NetEase cuts jobs in Shenzhen as first-person shooting game ‘underperforms’
[South China Morning Post] - 11/29/2024
The lay-offs at NetEase’s offices in the southern tech hub are said to affect employees involved in mobile game Hyper Front.
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Hong Kong records net outflow of 592,740 trips over 6-day Christmas period
But catering sector reports an 8 per cent boost in business on Christmas Day compared with last year.
[South China Morning Post] - 26/12/2024
2 more Chinese generals fall after anti-corruption drive delivers big changes to military
NPC Standing Committee announces Lieutenant General You Haitao and Vice-Admiral Li Pengcheng removed from China’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 26/12/2024
Help urged for construction workers reportedly facing axe at Hong Kong firm
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[South China Morning Post] - 26/12/2024
Trump names ‘fierce fighter’ envoy to Panama after urging US reassert control over canal
Trump says Panama, with whom the US has had diplomatic relations since 1903, is ‘ripping us off on the Panama Canal’.
[South China Morning Post] - 26/12/2024
Sanctions extension will hurt US business interests, Hong Kong warns Washington
City government slams US President Joe Biden’s signing of bill extending sanctions under 2019 Hong Kong Human Rights (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 26/12/2024
Next Christmas, let’s do more to feed the world’s hungry
The world produces enough to feed all its people, but we still suffer from huge amounts of food waste and millions (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 26/12/2024
Singapore warns about meddling over supposed Communist Youth League of China-linked ads
The deleted job offers on LinkedIn list two roles at a supposed Ngee Ann Polytechnic branch of the Communist Party (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 26/12/2024
Chinese legal experts condemn police for sending blogger to psychiatric hospital
Influencer who once accused officer of sexual assault is forced to undergo treatment a second time, raising concerns (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 26/12/2024
Shanghai-backed firm helps AI start-up Stepfun raise ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’
Fortera Capital, a private-equity firm under the Shanghai State-owned Capital Investment Co, led Stepfun’s recent (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 26/12/2024
Azerbaijan believes missile downed plane, Russia warns against ‘hypotheses’
38 people died in Wednesday’s crash in Kazakhstan. Azerbaijani source said Baku expects Russia ‘to confess’ to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 26/12/2024
Harbin aims to attract more foreign tourists to China’s winter wonderland
A plan for developing China’s snow and ice economy includes extending the duration of visa-free transit stays.
[South China Morning Post] - 26/12/2024