A good relationship with the central government is of paramount importance as Hong Kong charts a new direction under the governance model of “one country, two systems”. The appointment of Zhou Ji as the latest director of the liaison office marks another stage for both sides to cultivate closer communication and cooperation in accordance with…
Hong Kong’s leader has pledged to identify fresh areas for economic growth as he expressed confidence in working with the newly appointed director of Beijing’s liaison office to speed up the city’s development. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu made the remarks as he met office director Zhou Ji at Government House on Saturday. They exchanged…
China has expanded an initiative to create a new academic discipline that aims to stamp out Western bias in ethnic studies as Beijing works to consolidate its narrative on a unified national identity. The State Council, China’s cabinet, granted 15 more universities approval to set up study programmes in “community for the Chinese nation”, a…
There is a lot of anxious hand-wringing these days about how to entice diners back to restaurants in Hong Kong and how to encourage mainland Chinese tourists to explore the cosmopolitan range of eateries in our city. Well, one simple idea is just to put more pictures on menus. I know for many chefs and…
A new Chinese attack submarine being built at a shipyard in Wuhan could be used to target medium-range missile defence systems deployed in the Philippines, according to a semi-official military magazine. But the report in Naval & Merchant Ships – a publication owned by China State Shipbuilding Corporation, a supplier to the PLA Navy –…
The former Communist Party chief in the province where the Covid-19 outbreak first emerged has been placed under investigation on suspicion of corruption. Jiang, 67, has since been made deputy head of the national legislature’s agricultural and social affairs committees, but on Friday two leading anti-corruption watchdogs announced he had been placed under investigation for…
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…
A sociologist has suggested that people in China’s rural areas are losing faith in higher education to improve their lives, prompting widespread discussion among academics and the media over the Lunar New Year holiday. “A new ‘education is useless’ sentiment has emerged in rural areas,” Huang Lifen, a lecturer at Shaanxi Normal University in the…
Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, China’s biggest annual celebration, falls on January 29 this time. Chen urged stronger security measures at key venues and for major events as he toured central Hubei province last week, state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday. He also called for increased street patrols to “bolster the public’s sense…
A taxi driver in central China played a crucial role in helping police apprehend a murder suspect who confessed to having “killed a person” after boarding the vehicle. His quick thinking and composure garnered praise from both law enforcement and online observers. The cab driver, surnamed Yin, from Wuhan in Hubei province, picked up a…