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A Hong Kong tertiary student convicted of sexually assaulting at least four underage girls has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, with the judge slamming him as a “very sick individual” who showed no remorse. High Court Judge Andrew Chan Hing-wai on Thursday noted from the assessment reports that Fan Chi-yuen, 22, had shown no remorse or empathy […]

Inspections into lift safety across Hong Kong have found no missing fire-resistant door frames among contractors other than Taizoom Elevator, authorities said on Thursday, after 338 buildings served by the firm were confirmed to lack the crucial components. The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department offered an update on the checks on Thursday after […]

Hong Kong workers received smaller pay rises this year as Guangdong’s wage growth picked up, with the starting salaries of university graduates edging closer to those of sub-degree holders, an annual survey has found. Hong Kong’s Baptist University released the findings of its 2026 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Pay and Benefits Survey on […]

The Wuhan Open attracted a record 202,700 spectator visits and generated an estimated 890 million yuan in economic benefits, highlighting how major sporting events can boost tourism, consumer spending and grassroots tennis development beyond the tournament itself.by sportswriters Yue Wenwan and Yu XiWUHAN, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- For years, when Vietnamese […]

(261022) -- SHENYANG, Oct. 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on Oct. 22, 2026 shows a freight train loaded with containers departing from Puhe station in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. A China-Europe freight train bound for Moscow departed Puhe station in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, at around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, […]

Airlines in Hong Kong have cancelled or rescheduled more than a dozen flights to and from Taiwan and Japan due to Super Typhoon Champi, with further disruption expected in the coming days. Budget carrier HK Express announced it would cancel 10 flights between Hong Kong and Taiwan on Friday, with six serving Taipei and two each serving Taichung and […]

NANNING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- At a painting class in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region's capital in south China, lawyer Liang Yinxia lays out art supplies and guides a group of elderly residents through the lesson. On other days, she reads the news with them, takes walks or helps them use smartphones.Liang is not employed by the care home. Since […]

Hong Kong’s surging exports amid recent global trade shifts and tariff measures are reason to celebrate. However, they have not reversed the decline in the city’s port’s container throughput, which hit 12.99 million 20-foot equivalent units in 2025, down 5.1 per cent year on year. To address public doubts over the city’s standing as an international […]

CHENGDU, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Deep in the mountains of southwest China's Sichuan Province stands a Catholic church that looks like a traditional wooden Chinese courtyard house, yet its interior follows Gothic design.Visitors flock to the Dengchigou church in Baoxing County year-round, but most are not there to pray. They come for the giant panda, an animal […]

(261022) -- NAGOYA, Oct. 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Li Xiaohui returns a shot during the women's wheelchair tennis final between Li Xiaohui of China and Kamiji Yui of Japan at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games in Nagoya, Japan, Oct. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)

Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], October 22 (ANI): Indian para-archer Sheetal Devi continued her incredible run at the ongoing Para Asian Games, securing a gold medal in the women's compound para-archery event on Thursday. Sheetal outclassed Singapore's Nur Alim Syahidah 142-139 in the gold medal match, as per ESPN. The title clash was a close one, with the scores […]

Slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung received a share of her ex-husband’s luxury watch profits, and a cut mark on her dismembered remains matched an electric saw found at the crime scene, her murder trial heard on Thursday. Chan Leong-hang, an employee of Aristo Watch & Jewellery in Tsim Sha Tsui, said on Thursday that Alex Kwong Kong-chi sold […]

(261022) -- MUSCAT, Oct. 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Audiences watch "A Tapestry of a Legendary Land," the opening film of the first Chinese Film Week in Oman, at a cinema in Muscat, Oman, Oct. 21, 2026. The film week opened here on Wednesday, bringing Chinese films of various genres to local audiences and showcasing the artistic appeal of Chinese cinema and […]

MOSCOW, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff that Moscow is willing, in principle, to resume talks with Ukraine and the United States next month to end the war, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on October 21. The proposed talks would be the first since February. Ushakov said they should focus on establishing security […]

BEIJING, China: ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have placed orders worth more than US$35 billion for Nvidia's new export-compliant graphics cards as Chinese technology companies scramble for AI computing power amid U.S. restrictions on more advanced chips. The three Chinese technology giants have ordered more than three million RTX PRO 5500 graphics cards, […]

LANZHOU, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- At a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) expo in northwest China's Gansu Province, Zhao Ruiqi sought health advice twice: from a veteran TCM doctor who took her pulse, and from an artificial intelligence (AI) device that did the same."The AI gave the same result as the TCM doctor. It is time for me to take better care of myself," […]

HEGANG, Heilongjiang, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Li Jianguo, 72, remembers the mountain of coal waste that once loomed outside his front door."Coal dust blew into the house with the wind all year round. You had to keep the windows shut even in summer," Li recalled. That was the nature of life in the city he knew for three decades as a coal miner.Today, the retiree […]

HEFEI, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- On a recent autumn morning in Xiongcun Village in east China's Anhui Province, Bi Sheng sipped coffee in his small studio while answering emails.A short walk away, craftsmen were renovating an old house, waiting for the 55-year-old to review designs and select timber.A native of Beijing, Bi first visited villages in Shexian County […]

BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called for new achievements on the new Long March as China commemorates the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March."Only by remembering history can we create a brighter future," said Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and […]

A Hong Kong information security watchdog issued an “extremely high risk” warning on Thursday morning over two critical flaws in a widely used web programming language that could allow hackers to execute code remotely and take control of servers. The warning followed similar alerts from governments and cybersecurity agencies overseas, which urged […]

A senior Hong Kong health official has warned of a higher risk of influenza infection as vaccination rates fall and the city’s summer flu season stretches on, following the death of a second unvaccinated child from the virus. Centre for Health Protection controller Dr Edwin Tsui Lok-kin issued the warning as Hong Kong’s current flu season, which began […]

New postsFeatured entry09:45Report: Iran Ranks Among Worst Countries For Internet FreedomIran recorded the largest decline in Internet freedom among 38 countries assessed by Freedom House in its2026 report, with its score falling from 13 to nine out of 100. The report places Iran alongside China and Myanmar at the bottom of the rankings.Internet freedom […]

New postsFeatured entry09:59Putin Says Iran Deal Still Possible After Talks With US EnvoyRussian President Vladimir Putin said diplomacy remained a viable way to resolve the Iran crisis during a meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff on October 21, as Tehran reiterated that progress in negotiations and reopening the Strait of Hormuz depended on […]

Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], October 22 (ANI): Indian para-badminton player and Paralympics gold medalist Nitesh Kumar booked his place in the title clash of the men's singles SL3 category at the ongoing Asian Para Games on Thursday. The reigning Paris Paralympic gold medallist showed composure in a closely contested opening game, edging past Indonesia's Imran […]

PRNewswireBangkok [Thailand], October 22: New research from the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA), developed in collaboration with Gogolook, the developer of Whoscall, reveals the scale and impact of scams across Asia. Among adults surveyed in 13 Asian markets, 71% encountered a scam in the past year. The study estimates that consumers across those markets […]

A growing interest among Hong Kong women in an anti-ageing injection containing human tissue has prompted a recent crackdown by health authorities, as the product, widely known in Chinese as the “cadaver skin jab”, has not been registered for use in the city. The South China Morning Post examines why the injection has become a new beauty trend, what it […]

PRNewswireSingapore, October 22: DayOne Data Centers Limited ('DayOne'), a Singapore-headquartered global digital infrastructure platform, today announced that its proprietary integrated delivery model will support the NVIDIA DSX POD reference design. This builds on DayOne's strategy of accelerating data center deployment through standardiz

Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], October 22 (ANI): Indian para archers Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar won gold in the compound mixed team event at the Asian Para Games 2026, defeating Indonesia's Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferelly and Ken Swagumilang 151-148 to secure India's first archery gold medal of the edition. The Indian pair started strongly in the final, taking a […]

PRNewswireSingapore, October 22: Carro, Asia Pacific's leading AI-enabled online automotive marketplace, has established a SGD450 million Asset-Backed Securitisation (ABS) backed by Singapore automotive loan receivables. The ABS warehouse facility serves to optimise funding and represents a key milestone in diversifying Carro's long-term capital sources.The […]

DUSHANBE, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- With a brush in hand, 20-year-old Maryam Tabarova carefully traces Chinese characters on paper, concentrating on each stroke. Around her, more than 10 fellow students are practicing calligraphy at the Confucius Institute at Tajik National University (TNU)."When I was a child, I watched many Chinese films on television, which […]

Four government bodies have been singled out for accountability over Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades, according to a landmark inquiry report handed to city leader John Lee Ka-chiu, a source has said. The judge-led independent committee investigating the tragedy, which killed 168 people, said on Thursday that it had submitted the two-volume report to […]

Pyongyang [North Korea], October 22 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jong, on Thursday warned that Pyongyang would deploy "new counter means" along its southern border and place propaganda loudspeakers targeting South Korea on standby within days."Our new counter means will get into the alert for duty at all the southern border line […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia have leveraged more dynamic and resilient cooperation to cushion the impact of external uncertainties and instability, and bilateral ties are entering a new stage marked by greater achievements and faster development, said Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday.Li made the remarks while co-chairing the […]

Washington DC [US], October 22 (ANI): The United States is looking to breathe fresh life into the Quad partnership with India, Japan and Australia, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirming that the grouping's first leaders' summit in more than two years is expected to take place next month during Association of Southeast Asian Nations […]

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BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- China held a gathering in Beijing on Thursday to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March.Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the gathering and delivered an […]

Download the PDF This is the sixth in a series of factsheets about Hong Kong’s first five-year plan and the 2026 policy address. Click here to view the other factsheets. The series has been produced with support from the Hong Kong SAR government. To see the South China Morning Post’s coverage of the five-year plan, click here. This Factsheet will appear […]

Download the PDF This is the fifth in a series of factsheets about Hong Kong’s first five-year plan and the 2026 policy address. Click here to view the other factsheets. The series has been produced with support from the Hong Kong SAR government. To see the South China Morning Post’s coverage of the five-year plan, click here. This factsheet will appear […]

(261022) -- ROTTERDAM, Oct. 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Qiu Qiyuan of team China competes during the women's team final at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2026 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Oct. 21, 2026. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

Receivers of the Sheraton Hong Kong Tung Chung Hotel and the Four Points by Sheraton have agreed to sell the dual-branded complex, which together comprise the city’s third-largest hotel by room count, for HK$2.7 billion (US$344 million), Shimao Group announced on Thursday. In a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange, the distressed mainland Chinese […]

Hong Kong has ranked 24th in a global rule of law index, despite slipping slightly in the fundamental rights and criminal justice categories. The index, released by the World Justice Project on Wednesday, showed the city remained among the world’s top 10 for “absence of corruption” and “order and security”, rising to seventh in the latter […]

This is the sixth in a series of factsheets about Hong Kong’s first five-year plan and the 2026 policy address. Click here to view the other factsheets. The series has been produced with support from the Hong Kong SAR government. To see the South China Morning Post’s coverage of the five-year plan, click here. This Factsheet will appear in the SCMP […]

This is the fifth in a series of factsheets about Hong Kong’s first five-year plan and the 2026 policy address. Click here to view the other factsheets. The series has been produced with support from the Hong Kong SAR government. To see the South China Morning Post’s coverage of the five-year plan, click here. This factsheet will appear in the SCMP […]

For many of us, artificial intelligence (AI) started out as something to play with. We asked it to write poems and arrange our calendars; we shared its more entertaining mistakes. Then it became something to believe in: an escape from drudgery, an assistant to every profession, even perhaps the start of a new industrial revolution. Now it is something to […]

(261021) -- BEIJING, Oct. 21, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Abdoulkader Houssein Omar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Djibouti, in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 21, 2026. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)