44 m. ago Why China’s pause on stablecoins will not dampen Hong Kong’s digital asset hub push

Beijing’s recent moves to rein in mainland Chinese firms’ stablecoin and tokenisation initiatives in Hong Kong may have rattled the city’s crypto sector, but the Chinese government’s increased openness to digital assets overall had not changed amid competition with the US, experts said. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) recently summoned a number of mainland firms under its jurisdiction, asking them to wait for its instructions before moving forward with their stablecoin initiatives in Hong...

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78 m. ago Together! We Shine! Festival in Beijing: A Stunning Fusion of Technology, Culture, and Entertainment Through Light Shows and Performances

Together! We Shine! Festival in Beijing: A Stunning Fusion of Technology, Culture, and Entertainment Through Light Shows and Performances  Travel And Tour World

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82 m. ago Scam crackdown in Myanmar dismissed as ‘not serious’ ahead of Asean summit

A crackdown on a notorious Myanmar scam base is cosmetic and timed to appease world leaders meeting in Kuala Lumpur this weekend, a senior security source has told This Week in Asia, as links between politicians and fraud empires threaten to embarrass Asean with US President Donald Trump flying in for its summit. Scam factories from Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos have raked in tens of billions of dollars since the pandemic, run mainly by Chinese syndicates defrauding victims around the world through...

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83 m. ago Renowned violinist, Shaham, ends Beijing Music Festival with a stunning performance

Renowned violinist, Shaham, ends Beijing Music Festival with a stunning performance  China Daily

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1 hour ago Hong Kong investigators recover ‘black boxes’ from crashed cargo plane

Hong Kong’s investigative authority has retrieved two “black boxes” from the crashed cargo plane that killed two security workers earlier this week, pledging to release a preliminary report within a month. The Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA), which is responsible for investigating the accident, said on Saturday that it had managed to recover two flight data recorders, commonly known as “black boxes”, from the wreckage on Friday night after the Airport Authority had lifted the...

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2 h. ago Beijing Marathon route optimized to enhance running experience

Beijing Marathon route optimized to enhance running experience  China Daily

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3 h. ago Travel Chaos in China as Over 120 Flights Are Cancelled Including Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, and More Affecting Routes to Beijing, Shanghai, Amsterdam, Barcelona, and More – New Update

Travel Chaos in China as Over 120 Flights Are Cancelled Including Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, and More Affecting Routes to Beijing, Shanghai, Amsterdam, Barcelona, and More – New Update  Travel And Tour World

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5 h. ago Local music producer Lee Si Song recovering from brain haemorrhage in Beijing, Entertainment News

Local music producer Lee Si Song recovering from brain haemorrhage in Beijing, Entertainment News  AsiaOne

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7 h. ago US senators call on Trump to show support for Jimmy Lai in meeting with Xi

A bipartisan group of 38 US senators is urging President Donald Trump to use his expected summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea next week to secure the release of former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, the latest in the US Congress’s efforts to get human rights on the agenda of the high-stakes meeting. In a letter released on Friday, the lawmakers described Lai as a political prisoner and said the case for his release was “more dire than ever” due to his worsening...

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8 h. ago Beijing Invites The World: Great Wall Hero Campaign Takes Tourism To New Heights

Beijing Invites The World: Great Wall Hero Campaign Takes Tourism To New Heights  Travel And Tour World

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9 h. ago Hong Kong must build an education innovation hub fit for Gen Alpha

All eight publicly subsidised universities in Hong Kong have secured a place among the world’s top 350 institutions, according to the 2026 World University Rankings released by Times Higher Education earlier this month. This is the first time all Hong Kong’s public universities have made the prestigious list. Even more exciting is the fact that six of them have landed in the world’s top 200. With five in the top 100, Hong Kong boasts the highest concentration of top 100 universities of any city...

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9 h. ago How innovation can be the beating heart of Hong Kong’s education dream

All eight publicly subsidised universities in Hong Kong have secured a place among the world’s top 350 institutions, according to the 2026 World University Rankings released by Times Higher Education earlier this month. This is the first time all Hong Kong’s public universities have made the prestigious list. Even more exciting is the fact that six of them have landed in the world’s top 200. With five in the top 100, Hong Kong boasts the highest concentration of top 100 universities of any city...

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9 h. ago Beijing’s Honeypot Strategy: How China Adopts Russian Espionage Tactics in the United States

Beijing’s Honeypot Strategy: How China Adopts Russian Espionage Tactics in the United States  Robert Lansing Institute

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11 h. ago Beijing’s new plan aims to strengthen manufacturing, tech dominance

Beijing’s new plan aims to strengthen manufacturing, tech dominance - Outcome of CPC’s fourth plenum  Caliber.Az

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12 h. ago COSCO vessel diverts from China after falling under Beijing’s port fee rules

COSCO vessel diverts from China after falling under Beijing’s port fee rules  Chamber of Shipping

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12 h. ago China’s 2020 trade deal under scrutiny: Trump administration launches compliance probe; Beijing agreed to

China’s 2020 trade deal under scrutiny: Trump administration launches compliance probe; Beijing agreed to  Times of India

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12 h. ago China’s Big Plan To Sink U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Comes Down to 4 Words

China’s Big Plan To Sink U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Comes Down to 4 Words  National Security Journal

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13 h. ago Trump foe Letitia James pleads not guilty to mortgage fraud charges

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a long-time critic of US President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty in federal court on Friday to charges related to allegedly lying on mortgage documents. James, a Democrat who last year secured a US$450 million civil fraud judgment against Trump, is one of three perceived enemies that the Republican president’s administration has brought criminal charges against in the past month, along with former FBI director James Comey and former national security...

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14 h. ago Marsha Blackburn questions Bowser over decision to remove Beijing as DC’s ‘sister city’

Marsha Blackburn questions Bowser over decision to remove Beijing as DC’s ‘sister city’  Washington Examiner

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14 h. ago Trump turns up the heat with probe into China’s compliance with 2020 trade deal

In a move that piles up further US leverage in advance of next week’s planned meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the US Trade Representative announced an investigation on Friday into Beijing’s compliance with the Phase One Trade Agreement. The latest tit-for-tat salvo comes as the two economic giants amass threats that, if carried through, could cripple the global economy. “The initiation of this investigation underscores the Trump administration’s...

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