2 h. ago Greta Thunberg, once unpopular on Chinese social media, rises in esteem on Gaza

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish environmental activist once widely criticised on Chinese social media, appears to be receiving a rare wave of support in the country, particularly after her bid to call attention to the Israel-Hamas conflict was stopped by Israeli forces who ended her attempt to sail to Gaza. The 22-year-old activist, along with 11 others, set sail this month for Gaza hoping to “break Israel’s siege” of the Palestinian territory in a show of solidarity. The boat, carrying aid, was...

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4 h. ago Chinese Transnational Repression Is a Real Issue—but Shujun Wang Is a Bad Example

Chinese Transnational Repression Is a Real Issue—but Shujun Wang Is a Bad Example  The Nation

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5 h. ago China and Central Asian leaders cap summit with friendship pact and aid pledge

China wrapped up its latest engagement effort in Central Asia on Tuesday with a 1.5 billion (US$209 million) yuan pledge towards livelihood and development projects in the region. The six participating countries in the second China-Central Asia Summit also signed a landmark permanent friendship pact. “China is willing to provide 1.5 billion yuan in grant assistance to Central Asian countries this year to support livelihood and development projects of common concern to each country,” Chinese...

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6 h. ago 25% of Hong Kong employers plan to cut staff in next quarter: survey

About 25 per cent of Hong Kong employers plan to cut staff in the next quarter, according to a human resources company’s survey, as the latest government figures showed the city’s unemployment rate reached a 30-month high of 3.5 per cent for March to May. Workforce solutions provider ManpowerGroup Greater China released its latest employment outlook survey on Tuesday, with about 33 per cent of the 522 employers polled saying they expected to hire more personnel in the next three months. About 25...

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6 h. ago DeepSeek rival MiniMax says its first AI reasoning model halves compute of R1

Shanghai-based artificial intelligence (AI) start-up MiniMax has launched an open-source reasoning model that it said requires just half the computing resources of rival DeepSeek’s models for some tasks. On Tuesday, the company announced the release of MiniMax-M1, its first reasoning model, on its official WeChat account. M1 consumes less than half the computing power of DeepSeek-R1 for reasoning tasks with a generation length of 64,000 tokens or fewer, according to a technical paper released...

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6 h. ago Trump breaks with G7 stance, Nvidia to attend China expo: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Breaking with G7 stance, Trump says he’d welcome China and Russia in bloc US President Donald Trump on Monday said he would welcome the inclusion of China and Russia in the G7, putting him directly at odds with the bloc’s position on the two countries just as the Group of Seven summit got under way in Canada. 2. As US urges foreign investment, Chinese firms...

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7 h. ago Global contributors to Chinese literature awarded in Beijing

Global contributors to Chinese literature awarded in Beijing  Global Times

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7 h. ago China’s C929 jet secures Western tech as manufacturer signs parts deals

China’s chief civilian aircraft maker has secured deals to buy Western-made parts for its first widebody jet – expected to resemble the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 series – despite ongoing turbulence in trade and supply chains. The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) reached an agreement to work with French aerospace firm Safran on the development of the widebody C929’s brake controls, ice detection system, tyre pressure indicators and on-board oxygen system, according to reports...

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8 h. ago China to nearly double nuclear power capacity by 2040 in rapid build

China to nearly double nuclear power capacity by 2040 in rapid build-up  South China Morning Post

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8 h. ago Unitree Robotics boosts capital base, paving the way for new fundraising round

Hangzhou-based Unitree Robotics, a rising star in China’s booming robotics industry, has increased its registered capital from 2.6 million yuan to 2.9 million yuan (US$400,000), a move that could signal preparations for a new fundraising round. The company fuelled speculation about a potential initial public offering (IPO) in May when it transitioned from a limited liability company to a joint-stock company. According to Chinese corporate database Tianyancha, this restructuring allowed Unitree...

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10 h. ago Chinese boy rescued after drifting on paddleboard amid typhoon

A 10-year-old boy went into the sea with a paddleboard with his friends when typhoon Wutip hit southern China’s Hainan province. The teenager later got stuck and drifted for five hours before being rescued.

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10 h. ago Video | Chinese boy rescued after drifting on paddleboard amid typhoon

Video | Chinese boy rescued after drifting on paddleboard amid typhoon  South China Morning Post

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11 h. ago China conducts pad abort test for crew spacecraft, advancing moon landing plans

China conducts pad abort test for crew spacecraft, advancing moon landing plans  SpaceNews

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11 h. ago China’s state security agency warns of phishing emails sent by foreign spies

China’s top spy agency said foreign agents had sent Chinese military research institutes fake job applications in emails with a Trojan program embedded in them. In a social media post on Tuesday, the Ministry of State Security said they were among thousands of phishing emails sent by foreign spy agencies in recent years targeting Communist Party and government organs, national defence and military industrial units, as well as universities and research institutes. The post did not give details of...

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11 h. ago China is organizing swift evacuation for Chinese citizens in Iran and Israel: Chinese FM

China is organizing swift evacuation for Chinese citizens in Iran and Israel: Chinese FM  Global Times

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12 h. ago Chinese chatter: Why Beijing is worried about Modi’s G7 visit

Chinese chatter: Why Beijing is worried about Modi’s G7 visit  India Today

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13 h. ago Shocked colleagues mourn PKU climate scientist Wen Xinyu, dead at 45

Chinese climate scientists are mourning the loss of a “pure, passionate” scholar after the sudden death of atmospheric physicist Wen Xinyu at just 45 years of age. The associate professor with the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at Peking University’s School of Physics died on June 14 after suffering a heart attack, according to the obituary published by his home institute. The obituary paid tribute to Wen’s important contributions to the field of climate change and his great...

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14 h. ago Chinese satellite beams data at 1Gbps, surpassing Starlink speed by 5 times

Imagine beaming a HD movie from Shanghai to Los Angeles – crossing three Pacific widths – in less than five seconds using just a night light. This may sound like fantasy because Starlink, operating just hundreds of kilometres above Earth, maxes out at a couple of Mbps. But from a secret satellite parked in stationary orbit more than 60 times higher, a team of Chinese scientists has used a 2-watt laser – dim as a candle – to push data through turbulent skies to Earth at 1Gbps, five times faster...

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14 h. ago Singapore’s 1880 club shuts down, 2 weeks after demise of Hong Kong branch

Private club 1880 in Singapore has abruptly closed down, two weeks after its cash-strapped Hong Kong branch folded, with its founder citing falling attendance and decreased spending by members for its demise, the Post has learned. In a letter sent to members on Monday at midnight and seen by the Post, founder Marc Nicolson said its local premises, located in InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay, would be shutting down with immediate effect. He also revealed the club’s holding company 38...

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16 h. ago China hints Fujian aircraft carrier may soon be commissioned

The Fujian, China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, is expected to be commissioned soon based on new images circulating on social media. On Monday state media dropped another hint that the ship would soon be entering service by referring to an “era” when the Chinese navy would have three carriers. New satellite images of the ship circulating on social media showed 36 newly painted spaces on the flight deck for warplanes, a higher capacity than the country’s two existing carriers. Song Zhongping,...

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