(Images: Volvo Cars) Volvo announced this week that it received regulatory approval to continue bringing its cars into the United States. In early 2025, the then-outgoing Biden administration tightened rules around Chinese vehicles — and software within Chinese vehicles — making their way into the U.S. market. That’s been a problem for Volvo, which despite…
Named Plumadraco bankoorum, the newly-described species of enantiornithine bird lived in what is now northeastern China during the Cretaceous period, roughly 121 million years ago. Plumadraco bankoorum is a new bohaiornithid enantiornithine bird with a pair of exceptionally long rectrices. Image credit: Ville Sinkkonen. Plumadraco bankoorum belonged to the enantiornithines, the most diverse clade of…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has reportedly joined a prominent advisory board of a top university in Beijing – his latest step to cultivate close ties with China despite the country’s tense relationship with the Trump administration. Huang, 63, will serve on the advisory board of Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management, the Financial Times…
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Chen Liang, Chairman of China International Capital Corp Ltd. In 2026, China embarks on its 15th Five-Year Plan. At this critical juncture, as changes unseen in a century accelerate worldwide and the global innovation landscape is being profoundly reshaped, Hong Kong is presented…
In the race against China for AI supremacy, the United States dominates when it comes to access to the most cutting-edge semiconductors. But when it comes to powering the huge data centres that run on AI chips, China holds the clear advantage. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list That’s because data centres, the…
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Chen Liang, Chairman of China International Capital Corp Ltd. In 2026, China embarks on its 15th Five-Year Plan. At this critical juncture, as changes unseen in a century accelerate worldwide and the global innovation landscape is being profoundly reshaped, Hong Kong is presented…
Hydrogen is seen by some in China as a potential solution for reducing emissions in a range of “hard-to-abate” industries. (Photo: iStock) China has said that hydrogen is a key “future industry”, important to both its energy transition and its industrial policy. Hydrogen frequently goes through hype cycles, most recently driven by rising oil and gas prices due to the conflict in the Middle East….
It is very often said that the common law is one of Hong Kong’s greatest assets. It provides us with a corpus of law which shares common origins with those of many established jurisdictions. It enables conversations to take place between our legal professionals and with our counterparts elsewhere. As the only common law jurisdiction…
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. President Trump’s war on Iran is turning out to be an even bigger calamity than it seemed just a few weeks ago. Not only has he proved unable to convert America’s vastly superior military…
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed yesterday in Algiers between the Maritime Works Group (GTM) and the China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC), for the establishment of a joint venture responsible for dredging works at national ports and all related operations. photo courtesy of checamerica.com The deal was signed at the Ministry of Public Works…