Guests pose for a group photo during a panel discussion on Thursday, on the topic “Talent Development — The Engine of the Innovation Ecosystem”, at the Greater Bay Area Conference 2025 in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The event was co-organized by China Daily and the Hong Kong Coalition. ANDY CHONG/CHINA DAILY As a…
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China’s analogue AI chip could work 1,000 times faster than…
Hong Kong stocks gained on Friday, driven by tech giants, after China pledged to step up efforts to achieve technological self-reliance and bolster its domestic market over the next five years. The advance also comes ahead of a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US leader Donald Trump next week. The Hang Seng Index…
The European Union has sanctioned two mainland Chinese oil refineries and one Hong Kong-based oil trader as part of its latest efforts to hobble Russia’s war economy, drawing a stern rebuke from Beijing. The companies were listed in a broader package of sanctions agreed by the EU’s 27 member states on Thursday morning, punishing in…
Home » Latest Travel News of Hong Kong » Explore the Growing Travel Market of the Greater Bay Area at ITE Hong Kong 2026, Featuring Networking and Business Matching Opportunities Published on October 23, 2025 The International Travel Expo (ITE), one of Asia’s leading platforms for the global travel and tourism industry, will take place…
The recent intervention by the Dutch government to seize control of Nexperia, citing the rarely-used “Goods Availability Act”, last invoked during the Cold War, has ignited a significant escalation in tensions with Beijing. This exceptional move sparked immediate retaliation from Beijing, which imposed export controls on Nexperia’s China operations, escalating the global tech decoupling crisis….
Published on October 23, 2025 The International Travel Expo (ITE) Hong Kong 2026 is set to be a landmark event for the travel industry, scheduled from June 11 to June 14, 2026. This prestigious trade and public expo, organized by TKS Exhibition Services Ltd, will take place at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre….
Israeli actor Lior Raz has played his fair share of tough-guy roles. In the action-packed Netflix series Fauda, Raz draws on his real-life experiences in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to play the protagonist, Doron Kavillio. His commando skills were again on show in the 2021 series Hit & Run, while last year he flexed…
The Standard Model, a cornerstone of modern physics, explains how three of nature’s four fundamental forces – the electromagnetic, the weak and strong forces – interact at the subatomic level. The groundbreaking work of Chen-ning Yang, who has died aged 103, was fundamental to the completion of this model. Alongside Albert Einstein’s theory of gravitation,…
The State Department said last month that it would “restrict US visas for Central American nationals … intentionally acting on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party” and who “knowingly direct, authorise, fund, provide significant support to, or carry out activities that undermine the rule of law in Central America”. “The United States, under the guise…