Hongkongers take 1 million more trips over Christmas holiday than in 2018
[South China Morning Post] - 12/30/2024
But mainland Chinese arrivals dropped by nearly 100,000, from 756,000 in 2018 to 657,000 this year.
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‘Chinese people’ blamed for Yoon’s impeachment at ruling party’s rallies in South Korea
Critics accuse Yoon Suk-yeol’s People Power Party of unfairly fanning Sinophobia to deflect criticism from the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Divisive study finds link between fluoride and childhood IQ loss
New report in JAMA Pediatrics combines data from 74 studies on fluoride exposure and children’s IQ.
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
First US bird flu death announced in Louisiana
The 65-year-old patient had underlying conditions and was infected by exposure to sick and dead birds.
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
Chinese start-up 01.AI founder Lee Kai-fu denies rumours of asset sale to Alibaba Cloud
01.AI denounced as ‘vicious slander’ talks that it was looking to sell its pre-training team and other assets owing (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
3 men injured when speedboat explodes in Hong Kong waters
Hongkonger and mainland Chinese victim are in critical condition, while a second mainlander is listed as serious (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Malaysia’s Johor-Singapore SEZ set to spur growth, but ‘development gap’ poses risk
The Johor-Singapore special economic zone is also poised to spark renewed interest in properties in the Malaysian (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Hong Kong to ease asset requirements in cash-for-residency scheme
Authorities also say investments made through family-owned investment holding vehicles will count towards scheme (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Donald Trump refuses to rule out military action over Panama Canal and Greenland
The US president-elect also vowed to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and repeated his (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
‘Giant toilet’ Japan flat goes viral for affordable price, attracts interest from China
Tiny Tokyo living space likened to a prison cell emerges as online hit amid burgeoning number of foreign tourists (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Trump to replace national archivist after agency’s role in documents case
National Archives alerted DoJ in 2022 to issues with Trump’s handling of classified documents, resulting in FBI (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
China makes first industrial-grade niobium alloy for hypersonic flight
An experiment conducted in space has helped Chinese scientists do the impossible – and it could revolutionise (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025