2 h. ago Chinese Grad Student in India Sheds Light on How India Talks About China Behind Closed Doors

Chinese Grad Student in India Sheds Light on How India Talks About China Behind Closed Doors  The China-Global South Project

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8 h. ago ‘More than a restaurant’: Hongkongers bid farewell to social enterprise eatery

Hundreds of diners flocked to a small restaurant in one of Hong Kong’s poorest neighbourhoods on Sunday, taking selfies and lining up to secure their favourite order for one last time. Unlike many other restaurants in recent months that have fallen victim to the sluggish spending environment, social enterprise Agape Garden was forced to close its doors after the government abruptly decided to reclaim the space. One customer who turned up for the final day of operation said she spent 30 minutes...

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9 h. ago Chinese satellites appear to dock in orbit for historic refuelling mission

Two Chinese satellites may have docked in geostationary orbit for a historic refuelling mission, an autonomous satellite servicing feat the United States has yet to achieve. China’s Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 “appeared visually merged in optical sensor data” between July 2 and July 6, US-based space situational awareness software provider COMSPOC said on Saturday in a social media post. “Given the prolonged RPO time, SJ-21 and SJ-25 may have docked,” it said, using the acronym for “rendezvous and...

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10 h. ago Opinion | For Chinese firms going out, global success requires truly ‘going in’

Opinion | For Chinese firms going out, global success requires truly ‘going in’  South China Morning Post

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10 h. ago Government breaks silence on Chinese engineers leaving iPhone maker Foxconn’s plant: ‘Apple has alternati

Government breaks silence on Chinese engineers leaving iPhone maker Foxconn’s plant: ‘Apple has alternati  Times of India

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10 h. ago Frugal Chinese man spends under US$1 per meal, saving to buy flat, car for parents

A 29-year-old Chinese man has stunned many online with his extreme frugality, revealing that he spends only a few yuan (under US$1) per meal, and this habit has enabled him to save 1.3 million yuan (US$180,000) in just six years. Known online as “Little Grass Drifting North,” he is a live-stream host at a major internet company in Beijing and manages a self-media business. His exact earnings remain undisclosed. Recently, he disclosed that he has limited his monthly food expenses to under 500...

Economics

10 h. ago Chinese team says carbon dioxide can be turned turned into sugar

Chinese scientists have developed a method to turn the alcohol methanol into white sugar, which they say could allow captured carbon dioxide to be converted into food. The team’s biotransformation system produces sucrose without the need to grow sugar cane or sugar beets – crops that require large amounts of land and water resources. Their method to convert methanol – which can be derived from industrial waste or made by hydrogenating carbon dioxide – into sucrose using enzymes was also adapted...

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11 h. ago China and Japan trade barbs after latest close encounter between warplanes

China and Japan have traded accusations after a series of close encounters between their warplanes last week. On Sunday the Chinese defence ministry accused Japanese reconnaissance aircraft of “repeatedly” entering China’s air defence identification zone in the East China Sea. The comments followed a Japanese statement issued three days earlier that accused a Chinese JH-7 fighter-bomber of making “unusual approaches” towards a Japanese YS-11EB electronic-intelligence aircraft. on Wednesday and...

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12 h. ago Hong Kong police seize HK$22 million of drugs in raid on flat, man arrested

Hong Kong police have seized HK$22 million (US$2.8 million) worth of drugs and arrested a 58-year-old man after raiding an illicit narcotics lab inside a flat in To Kwa Wan. Officers launched an operation on Friday after analysing intelligence and intercepted the suspect. He was found with 335g (11.8 ounces) of crack cocaine on him, Senior Inspector Fung Pak-kin of the Hong Kong Island regional anti-triad unit said on Sunday. The suspect, who claimed to be a businessman, was escorted back to the...

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14 h. ago Why China’s luxury hotels are selling street food to survive

Catering at luxury hotels typically involves high-end banquets and formal entertainment, with exquisite decor and masterfully crafted dishes often seen as worth the high price tag. But for many consumers in China, that is changing. In July, the five-star Zhongwu Hotel in Changzhou, Jiangsu province – ranked second among 10 luxury hotels in the city on Trip.com – surprised observers when it launched a street vendor service offering budget meal boxes prepared by its catering team. “You must first...

Society

15 h. ago Filipino film that China wanted to cancel wins at New Zealand festival

A Filipino documentary spotlighting the daily struggles of fishermen, naval cooks and coastguard personnel in the contested South China Sea has earned international recognition, with its director telling This Week in Asia that the award was a validation of honest storytelling in the face of political pressure from Beijing to cancel its screening. Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Sea took home the Tides of Change prize at the Doc Edge Festival in Auckland, New Zealand, on July 3....

Culture

16 h. ago Meituan’s daily orders hit record 150 million amid rivalry with JD.com, Alibaba

Meituan, mainland China’s top on-demand delivery giant, said on Sunday that daily orders on its platform have surged to another all-time high – a sign that the company has managed to fend off competition from rivals like JD.com and Alibaba Group Holding. The Beijing-based company said daily transactions had reached 150 million, just days after surpassing 120 million last week. The firm’s record daily orders for both food and retail goods delivery comes at a time when major Chinese e-commerce...

Events

17 h. ago Driver escapes injury after Mercedes flips over on Hong Kong’s Tsing Ma Bridge

A driver has miraculously emerged unscathed after his Mercedes-Benz flipped over on Lantau Link’s Tsing Ma Bridge, landing near the edge of the structure. The car overturned on Sunday morning on the Tsing Yi-bound carriageway of the bridge, a major route connecting the airport and Lantau Island to the urban centre, near the scenic viewing platform. A police spokeswoman said they were alerted to the accident after receiving multiple calls from the public at 8.42am. Pictures from the scene showed...

Events

17 h. ago China widens kindergarten lead poisoning probe as central government weighs in

China has expanded the probe into a kindergarten lead poisoning scandal that has shocked the nation, with the central government getting involved in a rare intervention in a provincial investigation. On Saturday night the authorities in Gansu said the investigation would be led by provincial leaders working alongside a task force from the State Council, the country’s cabinet. Last week, Chinese media reported that 233 of 251 children at the kindergarten in Tianshui, a second-tier city in the...

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19 h. ago China’s AI glasses market takes shape as Xiaomi’s entry inspires early adopters

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi’s entry into the country’s burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) glasses market is likely to benefit from the gadget maker’s expansive ecosystem and supply chain strength, according to early adopters and analysts. Several users who bought the Xiaomi AI frames when they were released last month found the first-person video recording and AI features useful for documenting personal moments and assisting with office tasks, although there were improvements and missing...

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20 h. ago Maths star Hong Wang targeted by China’s cyber nationalists for English lectures

It was a golden opportunity for academic exchange when Chinese mathematician Hong Wang, a contender for a top award, gave lectures at universities in Beijing last month, but instead her overseas experience and use of English made her an unexpected victim of rising nationalism in China. The 34-year-old mathematician earned global attention last year when a paper she co-authored solved the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture – a century-old problem in geometric measure theory. The study, with...

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21 h. ago Hongkongers use driving schools over border to get cheap licences illegally

Mainland Chinese middlemen are offering Hongkongers driving lessons and tests at nearly half the price of city rates and showing them how to convert permits into local licences, a practice that authorities have deemed illegal. Checks by the Post on popular mainland social media platform RedNote have found that a driving school in Shenzhen is offering tailor-made packages for Hong Kong residents, including ways to circumvent legal requirements. It charges 6,800 yuan (HK$7,422) for a driving...

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34 h. ago Debate rages over ancient crater after China returns rocks from moon’s far side

A year after China returned the first rock samples from the moon’s far side, scientists are debating whether the mission has answered a central question in lunar science – and whether the country’s rising scientific dominance is challenging who gets to tell the story of the moon’s past. While a team of Chinese researchers believes they may have nailed down the age of the moon’s largest and oldest crater – a colossal impact basin that could hold clues to the early solar system – other scientists,...

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34 h. ago Chinese colonialism? Beijing forcing 1 mn Tibetan children into boarding schools, erasing cultural identity

Chinese colonialism? Beijing forcing 1 mn Tibetan children into boarding schools, erasing cultural identity  Firstpost

Culture

36 h. ago China, Egypt deepen ties as Beijing ups influence in bid to solve Mideast crises

Upon his arrival at Cairo International Airport on Wednesday, Chinese Premier Li Qiang recalled the enduring legacy of the ancient Silk Road, a centuries-old link that laid the groundwork for close trade and cultural exchanges between China and Egypt. That connection now thrives as China recreates the network through its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, attracting billions into Egypt’s infrastructure and various sectors. Chinese companies in Egypt have notably built Africa’s tallest...

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