16 h. ago China and France agree to work together on nuclear issues as Macron visit ends

China and France vowed to expand cooperation on nuclear issues and global challenges as French President Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his three-day visit to China on Friday. They reaffirmed their commitment to “promoting the safe development of nuclear energy and strengthening collaboration across the nuclear energy industry chain”, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The two nuclear powers also expressed their support for non-proliferation and underscored the key role of the International Atomic...

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47 h. ago Xi Jinping urges Emmanuel Macron to ‘stand on the right side of history’

Chinese President Xi Jinping told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that he was willing to work with France to “eliminate interference” and work on developing a steady relationship as they met for talks on Thursday, where issues such as trade are expected to be on the agenda. Xi said the world was undergoing rapid changes and the two countries “should demonstrate their responsibility, uphold the banner of multilateralism and firmly stand on the right side of history”. “China, together...

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48 h. ago Hong Kong’s connectivity, talent can foster legal cooperation: minister, expert

Hong Kong’s connectivity and talent pool could help facilitate international legal and economic collaboration, the justice minister and an expert have said, as they joined representatives from more than 25 jurisdictions this week at an annual forum in the city. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the five-day Hong Kong Legal Week forum on Monday, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok said this year’s theme, “Linking Laws, Bridging Worlds”, emphasised the city’s role in connecting various...

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49 h. ago Oxford slammed for not naming Indonesian researchers in rare flower find

A recent rediscovery of the extremely rare Rafflesia hasseltii, a giant parasitic red flower, in a forest in Indonesia’s West Sumatra has sparked backlash following an initial social media post by Oxford University that left out local researchers involved in the search and credited only its scientist. The uproar has exposed the perceived lack of equal recognition for Western researchers and their Global South counterparts when they collaborate, and the lingering legacy of colonialism in...

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3 d. ago White paper on arms control in new era demonstrates responsibility of China as a major power

White paper on arms control in new era demonstrates responsibility of China as a major power  People's Daily Online

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3 d. ago ‘Malaysian promoting Singapore’: viral video sparks debate over talent use

A high-gloss travel video created by a Malaysian visual-effects specialist to promote Singapore has gone viral, prompting some in Malaysia to ask why their own tourism board has not tapped local talent as effectively. The one-minute film, produced in collaboration with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), features Mohamad Sofian Abdullah, better known as Sofyank, weaving his signature special effects into a tightly edited journey across the city state. The video shows the 29-year-old creator –...

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4 d. ago Why Hong Kong universities are heading north for mainland Chinese collaborations

Last month, the first university jointly established by Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU), celebrated its 20th birthday. When the mainland opened up its education sector in 2003 with its new Regulations on Sino-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools, Baptist University was the only Hong Kong university that took the political, academic and administrative leap into the new territory. Amid waves of doubt and criticism, BNBU, then known as United...

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4 d. ago Strengthening Africa–China Rice Research Collaboration with Visit from Senior ICS–CAAS Breeding Experts

Strengthening Africa–China Rice Research Collaboration with Visit from Senior ICS–CAAS Breeding Experts  Grain Journal

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4 d. ago US wipes South Africa’s G20 website clean for 2026 Trump summit

US President Donald Trump on Monday launched the US presidency of the Group of 20 by wiping clean the website of outgoing host South Africa, which he is not inviting to next year’s summit. The G20 website now simply has a picture of Trump in black and white that says “Miami 2026” and “The Best Is Yet to Come”, the title of the song popularised by Frank Sinatra. Trump refused all US attendance at last month’s G20 summit in Johannesburg, denouncing the post-apartheid government’s treatment of the...

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4 d. ago INVESTIGATION: Stanford Earth Sciences Chair Collaborates with China's Nuclear Program

INVESTIGATION: Stanford Earth Sciences Chair Collaborates with China's Nuclear Program   The Stanford Review

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4 d. ago ByteDance teams up with ZTE as China races to take on Apple in agentic AI phones

TikTok owner ByteDance has entered the race against Apple to define the future of smartphones by putting its artificial intelligence agent Doubao into a ZTE-made handset. The Beijing-based company on Monday launched the Doubao Mobile Assistant in a technical preview, describing it as “an operating-system-level collaboration between ByteDance’s Doubao [AI model] and mobile phone manufacturers” that “brings more convenient interaction and richer capabilities”, according to a post on Monday on its...

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5 d. ago Hong Kong pastor loses 3 loved ones in devastating Tai Po fire

For 17 odd years as a pastor, Reverend Jenny Lam Yat-kwan witnessed life and death and helped those in despair, but after losing three members of her family in the devastating Tai Po fire in Hong Kong, she needed all the courage and strength she could draw from God. Lam, the pastor of ELCHK Diamond Lutheran Church, told the Post on Sunday night that the three family members were confirmed dead, with their bodies recovered from one of the buildings in Wang Fuk Court. The tragic loss plunged her...

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5 d. ago Ramaphosa dismisses Trump’s threat to bar South Africa from 2026 G20 summit

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa dismissed on Sunday US President Donald Trump’s threat to exclude Pretoria from next year’s Group of 20 summit, reaffirming South Africa’s status as a founding member of the group. Washington boycotted the G20 meeting held under South Africa’s presidency in Johannesburg on November 22 and 23, with Trump repeating allegations, widely discredited, that the host country’s black-majority government persecutes its white minority. Trump said last Wednesday that...

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5 d. ago Protesters at Madrid rally demand PM Sanchez resign over corruption cases

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to protest against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, accusing his left-wing government of corruption and demanding his resignation and early elections. The demonstration was organised by the conservative People’s Party (PP) under opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo. The rally in central Madrid carried the slogan “Mafia or democracy?” Participants waved Spanish flags and carried signs reading “Resign now!” and “Sanchez, go...

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5 d. ago Mass rally in Spain demands Sanchez resign over corruption cases

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to protest against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, accusing his left-wing government of corruption and demanding his resignation and early elections. The demonstration was organised by the conservative People’s Party (PP) under opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo. The rally in central Madrid carried the slogan “Mafia or democracy?” Participants waved Spanish flags and carried signs reading “Resign now!” and “Sanchez, go...

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5 d. ago Mass rally in Spain demands prime minister resign over corruption cases

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to protest against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, accusing his left-wing government of corruption and demanding his resignation and early elections. The demonstration was organised by the conservative People’s Party (PP) under opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo. The rally in central Madrid carried the slogan “Mafia or democracy?” Participants waved Spanish flags and carried signs reading “Resign now!” and “Sanchez, go...

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5 d. ago Mourners pay tribute to Hong Kong fire victims as Beijing calls for unity

Thousands of mourners poured into Tai Po on Sunday, forming a solemn river of remembrance for the 146 lives lost in Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in more than seven decades, while Beijing called for unity and healing as a massive rescue and recovery operation continued amid the charred ruins. The scale of the calamity was evident, as the Disaster Victim Identification Unit (DVIU) discovered 18 more bodies in the wreckage of Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po following Wednesday’s blaze. They have completed...

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5 d. ago Doubts on China’s robotics strength a result of lacking ‘understanding on manufacturing capabilities,’ Chinese firm responds to US peer’s fake video claim

Doubts on China’s robotics strength a result of lacking ‘understanding on manufacturing capabilities,’ Chinese firm responds to US peer’s fake video claim  Global Times

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6 d. ago Sense of sombre unity as Hong Kong mourns 128 killed in blaze

A sense of sombre unity permeated the whole of Hong Kong on Saturday as residents from all walks of life mourned the victims of the city’s deadliest fire in seven decades by signing condolence books or flooding areas near the scene of the inferno with bouquets. By Saturday evening, lengthy queues had grown near ground zero, Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, with residents of all ages silently lining up with flowers in hand, turning several memorial sites into a sea of bouquets to remember those killed...

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8 d. ago China Briefing 27 November 2025: COP30 wraps; Climate and critical minerals at G20; Coal use up

China Briefing 27 November 2025: COP30 wraps; Climate and critical minerals at G20; Coal use up  Carbon Brief

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