Topic: Asia — Neutral reports only

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[2025-12-31 15:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China’s factory activity breaks 8-month contraction, but headwinds persist
Snippet: China’s manufacturing PMI rose to 50.1 in December, but analysts said it was too early to point to a sustained recovery
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3338015/chinas-factory-activity-breaks-8-month-contraction-headwinds-persist
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[2025-12-31 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Title: Workers may soon be able to ignore late-night work messages
Snippet: South Korea’s government plans to push new legislation in 2026 to curb excessive working hours, including giving workers the right to disconnect from job related messages after hours and introducing half day leave as a legal entitlement.
Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10646783
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[2025-12-31 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China builds a record-breaking hypergravity machine to compress space and time
Snippet: CHIEF1900 will help to recreate catastrophic events such as dam failures and earthquakes inside a lab, university says
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3338193/china-builds-record-breaking-hypergravity-machine-compress-space-and-time
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[2025-12-31 14:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China AI start-up MiniMax kicks off US$538 million Hong Kong IPO
Snippet: Start of Shanghai-based company’s share sale follows launch of rival Zhipu’s US$560 million IPO a day earlier
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3338239/china-ai-start-minimax-kicks-us538-million-hong-kong-ipo
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[2025-12-31 13:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Title: China encircles Taiwan in massive military display
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Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/world/asia-pacific/china-live-firing-drills-taiwan-blockade-simulation-december-2025/
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[2025-12-31 13:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Title: India overtakes Japan as fourth largest economy - report - DailyNews
Snippet: India has surpassed Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, according to calculations in the Indian government’s end-of-year economic review.
Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/31/breaking-news/924956/india-overtakes-japan-as-fourth-largest-economy-report/
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[2025-12-31 13:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Hong Kong, mainland China stocks finish year with world-leading gains
Snippet: City’s benchmark Hang Seng Index ends 2025 up 28 per cent, while the CSI 300 Index of mainland stocks rises 18 per cent
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3338233/hong-kong-mainland-china-stocks-poised-notch-second-straight-annual-gains
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[2025-12-31 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: As I see it | Why China is Myanmar’s only real hope
Snippet: A general election won’t end the country’s brutal civil war, but regional coordination by key neighbouring countries without Western interference might
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3338022/why-china-myanmars-only-real-hope
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[2025-12-31 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Opinion | Be a potato: the lesson of the resilient staple resonates as 2026 approaches
Snippet: A decade on, the humble tuber’s public adoption remains an elusive goal for China’s planners and yet it offers a lesson for uncertain times
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3338149/be-potato-lesson-resilient-staple-resonates-2026-approaches
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[2025-12-31 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China mum jailed for accidentally killing daughter by pressing her chest in ‘exorcism’
Snippet: Superstitious mother who believed in telepathy pours water down girl’s throat to induce vomiting, expel demons
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3337281/china-mum-jailed-accidentally-killing-daughter-during-exorcism-pressing-chest
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[2025-12-31 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Takaichi is shaping up as Japan’s Thatcher. How long can she last?
Snippet: The prime minister has defied the odds by winning back LDP voters with sweeping immigration, economic policies and a tough stance on Beijing
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3338138/takaichi-shaping-japans-thatcher-amid-china-feud-can-her-popularity-last
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[2025-12-31 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China’s second-hand boom fuels bruising battle for trade-in traffic
Snippet: Recycling platform ATRenew is scaling up as China’s young consumers shed the stigma around second-hand shopping
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3338093/chinas-second-hand-boom-fuels-bruising-battle-trade-traffic
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[2025-12-31 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Environment | South China Morning Post
Snippet: Major sports events including HK Sevens need to ‘double down’ on sustainabilityWith global sports emitting as much as countries such as Spain, major events must ‘double down’ on sustainability, says GB sevens player Jamie Farndale.
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/better-life/environment
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[2025-12-31 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China-founded Tripo AI updates 3D content platform as users more than double
Snippet: ‘This shows that we’re on the right track,’ founder and CEO Simon Song Yachen says
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3338202/china-founded-tripo-ai-updates-3d-content-creation-platform-users-more-double
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[2025-12-31 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Editorial | China provides substance to Cambodia-Thailand peace efforts
Snippet: The road to peace will not be easy but both China and Southeast Asia have a deep stake in restoring regional peace and stability
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3338113/china-provides-substance-cambodia-thailand-peace-efforts
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[2025-12-31 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: ‘No fixed identity’: new Chinese-American writers are telling their own stories
Snippet: They’re not shaped by history like the previous generation, and observer says US-China tensions can give them ‘more space’ to explore issues
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3338127/no-fixed-cultural-identity-new-chinese-american-writers-are-telling-their-own-stories
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[2025-12-31 08:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Title: China drills feed info war targeting faith in Taiwan’s defenses - Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
Read full article: https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/china-drills-feed-info-war-targeting-faith-in-taiwans-defenses/
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[2025-12-31 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Title: Port City Colombo signals new phase of investment and commercial growth - DailyNews
Snippet: Port City Colombo, Sri Lanka’s flagship urban development project, marked its 11th anniversary this year with the master developer, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd., reaffirming its long-term commitment to attracting foreign direct investment and advancing key infrastructure milestones.
Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/31/business/924561/port-city-colombo-signals-new-phase-of-investment-and-commercial-growth/
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[2025-12-31 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: China startet Großmanöver vor Taiwan
Snippet: "Mission Gerechtigkeit 2025" heißt Chinas aktuelles Manöver, wie die staatliche chinesische Nachrichtenagentur Xinhua unter Berufung auf das chinesische Militär meldet. Geübt werde in Luft- und Seegebieten rund um Taiwan.
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/de/china-startet-grossmanoever-vor-taiwan-japan-alarmbereit-usa-spannung-militaeruebung-abschreckung/a-75327685
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[2025-12-31 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: Japan's 'nengajo' New Year card tradition losing its charm
Snippet: The time-honored Japanese tradition of sending "nengajo" New Year cards is fading fast, with modern-day Japanese too busy as the year comes to a close and happy to rely on technology to send festive greetings.
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/japans-nengajo-new-year-card-tradition-losing-its-charm/a-75341258
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[2025-12-31 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Title: China’s Nvidia snub reveals the price of US chip controls - Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
Read full article: https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/chinas-nvidia-snub-reveals-the-price-of-us-chip-controls/
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[2025-12-31 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China’s tech giants offer lavish year-end bonuses amid AI talent war
Snippet: ByteDance is expanding its bonus pool by 35 per cent from a year earlier, as well as increasing the budget for pay rises by 150 per cent
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3338168/chinas-tech-giants-offer-lavish-year-end-bonuses-amid-ai-talent-war
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[2025-12-31 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: How China is upgrading its digital yuan for the stablecoin era
Snippet: Beijing is upgrading its digital currency in response to the rise of stablecoins, but the goal is to create a fundamentally different system
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3338159/how-china-upgrading-its-digital-yuan-stablecoin-era
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[2025-12-30 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: South Korea ends bear bile industry, but 200 moon bears in limbo
Snippet: As the ban takes effect January 1, disputes over farmer compensation and limited shelter space leave hundreds of captive bears with nowhere to go
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3338195/south-korea-officially-bans-bear-bile-farming-200-asiatic-black-bears-limbo
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[2025-12-30 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Opinion | If Trump wants a deal with China, he must rein in US allies in Asia
Snippet: From Manila to Tokyo, domestic political dynamics are increasing the risks of a dangerous confrontation between Washington and Beijing
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3338033/if-trump-wants-deal-china-he-must-rein-us-allies-asia
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[2025-12-30 23:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: China yaendelea na luteka yake ya kijeshi karibu na Taiwan
Snippet: Kulingana na data za serikali, idadi kubwa ya ndege za kivita za china zinawakilisha idadi ya pili kubwa kuwahi kushuhudiwa karibu na anga ya Taiwan. Mwezi Oktoba mwaka 2024 wakati wa zoezi jengine la kijeshi la "Joint Sword 2024B" ndege 153 zilirekodiwa. Kando na hilo Taiwan pia imegundua meli 14 za kivita za China, meli nyengine za taifa hilo pamoja na puto moja.
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/sw/china-yaendelea-na-luteka-yake-ya-kijeshi-karibu-na-taiwan/a-75341288
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[2025-12-30 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Title: Managed chaos: China's game plan for a broken Myanmar - Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
Read full article: https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/managed-chaos-chinas-game-plan-for-a-broken-myanmar/
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[2025-12-30 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: ‘CEO monk’ scandal: China creates new oversight body for Buddhist clergy
Snippet: Beijing’s fourth-ranking official Wang Huning urges association to exercise ‘comprehensive and rigorous governance over the religion’
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3338165/ceo-monk-scandal-china-creates-new-oversight-body-buddhist-clergy
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[2025-12-30 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: India overtakes Japan as 4th-largest economy, report says
Snippet: India has surpassed Japan to become the world's fourth-largest economy, according to calculations in the Indian government's end-of-year economic review.
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/india-overtakes-japan-as-4th-largest-economy-report-says/a-75341063
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[2025-12-30 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung to visit China on economic and nuclear mission
Snippet: The pragmatic president is seeking to balance relations with Beijing while keeping Washington onside
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3338188/south-koreas-lee-jae-myung-visit-china-economic-and-nuclear-mission
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[2025-12-30 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: China fires rockets on second day of drills around Taiwan
Snippet: China launched rockets and deployed warships, bombers and amphibious assault vessels around Taiwan on Tuesday in the second day of large-scale military drills aimed at rehearsing a blockade of the self-ruled island.
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/china-fires-rockets-on-second-day-of-drills-around-taiwan/a-75338221
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[2025-12-30 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China’s Shenzhen targets AI in ‘every household’ as US tech rivalry heats up
Snippet: Local officials want to embed cutting-edge tech across society in coming five-year plan
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3338158/chinas-shenzhen-targets-ai-every-household-us-tech-rivalry-heats
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[2025-12-30 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: ‘Pillar’ of Japan’s Communist Party, Tetsuzo Fuwa, dies aged 95
Snippet: Fuwa reformed the party’s platform, recognising the imperial system and Self-Defence Forces
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3338167/tetsuzo-fuwa-ex-japanese-communist-party-chairman-dies-95
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[2025-12-30 21:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China and US need new ways to engage for stable ties: Wang Yi
Snippet: Speaking at a symposium in Beijing, the foreign minister also criticised remarks Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made about Taiwan
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3338174/china-and-us-need-new-ways-engage-push-stable-cooperative-ties-wang-yi-says
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[2025-12-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China undertaker criticised for disrespecting the dead for wearing make-up at work
Snippet: Embalmer who looks like famous singer talks to dead bodies as she works on them; she says it gives them comfort on their journey to afterlife
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3337296/china-woman-undertaker-criticised-disrespecting-dead-wearing-make-work
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[2025-12-30 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Title: China to provide relief supplies worth RMB One Million to Sri Lanka - DailyNews
Snippet: The Chinese Embassy in Colombo has announced that China will provide relief supplies worth one million yuan to support the people of Sri Lanka.
Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/30/local/924361/china-to-provide-relief-supplies-worth-rmb-one-million-to-sri-lanka/
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[2025-12-30 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China unveils new ethnic unity laws with ‘national security perspective’
Snippet: The new proposals aim to protect national symbols and threaten action against those obstructing the use of the standard Chinese language
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3338136/china-unveils-new-ethnic-unity-and-language-laws-national-security-perspective
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[2025-12-30 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Title: China cries foul after topping ASPI tech rankings - Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
Read full article: https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/china-cries-foul-after-topping-aspi-tech-rankings/
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[2025-12-30 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China’s lagging basic research calls for core tech pivot, economic adviser urges
Snippet: Wang Yiming says Beijing must innovate from the ground up to create deterrents against foreign supply cuts, citing missed R&D spending target
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3338116/chinas-lagging-basic-research-demands-core-tech-pivot-us-curbs-bite-economic-adviser
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[2025-12-30 17:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Title: All the weapons China doesn't want Taiwan to have - Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
Read full article: https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/all-the-weapons-china-doesnt-want-taiwan-to-have/
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[2025-12-30 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China-founded AI start-up Manus acquired by Meta for ‘billions’
Snippet: Deal will bring Singapore-based Manus’ ‘leading agent to billions of people’, Meta says
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3338117/china-founded-ai-agent-start-manus-acquired-zuckerbergs-meta-billions
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[2025-12-30 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: As Trump taps coal to power AI, China moves on to clothe the world with it
Snippet: A once-struggling Chinese coal city turns the traditional fossil fuel into nylon, manufacturing popular fashion from sportswear to lingerie
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3337784/trump-brings-back-coal-power-ai-china-moves-clothe-world-it
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[2025-12-30 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China worker paints digger in pink Hello Kitty style ‘to satisfy girlish heart’
Snippet: Woman dubbed ‘Excavator Empress’ says garish construction vehicle takes monotony out of ‘extremely boring’ job; brings ‘romance’ to work
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3337284/china-excavator-driver-paints-digger-pink-hello-kitty-style-satisfy-girlish-heart
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[2025-12-30 16:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: How China's C-drama streams hooked millions worldwide
Snippet: Jolene Foo's route to Chinese drama fandom happened after she moved from her native Malaysia to Norway in her late 20s. Foo, who grew up as a "third-generation Chinese kid," was looking for a way to reconnect with her homeland. Her friends recommended Chinese dramas, or C-dramas for short.
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/how-chinas-c-drama-streams-hooked-millions-worldwide/a-75308757
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[2025-12-30 16:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Title: China's new nuke posture puts US on notice and world on the brink - Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
Read full article: https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/chinas-new-nuke-posture-puts-us-on-notice-and-world-on-the-brink/
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[2025-12-30 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China’s Zhipu AI launches US$560 million share sale amid heated IPO tech race
Snippet: The company, marketed overseas as Z.ai, eyes US$6.6 billion valuation with Hong Kong’s first large language model listing
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/investor-relations/ipo-quote-profile/article/3338107/chinas-zhipu-ai-launches-us560-million-share-sale-hong-kongs-ipo-tech-race-heats
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[2025-12-30 15:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Border row aids Anutin as Shinawatras play catch up in Thai election
Snippet: Caretaker PM Anutin rides nationalist wave over Cambodia; Pheu Thai taps Thaksin’s nephew to revive brand; reformists drop key vows to stay relevant
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3338090/thai-election-border-row-aids-anutin-shinawatra-clan-fights-survival-reformists-chase
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[2025-12-30 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China’s Hainan hosts duty-free shopping spree under new customs regime
Snippet: A flurry of activity accompanied the official establishment of the island’s tariff and tax exemptions - but will the frenzy last?
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3338035/chinas-hainan-hosts-duty-free-shopping-spree-under-new-customs-regime
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[2025-12-30 13:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Hong Kong stocks edge higher on last full trading day of year
Snippet: Hang Seng Index edges higher as Chinese yuan surpasses 7 against US dollar for first time since May 2023
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3338089/hong-kong-stocks-trade-narrow-range-last-full-trading-day-year
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[2025-12-30 13:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China vital to Insilico’s plan to build biotech’s AI ‘Einstein’ for new drugs
Snippet: US firm, backed by Fosun and Tencent, expands research base in China as it develops an AI-powered drug-discovery tool
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3337942/china-vital-insilicos-plan-build-biotechs-ai-einstein-drug-discovery
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