Wednesday 22 March 2023
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- scmp Coronavirus: Hong Kong to drop mandatory Covid tests for visitors to public hospital and care homes, lifting one of the few remaining rules
- scmp Yo-Yo Ma, New York Philharmonic will perform in Hong Kong this year, leading star-studded return of city’s cultural scene after Covid-19
- scmp Film distributor, not government, chose to cancel screening of Winnie the Pooh horror flick in Hong Kong, culture chief says
- scmp Hong Kong antitrust watchdog launches legal action against 5 firms and 3 individuals suspected of rigging bids for Covid subsidy scheme
- scmp Hong Kong 47: AbouThai founder cuts ties with ‘yellow economic circle’ as he vows to support city, nation
- scmp TikTok CEO appeals to app’s 150 million US users for support ahead of key Congressional scrutiny
- scmp Pressure on nuclear weapons amounts to ‘war declaration’, North Korea says as more cruise missiles fired
- scmp US bid to ban TikTok hinges on Biden administration enacting a new law that bolsters government’s authority to regulate speech
- scmp Philippine President Marcos defends US military presence as China warns of ‘abyss of geopolitical strife’
- scmp Hong Kong’s graft-buster arrests law professor for allegedly cheating university out of HK$700,000
- scmp ‘Eat delicious food for him’: kind Chinese police officer talks suicidal teenager out of taking his own life on anniversary of friend’s death
- scmp Hong Kong universities’ drop in newly published global rankings blamed on lack of collaboration with overseas institutions
- scmp Beijing’s Taiwan affairs chief pledges cross-strait exchanges, as island warns of mainland charm offensive
- scmp Japan PM Fumio Kishida’s ‘necessary’ surprise visit to Kyiv receives strong domestic support ahead of G7 Summit
- scmp Tencent beats fourth-quarter profit estimates, as president Martin Lau Chi-ping prepares to rotate off the board
- scmp US semiconductor firm Marvell lays off entire China research and development team in latest round of job cuts amid industry slowdown
- scmp Hong Kong national security law: Beijing’s ‘3 red lines’ have ‘zero effect’ on my work, US envoy to city Gregory May says
- scmp ‘My robot has run away’: robotic vacuum cleaner ‘disappears’ for a week sending Chinese owner into a spin as social media laughs out loud
- scmp Hong Kong transport minister backs MTR Corp’s new fare adjustment mechanism in face of criticism
- scmp Thailand’s Chearavanont clan plans to set up Hong Kong family office, heeding city’s ‘Wealth for Good’ call to set up Asia hub to manage fortunes
- scmp Who needs a teacher any more? As ChatGPT takes off in Hong Kong, educationists worry about impact on teaching, learning
- scmp Climate change: China’s coal reliance raises alarms as UN IPCC moves net-zero deadlines ahead 10 years for 1.5-degree goal
- scmp Top US general predicts much of world’s armies, navies, and air forces ‘will be robotic’ in 15 years, perhaps sooner
- scmp 28 boxes of lobsters worth HK$560,000 seized by Hong Kong police and customs but smugglers flee in speedboat, van and on foot
- scmp Doggy dim sum cart: Hong Kong hotel rolls out canine catering red carpet by offering four-legged yum cha to pampered pets
- scmp Life on Earth may have come from space, say Japan scientists studying samples from asteroid 300 million km away
- scmp Former opposition lawmaker Albert Ho remanded in custody after arrest by Hong Kong national security police on suspicion of perverting course of justice
- scmp As Japan’s Kishida and India’s Modi share common China concerns, they can’t agree on Ukraine stance
- scmp 4 Thai immigration officers face arrest for abducting Chinese national, extorting thousands in cryptocurrency
- scmp HSBC invites Grammy-winner Pharrell Williams to meet its richest Hong Kong clients as it introduces art-finance offering
- scmp Kowloon Tong private school to cease operations, becoming first in Hong Kong to cite emigration wave for demise
- scmp ‘She’s marrying the right man’: bride-to-be in China watches ‘brave’ fiancé jump into lake to save drowning girl while taking pre-wedding photos
- scmp Hong Kong drivers facing toll rise of up to HK$10 at 2 busy cross-harbour tunnels, charge for western link cut by HK$15
- scmp Hong Kong to announce cash-for-residency scheme, tax incentives at wealth summit to attract family offices
- scmp Alibaba’s AI expert and cloud computing head Jia Yangqing quits for new start-up amid ChatGPT frenzy
- scmp Hong Kong think tank proposes measures to help open doors for young homebuyers locked out by high prices
- scmp Singapore lawyer M. Ravi slapped with 5-year suspension for ‘baseless’ attacks against judiciary
- scmp Australia’s climate targets could go up in smoke amid planned increase in coal, gas use: report
- scmp Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin solidify ‘strategic partnership of coordination’ between China, Russia
- scmp Fine or hold Hong Kong agencies criminally liable to tackle job-hopping among domestic workers, lawmakers say
- scmp Minor works at Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour to be exempted from stringent ‘public need test’ under proposed law amendments
- scmp TikTok CEO expected to focus on technical data security points in US Congressional testimony as ByteDance keeps head down
- scmp Mainland China executive vice-premier made Beijing’s top official for Hong Kong and Macau affairs
- scmp Family-owned companies are more profitable and innovative, Credit Suisse says in survey of 1,000 wealthy clans worldwide
- scmp Dissatisfied Hongkongers want respect and recognition, workplace happiness index survey finds as employees score 5.15 out of 10
- scmp Singapore’s Lee family feud: Lee Hsien Yang, wife must choose between fugitive status and returning home to clear name, minister says
- scmp Thanks to family and friends, Chinese are the happiest people in the world, global satisfaction survey finds
- scmp Hong Kong protests: cases dropped after 3 years against some of the 6,000 arrested but not charged, lawmaker reveals
- scmp Hong Kong retains title as Asia’s most expensive city for business travellers for second year, as inflation drives up costs
- scmp South Korea moves Japan to trade ‘white list’ as President Yoon Suk-yeol consolidates upswing in ties
- scmp China’s Communist Party wants to be everything everywhere all at once: but will centralised social control work?
- scmp China approves 27 overseas video games, from Merge Mansion to Audition: Everybody Party, in a sign of regulatory leniency
- scmp MTR Corp property profits to play role in ticket price calculations as one-off Hong Kong rail fare cut of 1.2 per cent announced
- scmp Art Basel Hong Kong fair rides on wave of interest in M+, city’s new museum of visual culture, in its first staging since Covid restrictions ended
- scmp ‘We help each other’: kind boy in China supports paraplegic classmate for 6 years, carrying him at school, helping him use the toilet praised online
- scmp Credit Suisse wipe out may have ‘destroyed’ AT1 bond market, but Asia-Pacific protected by more supportive authorities
- scmp China trade: Xinjiang’s US exports down 90 per cent in February, 8 months after ‘forced labour’ law came into effect
- scmp Singapore says US$105 million of expired Covid vaccines ‘price we were prepared to pay’ to stave off catastrophe
- scmp Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation adds 5 new mainland Chinese destinations as train services get back on track after Covid-19 suspension
- scmp SVB collapse: US rate hikes raise risks for banks, emerging markets, top Chinese officials warn
- scmp China’s State Council’s first meeting looks to private sector and foreign investment as part of economic plans
- scmp Sprouting slippers: Chinese wife hopes mouldy mules blossom into branded footwear after washing blunder by ‘unreliable’ husband
- scmp Global Impact: China’s ‘two sessions’ may be over, but SVB, Aukus and Ukraine create uncertainty for Beijing
- scmp Why do killer whales off the US west coast keep dying? Chinese and American gene scientists have an answer
- scmp John Lee promises ‘great results’ from first Hong Kong-Guangdong joint talks in 2 years, vows integration into national development
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TikTok CEO expected to focus on technical data security points in US Congressional testimony as ByteDance keeps head down
- scmpMinor works at Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour to be exempted from stringent ‘public need test’ under proposed law amendments
- scmpChina’s Communist Party wants to be everything everywhere all at once: but will centralised social control work?
- scmpChina trade: Xinjiang’s US exports down 90 per cent in February, 8 months after ‘forced labour’ law came into effect
- scmpCredit Suisse wipe out may have ‘destroyed’ AT1 bond market, but Asia-Pacific protected by more supportive authorities
- scmpFine or hold Hong Kong agencies criminally liable to tackle job-hopping among domestic workers, lawmakers say
- scmpHong Kong retains title as Asia’s most expensive city for business travellers for second year, as inflation drives up costs
- scmpSingapore’s Lee family feud: Lee Hsien Yang, wife must choose between fugitive status and returning home to clear name, minister says
- scmpDissatisfied Hongkongers want respect and recognition, workplace happiness index survey finds as employees score 5.15 out of 10
- scmpArt Basel Hong Kong fair rides on wave of interest in M+, city’s new museum of visual culture, in its first staging since Covid restrictions ended
- scmpXi Jinping and Vladimir Putin solidify ‘strategic partnership of coordination’ between China, Russia
- scmpChina approves 27 overseas video games, from Merge Mansion to Audition: Everybody Party, in a sign of regulatory leniency
- scmpAustralia’s climate targets could go up in smoke amid planned increase in coal, gas use: report
- scmpHong Kong protests: cases dropped after 3 years against some of the 6,000 arrested but not charged, lawmaker reveals
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Credit Suisse puts on Hong Kong-style hawker stalls to treat investors to dim sum, pineapple buns at what could be its swan song conference
- scmp ‘Rent a girlfriend’ at US$145 a day business booms among China’s single men for meeting parents, fake weddings or ‘other things’ if price is right
- scmp Why the worry at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste discharge plan? France has done it ‘for decades’
- scmp So fast, so good: Hong Kong users of ChatGPT are bowled over, but what about accuracy, ethics, integrity?
- scmp Antony Blinken says Xi Jinping’s trip shows Beijing ‘feels no responsibility to hold the Kremlin accountable’
- scmp As China and the Middle East benefit from closer cooperation, the US should rethink its approach to the region
- scmp Hong Kong’s first Pop Culture Festival expected to attract 140,000 people – but target is local audience, officials admit
- scmp China urged to reform risk averse research environment to close gap with US in science and technology
- scmp Approving fare rises for Hong Kong franchised bus operators could create bottomless subsidy pit, warn lawmakers and advisers
- scmp Ex-police officer jailed for 10 months for sedition over social media comments mocking death of chief inspector in Hong Kong
- scmp Taiwan’s military shelves controversial proposal amid criticism it would reinstate secret police of ‘White Terror’ era
- scmp What is behind the uptick in infectious diseases among children in Hong Kong after lifting of mask mandate?
- scmp Mainland Chinese tourists and residents should be safe from ‘intra-racial discrimination’ in Hong Kong equality body says
- scmp Singapore Charles Keith TikTokker Zoe Gabriel ‘living her dream’ in new role as AirAsia ambassador
- scmp Xi calls for ‘severe punishment’ after Chinese killed in mine attack in Central African Republic
- scmp ‘Love your wife, thank your mum’: Chinese man’s emotional reaction to partner’s description of childbirth touches mainland internet
- scmp China Evergrande aims for offshore debt restructuring agreement with creditors by end of March, Hong Kong court hears
- scmp HSBC to open Ocean Centre, Causeway Bay branches 7 days a week to tap rising mainland Chinese demand for accounts
- scmp Woman, 72, and daughter attacked with hot water and meat cleaver while sleeping in their home, husband arrested
- scmp ‘Enjoy the hard-earned happiness’: love nest dance by Chinese newlyweds in married home delights thousands on social media
- scmp US banks are on a ‘bumpy’ path as troubles deepen at First Republic, following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature
- scmp Credit Suisse opens as usual in Hong Kong after US$3.25 billion takeover by UBS, in a sign that Europe’s banking rout is under control
- scmp Australian state to ban Nazi salute after clashes at transgender rights rally: ‘Nazis aren’t welcome’
- scmp That’s a wrap! Operation Santa Claus concludes 2022 campaign after raising HK$16.7 million for good causes across Hong Kong
- scmp Retired Hong Kong Catholic leader Joseph Zen discharged from hospital after receiving treatment for breathing difficulties
- scmp ‘I want my half’: Chinese man lived illegally in US after abandoning wife and child 3 decades ago returns, demands they sell home to get his share
- scmp Hong Kong concern group unhappy public housing plan will disrupt butterflies, birds if nature belt rezoned
- scmp Thai tour guides fret over return of Chinese interlopers, asking: who gains from mass tourism?
- scmp Shopping paradise no more? Mainland Chinese tourists, travel agents disagree over Hong Kong’s appeal as demand for city trips drops
- scmp Hong Kong theft cases spike 40 per cent in first 2 months of year, but ‘no close link’ to border reopening with mainland China, police say
- scmp After South China Sea setback, Beijing seeks to arm itself with international law – like the West
- scmp China’s foreign ministry in Hong Kong invites consular officials, business leaders on trip to Greater Bay Area
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