Hong Kong China

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:24:02 +0800
Bejing slams Trump on 'election meddling fabrications'
Beijing accused US President Donald Trump of "fabrications" on Friday, after he said China had meddled in US election data, reviving his long-standing baseless claims of voter fraud ahead of midterm polls many expect him to dispute. Trump said in a ...

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:42:24 +0800
Nine rescued as landslide buries houses in Chongqing
Nine people have so far been rescued after a rainfall-induced landslide occurred along a section of the Wujiang River in southwest Chongqing municipality on Friday. None of those rescued sustained life-threatening injuries, according to local author...

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:49:59 +0800
Moonshot hits AI mark with Kimi K3 launch
Mainland artificial intelligence startup Moonshot on Friday unveiled Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter model that it said is the world's largest open-weight AI system and delivers performance approaching US giant Anthropic's frontier Fable model. Th...

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:51:55 +0800
Legco resumes second reading on Huanggang bill
The Legislative Council has resumed the second reading of the Huanggang port co-location bill. The Huanggang Port Hong Kong Port Area Bill was introduced to the legislature for first and second readings on Wednesday, and that was followed by a House...

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:29:36 +0800
Beijing slams 'forcible' British Steel nationalisation
China said on Friday it firmly opposes and strongly disapproves of Britain's decision to nationalise British Steel and urged fair treatment for Chinese firms there. Britain nationalised British Steel on Thursday, fully taking over the loss-making co...

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:09:13 +0800
No single country should dominate AI: Xi
President Xi Jinping said artificial intelligence should not be dominated by a single country. Delivering a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai on Friday, ...

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:46:36 +0800
Huanggang bill second reading to resume on Friday
A special Legislative Council meeting has been scheduled for Friday on the Huanggang port co-location bill during which its second reading is to resume. That's after the Legco House Committee completed its vetting of the Huanggang Port Hong Kong Por...

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:54:03 +0800
More the merrier for bus industry at Huanggang
An industry representative for non-franchised bus operators has welcomed the government's decision to introduce franchised services at the redeveloped Huanggang port. This came after Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said on Wednesday...

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:01:13 +0800
'Huanggang to boast strong public transport network'
Transport minister Mable Chan on Wednesday said a convenient public transport network at the new Huanggang port would encourage travellers to use private cars less frequently. In a written reply to the Legislative Council, Chan said a public transpo...

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:35:19 +0800
'Legco to hold extra meeting for new port legislation'
Security chief Chris Tang said the Legislative Council House Committee will hold a special meeting on Thursday to review a bill on the redeveloped Huanggang port. As the State Council had decided the Hong Kong port area is to be commissioned on July...

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:35:14 +0800
Nation's economy expands 4.7pc in H1
China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.7 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Wednesday. The world's second-largest economy generated around 69.57 trillion yuan (US$10.25 tr...

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:45:10 +0800
HK's first five‑year plan a historic shift: lawmakers
Legislative Council President Starry Lee has called the drafting of Hong Kong's first five‑year plan "groundbreaking" and of historic significance. She said the plan will bring benefits to residents by aligning the city's development with the nat...

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:31:41 +0800
Govt gazettes Huanggang port co-location bill
A new boundary-control facility at Huanggang is a step closer to opening, as the government on Tuesday gazetted the Huanggang Port Hong Kong Port Area Bill to implement co-location arrangements there. The bill will be introduced to the Legislative ...

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:46:22 +0800
Beijing calls for return to normal passage in Hormuz
China called on the United States and Iran on Tuesday to restore safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, as fighting between the two sides reignited over how the strategic waterway should be managed. "Restoring normal and safe passage through the...

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:07:03 +0800
Ex-Politburo member Ma expelled from CPC
Former Politburo member Ma Xingrui has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from public office for serious violations of party discipline and laws. According to an official statement on Tuesday, an investigation by the...

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:20:55 +0800
Exports beat forecasts on chips, US front-loading
The nation's export growth topped forecasts in June as strong demand for semiconductors and a rush by manufacturers to ship goods to the United States ahead of potential new tariffs countered broader concerns about the Iran war and weakening global d...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:25:19 +0800
60 trillion yuan target set in retail drive
China has set a goal of raising total retail sales of consumer goods to around 60 trillion yuan by 2030 and further strengthening consumption's role in driving economic growth, according to a government plan on expanding consumption during the 15th F...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 21:17:49 +0800
Xi to deliver keynote speech at AI conference
President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of an international conference on artificial intelligence in Shanghai and deliver a keynote speech. The 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance will be held from J...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:06:53 +0800
Lai, cohorts make bones in running space station tests
Shenzhou-23 spaceflight mission's three-person crew has successfully tested an upgraded in-orbit mass measurement device at the nation's space station as the trio approach their 50th day in orbit with a steadily expanding roster of scientific experim...

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:34:27 +0800
Flood warning upgraded amid storm threat
The Ministry of Water Resources on Sunday upgraded its flood warning to yellow, as Typhoon Bavi is forecast to bring heavy rainfall to vast swathes of the country from Sunday to Tuesday. Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, made successive landfalls...

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