Hong Kong mortgage recovery holds in 2025 despite end-of-year wobble
Hong Kong’s mortgage market lost some momentum in November, official data showed, though activity over the first 11 months of 2025 still points to...
DeepSeek proposes shift in AI model development with ‘mHC’ architecture to upgrade ResNet
DeepSeek’s latest technical paper, co-authored by the firm’s founder and CEO Liang Wenfeng, has been cited as a potential game changer in developing artificial...
Hong Kong trade office head picked to lead body coordinating Northern Metropolis
The director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Guangdong has been picked to lead the government body coordinating the Northern Metropolis,...
‘Repaid kindness’: Japan war orphan raised by multiple China families is now a midwife
A Japanese war orphan raised by multiple Chinese families grew up to become a midwife, honouring the kindness she received from China. Her story,...
Veteran Hong Kong lawmakers Starry Lee, Ronick Chan in race for Legco presidency
Veteran Hong Kong lawmakers Starry Lee Wai-king and Ronick Chan Chun-ying have thrown their hats in the ring to be the Legislative Council’s next...
China’s box office up 22% in 2025 to US$7.4 billion, led by record-breaking Ne Zha 2
China’s box office revenue jumped nearly 22 per cent in 2025, driven by a record-breaking domestic animated hit that helped the market rebound from...
Sri Lanka probes curriculum error linking 11-year-olds to gay chat site: ‘show your kinky side’
Sri Lanka launched a criminal investigation on Friday after a government syllabus for 11- and 12-year-olds directed pupils to a gay chat website to...
Hong Kong’s retail recovery extends into November with sales climbing 6.5%
Hong Kong’s retail recovery extended into November last year, with sales climbing 6.5 per cent year on year as authorities pointed to improving local...
US Navy aircraft crashes offer lessons for PLA carrier operations, analysts say
After two US Navy aircraft crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other in October, analysts said there were lessons...