Court approves last attempt by 11 jailed opposition figures to clear their name
Hong Kong court cites five legal issues deserving further scrutiny over appellants’ involvement in unofficial 2020 primary to take over legislature
· Brian Wong
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Court approves last attempt by 11 jailed opposition figures to clear their name
Hong Kong court cites five legal issues deserving further scrutiny over appellants’ involvement in unofficial 2020 primary to take over legislature
· Brian Wong
China’s top AI is still trained on Nvidia chips. What is delaying a switch to local tech?
High transition costs are keeping AI developers in China reliant on Nvidia chips
· Minxiao Chang
China’s top AI is still trained on Nvidia chips. What is delaying a switch to local tech?
High transition costs are keeping AI developers in China reliant on Nvidia chips
· Minxiao Chang
How China DRAM champion CXMT’s MSCI entry could lure fund inflows, cement its top ranking
Chipmaker’s inclusion in main global index system set to spur passive demand and spotlight China’s growing semiconductor clout: analysts
· Zhang Shidong
How China DRAM champion CXMT’s MSCI entry could lure fund inflows, cement its top ranking
Chipmaker’s inclusion in main global index system set to spur passive demand and spotlight China’s growing semiconductor clout: analysts
· Zhang Shidong
Today in Korean history
661 -- China's Tang Dynasty (618-907) launches another series of attacks against Pyongyang, the capital of the kingdom of Goguryeo, established in 37 B.C., and incorporating territory of what is now North Korea and northeastern China.
· Kang Yoon-seung
India's rare earth magnet push dogged by China competition concerns
A 3D rendering of a rare earth magnet production facility being developed by N.A.N. MagneTech in Naidupeta Industrial Park in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. © N.A.N. MagneTech
· ANANTA AGARWAL
Typhoon Dolphin brings heavy rain and widespread flooding to Shanghai | South China Morning Post
The typhoon is the fourth to make landfall in China since July 3 and is projected to bring 40 per cent more rainfall than last month’s Typhoon Bavi.
Former ambassador warns Australia's ties China could spiral again
Australia's most recent ambassador to China says there has been a chill in relations. (China Daily via Reuters)
· Stephen Dziedzic
40% of flights grounded in Shanghai as long-lived Typhoon Dolphin moves north
Passengers urged to check with airlines while heavy rains continue and multiple districts battle flooding after Sunday’s landfall
· Phoebe Zhang
40% of flights grounded in Shanghai as long-lived Typhoon Dolphin moves north
Passengers urged to check with airlines while heavy rains continue and multiple districts battle flooding after Sunday’s landfall
· Phoebe Zhang
Fil-Chinese seniors vie in ASEAN cagefest
MANILA, Philippines — The Filipino-Chinese Veterans Basketball Association (FCVBA) is out to re-stamp its class when it vies in the ASEAN Seniors Basketball Tournament starting on Aug. 11 in Kuching, Malaysia.
· The Manila Times
Australian scandium miner gets US backing as Chinese restrictions bite
Scandium is used for solid oxide fuel cells, high-strength metal alloys in defense and aerospace equipment and in wireless communication chips.
· Staff Writer
Put on your running shoes: discover Asia’s top trail runs from Hong Kong to Mount Fuji
No longer just for elite athletes, trail running is booming in popularity among amateurs looking for something that is scenic and challenging
· Stephy Zhang
Put on your running shoes: discover Asia’s top trail runs from Hong Kong to Mount Fuji
No longer just for elite athletes, trail running is booming in popularity among amateurs looking for something that is scenic and challenging
· Stephy Zhang
China releases powerful DNA-screening AI tool for free to help fight rare diseases
The team hopes the open-source AI framework will help decode rare diseases and provide equitable access to precision medicine
· Holly Chik
China releases powerful DNA-screening AI tool for free to help fight rare diseases
The team hopes the open-source AI framework will help decode rare diseases and provide equitable access to precision medicine
· Holly Chik
Hong Kong heatwave to persist before showers bring relief later this week
Very hot weather warning remains in force as Tropical Cyclone Dolphin brings extreme heat, with thundery showers forecast later this week
· Matthew Cheng
Hong Kong heatwave to persist before showers bring relief later this week
Very hot weather warning remains in force as Tropical Cyclone Dolphin brings extreme heat, with thundery showers forecast later this week
· Matthew Cheng
Typhoon Dolphin: more than a million people evacuated in China as record rainfall dumped on Shanghai
Authorities warn that days of intense rain could trigger widespread flooding and landslides as storm moves north and further inland
· Yu Chen Li
Accused Chinese people smuggler denied bail in Cairns court
Topic:Law, Crime and Justice
· Conor Byrne
Hong Kong’s ethnic minority students face a new challenge – Mandarin
Readers discuss the necessity of a full-fledged Chinese-as-a-second-language curriculum, and a win-win food rescue mechanism
· Letters
Hong Kong’s ethnic minority students face a new challenge – Mandarin
Readers discuss the necessity of a full-fledged Chinese-as-a-second-language curriculum, and a win-win food rescue mechanism
· Letters
Man with knife arrested after allegedly injuring 2 in Hong Kong housing estate
Police receive call about young man attacking residents at Baguio Villa, while online clip shows topless assailant lunging at security guards
· Ambrose Li
Man with knife arrested after allegedly injuring 2 in Hong Kong housing estate
Police receive call about young man attacking residents at Baguio Villa, while online clip shows topless assailant lunging at security guards
· Ambrose Li
Style Edit: Van Cleef & Arpels opens new, larger Hong Kong Maison
The French jeweller’s expanded space at Alexandra House – part of the US$1 billion Landmark upgrade – serves as a welcoming ‘lighthouse’ for locals and tourists alike
· Vincenzo La Torre
Style Edit: Van Cleef & Arpels opens new, larger Hong Kong Maison
The French jeweller’s expanded space at Alexandra House – part of the US$1 billion Landmark upgrade – serves as a welcoming ‘lighthouse’ for locals and tourists alike
· Vincenzo La Torre
China is using AI facial ID to track migrating fish in Tibet’s largest river
Round-the-clock tracking system helps to identify and monitor species travelling through a dam fishway on the Yarlung Tsangpo River
· Victoria Bela
China is using AI facial ID to track migrating fish in Tibet’s largest river
Round-the-clock tracking system helps to identify and monitor species travelling through a dam fishway on the Yarlung Tsangpo River
· Victoria Bela
China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives
Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in eastern China on Sunday evening
· Bbcnews
Hong Kong records hottest day ever as Typhoon Dolphin fuels heatwave
Observatory says 36.9C posted on Sunday is city’s highest official temperature since its records began 142 years ago, with storm driving intense heat in region
· Agence France-Presse
CNBC Daily Open: Washington and Tehran both play it cool — but markets can't
Hello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
· Anniek Bao
China experts explain why hugging winter melons for cooling in summer can cause explosions
The tradition of hugging winter melons to cool off dates back over 650 years to the late Ming dynasty in China
· Alice Yan
China experts explain why sleeping with winter melons can cause explosions
The tradition of hugging winter melons to cool off dates back over 650 years to the late Ming dynasty in China
· Alice Yan
Reboot of Dayong Ancient City tests if China’s loss-making tourism projects can be revived
A 150,000-visitor opening offers an early signal, but analysts warn that lasting cash flow will require stronger products, local culture and tighter operations
· Sherry Wang
Dayong Ancient City reboot tests if China’s loss-making projects can be revived
A 150,000-visitor opening offers an early signal, but analysts warn that lasting cash flow will require stronger products, local culture and tighter operations
· Sherry Wang
Youth membership in Hong Kong uniformed groups drops 8% over 5 years
Low birth rates contribute to decline despite steady government funding, prompting some lawmakers to call for KPIs to ensure prudent spending
· Matthew Cheng
Youth membership in Hong Kong uniformed groups drops 8% over 5 years
Low birth rates contribute to decline despite steady government funding, prompting some lawmakers to call for KPIs to ensure prudent spending
· Matthew Cheng
AK-47s, landmines, typhoons: Hong Kong’s trail running king has dodged them all
Michael Maddess has been at the heart of the sport in Asia for decades, he has no plans to stop any time soon
· Stephy Zhang
AK-47s, landmines, typhoons: Hong Kong’s trail running king has dodged them all
Michael Maddess has been at the heart of the sport in Asia for decades, he has no plans to stop any time soon
· Stephy Zhang
What makes McDonald’s assets stand out amid a weak Hong Kong retail property market?
Restaurant chain’s disposal drive shows investors cherry-pick only top-tier assets amid city’s retail property slump, analysts say
· Peggy Ye
What makes McDonald’s assets stand out amid a weak Hong Kong retail property market?
Restaurant chain’s disposal drive shows investors cherry-pick only top-tier assets amid city’s retail property slump, analysts say
· Peggy Ye
Workplace deaths cannot be price Hong Kong pays for development
With the city recording at least six industrial work fatalities in the first quarter of this year, stakeholders at all levels must step up attention to workplace safety
· SCMP Editorial
Workplace deaths cannot be price Hong Kong pays for development
With the city recording at least six industrial work fatalities in the first quarter of this year, stakeholders at all levels must step up attention to workplace safety
· SCMP Editorial
DFI navigates ‘hardest’ market China as 7-Eleven stores profit despite online price wars
DFI plans to increase the number of mainland Chinese 7-Eleven outlets to 3,000 in ‘the next few years’, up from 2,000 now
· Themis Qi
DFI navigates ‘hardest’ market China as 7-Eleven stores profit despite online price wars
DFI plans to increase the number of mainland Chinese 7-Eleven outlets to 3,000 in ‘the next few years’, up from 2,000 now
· Themis Qi
Carpio suggests alternatives to defending ‘Ayungin Deal’
MANILA, Philippines — Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Sunday suggested several alternatives to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to resupply troops stationed aboard the BRP Sierra Madre, instead of allegedly relying on China’s terms under the so-called “Ayungin Deal.”
· Zacarian Sarao
Historian Wang Gungwu on US credibility and why Xi thinks ‘only the party can save China’
The 95-year-old sinologist gives his take on the superpower rivalry, the US advantage and Taiwan, and explains why the past is so important
· Josephine Ma
Historian Wang Gungwu on US credibility and why Xi thinks ‘only the party can save China’
The 95-year-old sinologist gives his take on the superpower rivalry, the US advantage and Taiwan, and explains why the past is so important
· Josephine Ma