Chinese battery producer Leoch International Technology has been pressing ahead with the first instalment of its US$200 million factory in Mexico before a June launch, with the Hong Kong-listed firm just one of many getting to grips with unpredictable US tariff policies. Executive director and chief investment officer Helen Hong Yu said the company originally…
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng has ramped up development of its own artificial intelligence (AI) chip to power its semi-autonomous cars, with a first mass production model to be fitted with the Turing chip from as early as this quarter. The chip, which is claimed to be more powerful than Nvidia’s Drive Orin X,…
Wera Hobhouse, the Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, was barred from entering Hong Kong during a recent trip to visit her family. Detained at the airport for five hours, Hobhouse claims her deportation was an attempt to silence her as a vocal critic of Beijing’s human rights record. The incident has sparked outrage among UK…
Chinese battery producer Leoch International Technology has been pressing ahead with the first instalment of its US$200 million factory in Mexico before a June launch, with the Hong Kong-listed firm just one of many getting to grips with unpredictable US tariff policies. Executive director and chief investment officer Helen Hong Yu said the company originally…
In January 2023, Arizona resident Jennifer DeStefano picked up a call from an unknown number, assuming it was the doctor’s office. Instead, she heard someone who sounded like her daughter crying as a man shouted in the background: “Lay down and put your head back.” “Mom, these bad men have me. Help me! Help me!”…
Hong Kong lawmakers have urged officials to use a projected HK$1.5 billion (US$193 million) in extra tax revenue from legalising basketball betting to develop local sports, as they gave an initial nod to a government plan to allow gambling on overseas games. Home affairs minister Alice Mak Mei-kuen on Monday reiterated that the move was…
Air pollution indexes in more than 10 areas in Hong Kong reached the highest health risk levels on Monday evening, as a dusty northerly airstream brought pollutants to the city for a second day in a row. The government’s air quality health index (AQHI) had already reached “very high” levels in the morning, climbing to…
Hong Kong lawmakers have urged officials to use a projected HK$1.5 billion (US$193 million) in extra tax revenue from legalising basketball betting to develop local sports, as they gave an initial nod to a government plan to allow gambling on overseas games. Home affairs minister Alice Mak Mei-kuen on Monday reiterated that the move was…
A Hong Kong government lawyer has urged a court to dismiss an activist’s judicial challenge against a prison rule barring women inmates from wearing shorts in summer, saying individual preferences should not override the need to maintain a “humane and decent” custodial environment. The High Court on Monday heard oral arguments arising from Chow Hang-tung’s…
Hong Kong is in the “unfortunate” position of being caught in the crossfire of US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, the American Chamber of Commerce in the city has said. The influential business group said on Monday that it supported the Hong Kong government’s stance that the city was a separate customs entity distinct from…