Hong Kong’s West Kowloon arts hub targets Middle East ties, annual deficit narrows by 20%

Betty Fung, CEO of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, says music centre the next construction priority, if funds available.

At China’s Zhuhai air show, Russia signs deals to export Su-57 fighter jet

Moscow agrees to deliver the stealth warplanes to foreign countries for first time, while Russian security chief visits aviation event.

China’s top chip packaging firm sees major board shake-up

Former SMIC chairman Gao Yonggang has resigned from JCET’s board after China Resources became the firm’s largest shareholder.

China’s EV sector reaches 10 million production milestone, overcapacity fears deepen

Chinese EV makers have delivered 9.75 million units to mainland buyers between January and October, a year-on-year jump of 34 per cent.

South Africa won’t help illegal miners inside closed mine: ‘smoke them out’

Police closed off the entrances for moving supplies underground, cutting off miners’ supplies to force them to resurface for arrest.

Beijing reminds Canada of ‘one China’ commitment ahead of visit by Tsai

Former Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen reportedly expected to address a security forum in Canada, after three-nation European trip last month.

Hong Kong’s labour shortage to hit 180,000 by 2028 amid city’s rapidly ageing population

By 2028, more than two million, or 28 per cent of the population, will be aged 65 or above.

China hawk Rubio likely to take hard line on Hong Kong but Beijing well prepared: experts

Donald Trump’s pick for US secretary of state previously had a key role in getting bills against Hong Kong passed.

Alibaba’s new AI model rivals OpenAI’s GPT-4o in coding ability amid open source competition

In nine out of 12 evaluations, Qwen2.5 Coder’s flagship variant performed better than GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet, according to a statement.

Dutch investigate alleged police violence after banned Amsterdam protest

Social media footage seemed to show police officers beating protesters who had been released after being taken away from the protest.