Chinese family reunites with daughter decades after she vanished from market near home
Netizens voice scepticism; users question why the dad let a toddler buy food alone, fuelling speculation of a regretted abandonment
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Newest first · UTC+11:00After floods kill dozens, local Chinese official uses AI to build evacuation app
For under US$5 in tokens, a Beijing civil servant has created an app to keep track of which families have been evacuated
· Phoebe Zhang
After floods kill dozens, local Chinese official uses AI to build evacuation app
For under US$5 in tokens, a Beijing civil servant has created an app to keep track of which families have been evacuated
· Phoebe Zhang
Senior NK party official, top Chinese political adviser discuss ways to deepen ties
A senior North Korean party official and China's top political adviser have met in Pyongyang and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral exchanges and cooperation, the North's state media said Thursday.
· Yonhap
Taobao’s first physical shop in Hong Kong to close after lease ends in October: sources
Landlord Sino Group seeking a new tenant for the second-floor shop at China Hong Kong City mall in Tsim Sha Tsui, marketing materials show
· Peggy Ye
Taobao’s first physical shop in Hong Kong to close after lease ends in October: sources
Landlord Sino Group seeking a new tenant for the second-floor shop at China Hong Kong City mall in Tsim Sha Tsui, marketing materials show
· Peggy Ye
Senior N.K. party official, top Chinese political adviser discuss ways to deepen ties
SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- A senior North Korean party official and China's top political adviser have met in Pyongyang and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral exchanges and cooperation, the North's state media said Thursday.
· Oh Seok-min
China and Xi Jinping seen more favourably than the US and Trump in poll of major countries
Global views appear to have flipped in Beijing’s favour, driven in part by tensions between the Trump administration and US allies, a new Pew survey shows
· The Associated Press
Indian Companies Increasingly Turn To Chinese LLMs Due To "Unsustainable" US Token Bills
Several weeks ago we laid out the increasingly attractive proposition for global enterprises that are Chinese LLM: 95% of the latest US frontier model capabilities and 10% of the cost. Why pay the premium, when one way or another someone will steal your IP, be it Dario Amodei or Beijing? India, it appears, agrees.
· Tyler Durden
White House weighs releasing controversial intel on Chinese election interference
The White House is considering releasing sensitive intelligence related to China and its ability to interfere in US elections that some Trump officials worry could be misleading, according to four people with knowledge of the deliberations.
· REUTERS
DSE exam success: Hong Kong’s top scorers share their revision secrets
High achievers share explain how Pomodoro timers, ‘mistake booklets’ and selective AI use helped them ace their papers
· Charlotte Kwan
DSE exam success: Hong Kong’s top scorers share their revision secrets
High achievers share explain how Pomodoro timers, ‘mistake booklets’ and selective AI use helped them ace their papers
· Charlotte Kwan
China’s economy on the right track despite polarised economic data
With better-than-expected trade figures being followed by lower-than-expected GDP growth, Beijing will have to consider how to strike a balance
· SCMP Editorial
China’s economy on the right track despite polarised economic data
With better-than-expected trade figures being followed by lower-than-expected GDP growth, Beijing will have to consider how to strike a balance
· SCMP Editorial
Inside Ai Weiwei’s gigantic Manchester art show, including China detention recreation
Huge works star at Ai’s largest ever site-specific show, while July 3 and 4 saw a 24-hour live performance of his 2011 detention in China
· Fionnuala McHugh
Inside Ai Weiwei’s gigantic Manchester art show, including China detention recreation
Huge works star at Ai’s largest ever site-specific show, while July 3 and 4 saw a 24-hour live performance of his 2011 detention in China
· Fionnuala McHugh
Ex-US Fed adviser gets 3 years in prison in China secrets case
John Harold Rogers was convicted of lying to investigators looking into whether he shared confidential data with Chinese operatives
· Bloomberg
Ex-US Fed adviser gets 3 years in prison in China secrets case
John Harold Rogers was convicted of lying to investigators looking into whether he shared confidential data with Chinese operatives
· Bloomberg
Fast Takes: The big bad ‘Establishment,’ AI won’t save China and more
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· Post Editorial Board
US hardens AI stance on China as Anthropic calls for extending lead
AI company urges tighter export controls, saying Chinese rivals are rapidly closing the gap through unauthorised model distillation
· Nayan Seth
US hardens AI stance on China as Anthropic calls for extending lead
AI company urges tighter export controls, saying Chinese rivals are rapidly closing the gap through unauthorised model distillation
· Nayan Seth
'I must get out into the free world', dissident who fled China on boat tells BBC
Dong Guangping has resettled in Canada, where his family is residing
· Bbcnews
14-nation South China Sea statement is an expansionist overreach
The statement by 14 countries is a geopolitical exercise, amplifying the flawed 2016 Hague arbitral ruling to try to drive a wedge between China and its neighbours
· Jianlu Bi
14-nation South China Sea statement is an expansionist overreach
The statement by 14 countries is a geopolitical exercise, amplifying the flawed 2016 Hague arbitral ruling to try to drive a wedge between China and its neighbours
· Jianlu Bi
[Wang Son-taek] NATO diplomacy in a multilayered world
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's participation in this year's NATO summit and his commitment to expanding defense industrial cooperation with the alliance have received widespread praise at home. Supporters view the visit as an opportunity to strengthen Korea's defense industry and deepen strategic cooperation…
· Korea Herald
Your new online friend may work for Beijing
A fake video claiming that a demonstration calling for Okinawa's independence took place in Japan went viral after being posted on May 12, 2024. (Screenshot from bbcctv6's X page)
· Brett J. Goldstein
‘DWTS’ pro Gleb Savchenko claims ex-wife ‘abducted’ their daughters and moved to China
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· Antoinette Bueno
Taiwan eyes local AI as digital 'bulwark' against Chinese influence
Taiwan's TAIDE is being developed as a homegrown AI model built with local data on top of open source foundations. (Illustration by Nikkei)
· Staff Writer
China y Xi son vistos más favorablemente que EEUU y Trump en muchos países, dice encuesta
El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump y el presidente chino Xi Jinping en Beijing, el 15 de mayo del 2026. (AP foto/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
· Didi Tang
EU accuses China of seeking to reshape global order in stark new strategy paper
China trying to ‘reshape the global order in line with their interests’, says EU in some of bloc’s strongest official criticism of Beijing
· Finbarr Bermingham
EU accuses China of seeking to reshape global order in stark new strategy paper
China trying to ‘reshape the global order in line with their interests’, says EU in some of bloc’s strongest official criticism of Beijing
· Finbarr Bermingham
China is seen more favorably than the US in new study
President Donald Trump talks with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound, May 15, 2026, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool, File)
· Didi Tang
More people around the world now favour China over the US, Pew study suggests
Many people say China interferes less than the US in other countries, the survey indicates
· Bbcnews
China outpolls U.S., and Xi beats Trump, in Pew survey
Japan remains broadly negative on China as many countries in the rest of the world become more positive and overall start to see China more favorably than the United States, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center.
· No Author
Five arrested after Hong Kong police raid independent bookshops
Officers were seen loading confiscated items into the back of a van
· Bbcnews
Alibaba's Qwen AI Will Be Integrated Into Apple Phones In China Amid Push For Local Models
Apple is starting to take cost-cutting (and Chinese supply chains) very seriously.
· Tyler Durden
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China's small businesses struggle to raise prices as inventory piles up
Shuttered storefronts in a plastic materials market in Ningbo earlier this month. (Photo by Kentaro Shiozaki)
· Staff Writer
Hong Kong bookshops are raided as concerns over free speech grow
The exteriors of the bookstore ‘Have A Nice Stay’ is seen in Prince Edward district, Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Kanis Leung)
· Kanis Leung
Rain fails to dampen spirits as Hong Kong’s racing season comes to a close at Happy Valley
Large crowd witnesses nine-race card marking the end of the 2025-26 campaign in which Caspar Fownes, Zac Purton prove the big winners
· Stephy Zhang
Rain fails to dampen spirits as Hong Kong’s racing season ends at Happy Valley
Large crowd witnesses nine-race card marking the end of the 2025-26 campaign in which Caspar Fownes, Zac Purton prove the big winners
· Stephy Zhang
US-Iran war: is Trump falling into a Vietnam ‘quagmire’?
Renewed strikes put Washington’s appetite for a prolonged war to a familiar historical test, analysts say
· Shi Jiangtao
US-Iran war: is Trump falling into a Vietnam ‘quagmire’?
Renewed strikes put Washington’s appetite for a prolonged war to a familiar historical test, analysts say
· Shi Jiangtao
El excanciller de Orbán renuncia al Parlamento de Hungría; trabajará para la automotriz china BYD
El ministro húngaro de Asuntos Exteriores y Comercio, Peter Szijjarto, ofrece una rueda de prensa tras una reunión del gabinete en Budapest, Hungría, el 18 de febrero de 2026. (Boglarka Bodnar/MTI vía AP, Archivo)
· Justin Spike
CUHK launches first cross-border clinical trial centre in Nansha
Chinese University of Hong Kong teams up with Guangzhou First People’s Hospital and district authorities to establish Greater Bay Area Clinical Trial Centre
· Fiona Sun
CUHK launches first cross-border clinical trial centre in Nansha
Chinese University of Hong Kong teams up with Guangzhou First People’s Hospital and district authorities to establish Greater Bay Area Clinical Trial Centre
· Fiona Sun
Brain-chip milestone: China completes world’s first commercial implant
Coin-sized implant marks a breakthrough in neurotechnology, underscoring China’s bid to lead the global race against Elon Musk’s Neuralink
· Iris Deng