Friday 19 April 2024
Can Hong Kong be more Muslim-friendly? Having more ‘halal’ dining options can help attract Middle East visitors
- scmpAfter Starbucks and McDonald’s, Asia’s anti-Israel boycotts find a new target: Western beauty products
- scmpKim Jong-un’s North Korea buying Chinese surveillance cameras in push to tighten control, report
- scmpChina GDP: first-quarter growth ‘smashes’ expectations, but has Beijing put too many eggs in its basket?
- scmpSenior US and Chinese officials hold talks on ‘industrial overcapacity’ and anti-money-laundering
- scmpUS tariffs review of over US$300 billion worth of Chinese imports almost done, says top trade envoy
- scmpChina’s GDP growth beat expectations – so why are analysts and business groups still downbeat?
- ScmpHong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai knew US conditions for continued support of protests, national security trial told
- ScmpParis Games: France’s Macron calls on China to help with 3-week ‘Olympic truce’ as Russia, Israel divide world opinion
- ScmpChina’s top diplomat Wang Yi to push belt and road during visits to Indonesia, Cambodia and Papua New Guinea
- ScmpHong Kong doctor tells Coroner’s Court he followed prescription of earlier doctor in hepatitis B case where woman later died of liver failure
- scmpChina’s semiconductor output jumps 40% in first quarter amid growing dominance in legacy chips
- ScmpHong Kong tourism sector optimistic over prospects during mainland China’s Labour Day ‘golden week’ holiday
- ScmpEx-Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam needs office costing HK$9 million annually to match status, admin chief tells sceptical lawmakers
- ScmpBaidu claims 200 million users for Ernie chatbot, in sign that generative AI investments are paying off
- ScmpIsrael-Gaza war: as Singapore investigates latest anti-Israel protest, is there a ‘paradigm shift’ in domestic views?
- ScmpMore than 45,000 Hong Kong students sit inaugural university entrance exam for citizen and social development subject
- ScmpSingapore’s incoming PM, Lawrence Wong, says current leader Lee Hsien Loong to serve as senior minister
- ScmpFitch cuts outlook for China’s state-owned banks from stable to negative citing Beijing’s limited capacity to support them
- ScmpPhilippines’ Marcos Jnr says any Filipino death due to ‘foreign power’ could activate defence treaty with US
- ScmpHong Kong’s bitcoin, ether ETFs seen as attractive to Asian buyers, but ‘child’s play’ compared with scale of US market
- ScmpMalaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad challenges anti-corruption authorities to prove alleged abuse of power
- ScmpVeteran Hong Kong film star Tony Leung urged to make way for younger talent by top city movie director, sparking debate
- ScmpOfficials promote China-led cyber governance to Belt and Road members during the Digital Silk Road forum in Xian
- ScmpMassive fire topples spire at Copenhagen’s 17th-century old Stock Exchange, reminiscent of Paris’ Notre-Dame cathedral
- ScmpElectric vehicles: China’s Chery Automobile enters UK’s car rental business as its Omoda EVs are leased out by Octopus
- ScmpHong Kong lawmakers slam HK$3.75 million monthly bill for 6 Covid isolation facilities on standby
- ScmpIndia’s Bishnoi gang members arrested for shooting at Bollywood star Salman Khan’s home, in payback for antelope killings
- ScmpChinese police arrest over 1,500 for online rumours in campaign targeting influencers, bloggers and live-streamers
- Scmp‘He won’t budge an inch’: South Korea’s humbled yet defiant Yoon ploughs on despite electoral drubbing
- ScmpChina Evergrande: PwC refutes letter claiming fraud tied to indebted developer, vows to investigate ‘fabricated’ claims
- ScmpJohn Lee vows to showcase Hong Kong as ‘city of hospitality’ in push to attract more tourists during golden week holiday
- ScmpHong Kong man jailed for petrol bomb offences during 2019 social unrest and for trying to escape justice by fleeing in boat to Taiwan
- ScmpSingapore gives workers right to request 4-day weeks, more work from home under new flexitime guideline
- ScmpTech war: how Chinese scientists rigged a low-cost AI computer chip to power a hypersonic weapon
- ScmpHong Kong ‘to speed up legislative efforts to clamp down on ignored fire safety orders’, after fatal blaze in Kowloon
- ScmpCase review of rural China doctor jailed for treating sex workers in 2012 sparks medical ethics debate on social media
- ScmpBeijing accuses UK of ‘repeating old tricks’ over report slamming Hong Kong’s national security laws
- ScmpEx-TVB artist Lee Lung-kei’s fiancée hit with extra charge related to overstay in Hong Kong, bringing total to 7
- ScmpChinese breakthroughs in chip tech, air pollution controls headline top science award nominees
- ScmpIndonesia-Israel relations: why normalising ties for an OECD seat would be ‘political suicide’ for Jakarta
- ScmpEven the ‘man in the street’ can set up a family office in Hong Kong if their money is legitimate, John Lee says
- ScmpAfter air attacks Iran tells China it will not escalate violence against Israel as Wang Yi holds Mideast calls
- ScmpChina ‘invisible man’ painter blends into surroundings with chameleon body colouring to promote love of nature
- ScmpAttacks on a nuclear plant in Russian-controlled Ukraine put the whole world at risk, warns IAEA
- ScmpChina’s energy trade with Middle East set to surge since Beijing brokered last year’s Iran-Saudi deal, UBS says
- ScmpFrom consumption to tourism, China’s middle class holds the key to revving up economic engine, but can they turn it?
- ScmpBiden hosts Iraqi leader after Iran’s attack on Israel throws Middle East into greater uncertainty
- ScmpHong Kong slams latest British government report on city, saying London is putting politics above the rule of law
- ScmpAnnual operating costs for offices of ex-Hong Kong leaders reach HK$21 million, with Carrie Lam’s workplace accounting for 44%
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