AlipayHK extends fee waivers for Hong Kong cabbies amid e-payment reluctance
E-payment service provider AlipayHK will continue to waive fees for Hong Kong taxi drivers to encourage them to use its system, with the company...
Trump may hit China with punitive tariffs over purchases of Russian oil
US Vice-President J.D. Vance said on Sunday that President Donald Trump is “thinking” about slapping new tariffs on imports from China in response to...
80 years on from WWII, China’s interests lie in peaceful Asia-Pacific: Mitter
Rana Mitter is a leading historian whose research focuses on the impact of Japan’s invasion of China during the second world war on the...
Why are there more fights on Hong Kong flights? Conditions, social media blamed
Published: 10:20pm, 10 Aug 2025Updated: 10:42pm, 10 Aug 2025 Confined space, a lack of legroom, stress-provoking boarding procedures and airlines’ cost-saving measures are a...
Central Beijing blocked off for China’s WWII anniversary parade rehearsal
Around 22,000 people poured into central Beijing on the weekend to take part in security preparations and rehearsals for a massive military parade next...
Hit Chinese film about Japanese war crimes highlights ‘forgotten history’
Published: 8:35pm, 10 Aug 2025Updated: 9:12pm, 10 Aug 2025 China’s latest blockbuster movie depicting one of Japan’s worst war crimes, the 1937 Nanking massacre,...
17 rescued after ‘Wild Twister’ ride at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park breaks down
Published: 8:01pm, 10 Aug 2025Updated: 11:03pm, 10 Aug 2025 Seventeen people were stranded in mid-air for more than an hour after a ride at...
Elegant World Games judge ‘Mr Ferrari’ goes viral on Chinese social media
Published: 8:00pm, 10 Aug 2025Updated: 8:37pm, 10 Aug 2025 A Latvian judge in the Latin dance contest at the World Games in Chengdu has...
China calls for tough penalties over attack on student in Australia
China has urged authorities in Australia to “severely punish” those responsible for an attack on a Chinese student in the southern state of Tasmania...