32 h. ago China’s urban planners could determine the future of city life

China’s urban planners could determine the future of city life  The Economist

Politics

9 d. ago Hong Kong official and lawmaker opt out of Bitcoin Asia 2025 featuring Eric Trump

A senior Hong Kong official and a lawmaker have withdrawn from a Bitcoin Asia 2025 conference where Eric Trump, son of United States President Donald Trump, will also attend, with sources confirming an instruction was issued that they were not to interact with the American businessman. A check by the Post on the conference’s website on Wednesday found that Eric Yip Chee-hang, executive director of the city’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), had been removed from the list of keynote...

Politics

9 d. ago Hong Kong official and lawmaker pull out of Bitcoin Asia 2025 featuring Eric Trump

A senior Hong Kong official and a lawmaker have withdrawn from a Bitcoin Asia 2025 conference where Eric Trump, son of United States President Donald Trump, will also attend, with sources confirming an instruction was issued that they were not to interact with the American businessman. A check by the Post on the conference’s website on Wednesday found that Eric Yip Chee-hang, executive director of the city’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), had been removed from the list of keynote...

Politics

9 d. ago Hong Kong official, lawmaker pull out of Bitcoin Asia 2025 featuring Eric Trump

A senior Hong Kong official and a lawmaker have withdrawn from the Bitcoin Asia 2025 conference, where Eric Trump, son of United States President Donald Trump, will attend, with sources confirming they were advised not to interact with the American businessman. A check by the Post on the conference’s website on Wednesday found that Eric Yip Chee-hang, executive director of the city’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), had been removed from the list of keynote speakers for the forum taking...

Politics

1 week ago China’s path to military supremacy runs through an industrial powerhouse

China is on a mission to turn its military into a modern fighting force. In the second of this four-part series, we look at how its massive defence industry can support China’s military goals, and during wartime could be further bolstered by the civilian manufacturing sector. In the northeastern city of Shenyang, the future of China’s defence manufacturing capacity is rapidly taking shape – an enormous new aviation industrial complex that will eventually occupy an area about the size of 600...

Events

3 w. ago As megacities slow, China’s smaller counties lead as new consumer hotspots

As widespread economic gloom in China’s megacities sees high-end restaurants close their doors one after another, Starbucks is accelerating its expansion into the country’s far-flung counties, where a growing number of residents are embracing a petit-bourgeois lifestyle. While county shopping centres might not stock Dyson vacuum cleaners and hairdryers, they have already become part of daily life in households in urban counties thanks to China’s ubiquitous e-commerce networks. Driving Teslas and...

Politics

3 w. ago "Living In The Future": Indian Woman After Visiting China's Lesser

"Living In The Future": Indian Woman After Visiting China's Lesser-Known City Of Shantou  NDTV

Politics