Hong Kong, Shenzhen discuss border service extension for New Year fireworks
Published: 9:33pm, 9 Dec 2024Updated: 12:32am, 10 Dec 2024 Hong Kong and Shenzhen have discussed extending border service hours for the New Year’s Eve...
Help for 5,000 in Hong Kong traditional Chinese medicine mental health project
Published: 9:10pm, 9 Dec 2024Updated: 9:11pm, 9 Dec 2024 A university in Hong Kong will provide free traditional Chinese medicine treatments to 5,000 people...
Hong Kong’s new culture minister vows to turn industrial spaces into arts venues
New culture minister Rosanna Law Shuk-pui has promised to “remove barriers” to help landlords convert their commercial or industrial premises into performing venues to...
Putin grants Syria’s Assad asylum in Russia, Kremlin confirms, amid regional power shifts
Published: 9:03pm, 9 Dec 2024Updated: 9:53pm, 9 Dec 2024 The Kremlin said on Monday, that President Vladimir Putin had made the decision to grant...
China-Philippines gambling crackdown, TCM training scheme: SCMP daily catch-up
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China and economy stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting,...
Monkey King on a motorbike: Beijing cracks down on deepfake AI remakes of classic dramas
China’s state broadcasting authority has urged short video platforms – including ByteDance-owned Douyin, the domestic version of TikTok, and Kuaishou Technology – to clean...
China rallies world’s economic groups, decries protectionism at ‘1+10’ dialogue
Published: 8:53pm, 9 Dec 2024Updated: 9:46pm, 9 Dec 2024 At a high-profile meeting involving major international economic organisations, hosted by Beijing on Monday, China’s...
Once a Chinese “Wolf Warrior,” Now I’m Nothing but a Clown
Recently, some patriotic Chinese have drawn online attention. These people deeply believe in Chinese communism, yet they find themselves abandoned by the government. Former...
UK may reconsider HTS’s terrorist status after role in ousting Assad from Syria: minister
Britain could rethink its proscription of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a banned organisation, after the group spearheaded the Syrian rebel alliance that helped...