Researchers have identified four challenges that could undermine Beijing’s five-year plan for a modern military by 2030
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Chinese defence suppliers are hitting a wall when it comes to translating national strategic goals into effective enterprise-level actions, according to an analysis by industry insiders.
Almost one-third of the city state’s workers say they need to combine a full-time job with another source of income
By day, Adele Lee juggles schedules and administrative work as a personal assistant to a senior director at a financial advisory firm.
Rescene, a five-member girl group from little-known agency The Muze Entertainment, debuted in 2024 but largely flew under the radar until recently.
Stronger winds and squally showers expected later in the day, while Airport Authority says some flights over the weekend will be affected
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Hong Kong’s weather forecaster will issue the No 3 typhoon signal at 1.20pm on Saturday and afternoon classes will be suspended in some schools.
The Hong Kong Observatory said local winds
On the surface, China’s cutting-edge tech sector – from the algorithmic breakthroughs of DeepSeek and Zhipu AI to the hardware of Unitree Robotics and ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) – mirrors Silicon Valley’s venture capital-backed ecosystem.
But a closer look at their financing histories reveals a common investor: the Chinese state.
Beijing’s strong presence underscores a more profound structural shift in how China’s frontier technology is being funded. As Western venture capital and domestic private wealth retreat, the government has been
In 138BC, Chinese diplomat and explorer Zhang Qian was sent as an envoy to the western regions.
The land route started from Changan, present-day Xian, and passed through Gansu province and the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, reaching Central and West Asia, and connecting
Tohoku, the northern region of Japan’s main island of Honshu, comprises Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata and Fukushima prefectures – an area known for mountains, hot springs, skiing, festivals and a slower rural pace.
Of the record 42.7 million foreign visitors to Japan in 2025
An unconventional weight-loss remedy of drinking a mixture of an external-use constipation medication with tea has trended on Chinese social media, sparking doctors to warn the public not to try it after receiving some emergency cases.
The extreme slimming method has captivated social media in recent weeks because of claims that it has the remarkable effect of helping people shed 4kg of weight within just two days, Shangyou News reported.
In some viral videos, influencers squeeze a glycerin enema into a sugar-free tea product, shake the bottle
Henderson Land Development co-chairman and managing director Peter Lee Ka-kit’s family office has fast-tracked its plans in Central Asia, where rich agricultural and natural resources could trigger more than US$1 billion in investments in green energy.
Alan Chan Ying-lung, managing partner of family office Full Vision Capital, told the South China Morning Post that the firm was pressing ahead with investment projects such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and smart energy storage and solutions in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana.
US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to install signage that warns visitors of inaccurate historical information inside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington.
The order issued on Friday calls on federal officials to “install temporary signage” on public walkways outside the building to “
