It has been good to see Hong Kong shine in its long-established role as China’s gateway to the world. The city should be proud of the latest outreach efforts in the Middle East by an official high-level delegation from its companies and those on the mainland. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu led more than 50…
Hong Kong’s business and academic circles should step up exchanges with their overseas counterparts to help counter the bias of Western governments against the city and Beijing, a top government adviser has said. Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, who is the convenor of the key decision-making Executive Council, said on Friday that non-governmental efforts could help…
Macau’s “resolute implementation” of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s orders has led to a good start by the new administration, Beijing’s point man on the city’s affairs has said on the second day of a fact-finding mission. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), also said on Friday that Chief Executive…
Some of Asia’s richest families are cutting exposure to US assets, saying President Donald Trump’s tariffs have made the world’s largest economy much less predictable. One family office managing assets for Chinese billionaires exited its US holdings entirely and will shift the proceeds to Asia. A senior executive at one of Europe’s largest private banks…
Beijing’s point man on Macau affairs has embarked on a six-day fact-finding trip to the city and has acknowledged the “good start” made by the new administration. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), arrived in the city on Thursday afternoon for a visit that runs until Tuesday. “Upon his…
Police in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong have arrested a driver after a car ploughed into a crowd of people at a bus stop on Sunday afternoon. Authorities in the city of Tengzhou confirmed the crash on Monday afternoon, adding that the driver had been detained, according to Jimu News, an online media outlet…
China will mobilise the country’s resources to spur advances in the theory and core technologies of artificial intelligence, President Xi Jinping has told the Communist Party’s inner circle. Addressing a Politburo study session on Friday, Xi said China would leverage its “new whole national system” to target bottlenecks such as high-end chips, state media reported…
Accelerating cross-border integration has opened up new horizons for Hong Kong to work closer with the mainland. Having forged good ties with various authorities over the past few years, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has further reinforced mainland foundations with a fruitful visit to Zhejiang. A closer relationship with those over the border under the…
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump this week said his administration is talking with China to strike a tariff deal and that Chinese President Xi Jinping had called him, Time magazine reported, as Beijing has so far disputed the U.S. characterization of talks. The Republican president, in an interview with the…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned Global South nations that “unilateral bullying” was hurting a rules-based world, as Beijing kept up the diplomatic pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump to roll back his punitive trade tariffs. Power politics and unilateral bullying were undermining international rules and creating divisions and confrontations, Wang told…