Alibaba’s Qwen ramps up AI app race with Spring Festival giveaway blitz
Alibaba Group Holding has joined rivals including Tencent Holdings and Baidu in rolling out Spring Festival red-packet giveaways to drive mass-market adoption of its...
Gut-check time: how Chinese gold and silver investors assess the metals’ volatility
Mainland investors faced difficult decisions as gold and silver prices extended their rout on Monday in domestic trading, with some rushing to buy the...
Hong Kong’s housing market recovery rests on solid foundations
Hong Kong has its mojo back. The city’s economy grew 3.5 per cent last year, the fastest pace since 2021, according to an advanced...
China’s widebody C929 could arrive early on revved-up development plan: sources
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) is revving up the design and testing phase of its widebody C929 airliner, marshalling its resources and...
Hong Kong to formulate first 5-year plan to align with national blueprint
A new task force led by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu will formulate Hong Kong’s first five-year blueprint to align with China’s 15th five-year...
Costa Rica elects tough-talking right-winger for president
Right-wing political scientist Laura Fernandez won Costa Rica’s presidential election on Sunday by a landslide, after promising to crack down hard on rising violence...
Zhang Youxia investigation to end ‘watered down’ capability of China’s military: PLA Daily
The People’s Liberation Army’s anti-corruption investigations into top general Zhang Youxia and others will eliminate a watered down combat capability and give new momentum...
Chinese EV makers’ shares skid as sales slide after tax incentive ends
Major Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers got off to a bumpy start in 2026 as they reported falling deliveries in January due to softening...
Mainland Chinese student jailed for 3 months for hiring impostor to take TOEFL test
A mainland Chinese student has been jailed for three months for paying an impostor to take an English proficiency test in Cambodia on her...