&K Property, addressed the brewing scandal […]

Hong Kong travel agencies are offering tours featuring “five-minute clearance” at the revamped Huanggang Port when it opens on Monday, but the security chief has urged those who do not need to use the crossing immediately to delay their visits. Three days before the port’s official opening, the South China Morning Post on Friday found a number of tour […]

(261009) -- BEIJING, Oct. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Shen Yiqin meets with the Chinese delegation to the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 9, 2026. (Xinhua/Gao Jie)

Two US lawmakers are pushing for a bill that would allow Hongkongers in the country to apply for permanent residency, but authorities and observers have dismissed it as a political move unlikely to succeed. Senator Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, and Representative James McGovern, a Massachusetts Democrat, announced the Hong Konger Promise of Refuge Act, […]

(261009) -- BEIJING, Oct. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Tourists in traditional costumes take selfies at the Hetou Old Street scenic area in Fengnan District of Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province, Oct. 1, 2026. China recorded 826 million domestic tourist trips during the seven-day National Day holiday, with tourism spending totaling 738.38 billion yuan […]

Taipei [Taiwan], October 9 (ANI): The European Parliament has adopted a recommendation rejecting China's efforts to restrict Taiwan's participation in international organisations and exchanges, while calling for stronger economic, technological and security cooperation between the European Union and Taiwan, Taipei Times reported.According to Taipei Times, […]

A 10-year-old Hong Kong girl filmed carrying heavy bags of beer will be placed in temporary care with her two siblings after welfare assessments found it would “not be suitable” for them to return home following the arrest of their parents on suspicion of ill-treating a child. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said on Friday that the […]

(261009) -- BEIJING, Oct. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, meets with a delegation of political leaders from Pacific Island countries led by Tongan Deputy Prime Minister Viliami […]

A Hong Kong news commentator accused of violating the national security law has denied exposing police intelligence operations, telling a court that details of his meeting with officers were already public knowledge before he posted them online. Wong Kwok-ngon, 72, who ran a YouTube commentary channel under the pen name Wong On-yin, stood trial at the […]

GUIYANG, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- At first glance, dozens of curving terraces carved into a hillside in southwest China looked like farmland, but no crops were expected to grow there.As night fell, more than 10,000 people filled the tiers, singing in the rain as music and bands of light swept across the hillside.Held on Oct. 1, the first day of China's week-long […]

GUIYANG, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- As firelight flickers across the walls and gunfire breaks the darkness, figures emerge from the smoke and move through the audience. These holographic images inside a theater recreate a battlefield from 90 years ago.The spectators do not simply watch. They walk with the performers, finding themselves surrounded by scenes of […]

Turkmenbashi [Turkmenistan], October 9 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that Moscow was ready to do everything in its power to help Iran resolve the ongoing regional conflict with the US-Israel, as he met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Turkmenistan and discussed bilateral ties and regional developments."Of course, the most […]

(261009) -- XI'AN, Oct. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- President of the Council of Ministers of Togo Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe arrives in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 9, 2026. At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Faure arrived in Xi'an on Friday for an official visit to China from Oct. 9 to 16. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

Hong Kong-headquartered DFI Retail Group, which owns and operates the city’s largest supermarket network, says it will continue to invest in new stores even though consumers remain cautious. Darren Chan, the group’s managing director for food in Hong Kong and Macau, said DFI – whose supermarket chains include Wellcome and Market Place in Hong Kong – […]

(261009) -- NEW YORK, Oct. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Members of Young People's Chorus of New York City and Guangdong Experimental High School Choir perform during a joint concert themed "Youth Dialogue for the Future" in New York, the United States, Oct. 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)

TURIN, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) --The flame for the Changchun 2027 Winter Universiade was lit Thursday in Turin, Italy, where the first World University Games were held in 1959, beginning its journey to China ahead of the January event.

With the busy National Day travel rush past, now could be a good time to explore China at a more relaxed pace.Crowds thin, summer heat fades, and soft light and crisp air settle in. Welcome to discover a different side of China in autumn.Produced by Xinhua Global Service

(261009) -- HAIKOU, Oct. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone on Oct. 1, 2026 shows tourists at a local tea house in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Hainan saw 4.754 million tourist trips during the National Day holiday, marking a year-on-year increase of 13.1 percent. Total tourist spending rose 14.7 percent year on year to 6.875 […]

ALMATY, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- "Dong -- dong as in dongfang, the East."In autumn-hued Almaty, the sound of students reciting Chinese drifts from a teaching building at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.Inside a classroom of Northwestern Polytechnical University's Kazakhstan branch campus, Chinese teacher Li Xiangning is teaching first-year students. Paper […]

A Hong Kong court has sentenced a former university student to seven years in prison for raping and sexually targeting five women, with some of the crimes taking place at orientation camps. The 31-year-old defendant was sentenced on Friday at the High Court after a jury found him guilty of one count of rape, another of voyeurism and three counts of indecent […]

The murder trial of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung has been delayed again while the court addresses legal issues raised by lawyers in the high-profile case. Deputy High Court Judge Brian Keith told the nine-member jury on Friday that the hearing would resume on Monday after the legal arguments concluded. Choi’s mother, Cheung Yin-fa, had been […]

Hong Kong’s competition watchdog has raided 11 offices and homes over alleged bid-rigging for contracts to supply virtual reality (VR) systems to schools and non-profit organisations, with the deals valued at HK$10 million (US$1.3 million). The Competition Commission revealed on Friday that it had secured warrants and searched the 11 premises, including […]

When Professor Lam Hon-ming returned to Hong Kong after completing postdoctoral work in the United States in 1997, he was fixated on one question: how can science help feed the country and the world? He found that soybeans offered part of the answer. In addition to its nutritional value, the crop can fix nitrogen levels in the soil, reducing reliance on […]

Lawmakers and engineering sector leaders have called for a review of Hong Kong’s building inspection mechanism and a blacklist to bar errant contractors from government tenders, after a developer said half of the city’s first privately built “starter homes” project will be demolished due to shoddy steel work. The government should review the […]

by Nadeem JavaidOver more than a decade of travelling across China, I have watched a transformation that is difficult to capture in economic statistics alone.Since 2013, each visit has revealed not simply a richer or more modern China, but a country steadily changing the way it produces, innovates, consumes and, increasingly, how it is perceived by the […]

Timothy Chan Chi-fung was 19 when a testicular tumour sent him into a Hong Kong hospital system largely designed for children or much older adults. Neither door quite fitted. His experience eventually led him to found Youth Cancer Hong Kong, a contribution that has earned him a place as a finalist in the community category of this year’s Spirit of Hong […]

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 9 (ANI): Indian stock markets opened higher on Friday, with IT stocks witnessing strong buying despite the US government's decision to suspend some of the world's largest IT outsourcing firms from the Permanent Labor Certification Program.The Nifty 50 opened at 22,303.35, gaining 70.55 points or 0.32 per cent, while the […]

New postsFeatured entry20:098.10.2026Trump Says US Won't Attack Iran Before Midterm ElectionsUS President Donald Trump said Washington is having "productive" discussions with Iran and won't attack it before the midterm congressional elections in the United States in November.Trump also claimed that Iran was "in very bad condition," saying it was struggling […]

New postsFeatured entry14:18US Sanctions 17 Vessels Linked To Iran's Shadow FleetThe US Treasury Department announced new sanctions on October 8 targeting 17 vessels and companies accused of helping Iran transport crude oil, petroleum products, and petrochemicals in violation of US sanctions.The action is part of Operation Economic Outcast, a campaign […]

In 2014, a University of Hong Kong research team watched two years of reef restoration work collapse in Sai Kung. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department had asked the researchers to speed up coral recovery. Cement structures were placed on the seabed and coral began to grow. But as the colonies became larger, they became unstable. “They […]

Hong Kong national security police have charged a man with publishing seditious material on social media, but only informed the press after the defendant appeared in court and declined to provide details of the alleged crime. The force’s National Security Department said on Friday it had charged a 52-year-old man for posting seditious material with the […]

Hong Kong’s corruption watchdog has charged the former head of a listed company for allegedly accepting HK$20 million (US$2.5 million) in bribes from a mainland Chinese property developer in exchange for acquiring a stake in the developer’s real estate project. Zhang Yadong, 58, who was chairman of Greentown China Holdings from 2019 to 2025, faced a […]

More than 160,000 Hong Kong residents have registered to use “joint clearance” e-channels ahead of the revamped Huanggang border crossing’s opening on Monday, with extra manpower to be deployed and command centres activated to ensure a smooth start. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Friday that his bureau would activate its […]

by Xinhua writer Liu YananNEW YORK, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- China's practices in economic growth and poverty elimination are exemplary and have proven that the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are attainable, as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) helps achieve the goals, said an American expert.China's economic success over the past two generations has […]

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Record imports pushed the U.S. trade deficit to US$105.6 billion in August, the largest in 17 months, as strong domestic demand kept businesses reliant on goods produced overseas. The trade shortfall increased 13.7 percent, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis and Census Bureau said. Economists polled by Reuters had […]

BEIJING, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- From bustling transport hubs and crowded scenic areas to fully booked restaurants and busy shopping districts, strong travel flows and vibrant consumption during the National Day holiday highlighted the resilience and momentum of China's holiday economy.Data from the Ministry of Transport showed that during this National Day […]

Twenty-seven individuals and groups have been named finalists for the 14th Spirit of Hong Kong Awards, which recognises the unsung heroes of the city who have made major contributions to society. This year’s shortlist for the awards, co-organised by Sino Group and the South China Morning Post, is divided into nine categories: community, culture, […]

Hong Kong’s police have revealed they will launch an academy offering specialised courses for overseas officers and shared new details about the force’s bachelor’s degree programme, with classes expected to start next March. Kelly Cheng Lai-ki, director of the Police College, said establishing the Hong Kong International Academy of Policing would […]

JAKARTA, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Thursday launched 11 Chinese-backed downstream projects worth an estimated 10.2 billion U.S. dollars at the Weda Bay Industrial Park in Central Halmahera, North Maluku.Prabowo also witnessed the park's first export of electric vehicle (EV) batteries produced by Chinese enterprises.He said […]

(261009) -- TURIN, Oct. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- The flame is carried in Turin after the flame collection ceremony for the Changchun 2027 Winter Universiade in Turin, Italy, Oct. 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Kaiyan)

China’s once-notorious “gutter oil”, recycled from kitchen and drainage waste, has almost vanished from dining tables in recent years and now carries the nickname liquid gold. The substance has become a highly sought-after feedstock for producing clean energy, especially sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with biofuel producers such as Hong Kong-based […]

(261008) -- ROME, Oct. 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Chinese stand during the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Global Exhibition "From Seeds to Foods" in Rome, Italy, Oct. 8, 2026. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)

In a rare market move, a long-established local developer sold a Central retail shop that was held for over 50 years to an heir of Swiss underwear maker Triumph, according to data from the Land Registry, a deal analysts have called “highly unusual”. The use of international capital to acquire local retail assets in Hong Kong is uncommon. Triumph […]

ANTALYA, Trkiye, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut and deputy chief designer of the China Manned Space Agency, has said here that the country's space station will become a global research platform for scientists worldwide.Yang made the remarks at the ongoing 77th International Astronautical Congress in Trkiye's Mediterranean city of […]