6 h. ago Chinese police investigating 5 missing teens warn of telecoms crime risk

Chinese police are investigating at least five cases of missing teenagers believed to have been caught up in scam centres, including some who have lost contact with their families after travelling to Myanmar. Police in Hefei, the capital of Anhui province in central China, issued a notice on Wednesday, confirming the disappearance of an 18-year-old high school student who had travelled to a city in Yunnan, a southwestern province on the border with Myanmar. According to his parents, the student...

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26 h. ago Chinese state newspaper strikes friendly tone towards internet giants

A leading Chinese state media outlet has expressed support for the nation’s internet platform operators, emphasising their importance alongside hard-tech companies like chip manufacturers, as it adopts a positive tone that reflects Beijing’s friendly stance towards e-commerce companies. According to the editorial published by the Economic Daily on Wednesday, food delivery and “hard-tech” breakthroughs – such as advances in high-speed trains and aerospace technologies – represented two key...

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49 h. ago Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree sees significant delivery growth in 2025

Unitree Robotics’ founder and CEO Wang Xingxing on Tuesday said that China’s humanoid robots have seized the attention of “people from around the world” who are now willing to buy them. The 35-year-old Wang shared his assessment of the industry at a government-hosted press conference in Beijing, where he forecast China’s robotics sector would expand at a rapid pace this year. He added that Unitree – one of the six “Little Dragons” from tech hub Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province –...

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3 d. ago Phone scams in Hong Kong up 22% in first 5 months of year but losses down

The number of phone scam cases in Hong Kong rose by nearly 22 per cent between January and May compared with the same period last year, but losses fell by almost two-thirds to HK$430 million (US$54.8 million) as fewer mainland Chinese students were cheated, police said. Chief Inspector Grace Wong Chi-man of the force’s Anti-Deception Coordination Centre said police had recorded 2,574 phone scams in the first five months of 2025, with a 45 per cent year-on-year drop in cases involving mainland...

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8 d. ago Hong Kong tech and telecoms giants unite to combat online fraud

Hong Kong’s major social media, messaging platform providers and telecoms firms have pledged to strengthen checks on advertisers’ identities and remove fraudulent advertisements embedded with phishing links. Seven social media or messaging platforms and six telecommunications companies have joined the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (HKMA) Anti-scam Consumer Protection Charter 3.0. The initiative commits them to proactively detecting fraud on their platforms and networks, as well as cooperating...

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9 d. ago “Historic opportunity”: why China is betting on a poor province in trade war

The 2025 trade war launched by the United States is shaping up to become a watershed moment for Chinese policymakers. While the country’s economic resilience and role at the centre of global supply chains helped secure a 90-day truce with Washington, Beijing is digging deep to fight a protracted conflict. The forthcoming Five-Year Plan – China’s signature development blueprint – is expected to fortify the domestic economy in the pursuit of global leadership. Provincial leaders are seizing...

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2 w. ago Veteran Chinese diplomat warns Trump’s policies risk ‘shared destruction’

The Trump administration’s national security mindset could push humanity towards more conflicts and even “shared destruction”, the head of the Communist Party’s diplomatic arm has warned. Liu Jianchao, who leads the International Department of the party’s Central Committee, pitched China’s vision of international relations – a rejection of the ethos reflected in American foreign policy language – as a viable path to lasting global peace on Thursday. The veteran Chinese diplomat rejected...

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3 w. ago Vehicle hits pedestrians near school in Beijing: Chinese police

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3 w. ago Hong Kong police launch manhunt for murder suspect, arrest girlfriend

Hong Kong police are searching for a man and have arrested his girlfriend over the alleged murder of a woman reported missing last Saturday, after the force’s investigation uncovered sightings of a male suspect dumping suspicious, heavy-looking bags. Superintendent Gar Kam-lam of the force’s Kowloon West regional crime headquarters said on Wednesday that the alleged victim, a 49-year-old Vietnamese woman, was last seen entering a building at 152 Castle Peak Road in Cheung Sha Wan. The woman was...

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3 w. ago Hong Kong police launch manhunt for suspected murder suspect, arrest girlfriend

Hong Kong police are searching for a man and have arrested his girlfriend over the suspected murder of a Vietnamese woman reported missing last Saturday, after the force’s investigation uncovered sightings of a male suspect dumping suspicious, heavy-looking bags. Superintendent Gar Kam-lam of the force’s Kowloon West regional crime headquarters said on Wednesday that the woman, 49, was last seen entering a building at 152 Castle Peak Road in Cheung Sha Wan. She was not observed leaving the...

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3 w. ago Hong Kong police hunt for man in suspected murder, arrest girlfriend

Hong Kong police are searching for a man and have arrested his girlfriend over the suspected murder of a Vietnamese woman reported missing last Saturday, after the force’s investigation uncovered sightings of a male suspect dumping suspicious, heavy-looking bags. Superintendent Gar Kam-lam of the force’s Kowloon West regional crime headquarters said on Wednesday that the missing woman, 49, was last seen entering a building at 152 Castle Peak Road in Cheung Sha Wan. She was not observed leaving...

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