Category: World

Chinese police officers dug through sand with their bare hands to search for a Taiwan tourist’s lost phone, winning widespread online applause. Having successfully...

NEWSCMP China Series From addressing critical water security fears to driving a regional green tech revolution, Beijing is cementing its role as an indispensable...

Hong Kong police have arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with a razor blade found between two seats on a Citybus double-decker earlier this...

China’s Innovent Biologics has signed a global collaboration with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer worth up to US$10.5 billion to jointly develop 12 cancer treatment programmes....

A woman has been found with burns covering 40 per cent of her body after a suspected gas leak triggered an explosion at a...

Published: 12:59pm, 29 May 2026Updated: 1:52pm, 29 May 2026 The resignation of a Hong Kong principal who swore at security guards during a school...

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our...

Published: 12:00pm, 29 May 2026Updated: 12:57pm, 29 May 2026 Scientists in China are growing towering hybrids of wheat and rye – taller even than...

Digital spaces and molecular bonds may not seem to have much in common. But for two leading academics at Hong Kong Baptist University, both...