The world’s biggest grower of cereal grains – staple foods that comprise the most ubiquitous crops – is looking to further solidify its self-reliance in agricultural science and technology through 2028, according to a newly unveiled strategic plan. China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has outlined 10 critically important areas to prioritise while keeping…
China’s tightening grip on radio frequencies critical for advanced technologies – from 5G networks to AI-driven weapons – threatens to eclipse US innovation and military readiness, senators and analysts warned on Wednesday, urging Congress to break a years-long stalemate over modernising America’s outdated spectrum policies. At a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, lawmakers clashed over how…
Hong Kong authorities and industry leaders have voiced optimism foreign investors will be lured by recent relaxations to a cross-border trade deal allowing the city’s business to adopt local laws and arbitration services for their mainland China operations. Maggie Wong Siu-chu, the permanent secretary for commerce and economic development, said on Wednesday that the amendment…
A Chinese engineer who worked on semiconductors at Apple has returned home to teach at his alma mater in Wuhan, capital of central Hubei province, joining a wave of scientists and other tech talent to leave the United States. Wang Huanyu – who worked as an implementation engineer for central processing units at Apple’s US…
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Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, once the largest force in the city’s opposition camp, will decide whether to disband “very soon”, the Post has learned. The party will hold a press conference at 11.30am on Wednesday to discuss its suggestions for the government’s latest budget to be announced later this month, and the leadership is expected…
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, once the largest force in the city’s opposition camp, will decide whether to disband “very soon”, the Post has learned. The party will hold a press conference at 11.30am on Wednesday to discuss its suggestions for the government’s latest budget to be announced later this month, and the leadership is expected…
Over the past six decades, the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, has been Washington’s most valuable soft power tool. It has administered billions of dollars in financial aid distributed all over the world – about US$71.9 billion, or more than 40 per cent of global humanitarian assistance, in 2023 alone. Through USAID…
The Chinese military said it expelled a Philippine plane from airspace over Scarborough Shoal on Tuesday in a manoeuvre that the Philippine coastguard described as reckless. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said a C-208 light utility plane sent by the Philippines “illegally invaded the airspace” above the shoal, known in China as Huangyan Island and…
Beijing is repositioning the private sector as the cornerstone of China’s global competitiveness and technological edge in the face of growing geopolitical and economic headwinds, according to analysts’ assessments following President Xi Jinping’s meeting with prominent entrepreneurs. Observers also emphasised the importance of more stimulus and policy reforms to get the ball rolling. The first…