[2025-12-26 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Top biotech scientist Chen Xiaoyuan denies harassment claim, says he will appeal

Snippet: Professor is the subject of social media claims and counterclaims after NUS alleged his behaviour was ‘unsolicited and unwanted’

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3337808/top-biotech-scientist-chen-xiaoyuan-denies-sexual-harassment-claim-says-he-will-appeal

[2025-12-26 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Beijing municipality eases home purchase curbs to shore up sluggish market

Snippet: China’s property sector, once a pillar of economic growth, has been on a downward trajectory since the second half of 2021

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3337794/beijing-municipality-eases-home-purchase-curbs-shore-sluggish-market

[2025-12-26 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: In South Korea, vouchers to curb county’s falling population draw new residents

Snippet: Officials in Okcheon, however, are looking to identify fake residents who change addresses without moving in

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3337796/south-korea-vouchers-curb-countys-falling-population-draw-new-residents

[2025-12-26 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Rappler

Title: PCG to China: Aid for fisherman 'appreciated,' but why were you in PH EEZ?

Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.

Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/coast-guard-statement-china-navy-christmas-day-aid-fisherman-west-sea/

[2025-12-26 18:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Yoon faces 10-year jail term in South Korea over first of 4 failed coup trials

Snippet: During a hearing, Yoon appears tense and laughs in disbelief as special prosecutors present the charges in his first trial

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3337790/south-koreas-ex-president-yoon-faces-10-year-jail-over-first-4-failed-coup-trials

[2025-12-26 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Beijing extends Mars mission lead; stranded crew returns: China’s year in space

Snippet: From the US-China race to bring rocks back from Mars to a ‘tit-for-tat’ orbital stand-off, here are some of the year’s most notable space stories

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3337321/beijing-extends-mars-mission-lead-stranded-astronauts-back-home-chinas-year-space

[2025-12-26 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: In world first, Chinese surgeons save patient’s ear with graft onto foot

Snippet: The ear was torn off in an industrial accident and was successfully reattached to the woman’s scalp several months later

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3337620/chinese-surgeons-become-first-graft-patients-ear-her-foot-after-accident

[2025-12-26 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China village imposes ‘unjust’ fines for out-of-province marriage, cohabitation

Snippet: Village committee accused of being ‘crazy for money’ after seeking to impose fines for being ‘rowdy while drinking’ and ‘spreading rumours’

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3336870/china-village-imposes-unjust-fines-out-province-marriage-and-cohabitation

[2025-12-26 16:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Video | Finger-lickin’ good KFC on the Christmas menu for millions in Japan

Snippet: Christmas Eve is KFC’s busiest day in Japan. Millions of families visit branches across the country to enjoy special holiday menus

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3337779/finger-lickin-good-kfc-christmas-menu-millions-japan

[2025-12-26 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Nikkei Asia

Title: South Korea election

Snippet: In North Korea, Kim's missiles, ties with Russia and China also closely watched

Read full article: https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/south-korea-election

[2025-12-26 15:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China’s reusable rocket failure, PLA growth leaves US ‘vulnerable’: 7 highlights

Snippet: From Hong Kong’s crowded border at Christmas to jailed ex-Malaysian PM’s request rejected, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3337771/chinas-reusable-rocket-failure-plas-growth-leaves-us-vulnerable-scmps-7-highlights

[2025-12-26 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: Japan Cabinet approves record defense budget to deter China

Snippet: The Japanese Cabinet on Friday approved a record budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/japan-cabinet-approves-record-defense-budget-to-deter-china/a-75307361

[2025-12-26 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Japan’s US$782 billion budget to boost military firepower, tame inflation

Snippet: The budget comes as the market worries about Prime Minister Takaichi’s big spending policies adding to Japan’s public debt

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3337764/japans-record-us782-billion-budget-boost-military-firepower-tame-inflation

[2025-12-26 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China vows to keep up the fight after record ‘tigers’ caught in corruption net

Snippet: Politburo agrees to push forward campaign and calls for graft-busters to provide ‘guarantee’ for nation’s economic and social development

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3337759/china-vows-keep-fight-after-record-number-tigers-caught-corruption-net

[2025-12-26 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China’s Comac to team up with China Eastern for bigger C919 variant, sources say

Snippet: Comac’s stretched model, expected to be dubbed the C919-800, could target lucrative Asian routes and seat more than 200 passengers

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3337728/chinas-c919-maker-teams-china-eastern-bigger-variant-cards-sources

[2025-12-26 13:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Firmer yuan fuels share gains on bets Beijing will tolerate appreciation

Snippet: Chinese equities edged higher on Friday, led by BYD, after the offshore yuan climbed through 7 per dollar for the first time since 2024

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3337755/firmer-yuan-fuels-chinese-share-gains-bets-beijing-will-tolerate-appreciation

[2025-12-26 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Opinion | West is getting on the same page as China for children’s social media use

Snippet: Governments face the same problem: how to let young people grow up in a connected world, around products not designed with their well-being in mind

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3337434/west-getting-same-page-china-childrens-social-media-use

[2025-12-26 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China’s new quantum computer hits stability milestone, beating Google on efficiency

Snippet: Chinese team is first outside the US to cross key threshold that determines whether practical quantum computers can work reliably at scale

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3337742/chinas-new-quantum-computer-hits-stability-milestone-beating-google-efficiency

[2025-12-26 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: ‘Can’t buy true love’: Chinese man abducted as child returns to birth family after reunion

Snippet: Now 26, man says he ‘feels a deep sense of belonging’ after being reunited; works as volunteer with group who help find missing children

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3336781/cant-buy-true-love-chinese-man-abducted-child-returns-birth-family-after-reunion

[2025-12-26 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: ‘Maximum deterrence’: why North Korea just revealed its new nuclear submarine

Snippet: The unprecedented transparency from the normally secretive country shows a shift in North Korean defence strategy, analysts say

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3337712/north-koreas-new-nuclear-sub-reveal-bid-counter-us-south-korean-naval-power

[2025-12-26 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Will Japan cave in to Olympics opposition? | South China Morning Post

Snippet: Tokyo 2020 Olympic GamesTokyo 2020 Olympic GamesOverviewLatest NewsSee all knowledgeOverviewLatest NewsSUBSCRIBETokyo 2020 Olympic GamesThe Greatest Show on Earth + FOLLOWRegister and follow to be notified the next time content from Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is published.Link CopiedOther Sport26 Dec 2025Chinese diving star Chen Yuxi says she has been threatened, denies ‘connections’Sport31 Oct 2025Chinese swimmers’ doping tests: Wada launches Operation Puncture to probe leakOther Sport29 Apr 2025China women’s volleyball coach Zhao says ‘hard work’ can take team back to topOther Sport18

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/knowledge/events/tokyo-2020-olympic-games

[2025-12-26 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Will Trump’s battleship plan deter China or is it just a pipe dream?

Snippet: Donald Trump unveils new class of ship meant to ‘inspire fear in America’s enemies’, but analysts say the initiative faces huge hurdles

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337739/golden-fleet-will-trumps-battleship-plan-deter-china-or-it-just-pipe-dream

[2025-12-26 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Macroscope | Why Wall Street remains bullish on China amid economic slowdown

Snippet: Just because fund managers were too bearish on China doesn’t mean their concerns were misplaced – economic fundamentals matter

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3337436/has-chinas-stock-market-gone-uninvestable-irresistible

[2025-12-26 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Daily News

Title: NK reveals new images of its first ‘nuclear-powered’ submarine - DailyNews

Snippet: North Korea on Thursday (25) released new images of what it claims is its first nuclear-powered submarine, a massive vessel equal in size to some of the United States Navy’s attack subs.

Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/26/world/922136/nk-reveals-new-images-of-its-first-nuclear-powered-submarine/

[2025-12-26 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Daily News

Title: New clashes as Cambodia, Thailand hold first talks to end latest violence - DailyNews

Snippet: Thailand and Cambodia have reported new fighting in their ongoing border conflict, as the first talks between the sides since the latest outbreak of violence get under way. Thailand’s military said on Wednesday that there had been clashes in the border provinces of Sisaket and Surin, Thai media reported, with Thai Forces responding to Cambodian BM-21 rocket attacks with artillery, tank fire and drones.

Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/26/world/922237/new-clashes-as-cambodia-thailand-hold-first-talks-to-end-latest-violence/

[2025-12-26 06:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Asia Times

Title: All hail the Panama Canal, a frontline in the US-China trade war - Asia Times

Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive

Read full article: https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/all-hail-the-panama-canal-a-frontline-in-the-us-china-trade-war/

[2025-12-26 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China’s military maglev achieves 0-700km/h acceleration in less than 2 seconds

Snippet: Feat seen to catapult China into global top tier of ultra-high-speed maglev technology and unlock new possibilities for hyperloop transport

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3337735/chinas-record-smashing-maglev-achieves-0-700km/h-acceleration-less-2-seconds

[2025-12-26 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Mercedes-Benz buys US$191 million stake in Chinese autonomous driving developer

Snippet: The German carmaker obtains a 3 per cent stake in Chongqing Qianli Technology

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3337719/mercedes-benz-acquires-stake-chinese-autonomous-driving-developer-us191-million

[2025-12-25 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: UBTech’s US$237 million Fenglong deal tightens humanoid robot supply chain

Snippet: Hong Kong-listed UBTech is buying a 43 per cent stake in Zhejiang Fenglong, as China’s robotics firms increasingly eye A-share acquisitions

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3337708/ubtechs-us237-million-fenglong-deal-tightens-humanoid-robot-supply-chain

[2025-12-25 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Tracing China’s long links with Kenya, from Admiral Zheng He to belt and road

Snippet: National museum in Nairobi celebrates 620th anniversary of Ming dynasty navigator’s voyages and 62 years of modern bilateral ties

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3337689/exhibition-traces-chinas-long-links-kenya-admiral-zheng-he-belt-and-road

[2025-12-25 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China broadens foreign investment list in renewed pitch for overseas capital

Snippet: The catalogue, which lists the sectors carrying policy incentives for overseas investors, has hundreds of new entries, many in advanced manufacturing

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/policy/article/3337727/china-sharpens-sales-pitch-overseas-investment-new-list-sought-after-sectors

[2025-12-25 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Trip.com suspends partnership with Cambodia amid border clashes, cyber concerns

Snippet: In the first 10 months of 2025, Cambodia received 1 million Chinese tourists, accounting for over 20 per cent of all international visitors

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3337714/tripcom-suspends-tourism-partnership-cambodia-amid-border-clashes-cyber-concerns

[2025-12-25 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: Korea Utara Pamerkan Kapal Selam Nuklir Pertama

Snippet: Korea Utara memamerkan kemajuan terbaru dalam pembangunan kapal selam bertenaga nuklir, sebuah langkah yang menandai eskalasi baru dalam persaingan militer di Semenanjung Korea. Pameran ini muncul di tengah ketegangan yang meningkat dengan Korea Selatan, yang juga tengah mengupayakan teknologi serupa dengan dukungan Amerika Serikat.

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/id/korea-utara-pamer-kapal-selam-nuklir-adu-kuat-dengan-korea-selatan/a-75300933

[2025-12-25 21:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Asia Times

Title: Borrowing a mouth to speak: overtourism in China's imagined Tibet - Asia Times

Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive

Read full article: https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/borrowing-a-mouth-to-speak-overtourism-in-chinas-imagined-tibet/

[2025-12-25 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Ex-China table tennis player believes clubs hold key to return of Wang, Sun

Snippet: Doubts remain over whether the two world No 1s, who withdrew injured at the WTT Finals, will make Chinese Table Tennis Super League Finals

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3337709/ex-china-table-tennis-player-says-clubs-hold-key-return-wang-chuqin-sun-yingsha

[2025-12-25 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China sharpens criticism of Japan ‘neo-militarism’, warns of ‘dangerous signal’

Snippet: Amid heightened tensions, commentator says Beijing has sufficient policy tools in reserve should Tokyo endanger China’s core interests

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3337723/china-sharpens-criticism-japans-neo-militarism-signals-readiness-respond

[2025-12-25 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Japan popular with Hong Kong travellers over Christmas, Harbin gaining appeal

Snippet: Despite row with China, Japan remains popular with Hongkongers, with mainland cities such as Harbin and Yunnan gaining appeal

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3337693/japan-still-popular-hong-kong-travellers-over-christmas-harbin-gaining-appeal

[2025-12-25 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Explainer | How China Dai women use chickens to find husbands, reject unwanted suitors

Snippet: Women in 1.3 million-strong ethnic minority group use price of a cooked chicken, secret meetings in the woods to find the ideal partner

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/gender-diversity/article/3336789/how-china-dai-women-use-chickens-matchmaking-tool-find-husbands-reject-unwanted-suitors

[2025-12-25 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: 4 Chinese defence firm chiefs among 8 sacked from top advisory body CPPCC

Snippet: National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference endorsed removals at meeting on Wednesday, Xinhua reports

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3337707/china-axes-8-top-advisory-body-cppcc-including-4-defence-firm-chiefs

[2025-12-25 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: CATL poised to bring Yichun lithium output back online after licence lapse

Snippet: With battery costs again under the spotlight, regulators are set to green light CATL’s restart of the Yichun mine in eastern China

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-evs/article/3337701/catl-poised-bring-yichun-lithium-output-back-online-after-licence-lapse

[2025-12-25 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Coupang’s massive data leak probe ignites US-Seoul diplomatic firestorm

Snippet: Some Republicans said Seoul’s investigation into the e-commerce firm was an attempt to favour China

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3337699/us-politicians-back-coupang-seethe-over-south-koreas-campaign-aggression

[2025-12-25 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Chinese SUV maker Jetour pushes localised offerings to hasten go-global drive

Snippet: Jetour is already present in more than 100 countries and regions after seven years in operation

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3337662/chinese-suv-maker-jetour-bets-localised-product-offerings-hasten-go-global-drive

[2025-12-25 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Fujian enters service, J-10C impresses: 10 China military developments in 2025

Snippet: From hardware on show at China’s military parade to anti-drone systems, here are some of the year’s most notable People’s Liberation Army stories

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3336745/fujian-enters-service-j-10cs-combat-action-10-china-military-developments-2025

[2025-12-25 17:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Asia Times

Title: Europe has good cause to resist the Second China Shock - Asia Times

Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive

Read full article: https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/europe-has-good-cause-to-resist-the-second-china-shock/

[2025-12-25 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: North Korea indicates progress in building nuclear submarine

Snippet: North Korea released new photos Thursday, claiming to show its first nuclear-powered submarine.

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/north-korea-shows-progress-in-construction-nuclear-submarine/a-75299194

[2025-12-25 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: Scharfer Schlagabtausch im UN-Sicherheitsrat zu Venezuela

Snippet: Angesichts der eskalierenden Spannungen zwischen Venezuela und den USA ist es in einer Dringlichkeitssitzung des UN-Sicherheitsrats in New York zu einem lebhaften und teils scharfen Schlagabtausch gekommen. Vertreter mehrerer Großmächte nutzten das Forum, um ihre Positionen unmissverständlich darzulegen.

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/de/scharfer-schlagabtausch-im-un-sicherheitsrat-%C3%BCber-venezuela-usa-russland-china-trump-maduro/a-75291539

[2025-12-25 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Bronze Age cemetery offers clues on how ancient Chinese brewed red rice wine

Snippet: Vessels found in tombs at Mogou in modern-day Gansu contain traces of a fermentation starter of the type still used to make sake today

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3337691/bronze-age-cemetery-offers-clues-how-ancient-chinese-brewed-red-rice-wine

[2025-12-25 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China university offers US$11,000 ‘micro’ overseas study to help students pass failed exams

Snippet: Private educational institute ‘coerces’ parents to fork out huge sums for non-existent study sessions or face their children being expelled

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3336748/china-university-offers-us11000-micro-overseas-study-help-students-pass-failed-courses

[2025-12-25 13:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China stocks recover from early losses on cautious PBOC policy tone

Snippet: Mainland stocks closed higher after paring earlier losses as investors read the central bank’s latest messaging as supportive but restrained

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3337678/china-shares-edge-lower-hopes-fade-near-term-stimulus-boost

[2025-12-25 12:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: Thailand, Cambodia resume border peace talks once more

Snippet: Thailand and Cambodia have resumed talks on Wednesday as they aim to secure a durable ceasefire, following renewed fighting along their shared border earlier this month.

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/thailand-cambodia-resume-border-peace-talks-once-more/a-75297093