20 h. ago China’s lidar sensor makers Hesai, RoboSense stand to gain after fatal Xiaomi SU7 EV crash

Adoption of the laser-based sensors will increase as consumers demand safe self-driving systems, analysts say.

Events

28 h. ago Hongkongers raise hygiene concerns after rat seen at Japanese restaurant Sushiro

Video circulating online shows rat scurrying on the surface of a light panel installed on the ceiling.

Politics

28 h. ago Rat filmed at Japanese eatery Sushiro in Hong Kong triggers check, prosecution

Video circulating online shows ‘huge’ rat scurrying on the surface of light panel installed on ceiling.

Politics

31 h. ago Japanese politician gets 8,000 death threats over call for sanitary pads in public toilets

Experts say abusive messages reflect a deeper pattern of gender-based harassment aiming to silence outspoken women and are frequent occurrences.

Events

32 h. ago Japanese student gains 32 million views as only one to dig up 8

Young man feels let down that his ex-classmates and teacher forgot their promise to return.

Economics

39 h. ago More women in UK and China come forward over ‘prolific’ rapist Zou Zhenhao

The Chinese PhD student was convicted in London last month after drugging and raping 10 women, sometimes filming the attacks.

Events

42 h. ago Over 90% of student suicides in Hong Kong were aged 12 and above

Education Bureau says 131 suicides among primary and secondary students related negative interpersonal relationships, learning issues and poor mental health.

Events

49 h. ago Returns Are Gaining Momentum At Beijing Jingyi Automation Equipment (SHSE:688652)

Returns Are Gaining Momentum At Beijing Jingyi Automation Equipment (SHSE:688652)  simplywall.st

Politics

53 h. ago US Senate committee opens review into Meta’s efforts to gain access to China

US Senate committee opens review into Meta’s efforts to gain access to China  CNN

Politics

54 h. ago Japan’s second ‘baby hatch’ for abandoned infants opens as economic pressures mount

With thousands of product prices rising, the cost of raising a child is becoming an impossible burden for some young Japanese women.

Economics

59 h. ago US Senate committee opens review into Meta efforts to gain Chinese market access

US Senate committee opens review into Meta efforts to gain Chinese market access  Reuters

Economics

3 d. ago ‘Giving machines a heart’: China urged to dig deeper in AI development

Top Chinese scientist Zhu Songchun calls on Beijing to go beyond ‘surface-level’ achievements to advance theory and philosophy of AI.

Politics

4 d. ago Myanmar rebels accuse junta of air strikes in quake aftermath

The military has turned to air strikes to gain the upper hand against an array of anti-coup fighters and armed groups in the civil war.

Events

4 d. ago ‘Selfish’ Chinese man who used mall baby nursing room for online meeting ridiculed online

‘Irresponsible’ graduate student claims broken lock in infant nursing room left him trapped inside, led to subsequent respiratory illness.

Politics

5 d. ago Japanese nationals in China decrease amid detention of expats, opaque judicial system

Japanese nationals in China decrease amid detention of expats, opaque judicial system  The Mainichi

Politics

6 d. ago Chinese Student Living Abroad Reveals Consequences of Defying Communist Beijing

Chinese Student Living Abroad Reveals Consequences of Defying Communist Beijing  Vision Times

Politics

6 d. ago Shock as Malaysia teacher tells ‘stupid’ pupil struggling with dialect to ‘go back to China’

Teacher tells complaining relative of abused student that she would call police to track him down because he had ‘invaded her privacy’.

Events

7 d. ago Viewing Trump’s Trade War From the World’s Shopping Mall in China

Viewing Trump’s Trade War From the World’s Shopping Mall in China  TIME

Politics

7 d. ago PhD student fined for splashing semen leaves Hong Kong, skips review for tougher penalty

Lai Changwei, 26, fails to appear at court hearing in which Department of Justice seeks review of sentence it considers inadequate.

Politics

7 d. ago PhD student fined for splashing semen leaves Hong Kong, skips penalty review

Lai Changwei, 26, fails to appear at court hearing in which Department of Justice seeks review of sentence it considers inadequate.

Politics