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The lure of DSE for mainland China students
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China kids deliver food, help courier riders with orders, spark safety concerns
A new trend of children helping food couriers deliver orders that had emerged in a well-known electronics market in southern China has been nipped...
As Indonesia plans an island refuge for wounded Gazans, is it helping Israel?
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Indonesia’s government is reportedly considering a ban on Roblox, the widely used online game-creation platform, after the education minister warned that it could expose...
Hong Kong Ballet and top British choreographer break new ground in Venice
On June 24, at the Biennale Danza in Venice, Italy, a new work was unveiled by acclaimed British choreographer Sir Wayne McGregor who, as...
China’s Xi calls for unity in talks with Brazil’s Lula amid US trade rupture
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has spoken by phone with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for about an hour, in a high-level contact...
Hong Kong to issue T1 warning on Wednesday as Tropical Cyclone Podul nears
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