New York City freezes rents for 1 million flats in win for Mamdani
A New York City housing board voted on Thursday to freeze the rents for about one million regulated flats for up to two years, fulfilling a central campaign promise of Mayor Zohran Mamdani only months into his term.
The 7-1 vote by the city’s Rent Guidelines Board set increases at zero on both one-year and two-year leases from October. Hundreds of tenants who crowded into a Manhattan museum auditorium cheered and blew whistles at the result.
“This is a historic victory for New York City tenants
Hong Kong’s big economic dreams: what’s the reality and where do the poor fit in?
In the first of a two-part series on the economy as Hong Kong marks 29 years since its return to Chinese rule, Denise Tsang and Vivian Au look at efforts at transformation, including the city’s bet on the Northern Metropolis, and the challenges ahead.
Molly Lam lives alone in a public housing flat in Tsuen Wan but fear is a constant companion as she worries about losing her job.
The restaurant worker in her sixties has seen how her company is shrinking its operations amid an industry downturn.
Earning
Will Dear You’s smash success push Singapore to ease dialect film policies?
Singaporean Hong Weilun was left disappointed after he failed to secure tickets for limited Teochew screenings of the Chinese film Dear You when they were released on Monday.
“It is important to watch the original version because the mood, nuances and emotional weight of the film are best conveyed through the actors’ expressions, accents and subtle vocal cues,” Hong said.
The 40-year-old, who is Teochew and had initially planned to
Chinese man changes locks on vacant flat, sells it to unsuspecting couple for US$103,000
A man in eastern China deceived long-time friends out of over 700,000 yuan (US$103,000) by changing the lock on a random vacant flat and posing as its owner to sell it to them.
Sun, a Shanghai resident who previously owned two shops that went out of business, had a history of serving time for fraud, according to the mainland media outlet Xinmin Evening News.
Following his release from prison in 2017, a married
China’s award-winning 6G tech turns every wall and pipe into a sensor
China’s 6G engineers have built a special metasurface system that can bounce wireless signals around like a precision mirror to fill in dead spots, while still sensing people moving about – just like a radar.
The innovation earned a gold award at the International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva in March, the online results of which were announced on June 14.
The innovation is named Distributed Integrated Sensing and Communication Metasurface (DISACM). It uses intelligent reconfigurable surfaces to reshape wireless propagation environments, enabling simultaneous communication enhancement, environmental
‘Do or die’ for small carmakers: China market braces for 156 new models as price war looms
A record 156 new models are expected to hit the Chinese automotive market in the second half of 2026, intensifying concerns about small players’ profitability as a new price war looms.
The mass-market segment would see an influx of intelligent electric vehicles (EVs) priced at around 100,000 yuan (US$
How Chinese philosophy influenced US founding fathers
“Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, published the sayings of Confucius in his colonial newspaper and today’s sculpture recognising that ancient Chinese age is carved into the face of the United States Supreme Court very proudly,” said US President Donald Trump in Beijing last month.
It took two-and-a-half centuries for an American president to explicitly acknowledge the profound Chinese impact on the US founding fathers. Trump’s recent declaration could be a historical first. Unless archival evidence surfaces to suggest otherwise, he is the
Hong Kong’s own drug regulator pushes ahead with hiring, seeks WHO recognition
As Hong Kong marks the 29th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule on July 1, the South China Morning Post talks to the city’s senior officials about the administration’s achievements so far and what may lie ahead.
Hong Kong is on a global talent hunt for its own drug approval body which is expected to be launched by the fourth quarter of this year as the city bids to achieve its international biomedical hub ambitions, the city’s health minister has revealed.
In an exclusive interview with the
North Korea’s border build-up opens a Seoul-UN Command rift
A public row between Seoul and the US-led United Nations Command (UNC) has revealed a fresh fault line over how the two interpret North Korea ’s recent border fortification activities.
South Korea views its arch-rival’s actions as a violation of the 1953 Korean war armistice agreement. The UNC does not.
The dispute follows a separate disagreement over which authority should govern access to the demilitarised zone (DMZ), while analysts say differences also persist between Seoul and Washington over the future role of