Nothing Is What It Seems in China#shorts
“If your imagination isn’t wild enough, you really can’t keep up with the daily happenings in China.” Welcome to the world of illusion—brought to...
Hong Kong proposes 50% duty on net profits from basketball betting
Hong Kong authorities have proposed a 50 per cent duty on the operators’ net betting profits from basketball gambling, while a public consultation found...
Is it or isn’t it a rare pink aurora above Kai Tak? Hongkongers have their say
Published: 10:52pm, 5 Jun 2025Updated: 10:59pm, 5 Jun 2025 Hongkongers looking at the morning sky on Thursday may have thought they were witnessing a...
State Department Revokes Visas for Central American Officials Exploiting Cuban Doctors
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on June 2 that the United States has taken additional steps to revoke the visas of Central American...
Harvard speech by Chinese graduate exposes class disillusionment at home
Controversy surrounding a speech given by a Chinese Harvard graduate reflects the Chinese public’s “disillusionment” with elite education and “anger at class rigidity”, according...
How to Overcome the Industrial IoT Skills Gap
A decade ago, McKinsey predicted that the Internet of Things would be worth $11 trillion annually by this year, driving enormous reductions in downtime...
Robo financial adviser Syfe bolsters Hong Kong expansion after new funding round
Syfe, a Singapore-based robo financial adviser and digital investment platform operator, has raised US$80 million in its Series C funding round, as the company...
AI might solve China’s labour woes, but could also fuel deflation, report says
While the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is set to mitigate an expected shortage of labour in China in the long run, market observers...
China will drop the Great Firewall for some users, but only in southern Hainan
China’s southernmost province of Hainan is piloting a programme to grant select corporate users broad access to the global internet, a rare move in...