Apple eyes Douyin Pay for China App Store while speculation swirls on new iPhone
Apple has started testing Douyin Pay as a new mobile payment service on its China App Store, according to mainland media reports, while purportedly...
Mainland China tutorial centre undeterred by warning over Hong Kong school ties
Published: 8:42pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 8:43pm, 13 Aug 2025 A mainland Chinese tutorial centre has pressed on with promoting a programme costing nearly HK$200,000...
Unlike the US, China is not trying to shut out the future
In their op-ed in The New York Times, economists David Autor and Gordon Hanson – whose work first defined the “China Shock” – warn...
Sino Land wins Tuen Mun land tender with HK$1 billion bid as market improves
Published: 8:28pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 8:36pm, 13 Aug 2025 Sino Land has won a residential site tender in Tuen Mun for HK$1.09 billion, beating...
Chinese scientists build largest array of atoms for quantum computing
Published: 8:00pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 8:32pm, 13 Aug 2025 A team led by renowned Chinese physicist Pan Jianwei has built a key component for...
Ride-hailing account used by driver working ‘without Hong Kong ID card’ blocked
A ride-hailing service provider has permanently blocked a driver’s account after it was found to have been illegally used by another man in a...
Unitree founder: lack of advanced AI deters mass adoption of robots
The biggest obstacle to the mass deployment of robots is the lack of advanced artificial intelligence, according to Wang Xingxing, founder of China’s leading...
‘Ticking time bomb’: rare heart surgery saves pregnant Hong Kong mother and twins
Published: 6:36pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 6:43pm, 13 Aug 2025 A team of doctors in Hong Kong successfully saved the life of a pregnant woman...
India’s navy gets a double dose of stealth with twin warship launch
Published: 6:26pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 6:30pm, 13 Aug 2025 The grey hulls of two new Indian stealth frigates are set to slide into service...