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China customs use smart specs

SHENZHEN (深圳) customs offi cers are now equipped with intelligent spectacles hat have facial-recognition features powe...

New phones now need face scans

STARTING early December, China now requires telecom operators to collect face scans when registering new phone users at ...

More Greater Bay perks for HK

CHIEF Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (林鄭月娥) says Hongkongers will benefi t from a series of preferential polic...

China sees business in space

DURING initial tests of their 8.1-metre tall reusable rocket, Chinese engineers from LinkSpace (翎客航天), a start-up le...

‘Sherlock Holmes’ dog cloned

SCIENTISTS in Yunnan (雲南省) have cloned what they called the “Sherlock Holmes of police dogs” in a programme they ho...

Huawei lab unveils cyber secrets

CHINESE tech giant Huawei (華為) has opened a cybersecurity lab in Brussels (布魯塞爾) – the heart of the European Unio...

China gets tough on geneticist

A MAINLAND scientist who claims to have made the world’s first ‘gene-edited’ babies broke the law and will be severel...

Shanghai leads in luxury prices

SHANGHAI (上海) has replaced Hong Kong as the most expensive place in Asia, when measuring by a ‘basket’ of luxury goo...

President praises HK’s key role

HONG Kong and Macau will share outstanding advantages and perform irreplaceable functions in the country’s future openi...

Singles’ Day sales breaks records

SALES from Alibaba’s ‘Singles’ Day 2018’ totalled 213.5 billion yuan (HK$239 billion), setting another record as the...

Xi’s few words opens bridge

PRESIDENT Xi Jinping (習近平) was a man of few words as he officially launched the world’s longest sea bridge.“I decla...

China gets tough on tax evaders

FOLLOWING Fan Bingbing’s (范冰冰) tax evasion punishment, the national tax authority has directed its regional offices ...

China set to scrap baby limits

BEIJING looks set to scrap all limits on the number of children a family can have – an end to a policy that spurred cou...

Xi: get behind HK’s IT sector

PRESIDENT Xi Jinping (習近平) says he is supporting the developing IT cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland.Rep...

Hopes of greater bay integration

GUANGDONG provincial chief Ma Xingrui (廣東省省長馬興瑞) said the province could remove barriers to enhance the cooperat...

Xi free to lead indefinitely

CHINA’S rubber-stamp lawmakers have passed a historic constitutional amendment abolishing a presidential two-term limit...

Work report omits HK autonomy

PREMIER Li Keqiang (李克強) demanded accurate and comprehensive implementation of ‘one country, two systems’ in Hong K...

WeChat denies storing chats

ECHAT, the mainland’s most popular messenger app, has denied that it stores its users’ chat histories.The denial came ...

National anthem law to be enacted

HONG Kong will begin preparing and enacting local National Anthem Law (國歌法) according to the city’s constitutional a...

Xi stresses jurisdiction over HK

PRESIDENT Xi Jinping (習近平) says Beijing exercises “overall jurisdiction” over Hong Kong and Macau and that “one co...

Xinhua scoffs at bickering West

XINHUA News Agency (新華社) attacked Western democracy as divisive and confrontational, and praised the harmony and coop...

Universities for seniors needed

CHINA needs more educational institutions for the aged as the need grows with an ageing population, an educator said. Si...

China named biggest IP thief

CHINA has been named the world’s No 1 culprit in counterfeit goods, software piracy and theft of trade secrets. A repor...

HK stays top in freedom index

HONG Kong has been rated the “freest” jurisdiction in the world for the seventh time since 2008. But the SAR is in dan...

Cash ‘wasted’ on new coal plants

CHINA could waste as much as US$490 billion (HK$3.82 trillion) on unnecessary new coal-fired power stations, according t...

Quake aid projects completed

THE reconstruction projects in Sichuan Province (四川) funded by Hong Kong following the 2008 earthquake have been compl...

HK Disneyland in $10.9bn upgrade

HONG Kong Disneyland (香港迪士尼樂園) will spend HK$10.9 billion on a six-year expansion programme to boost high-spendin...

Jia Jia – gone but not forgotten

BIOLOGICAL samples from the much-loved Jia Jia (佳佳) – once the world’s oldest panda in captivity – will be preserve...

Hairy crabs spark poison alert

FOOD authorities have found excessive dioxin in hairy crab samples and suspended their import from two Jiangsu Province ...

Amazon sued over home loss

A FAMILY is suing Amazon (亞馬遜公司) for selling a hoverboard blamed for starting a fire that burned their US$1m (HK$7....

Apple goes to court over fakes

HI-TECH giant Apple says it has been buying chargers and cables labelled as genuine Apple products on Amazon.com and fou...

China aims to be internet giant

CHINA is looking to become an internet superpower. To achieve this goal, President Xi Jinping (習近平) has asked for mor...

Pepper keeps customers in line

AN army of obedient workers is joining two banks and an insurance firm in Taipei (台北). But they are not paid for their...

High winds dismay fun seekers

THE world’s biggest hot-air balloon festival in the US was disrupted after two accidents caused by strong winds. Albuqu...

Silver tower to clean grey air

A DUTCH artist has found an artistic and novel way to combat smog in Beijing. He has built a seven-metre metal structure...

‘Pigeon coops’ take flight

SHENZHEN (深圳) has beaten Hong Kong when it comes to tiny flats. Nine apartments there – with floor areas from 61.6 to...

Safety boost for self-driving car

TESLA Motors has improved its autopilot system to disable automatic steering if drivers do not keep their hands on the w...

Doraemon takes to the skies

A SPECIAL Doraemon-themed plane has commenced flying on the Tokyo to Shanghai route. The Boeing 767-300 operated by Japa...

A golden moment in Rio Games

CHINA’S young women’s volleyball team overcame a surging Serbian (塞爾維亞) side on 21 August to take their country’s...

China wins its first gold

ZHANG Mengxue (張夢雪) won China’s first gold medal at the Rio Games (里約奧運) on 7 August, with the Olympic debutant ...

Rights lawyer Zhou jailed

A COURT in China has jailed a prominent human rights lawyer for seven years for subverting the government, state media s...

US citizen denied contact

The US Department of State (美國國務院) confirmed on 27 July that US citizen James Wang Jianmin (王建民) has been put be...

China seeks defence boost

CHINA says it will leverage its economy to boost defence capabilities, acknowledging shortcomings with long-held aims to...

Ships worsen air pollution

A SHIPPING boom is aggravating air pollution in China and other nations in east Asia (東亞), and according to scientists...

Hu’s ex-aide gets life term

LING Jihua (令計劃), an ex-aide of former president Hu Jintao (胡錦濤), was sentenced on 4 July to life in prison for ta...

Lam faces tougher action

MAINLAND officials have told a Hong Kong delegation that bookseller Lam Wing-kee (林榮基) jumped bail and may face tough...

China dismisses US claim

CHINA has suggested that the US defence secretary brush up on his history after he urged Beijing (北京) not to build a ...

Foreign TV curbs tightened

CHINA will tighten restrictions on foreign and “foreign-inspired” TV programmes, its broadcast regulator said, in a bi...

Exam cheats face jail terms

FROM sending SWAT teams (特警隊) into exam centres to arresting rule-breakers, China’s public security authorities have...

Beijing monitors senior citizens

THESE days, when people over 80 in Beijing (北京) take a bus, see a doctor or spend money, their activities are digitall...

Obesity explosion hits mainland kids

RESEARCHERS have raised the alarm about an obesity explosion among children in rural China. This is believed to be cause...

China criticises US human rights record

CHINA has published a report on the United States’ “terrible” human rights situation. The report is titled The Human ...

Harmful online ‘beauty’ fads spread fast

SOCIAL media in the mainland has been swept by a series of body image crazes in recent months. The ‘A4 waist’ (A4腰) f...

Ticket hitch hits new park

TICKET sales for Shanghai Disneyland (上海迪士尼樂園) have had a chaoticstart. Tickets for the theme park’s opening day...

China leads in green power

CHINA helped push global green energy investment plans to record highs in 2015, offsetting a sharp fall in Germany (德國...

Taobao vows to get tough on fakes

Alibaba’s chairman Jack Ma Yun (阿里巴巴集團主席馬雲) vowed to launch a ‘national team’ to fight the fake goods probl...

Flat price jump prompts hurried marriages

Most people get married for love and to build a family. But people do get married for other reasons, such as to get immi...

HK youths under the spotlight

HONG KONG delegates to the mainland’s top advisory body have been urged to actively take part in work related to young ...

New Year wish from Vatican

China said on Wednesday it had “noted” an interview in which Pope Francis (教宗方濟各) sent Lunar New Year greetings t...

Youths flock to drone schools

MAINLAND youths are flocking to drone schools such as TT Aviation Technology (北方天途航空技術發展(北京)有限公司), one o...

Cooks grilled over seasoning

THIRTY-FIVE restaurants across China, including a popular Beijing (北京) hot pot chain, have been found illegally using ...

Beijing focuses on work quality

CHINA will stick to family planning restrictions for up to 30 years, a senior Chinese official said on Monday, rejecting...

Major changes to mainland laws

New laws and regulations that went into effect on New Year’s Day in the mainland will bring sweeping changes to the liv...

President calls for greater efforts against graft

PRESIDENT Xi Jinping (習近平) told top officials in the ruling Communist Party to closely watch their families, state me...

Futian station opens

THE mainland section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (廣深港高速鐵路) was completed on Wednesday a...

Anti-terrorism law passed

THE National People’s Congress (全國人民代表大會) said its Standing Committee adopted the country’s first anti-terrori...

Dozens still missing in mudslide

AT least 85 people remained missing in China’s latest industrial accident after a giant flow of mud and construction wa...

Building a cyber community

China’s President Xi Jinping (習近平) laid out his vision for the Internet on Wednesday, calling for a new status quo w...

Saying ‘no’ to animal cruelty

PUBLIC outrage in China over photographs of laboratory dogs lying muzzled and abandoned on the roof of a medical school ...

Beijing eyes homemade cures

CHINA, already a global powerhouse in high-tech areas from solar panels to bullet trains, is turning its industrial migh...

Shanghai cracks down on copyright violation

CHINA has fined five knock-off Disney (迪士尼) hotels for infringing on the iconic US entertainment company’s trademark...

Shoddy goods face the chop

CHINA will ramp up inspections of goods bought online, a regulator said on Tuesday, seeking to root out lowquality goods...

All smiles at historic summit

THE summit between the presidents of China and Taiwan (台灣) promised warmer ties and was loaded with historic symbolism...

Beijing scraps one-child policy

BEIJING (北京) has ended its controversial one-child policy after decades of strict enforcement left it with an ageing p...

Football fan Xi visits rival club

PRESIDENT Xi Jinping (習近平) blew the final whistle on his state visit to Britain (英國) last Friday with a day out at ...

‘Education factories’ spring up

A NEW kind of project is blooming in China’s countryside today: the vocational education park. Three decades ago, Chine...

Japan may halt funds for Unesco

JAPAN (日本) may halt funding for the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organisation (Unesco, 聯合國教科文組...

China wins Nobel medicine prize

FOR decades, China has yearned for a Nobel prize (諾貝爾獎) in one of the sciences, and now a little-known researcher wh...

Beijing in peacekeeping pledge

CHINA will contribute 8,000 troops to a United Nations (聯合國) peacekeeping standby force, President Xi Jinping (習近平...

Hangzhou to host Asian Games

HANGZHOU city (杭州市) has been confirmed as the host of the 2022 Asian Games (亞運會) after its bid was unopposed. An O...

Beijing warned over hard stance

PAN-DEMOCRATS have warned that Beijing’s (北京) inflexible stance on political reform in Hong Kong will tear society fu...

US spy plane angers Beijing

BEIJING (北京) has lodged a complaint with the United States over a US spy plane that flew over parts of the disputed So...

China plans for hi-tech future

CHINA on Tuesday unveiled a vision for the next stage of its economic ascent, moving from plain manufacturing to a world...

China to cut tax on imports

CHINA will reduce import tariffs on some consumer goods by the end of June to help boost domestic spending and support t...

Ban on unofficial forecasts

CHINA will ban unofficial weather forecasts starting Friday, as citizens criticised the government for further encroachi...

Looming crisis for theWorld’s Factory

China’s robust manufacturing sector has created many jobs and helped the country rake in mammoth revenues. But clear si...

China cuts bank reserves

CHINA’S central bank has cut by one percentage point the level of funds that commercial banks must hold in reserve – t...

China’s slowdown deepens

CHINA’S economic growth slumped to a six-year low as manufacturing and retail sales cooled in the first quarter, steppi...

Protest against coal plant

HUNDREDS of people in China’s southern Guangdong (廣東) province protested against the expansion of a coal-fired power ...

One fine day in China?

The poor air quality in China is not merely an environmental issue. The fog and smog has brought about health problems a...

China’s hurdle prince retires

CHINA’S Olympic (奧林匹克) gold medal-winning hurdler Liu Xiang (劉翔) announced his retirement on Tuesday, ending a ru...

Beijing promises to tackle smog

CHINA is falling shortof its people’s expectations in battling smog, Premier Li Keqiang (李克強) said, one week after a...

China smog film goes viral

AN online documentary on China’s notorious smog has become a viral sensation, with more than 155 million views just one...

China’s new safe luxury food

FIRST it was European (歐洲) infant formula, then New Zealand (新西蘭) milk. Now Chinese consumers are adding Japanese (...

Irate flyers open plane doors

UPSET by a delayed flight, at least two Chinese passengers decided to open emergency exit doors in protest as the plane ...

Bund crush kills 36 revellers

A STAMPEDE killed at least 36 people during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Shanghai (上海), authorities said, but polic...

China remembers massacre

PRESIDENT Xi Jinping (習近平) and other Chinese leaders presided on Saturday over a ceremony marking the 77th anniversar...

China’s ex-security chief held

CHINESE authorities have arrested former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang(周永康) and expelled him from the ruling ...

Beijing adopts smoking ban

BEIJING (北京) passed a smoking ban for all indoor public places and offices last Friday, state media reported. This com...

Taiwan urged to keep ties

CHINA urged Taiwan (台灣) to protect the gains of landmark cooperation between the mainland and the self-ruled island af...