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This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong readers now get 50 per cent off their first year of subscription until September 21, 2025. Hong Kong’s weather forecaster has said the No 1 typhoon warning signal will remain in effect…
Poland has rejected China’s request to reopen its border with Belarus after a series of Russian drone incursions, increasing political tensions between China and the European Union. The latest measures, including the closure of the vital Małaszewicze crossing used by the China-Europe Railway Express, immediately disrupted a key artery in Sino-European trade and signaled Warsaw’s…
Ahead of an anticipated interest rate cut from the US Federal Reserve this week, the offshore yuan strengthened past a rate of 7.1 against the US dollar for the first time in nearly a year – another milestone reached in a gradual shift of China’s monetary policy that has seen the currency gain ground over…
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s attendance at this month’s military parade in Beijing highlighted long-standing ties with China, forged during the African nation’s liberation struggle. More than two dozen world leaders joined the Victory Day event in Tiananmen Square on September 3, when China put its military might on display. Mnangagwa was one of just two…
Two Chinese teenagers have been ordered to pay 2.2 million yuan (US$308,000) in compensation after filming themselves urinating into a hotpot dish at a popular restaurant. The pair posted a video of their “prank” online, and the outlet, one of the Haidilao nationwide chain, was forced to refund more than 4,000 diners. The incident took…
It is the sort of experience you just can’t buy. The carriages are being polished, the family silver is being laid out, and diamonds are being dusted off as King Charles prepares to offer a royal welcome to Donald Trump for what will be the highlight of the US president’s unprecedented second state visit to…
With European nations poised to symbolically recognise Palestinian statehood, Israel and the United States have ramped up their religious rhetoric, which analysts say is heightening tensions and deepening divisions across the West and Middle East alike. In an interview with the Jerusalem Post published the same day, Netanyahu argued that Israel’s greatest challenges stemmed from…
My life’s mission has been to create safe, beneficial AI that will make the world a better place. But recently, I’ve been increasingly concerned about people starting to believe so strongly in AIs as conscious entities that they will advocate for “AI rights” and even citizenship. This development would represent a dangerous turn for the…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong readers now get 50 per cent off their first year of subscription until September 21, 2025. Hong Kong’s leader has delivered his fourth policy address, vowing to improve people’s livelihoods, which he…
A Chinese PhD graduate and his wife have turned a Chongqing spicy pea noodle stall in Belgium into a viral sensation, earning more than 1000 euros (US$1,200) a day. According to the mainland outlet Jimu News, graduate Ding, 37, is from Jiangsu province in eastern China. After completing his doctorate in China, he went to…
