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A charity founded in 1979 to support Vietnamese war refugee children in Hong Kong will this year launch a programme to train ethnic minority youth as sports coaches for mainstream youngsters. Treats’ “EM-SPARK” project will train 30 ethnic minority youngsters aged 15 to 18 to coach 3,504 mainstream primary school students and community members in…
The dramatic US operation that resulted in the arrest and extradition of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife has sent shockwaves through the international system. For more than a decade, Maduro’s Venezuela stood as a primary outpost of Sino-Russian influence in the Western Hemisphere, representing a strategic thorn in Washington’s side. Yet, as the…
China has emerged as a credible challenger to the US in artificial intelligence-driven drug discovery, where advantage depends not only on computing prowess but also on the ability to effectively mine data, from genomes to clinical trial results, according to Leung Chuen-yan, a private equity investor and life sciences scientist. “Globally, the way companies develop…
China’s population declined for a fourth consecutive year in 2025, extending a downturn that has coincided with weaker economic conditions and falling birth rates. The continued contraction comes as job prospects remain uncertain for many young people and marriage rates stay subdued, adding pressure to China’s long-term growth outlook and social support systems. In 2025,…
Hong Kong authorities are “very concerned” about subdivided flat tenants facing eviction from a Cheung Sha Wan building by March, after the landlord’s plans to upgrade the premises to comply with new rules left dozens in need of temporary housing. The Housing Bureau said on Monday that it was in contact with 109 households in…
The United States is likely to lose its clear edge over China in strategic relations with major nations by 2035, a prominent Chinese political scientist has predicted. Yan Xuetong, honorary dean of Tsinghua University’s Institute of International Relations, said strategic competition between Beijing and Washington was likely to remain intense in the coming decade and…
China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft returned to Earth with no astronauts inside – just metal, heat and a cracked window – touching down at the Dongfeng landing site in Inner Mongolia on Monday. The hull appeared to be darkened after enduring the intense heat and stress of re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. But on-site inspections revealed the capsule’s…
The numbers are in, and they paint a picture that defies the conventional wisdom of Washington’s trade hawks. In 2025, China’s trade surplus surged to a record high of US$1.2 trillion. In December alone, the surplus reached $114 billion, driven by a higher-than-expected 6.6% growth in exports and 5.7% growth in imports. The trade surplus…
No other foreign nation maintains a larger military presence in Taiwan than Singapore. Approximately 3,000 Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) personnel are rotationally stationed on the island each year under Project Starlight, a bilateral defense agreement signed in 1975 between the two sies. While rarely acknowledged by Singaporean officials, Project Starlight holds significant operational importance for…
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed umbrella group dominated by armed Syrian Kurds from the YPG and linked to the PKK which Turkey designates a terrorist organization, rapidly collapsed over the weekend due to thecoordinated defectionof their Arab tribal junior partners. Their geopolitical project of building an autonomous region organized according to PKK founder…
