The United States on Friday penalized two Chinese firms that acquired US chipmaking equipment for China’s top chipmaker SMIC, including them among 32 entities that were added to the Commerce Department’s restricted trade list, according to a US government posting. Twenty-three of the 32 were in China. GMC Semiconductor Technology (Wuxi) Co and Jicun Semiconductor Technology were placed on the list, formally known as…
Credit goes not just to the two forces, but also to the authorities on the mainland and overseas jurisdictions that shared intelligence for the operation conducted between June and August. Local officers uncovered 74 narcotic-related cases and seized 1,219kg (2,687lbs) of drugs, including 622kg of cannabis, 280kg of ketamine, 200kg of cocaine, 85kg of methamphetamine…
Hong Kong passengers are left in limbo and disappointed after shipbuilding issues forced the maiden voyage of Disney’s latest cruise ship in Singapore to be delayed, with some struggling to manage pre-booked flights and hotel rooms. Disney Adventure, a new cruise ship still being built and operated by Disney Cruise Line, was originally set to…
Singapore’s reputation as a safe harbor for wealthy mainland Chinese families is fading, reversing an inflow that came at the expense of rival wealth hubs like Hong Kong and Japan. Its allure for China’s wealthy surged after 2019, when a wave of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong led to a clampdown by Beijing and the…
Thailand aims to use Hong Kong’s status as a global financial centre to raise funds for a new smart city in its flagship economic development zone, according to the head of the megaproject’s public agency. Chula Sukmanop, secretary general of the Eastern Economic Corridor Office, also dismissed accusations that Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative was…
Hong Kong has jumped five places to fourth overall in a global talent ranking – its highest position ever. The news coincided with the SCMP Hong Kong-Asean Summit, where Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu called for the city’s ties with partners such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to be bolstered. The coincidence is…
Rahdar Hussain Afridi, a Pakistani national studying for a PhD in robotics at Peking University, had been worried about whether he could stay on after graduating in January. He hopes to secure a job in China, but the recruitment process can take a while and his student visa, which might expire soon after graduation, does…
An abrupt decision by American artificial intelligence firm Anthropic to restrict service to Chinese-owned entities anywhere in the world has cast uncertainty over some Claude-dependent overseas tools backed by China’s tech giants. After Anthropic’s notice on Friday that it would upgrade access restrictions to entities “more than 50 per cent owned … by companies headquartered…
The head of Spanish football’s La Liga has said Hong Kong would be the “perfect” stage for one of his competition’s matches. Barcelona and Villarreal are set to play a pioneering regular-season fixture in Miami in December, although that is dependent on Uefa, Fifa and US Soccer all giving their seals of approval. Fan groups…
Hong Kong’s eight public universities have the capacity to take in more non-local students and the quota can be raised further without undue delay, the city’s education minister has said, revealing some have already hit the 40 per cent threshold in the new academic year. In an exclusive interview with the Post, Secretary for Education…