Vietnam eatery owner stuns netizens with striking resemblance to Hong Kong singer Faye Wong
Chinese netizens have discovered that the owner of a pho restaurant in Vietnam, renowned for her charitable spirit, closely resembles the famous Hong Kong...
‘Distressing’ job cuts to hit 30,000 Malaysian state contractors who did not finish school
Published: 5:53pm, 13 Feb 2025Updated: 5:54pm, 13 Feb 2025 The Malaysian government’s decision to terminate 30,000 contract staff without a school-leaving certification has drawn...
Lower valuation is next ‘pain point’ for Hong Kong office landlords, S&P says
Office rents in Hong Kong are projected to slip to levels last seen in 2012, a scenario that would erode the value of commercial...
Trump supports Aukus submarines for Australia – will he stay the course?
United States President Donald Trump’s support for Australia to acquire the Aukus nuclear submarines has come as a relief for Canberra amid lingering concerns...
Hong Kong doctor killed by suspected E coli infection hailed as ‘good role model’
Published: 5:30pm, 13 Feb 2025Updated: 5:48pm, 13 Feb 2025 The deceased doctor who was part of a suspected Shiga toxin-producing E coli cluster at...
As dialogue resumes, will warmer ties increase China-UK economic engagement?
As Beijing-London relations become warmer, and visits by high-ranking officials resume, a prominent China-watcher has urged the United Kingdom to give serious consideration to...
China’s smartphone brands embrace DeepSeek’s AI models as Apple partners with Alibaba
Apple and its rivals in the Chinese smartphone market are in a heated race to adopt the country’s fast-improving artificial intelligence (AI) models, including...
Rethinking AI development: maximum intelligence vs useful applications
This week, I attended the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris. Since 2018, France has identified AI as an important national strategy and...
Panda fever is great but Hong Kong needs its own cultural icon
Pandas have dominated Hong Kong’s latest festival season. The excitement began in early December when giant pandas An An and Ke Ke, given to...