China preps for inbound Lunar New Year travel surge after visa-free expansion
[South China Morning Post] - 01/3/2025
International travel bookings to China have already doubled the previous year’s figure, spurred by additions to the visa exemption list.
In Chinese newspapers
Hong Kong building with falling concrete failed 2020 inspection notice
Development Bureau says new offence under review in which damage to life or property could lead to HK$300,000 fine (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
From ‘Chubby Bear’ to censorship, Vietnam’s approach to TikTok reveals double standards
Vietnam’s TikTok strategy involves enforcing censorship while exploiting youth-centric trends to promote pro-leader (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Carter’s flag-draped casket arrives in Atlanta as 39th US president’s state funeral begins
State funeral is on Thursday at Washington National Cathedral followed by invitation-only service in Carter’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/01/2025
‘Degree worship’: China middle school sparks debate with elitist hiring policy
Suzhou Middle School provoked backlash after announcing that 10 of its 13 new hires had graduated from elite (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Washington Post cartoonist quits after paper rejects sketch of Bezos bowing to Trump
Ann Telnaes said the cartoon was intended to criticise the growing ties between the US’s billionaires and the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
CES 2025: big names absent as Chinese companies return to Las Vegas amid US tech tension
While Chinese companies comprise over a quarter of registered exhibitors, many tech giants are notably absent.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Bezos’s Blue Origin poised for first orbital launch in days
The Amazon founder is hoping his new rocket will ignite a fresh challenge to Musk’s SpaceX dominance.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
US approves Idaho antimony mine a month after China blocked exports of vital mineral
Perpetua’s Stibnite project is expected to meet over a third of US demand for the metal, which is vital for making (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
China’s ‘metal storm’ weapon can fire millions of rounds per minute: project scientists
A machine gun capable of firing bullets at a faster rate than the world has ever seen is being developed by Chinese (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/01/2025
Prince William ‘saddened’ at death of former nanny’s stepson in New Orleans truck attack
Edward Pettifer was stepson of Tiggy Legge-Bourke, nanny to William and Harry. Pettifer is final victim to be (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/01/2025
Zelensky reports heavy Russian, North Korean troop losses in Russia’s Kursk
‘The Russian army lost up to a battalion of North Korean infantry soldiers and Russian paratroops. This is (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/01/2025