Friday 15 March 2024
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Mong Kok flower market set for partial makeover in Hong Kong renewal project, with new canal to link up public leisure spaces
- ScmpMoon miss: two Chinese test satellites fail to reach orbit after rocket’s upper stage falters
- ScmpJapan’s Yasukuni Shrine picks ex-military commander as chief priest in move likely to anger China, South Korea
- ScmpAs Japan welcomes sakura season, study on popular cherry variety facing extinction damps mood
- ScmpChina-India tunnel dispute, Hong Kong Article 23 bill unpacked, near-death experiences: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week
- ScmpHong Kong exhibitions launch to honour renowned wuxia novelist Louis Cha ‘Jin Yong’ with sculptures of famous characters
- ScmpApple buys Canadian start-up DarwinAI after falling behind Microsoft, Google in generative AI
- ScmpUkraine war: pro-Putin Russian ballerina Svetlana Zakharova’s Seoul show cancelled amid backlash
- ScmpWhat are some of the key legal flashpoints under Hong Kong’s Article 23 law? The Post has answers
- ScmpCrouching tiptoe ‘angel squat’ pose of famous China actress widely copied on social media, sparks injury warnings
- ScmpHong Kong Tourism Board to roll out flight deals, vouchers and ‘3 must-haves’ to lure travellers from Xian and Qingdao in solo visitor scheme
- ScmpUnpacking the extra powers the new Article 23 domestic national security bill will give to Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee and his cabinet
- ScmpTaiwan firms in mainland China turn ‘more cautious’ with investments as cuts and offshoring increase, survey finds
- ScmpConsumer boycott widens to include Israeli dates as Muslims in Malaysia, Indonesia observe Ramadan
- ScmpChina wants to win the race in science with Manhattan Project-like campaigns. It may not work, some experts warn
- ScmpUS Senate leader Chuck Schumer calls for ‘new election’ in Israel, calls Netanyahu obstacle to peace
- ScmpHong Kong court dismisses appeal by 3 core members of now-disbanded Tiananmen vigil alliance in police probe case
- ScmpTop Beijing envoy to US criticises Biden’s moves targeting Chinese products over national security
- ScmpEU investigates AliExpress over possible ‘dissemination of illegal content’ and other violations
- ScmpIn Turkey, killing of stray cat triggers petitions, protests, death threats, and interest from president Erdogan
- ScmpWestern and Chinese medicine traditions join forces in more Hong Kong hospitals to treat cancer, strokes, muscle and bone pain
- ScmpMaldives signed military deal with Beijing but may remain swing state in China-India tug of war
- ScmpTrump’s former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin putting together investors to buy TikTok: report
- scmpNasa’s dream comes true: China plans to build a giant rail gun to launch hypersonic planes into space
- ScmpHong Kong’s digital currency: HKMA launches phase 2 of e-HKD pilot programme, delving deeper into potential uses
- ScmpSome affordable anti-wrinkle eye creams such as Nivea outperform expensive versions, Hong Kong consumer watchdog finds
- ScmpHong Kong’s Article 23 law: security chief takes aim at local newspaper for ‘misleading’ subheading on new amendment
- ScmpApple’s Vision Pro headset likely to face trademark issues in China as Huawei has already registered the name
- ScmpHong Kong’s Wheelock prices Lohas Park project Seasons Place at five-year low for Tseung Kwan O
- ScmpHong Kong activist Agnes Chow, Demosisto group involved in international anti-government push, key witness tells Jimmy Lai trial
- ScmpKremlin says Putin did not threaten to use nuclear weapons, US took comments ‘out of context’
- ScmpTikTok owner ByteDance acquires stake in memory chip firm InnoStar to bolster VR unit Pico as it takes on Apple’s Vision Pro
- ScmpChina-Australia wine trade barriers seen falling as foreign minister Wang Yi confirms trip down under
- ScmpHong Kong arts district to sign deals with 22 global institutions to promote city’s status as East-meets-West cultural hub
- ScmpUS Presidential election 2024: Biden has a 1 point lead over Trump, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, but many voters undecided
- ScmpIndia’s politics descends into an AI arms race as deepfakes threaten elections – and they’re not the only ones at risk
- ScmpAmerican teen accused of sexually assaulting pregnant horses in Thailand, causing one to miscarry
- Scmp‘Singapore kaya toast’ is among world’s 100 best sandwiches. Malaysians say it’s ‘stolen’ from them
- Scmp‘Palm sister’ China baby born small as hand, light as 2 cans of soup, survives 112-day intensive care, mother hopes she will be a doctor
- ScmpFirst Hong Kong public housing tenants to move to new homes from Pok Fu Lam sea view ‘luxury residence for ordinary people’
- Scmp6 of 15 dummy holders tested pose choking, strangulation risks to babies, Hong Kong consumer watchdog finds
- scmpJapan high court rules not allowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, but dismissed claims for damage
- ScmpChinese state media reporters blocked from deadly blast site near Beijing, raising rare controversy over press controls
- ScmpHong Kong’s hiring market to remain soft as employers are concerned about challenging economic outlook: KPMG
- scmpWith Cathay flying high, Hong Kong’s Swire Pacific posts record US$4.6 billion profit, looks to healthcare for growth
- ScmpHong Kong restaurants are ready for disposable plastics ban next month, but concerned over costs of alternatives, sector says
- Scmp3 Hongkongers plead not guilty to shooting water guns at police officers, reporters at Thai new year event in 2023
- scmpAngela Chao’s death comes after years of complaints to US regulators about Tesla’s reverse gear issues
- ScmpChina actor who plays role of beggar at popular mainland tourist site convinces visitors he is real, given food and money
- ScmpAIA’s 2023 profit jumps 15%, buoyed by Hong Kong’s increasing sales of insurance policies to mainland Chinese visitors
- ScmpIt’s the cost that counts: more Japanese men ‘fed up’ with splurging for obligatory White Day gifts
- ScmpMalaysian minister says heritage dish status for bak kut teh nothing to do with race, religion
- ScmpChina’s police pledge to build ‘new quality combat capacity’ with tech aimed at preventing risks
- ScmpAs more illegal immigrants enter Hong Kong, spotlight shines again on asylum seekers: do they have valid refugee claims?
- ScmpClunky new US$3,300 ‘clear sticky tape bracelet’ from fashion house Balenciaga mercilessly mocked on China social media
- ScmpAustralia should ‘end servility to US’ and have independent China policy, ex-Greek minister says
- ScmpRetired SMIC veteran joins China’s top memory chip maker CXMT in boost to research efforts, report says
- ScmpAI image-generator Midjourney blocks images of Joe Biden and Donald Trump as US election looms
- ScmpJPMorgan’s faith in Hong Kong as financial hub as strong as ever a century on, COO Daniel Pinto says
- ScmpDutch firebrand Geert Wilders says willing to forgo PM job as he struggles to form government
- ScmpHong Kong’s Article 23 bill: amendments toughen up legislation, give chief executive more power
- ScmpChina faces 3 per cent GDP loss as heatwaves intensify, hit global supply chains: climate change study
- ScmpHong Kong’s Article 23 bill: clause-by-clause deliberations end on day 6 with series of amendments to existing laws examined
- ScmpMalaysia to correct gender bias with citizenship amendment promising equal rights for foreign-born children
- ScmpRansomware jeopardises Hong Kong logistics and financial services, report finds, amid surge of attacks in 2023
- ScmpMove faster on elevated Kai Tak mass transit system and consider extension, Hong Kong authorities urged
- ScmpChina’s Shanghai tries to shore up foreign confidence with promise-laden action plan that’s filled with uncertainty
- ScmpCan India mend fences with the Maldives amid its troop withdrawal and China’s gambit to gain clout?
- Scmp‘Significant discovery’: Hong Kong study identifies certain bacteria as risk factor for stomach cancer
- ScmpJapan to allow export of fighter jets co-developed with Britain and Italy, under ‘strict’ conditions
- ScmpChinese-origin researchers stand out in Apple’s 2024 AI scholarship programme, shining a light on mainland’s brain drain
- ScmpSingapore sentences woman to 12 years’ jail for cheating boss into giving her US$2.78 million
- scmpChina’s Xi Jinping wants market-ready research – and names the provinces that should be taking the lead
- ScmpSooner, or later? Stakes are high for Chinese summit with Japan and South Korea – but not urgent
- ScmpHong Kong bureau of Washington-funded Radio Free Asia may quit city as domestic national security legislation comes into force
- ScmpUndercover Hong Kong police officers ‘with toothache’ arrest 2 unlicensed dentists for allegedly treating patients in their homes
- scmpUniversity student pleads guilty to faking withdrawal applications in Hong Kong’s organ donation system
- Scmp‘Most beautiful golden flowers’: China auntie quartet shave heads, donate skin to save badly burned niece, 6, nephew, 4
- ScmpSweden’s Ericsson denies exiting China market despite 5G equipment competition from Huawei, geopolitical tensions
- ScmpAre China and Vietnam on collision course over Beijing’s ‘creeping’ demarcation in Gulf of Tonkin?
- scmpHong Kong hosts hundreds of egg-shaped objects to light up Victoria Harbour as part of 5 free waterfront pop-ups in ‘Art March’
- scmpWorld’s first AI-developed drug for deadly lung disease enters landmark clinical trials in China, US
- ScmpSoutheast Asia’s digital economy drives private capital interest, but few exit deals threaten region’s attractiveness
- ScmpHong Kong court sentences beauty centre manager to 4 months in jail after pleading guilty to illegally injecting Botox into 3 women
- ScmpHong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai funded campaign by opposition group aimed at gaining global support for 2019 protests, court hears during national security trial
- ScmpStone tools unearthed in China suggest ancient humans in East Asia were less isolated than earlier believed
- ScmpCase of alleged South Korean spy in Russia ‘won’t be settled soon’ amid decaying Moscow-Seoul ties
- ScmpHong Kong’s Article 23 bill: lawmakers call for lower prosecution threshold for those accused of harassing national security personnel
- scmp3 car-ramming attacks in Hong Kong ‘linked to dispute between triad gangs over woman’ leave 3 men in hospital
- ScmpBiden-Trump sequel is the first presidential rematch since 1956. Here’s a look at others in US history
- ScmpUS and China, though still entwined, are likely to cut their ties further in 2024, analysts say
- Scmp‘Instant karma’: China social media fascinated by strange death of Thai man impaled on Buddhist statue during violent rampage through temple
- Scmp1 dead and more than 20 hurt in China after blast tears down four-storey building near Beijing
- Scmp‘Covid is behind us’: Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Group soars to HK$9.78 billion net profit after 3 years of losses
- Scmp‘Singapore kaya toast’ is among world’s 100 best sandwiches. Malaysians say it’s ‘stolen’ from them
- ScmpConsumer boycott widens to include Israeli dates as Muslims in Malaysia, Indonesia observe Ramadan
- ScmpHong Kong court dismisses appeal by 3 core members of now-disbanded Tiananmen vigil alliance in police probe case
- ScmpUS Senate leader Chuck Schumer calls for ‘new election’ in Israel, calls Netanyahu obstacle to peace
- ScmpKremlin says Putin did not threaten to use nuclear weapons, US took comments ‘out of context’
- Scmp6 of 15 dummy holders tested pose choking, strangulation risks to babies, Hong Kong consumer watchdog finds
- scmpTaiwan firms in mainland China turn ‘more cautious’ with investments as cuts and offshoring increase, survey finds
- ScmpUnpacking the extra powers the new Article 23 domestic national security bill will give to Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee and his cabinet
- Scmp‘Palm sister’ China baby born small as hand, light as 2 cans of soup, survives 112-day intensive care, mother hopes she will be a doctor
- ScmpMaldives signed military deal with Beijing but may remain swing state in China-India tug of war
- ScmpWestern and Chinese medicine traditions join forces in more Hong Kong hospitals to treat cancer, strokes, muscle and bone pain
- ScmpTop Beijing envoy to US criticises Biden’s moves targeting Chinese products over national security
- ScmpHong Kong activist Agnes Chow, Demosisto group involved in international anti-government push, key witness tells Jimmy Lai trial
- ScmpJapan high court rules not allowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, but dismissed claims for damage
- ScmpApple’s Vision Pro headset likely to face trademark issues in China as Huawei has already registered the name
- ScmpHong Kong Tourism Board to roll out flight deals, vouchers and ‘3 must-haves’ to lure travellers from Xian and Qingdao in solo visitor scheme
- ScmpSulu heirs ‘alarming’ threat to sue Malaysia for US$15 billion in US court is ‘extortion scheme’, Azalina says
- ScmpCan Alibaba’s HK$5 billion plan put Hong Kong films back on the global stage? Industry players say it’s possible
- ScmpHong Kong-listed companies pour spare cash into stock buy-backs, washing away the red ink from Hang Seng Index
- ScmpChina-Australia relations: Beijing proposes to end wine tariffs in ‘coming weeks’ Canberra says, as ties strengthen
- ScmpRenowned Taiwan musician uses AI to create digital version of only daughter who died at 22 to sing happy birthday to grieving mother
- ScmpJapan to shore up security support for Pacific Islands in ‘significant’ policy shift as China looms
- ScmpStablecoin sandbox launches in Hong Kong, as companies make plans for cryptocurrencies pegged to local currency
- ScmpHong Kong’s Article 23 bill: day 5 of discussion centres on absconders, court procedures and protection against doxxing, harassment
- ScmpWhy is Donald Trump now defending TikTok in the US, the popular China-tied app he once sought to ban?
- ScmpChina’s shipbuilding industry wants Beijing all aboard in bid to bridge tech gap with US, S Korea
- ScmpHong Kong police log 15 per cent surge in scams in January, despite integration of anti-fraud app into major payment system
- ScmpBeijing hits back after Biden White House seeks US$100 million to boost Taiwan’s cross-strait deterrence
- ScmpCafe role-play helps to bring back memories for elderly Hong Kong care home residents with dementia
- ScmpHongkongers can visit rescued 2-metre-long crocodile named Passion at Ocean Park from Saturday
- ScmpHong Kong’s judiciary says city’s top court operations face limited impact after Australian judge declines to renew tenure
- ScmpHong Kong police arrest subcontractor after Singaporean, Malaysian tourists among 3 injured by falling glass at hotel construction site
- ScmpChina’s first-of-its-kind study linking suicide rates to air quality is an ‘urgent’ call for global policies
- ScmpChina’s tech-driven economic growth push needs ‘smarter investment’ to solve overcapacity, economist says
- ScmpApple to expand applied research labs in Shanghai and Shenzhen as iPhone sales weaken in world’s largest smartphone market
- ScmpUN nuclear chief visits Japan to examine Fukushima waste water release, talk atomic cooperation
- ScmpHong Kong customs arrests 2 men arriving from Canada on suspicion of smuggling HK$18 million in cannabis buds into city
- ScmpUS ambassador to China makes 2-day visit to Hong Kong amid efforts by city’s lawmakers to fast-track Article 23 bill
- ScmpHong Kong ex-lawmaker charged with rioting rejects allegation he tried diluting police manpower, instigating clashes with mob in 2019
- ScmpCrazed China teacher who smashed girl’s head on desk, punched boy in face is suspended, police launch probe after video of attacks goes viral
- ScmpPhilippines is on the front line of South China Sea tensions, but ‘WWII-style war’ with China unlikely
- ScmpJimmy Lai’s Apple Daily ran articles critical of authorities for commercial reasons but avoided those promoting Hong Kong independence, criminal acts, court hears
- ScmpChina’s Olympic gymnast Li Ning mulls buying out his sportswear company as ailing Hong Kong market spurs take-private deals
- ScmpWharf sees more struggles ahead in Hong Kong, mainland China property markets after reporting weak sales, profit in 2023
- ScmpHong Kong patient advocacy group concerned over possible 75% cut to maximum course of prescription drugs at public hospitals
- ScmpThailand’s poll body asks court to disband Move Forward party, which won most seats in last year’s election
- ScmpHong Kong domestic national security law: official says authorities are considering scrapping 6-month period for absconder status
- ScmpModi’s fast-growing India ‘pulling out all the stops’ to edge out China as supply chain leader
- ScmpHong Kong police use CCTV footage to track down, arrest woman, 73, suspected of stealing gold ornaments worth HK$41,000
- ScmpChina shop owner who insulted tourist for asking prices and not buying anything feels wrath of police
- ScmpChina, Russia and Iran hold five-day military exercise near Gulf of Oman as Red Sea attacks continue
- ScmpHong Kong police arrest 4, seize drugs worth HK$6.11 million in crackdown on syndicate using hotel rooms for storage
- ScmpChatGPT creator OpenAI slams Elon Musk’s claims as ‘incoherent’ in Microsoft-backed start-up’s first legal response to tech billionaire’s lawsuit
- ScmpIn Japan, Kishida’s ruling LDP under fire after junior members’ ‘completely unacceptable’ party with ‘go-go dancers’
- scmpHong Kong security chief slams Washington Post editorial accusing city of ‘doubling down on repression’ with domestic national security law
- Scmp‘Two sessions’ 2024: China ‘all about the party’s leadership’ as it gets more control over cabinet
- ScmpIndonesia’s methane emissions from coal are 8 times worse than reported, jeopardising climate commitments, think tank says
- ScmpHong Kong airport’s sea-air logistics park in mainland China handled HK$1.1 billion in cargo in first 2 months of year
- ScmpHong Kong’s domestic national security bill: day 4 of discussion focuses on extension of detention p ways of handling absconders
- ScmpRussia detains South Korean, Baek Won-soon, accuses him of espionage in ‘top secret’ case, state media
- scmpAnimal-loving China woman sacrifices life in US with daughter to shelter 2,470 stray dogs and cats, incurs US$70,000 in debt over 15 years
- ScmpHong Kong’s Baptist University exploring plans to create school combining Western and traditional Chinese me campus to move to Northern Metropolis
- ScmpChina’s Inner Mongolia seeks to avoid economic, security impact of ‘hollowing-out’ amid population pressure
- ScmpFamine in Gaza ‘imminent’ unless Israel allows ‘roaring river’ of humanitarian aid: UN top official
- ScmpHong Kong research centre under China Academy of Sciences launches AI tool to assist in complex brain surgery procedures
- ScmpHong Kong boy, 14, prosecuted over illegal advertising for smoking products as part of clampdown
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