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Chow Hang-tung has been detained since 2021, and written about everything from clothes to Tiananmen Square and the meaning of freedom Tiananmen Square vigil organisers in Hong Kong found guilty of ‘inciting subversion’ In one essay written from prison, Chow Hang-tung worries about her hairstyle before court appearances
Recall comes after Chinese authorities said it would ban hidden car door handles commonly seen on Tesla models Tesla and other carmakers are making a major recall of more than 4m vehicles in China over safety concerns mostly related to their door handles, according to Chinese authorities on Friday. The US carmaker is r
A punishing drought is draining Europe’s great rivers, pushing the Loire, the Danube and the Rhine towards record lows. At the Kaub gauging station, the reference point for shipping on the Rhine – Germany’s economic artery – the water level fell to 17cm (6.7 inches) this month, a low unseen since measurements began in
TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance have agreed to pay US$400 million to settle a US Justice Department lawsuit accusing the video-sharing app of violating children’s online privacy laws, resolving a major federal case as the platform’s American operations remain under intense political scrutiny. The settlement, an
Southeast Asian leaders have long insisted they will not be forced to pick sides in the great-power rivalry between the US and China. But their posture is about to be further tested. This time, the battleground is AI. While Washington wants the region locked into Pax Silica – its bid to build a China-free artificial in
An incoming local male passenger was sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment with a fine of $1,000 by the Fanling Magistrates' Courts today (August 19) for possessing duty-not-paid cigarettes and failing to declare them to Customs officers, in contravention of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (DCO). Customs officers in
Midway through a three-month negotiating period with Beijing, new data shows the trade balances of 24 European Union member states are still moving in what Brussels considers to be the wrong direction. China extended its trade surplus over all but three EU members in July compared to a year earlier, calculations based
Eleven carmakers, including Tesla and Xiaomi, launched software updates and vehicle recalls on Friday, the companies said, in China's largest-ever automotive recall campaign, as regulators tighten scrutiny of emergency door-release systems in EVs. Most of the actions, classified as product recalls under Chinese regulat
About 24 million children enrolled in kindergartens across China have benefited from a policy waiving childcare and education fees for the final year of preschool, a mainland finance official said on Friday. Speaking at a news conference in Beijing, Wang Xinxiang, director of the Budget Department of the Ministry of Fi
China’s three state-owned telecoms giants have made billable artificial intelligence tokens a key focus of their growth strategies, as AI adoption accelerates across the country and computing demand soars. China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom all pointed to AI and computing operations as key growth drivers in t
Chinese agricultural scientists have launched a generative AI breeding platform for soybeans, which play a central role in China’s agricultural trade. The Fengshu 2.0 platform marked “a shift in China’s soybean breeding towards data-assisted breeding and precision decision-making”, Xinhua reported recently, contrasting
The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Kuala Lumpur (HKETO Kuala Lumpur), the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA) and the Film Development Fund (FDF) jointly supported the Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation - Kuala Lumpur organised by the Asian Film Awards Academy. The film gala opened in Kual
A pair of landmark rocket recoveries in recent weeks has brought China a step closer to mastering reusable launch technology – a breakthrough analysts said could give the People’s Liberation Army an advantage in combat by increasing the resilience of its satellite-supported “kill chain”, the process of identifying, tra
The centenary of Jiang Zemin’s birth, marked on August 17 with a memorial in Beijing attended and addressed by President Xi Jinping, was more than an occasion to commemorate a former Chinese leader. It was also an exercise in political history: a moment to locate Jiang, the era he led and the reform legacy associated w
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (August 21) announced an imported case of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection and reminded the public to maintain good personal, food and environmental hygiene to prevent intestinal infections. The case involves a 24-year-old m
China and Indonesia’s recent joint naval exercise east of Taiwan has prompted speculation that other Southeast Asian countries may follow suit. Last Wednesday’s drill – which one observer said may “lower the political threshold” for neighbouring countries – was followed by a meeting of the two countries’ foreign and de
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (August 21) recorded a severe paediatric influenza A infection case. The CHP urged the public to maintain good personal and environmental hygiene at all times to prevent influenza and other respiratory illnesses. The case involves an 11-year-old b
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 21) urged the public not to consume a batch of cheese originated from France due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The trade should stop using or selling the affected product immediately if they possess
UK Foreign Office condemns use of national security law to convict activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung Two Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils marking China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown in 1989 have been found guilty of “incitement to subversion” in one of the most high-profile cases in Hong Kong sin
Alibaba Group Holding is expected to further accelerate cloud growth, expand operating margins and achieve faster payback on artificial intelligence investments, analysts say, as the Chinese tech giant reaches the halfway mark of its massive 380 billion yuan (US$56 billion) AI infrastructure spending plan. “The most im
On August 11, a tiny line buried in a lengthy press release from French company Mistral AI spoke volumes about the strategic and technological dilemmas facing the European Union, as the bloc prepares to navigate an autumn period full of geopolitical and trade upheaval. In a bid to roll out “European infrastructure for
The Immigration Department (ImmD) mounted a series of territory-wide anti-illegal worker operations codenamed "Twilight", a joint operation with the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department codenamed "Flabbergast", a joint operation with the Hong Kong Police Force and t
The government is ramping up preparations for the new Huanggang port facility with a massive stress test on Saturday, mobilising 10,000 civil servants – double the number involved in previous exercises. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Secretary for Security Chris Tang said that the drill would also serve as the inaugu
I understand the pressure on AI companies to rush forward. But employees are right to be concerned Last month, more than a thousand employees at frontier AI companies signed a letter asking the US government to find a way to “pace” AI development, citing the risk of the technology spiraling out of human control as it b
Even when fully mobilised, China’s industrial system would only be able to meet 60 per cent of the country’s military demand for drones in a conflict, according to a rare study looking into the expected effects of a sudden war. The estimates were produced by an artificial intelligence model that covered a multilevel su
A pro-Beijing coalition of trade unions has urged the government to halt Hongkong Post’s decision to stop offering permanent civil servant contracts to new hires in a bid to cut operating costs – a move expected to affect 200 postal workers. Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) lawmaker Bill Tang, along with othe
China said on Friday that US “sanctions and pressure” would not resolve the Middle East conflict, after Washington urged governments including Beijing to join efforts to isolate the Iranian economy. The United States has vowed it would “collapse” the Iranian regime with its threatened campaign, which Tehran has branded
A general manager of Bank of China (Hong Kong) said the total subscription value for the newly released silver bonds could reach a record high. The remarks came after the government's 11th batch of silver bonds for senior citizens went on sale from 9am on Friday morning. The sale, totalling up to HK$55 billion, ends at
China refuted on Friday a claim from Washington that it has improperly held a US citizen since early June, saying the American was suspected of violating Chinese law. “China is a country governed by the rule of law, and there is no such thing as so-called wrongful detention,” said foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian in
The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat: The Outline of the National 15th Five-Year Plan explicitly calls for empowering economic and social development through artificial intelligence (AI). The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government has also incorporated the proacti
The Committee on Taxi Service Quality (CTSQ) and the Transport Department (TD) today (August 21) jointly held the Taxi Service Commendation Scheme Prize Presentation Ceremony 2025 to commend outstanding taxi drivers and taxi service management teams. Speaking at the Prize Presentation Ceremony, the Commissioner for Tra
The nation's foreign and defence ministers were in Jakarta on Friday for talks with their Indonesian counterparts to seek greater political and military cooperation days after a joint navy drill. China and Indonesia should "seize the moment," Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in introductory remarks. "The current internati
Note: SCMP Plus subscribers can attend an exclusive event with Zhou Bo, a retired People’s Liberation Army senior colonel, in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Zhou will discuss China’s military modernisation as the PLA works towards its 2027 centenary goal. SCMP Editor-in-Chief Chow Chung-yan will host the fireside chat. Zhou is
In response to the Japanese Government's plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station, the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene issued a Food Safety Order which prohibits all aquatic products, sea salt and seaweeds originating from the 10 metropolis/prefectures, namely Tokyo
Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has stoked controversy after comments read as not only reinforcing a view of Taiwan as part of China, but also expressing support for China retaking Taiwan by force if necessary