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    [2025-12-20 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Explainer | How Hongkongers can make the best use of new section of Central Kowloon Bypass
    Snippet: The Post looks at the shorter routes that drivers and commuters can take when the Yau Ma Tei section of the Central Kowloon Bypass opens on Sunday
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3337176/how-hongkongers-can-make-best-use-new-section-central-kowloon-bypass
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    [2025-12-20 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Macroscope | Japan’s economic security push heralds rising protectionism in Asia
    Snippet: The emphasis on securing supply chains and stockpiling critical resources is no substitute for free and open trade and investment
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3336952/japans-economic-security-push-heralds-rising-protectionism-asia
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    [2025-12-20 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Chinese AI ‘tiger’ Zhipu moves closer to US$300 million Hong Kong listing
    Snippet: Dubbed one of China’s new ‘AI tigers’, Zhipu could become one of the first major large language model start-ups globally to go public
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3337171/chinese-ai-tiger-zhipu-edges-towards-hong-kong-listing-expected-raise-us300-million
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    [2025-12-20 16:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: ‘I inherited mess’: Trump hits out at Democrats, dodges Epstein files in rally
    Snippet: The US presidents also warned that the government could be headed towards another lockdown in late January
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337165/trump-tries-allay-voter-anxiety-touting-economic-wins-dodges-epstein-files-rally
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    [2025-12-20 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Mexico’s 50% tariff shock shuts Asia’s North American trade bypass
    Snippet: A tariff wall will soon separate protected partners like CPTPP members Singapore and Malaysia from exporters facing a shutout
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3337107/mexicos-50-tariff-shock-shuts-asias-north-american-trade-bypass
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    [2025-12-20 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Financial Times
    Title: Year in a word 2025
    Snippet: Year in a word 2025Editors and correspondents at the Financial Times reflect on the words of the year
    Read full article: https://www.ft.com/content/9bee0847-c9c5-423a-a674-37501cdaeaeb
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    [2025-12-20 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Opinion | Taiwan intervention may just spell the end of the West
    Snippet: Mutual economic destruction or worse for China and the West should be enough to deter everyone from internationalising the Taiwan question
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3336903/taiwan-intervention-may-just-spell-end-west
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    [2025-12-20 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: From taboo to trendy: China’s second-hand luxury market cashes in on resale boom
    Snippet: Driven by an uneven recovery and property crisis, value-conscious shoppers are powering a second-hand boom as platforms use tech to verify authenticity and overcome stigma.
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3337003/china-shoppers-swap-boutiques-bargains-fuelling-us30-billion-luxury-resale-boom
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    [2025-12-20 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: China’s rebuilding of Micronesian airport runway raises alarm in US
    Snippet: At least two Chinese companies appear to be involved in the Woleai project in the strategically important region
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3337115/chinas-rebuilding-micronesian-airport-runway-raises-alarm-us
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    [2025-12-20 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Deutsche Welle
    Title: Ukraine : les Européens mettent la main à la poche
    Snippet: Le financement de l'effort de guerre de l'Ukraine par les Européens devrait durer pendant au moins deux ans. Ce soutien financier passe par un emprunt en commun de 90 milliards d'euros, sans recours aux avoirs russes gelés, faute d'accord des 27 sur cette solution inédite.
    Read full article: https://www.dw.com/fr/europe-ukraine-soutien-finance-russie/a-75242481
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    [2025-12-19 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Secure Arctic shipping route essential for China, senior official says
    Snippet: Trade lanes using Strait of Malacca, Red Sea and Suez Canal could be disrupted during ‘major international crisis’, Beijing forum told
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3337088/secure-arctic-shipping-route-essential-china-senior-official-says
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    [2025-12-19 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: China Vanke’s managers have no plans to sell shares as firm fights for survival
    Snippet: Vanke, responding to queries from investors, says top managers have not notified it about their intentions so far
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3337081/china-vanke-says-top-managers-have-no-plans-sell-shares-it-fights-survival
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    [2025-12-19 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: China discovers Asia’s largest undersea gold deposit
    Snippet: Country has been steadily stepping up mineral exploration, with nearly 450 billion yuan invested since 2021
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3337083/china-discovers-asias-largest-undersea-gold-deposit-jiaodong-peninsula
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    [2025-12-19 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: BeOne Medicines names R&D chief Wang Lai as president amid global expansion
    Snippet: BeOne generated global revenue of about US$3.8 billion last year, driven by its flagship products Brukinsa and Tevimbra
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3337097/beone-medicines-names-rd-chief-wang-lai-co-president-lead-global-expansion
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    [2025-12-19 19:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Bank of Japan’s historic rate increase signals new era for economy
    Snippet: Bank of Japan lifts rates to 0.75 per cent – a 30-year high – ending zero-interest era, paving the way for further increases amid rising inflation
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3337067/bank-japan-raises-rates-levels-unseen-1995
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    [2025-12-19 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Chinese AI, chip start-ups court global investors with Hong Kong listing plans
    Snippet: GigaDevice and Montage are each aiming to raise as much as US$1 billion from Hong Kong listings as early as January, report says
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3337055/tech-pivot-chinese-ai-chip-start-ups-court-global-investors-hong-kong-listing-plans
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    [2025-12-19 19:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Market rates set Hong Kong’s HK$150,000 subsidy for Tai Po fire victims: minister
    Snippet: Home affairs minister Alice Mak says two-year annual grant is based on typical rent in the area amid concerns it could drive up rates
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3337056/market-rates-set-hong-kongs-hk150000-subsidy-tai-po-fire-victims-minister
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    [2025-12-19 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: RT News
    Title: Russian envoy outlines key results in Moscow-Beijing cooperation
    Snippet: Russia and China have continued to rapidly expand their bilateral relationship across economic, diplomatic, and people-to-people channels in 2025, with trade turnover exceeding $200 billion for a third consecutive year, Moscow’s ambassador to Beijing, Igor Morgulov, has told RT.
    Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/629709-russian-envoy-key-results-cooperation-china/
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    [2025-12-19 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Rosewood opens French ski resort after sources say hotel brand is not for sale
    Snippet: Luxury hotel group announces Courchevel resort’s opening, just days after sources said the prized brand was not for sale
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3337028/rosewood-presses-ahead-global-expansion-after-sources-say-hotel-brand-not-sale
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    [2025-12-19 13:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: 5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, December 19-21
    Snippet: Head to a Christmas market, buy restaurant dinnerware to help Tai Po Fire victims, watch Two Seasons, Two Strangers and more this weekend
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3336986/5-best-things-do-hong-kong-weekend-december-19-21
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    [2025-12-19 13:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Hong Kong stocks cap longest win streak in 3 weeks as US inflation cools
    Snippet: Soft US inflation data strengthens the case for monetary easing as the Hang Seng Index gains for a third day
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3336987/hong-kong-stocks-head-longest-rising-streak-3-weeks-cooling-us-inflation-data
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    [2025-12-19 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: China’s pharmaceutical industry transforms into a global innovation powerhouse
    Snippet: The China Pharmaceutical Innovation and Invention Index, a new gauge, highlights top drug makers on the mainland for the first time
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3336851/chinas-pharmaceutical-sector-moves-big-leagues-global-innovation-powerhouse
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    [2025-12-19 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Trump signs defence bill restricting investment in Chinese tech, military firms
    Snippet: Key provisions target contracts with Chinese biotech companies and outbound investment in technologies with military applications in China
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3336981/trump-signs-defence-bill-restricting-investment-chinese-tech-military-firms
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    [2025-12-19 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Can rising lithium costs save China’s energy storage firms from a price war?
    Snippet: China’s battery makers raise prices amid lithium rebound and global AI energy demand
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3336932/can-rising-lithium-costs-save-chinas-energy-storage-firms-brutal-price-war
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    [2025-12-19 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Daily News
    Title: WealthTrust Securities IPO oversubscribed - DailyNews
    Snippet: The initial public offering (IPO) of WealthTrust Securities Limited (WTS) was oversubscribed within minutes, prompting its closure on Wednesday.
    Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/19/business/917835/wealthtrust-securities-ipo-oversubscribed/
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    [2025-12-19 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Retired Nascar driver and family among 7 killed in US plane crash
    Snippet: Business jet erupted into flames when it hit the ground while trying to land at Statesville Regional Airport, North Carolina
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336969/deaths-reported-after-business-jet-crashes-north-carolina-airport
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    [2025-12-19 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: China confirms issuing of first general licences for rare earth exports
    Snippet: Beijing says it is now granting longer permits giving foreign companies easier access to vital minerals, but many details remain unclear
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3336916/china-confirms-issuing-first-general-licences-rare-earth-exports
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    [2025-12-19 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
    Source: Financial Times
    Title: Donald Trump uses rare primetime address to defend his economic record
    Snippet: Lauren Fedor in Washington
    Read full article: https://www.ft.com/content/654accf2-37d4-457d-994f-1ced19f220f1
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    [2025-12-19 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Discriminatory and egregious: China blasts EU’s subsidy crackdown
    Snippet: Commerce authorities vow to defend firms such as Nuctech and CRRC, while Beijing continues talks with Brussels over EV tariffs
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3336941/china-slams-eu-subsidy-probes-egregious-and-discriminatory
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    [2025-12-19 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: China’s youth-unemployment rate, Laos joins durian war: SCMP daily highlights
    Snippet: From EU-China trade ties to Laos securing approval to export durians, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3336946/chinas-youth-unemployment-rate-eases-new-rival-durian-fray-scmp-daily-highlights
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    [2025-12-19 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Qube takes six floors at Two IFC as falling rents lure financial giants
    Snippet: Qube’s expansion mirrors a broader trend among financial firms taking advantage of softer rents to move into higher-grade offices
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/property/article/3336957/hedge-fund-qube-leases-six-floors-two-ifc-one-centrals-largest-deals-decade
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    [2025-12-18 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Alibaba deepens ecosystem with Qwen-Amap tie-up for routes, restaurants and more
    Snippet: The integration marks Alibaba’s first full tie-in for Qwen, as the company pushes for more synergy across its sprawling consumer platforms
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3336935/alibaba-deepens-ecosystem-push-qwen-amap-tie-routes-restaurants-and-hotels
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    [2025-12-18 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Hong Kong Palace Museum says Egyptian exhibition will be most profitable show yet
    Snippet: About 700,000 people expected to visit display over nine-month run, director Louis Ng says
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3336955/hong-kong-palace-museum-says-egyptian-exhibition-will-be-most-profitable-show-yet
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    [2025-12-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: China jails antimony smugglers in tough stance on critical minerals
    Snippet: Dozens convicted of illegally shipping 166 tonnes of the strategic material, marking a major enforcement of Beijing’s export controls
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3336917/china-jails-smugglers-weapon-metal-antimony-taking-tough-stance-critical-minerals
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    [2025-12-18 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: HKEX proposes slashing board lot variations to boost liquidity
    Snippet: The moves will remove the entry barrier for retail investors and prepare the city’s exchange for a single board lot unit structure
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3336940/hkex-proposes-slashing-board-lot-variations-boost-liquidity-enhance-market-efficiency
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    [2025-12-18 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: China’s Hainan launches separate customs regime allowing tariff-free imports
    Snippet: Most goods can enter Hainan with zero import duties under the new system, as China looks to turn the island into a strategic buffer zone
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3336928/chinas-hainan-launches-separate-customs-regime-allowing-tariff-free-imports
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    [2025-12-18 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Chinese brokerage CICC unveils merger details with Dongxing, Cinda
    Snippet: The three-way merger will create China’s fourth-largest investment bank with assets of US$128 billion
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3336915/chinese-brokerage-cicc-announces-share-swap-merger-details-dongxing-and-cinda
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    [2025-12-18 20:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Hong Kong to become Asia’s leading aircraft recycling hub, John Lee vows
    Snippet: City leader says opening of Aircraft Engineering Training Centre is ‘major step’, adds hub will create ‘better-paid and high-skill jobs’
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3336929/hong-kong-become-asias-leading-aircraft-recycling-hub-john-lee-vows
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    [2025-12-18 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Macroscope | Fears of an AI bubble in Asian stock markets are misplaced
    Snippet: The concentration risk so prevalent elsewhere is mitigated in Asia by a diverse equity landscape and the unique strengths in China
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3336850/fears-ai-bubble-asian-stock-markets-are-misplaced
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    [2025-12-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: As trade deficit mounts, is EU selling what China wants to buy?
    Snippet: Traditional European exports like cars are losing their appeal, while restrictions crimp sales of sought-after lithography machines
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3336897/trade-deficit-mounts-eu-offering-china-what-it-wants-buy
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    [2025-12-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Holiday rush: Hong Kong IPO market sparkles with busiest December in years
    Snippet: From biotech to AI, December’s listings – including at least 15 down the stretch – crown the city’s revival in equity fundraising
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3336881/holiday-rush-hong-kong-ipo-market-sparkles-busiest-december-years
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    [2025-12-18 18:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Hong Kong logistics group’s CEO buys US$17 million luxury home
    Snippet: An entity linked to Arnold Lee, CEO of Hecny Group, buys a 2,772 sq ft flat at The Legacy in Mid-Levels West
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3336885/hong-kong-logistics-groups-ceo-buys-us17-million-home-wealthy-accumulate-assets
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    [2025-12-18 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Asia Times
    Title: Rupee's slip testing Modi's grip on India's economy - Asia Times
    Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
    Read full article: https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/rupees-slip-testing-modis-grip-on-indias-economy/
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    [2025-12-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: EU facing crunch talks over Ukraine, China and its economic future
    Snippet: EU leaders are set to meet amid growing concern in Brussels that the bloc’s divisions will impede meaningful action across a range of issues
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3336817/after-year-shocks-europe-faces-crunch-talks-ukraine-china-and-its-economic-future
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    [2025-12-18 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Financial Times
    Title: India’s central bank governor cheers ‘goldilocks’ economy
    Snippet: PublishedDecember 18 2025
    Read full article: https://www.ft.com/content/c8810266-00f2-4ae6-91ea-a33cb25b22a3
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    [2025-12-18 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Asia Times
    Title: The elusive dream of rock-bottom US interest rates - Asia Times
    Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
    Read full article: https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/the-elusive-dream-of-rock-bottom-us-interest-rates/
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    [2025-12-18 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: China’s youth-unemployment rate eases to 16.9% as graduates settle for less
    Snippet: Job market remains plagued by a mismatch between skills and vacancies, pushing more graduates towards blue-collar jobs or gig work
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3336857/chinas-jobless-rate-young-people-eases-169-graduates-settle-less
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    [2025-12-18 14:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Trump gives himself high marks in 2025 report card, with his eyes on 2026 fight
    Snippet: In a White House speech, the president claimed economic and foreign policy wins while urging voters to back his agenda in the midterms
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3336853/trump-gives-himself-high-marks-2025-report-card-his-eyes-2026-fight
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    [2025-12-18 14:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: BYD ups the ante on L3 autonomous cars, begins testing for mass production
    Snippet: BYD has pinned its hopes on preliminary self-driving technologies to bolster its sales in mainland China
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3336841/byd-ups-ante-l3-autonomous-cars-begins-testing-models-mass-production
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    [2025-12-18 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Hong Kong stocks tread water as tech giants stumble on AI bubble jitters
    Snippet: Hang Seng Tech Index slides after US equities slump, while investors await inflation report
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3336845/hong-kong-stocks-resume-decline-tech-giants-stumble-ai-bubble-jitters
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