61 h. ago ‘Hong Kong lawyers should not aim just to compete but specialise in Greater Bay Area’

Hong Kong lawyers should not think of competing head-on with mainland counterparts in the Greater Bay Area, but instead position themselves as common law specialists and collaborators in cross-border legal teams, Hong Kong Bar Association chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet has said. His comments came during a fireside chat on the sidelines of the China Conference: Greater Bay Area event hosted by the South China Morning Post in Shenzhen on Thursday. Recent policy measures allow Hong Kong lawyers to...

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61 h. ago Hong Kong lawyers urged to specialise, not just compete, in Greater Bay Area

Hong Kong lawyers should not think of competing head-on with mainland counterparts in the Greater Bay Area, but instead position themselves as common law specialists and collaborators in cross-border legal teams, Hong Kong Bar Association chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet has said. His comments came during a fireside chat on the sidelines of the China Conference: Greater Bay Area event hosted by the South China Morning Post in Shenzhen on Thursday. Recent policy measures allow Hong Kong lawyers to...

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4 d. ago ‘Resolution revolution’ pioneer Alexey Amunts leaves Max Planck to join China’s SMART

Alexey Amunts, whose pioneering work on mitochondrial ribosomes helped catalyse the cryo-electron microscopy “resolution revolution”, has left the Max Planck Institute in Germany to join China’s Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART) this month. Amunts confirmed he had joined SMART as a senior investigator and would “contribute to its international relations agenda”. He is internationally recognised for his breakthroughs in visualising life’s molecular machinery at...

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8 d. ago Northern Metropolis can combine best of central planning and free market

The Northern Metropolis is in the news almost every day. The big policy focus for the administration, it is determining a new future for Hong Kong. Part of the New Territories, which were dubbed “a land between” in the 1980s, the area was once little more than a rural leftover between urban Hong Kong and the mainland, where Shenzhen’s paddy fields could be seen from a Lok Ma Chau hill. China’s opening-up policies saw Deng Xiaoping promoting Shenzhen in the 1990s. Suddenly, a world-class,...

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1 week ago 48 Flights Grounded and 215 Delayed by Air China, China Eastern, and Shenzhen Airlines Across Major Chinese Hubs: What Travelers Need to Know About Affected Routes in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou

48 Flights Grounded and 215 Delayed by Air China, China Eastern, and Shenzhen Airlines Across Major Chinese Hubs: What Travelers Need to Know About Affected Routes in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou  Travel And Tour World

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2 w. ago Why investors should remain bullish on Hong Kong, mainland stocks in 2026

Judging by investor sentiment in the final quarter of last year, the spectacular rally in mainland Chinese and Hong Kong equities is over. The CSI 300 index of Shanghai- and Shenzhen-listed stocks declined 0.2 per cent while the MSCI China Index fell by over 7 per cent. The Hang Seng Index, meanwhile, lost 4.5 per cent. While most Wall Street banks remain bullish on Chinese stocks, some have turned more cautious. Morgan Stanley believes 2026 will be “a year of stabilization after 2025’s high...

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2 w. ago China’s Shenzhen targets AI in ‘every household’ as US tech rivalry heats up

Shenzhen, China’s top tech hub, plans to roll out what it calls “full-suite, full-time” adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across households and businesses over the next five years – a move analysts say could position the city at the forefront of the country’s intensifying tech race with the United States. The local government announced the goal on Monday in a new policy paper on Shenzhen’s 15th five-year plan, the socio-economic blueprint covering the years 2026 to 2030. The document...

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2 w. ago Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, and More Spark Travel Disruptions in China as Over 60 Flights Are Cancelled Across Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and More – New Update

Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, and More Spark Travel Disruptions in China as Over 60 Flights Are Cancelled Across Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and More – New Update  Travel And Tour World

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2 w. ago Air China, China Southern, China Eastern, and More Trigger Travel Disruptions as 58 Flights Are Cancelled Across Beijing Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and More Key Routes Across China – New Update

Air China, China Southern, China Eastern, and More Trigger Travel Disruptions as 58 Flights Are Cancelled Across Beijing Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and More Key Routes Across China – New Update  Travel And Tour World

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2 w. ago China pupils, inspired by suspense novels, use chalk dust to crack code of classroom phone safe

A group of suspense-novel-loving Chinese school pupils smeared chalk dust on the combination lock of a safe in their classroom to unlock it and retrieve their mobile phones. Despite being disciplined by the school, many netizens were left amused and praised their creativity. A disciplinary notice issued by the secondary school in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, southern China, on December 10, has gone viral online. It said that on November 14, a pupil surnamed Tian from Class 13, Grade 10, had...

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3 w. ago China’s Holiday Travel Boom: Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen See Record Inbound Arrivals Thanks to Visa

China’s Holiday Travel Boom: Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen See Record Inbound Arrivals Thanks to Visa-Free Policies and Tourism Growth – Here’s What You Need to Know  Travel And Tour World

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4 w. ago China eyes mastery of EUV lithography, bolstering AI chip ambitions, analysts say

China’s reported development of its own extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machine to make advanced semiconductors for artificial intelligence and high-performance computer systems could provide a “massive” boost to the country in its tech rivalry with the United States, according to analysts. Scientists at a high-security Shenzhen laboratory earlier this year built “what Washington has spent years trying to prevent”: a prototype EUV lithography machine, according to a Reuters report on...

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