Hong Kong can boost tourism by repositioning itself as gateway to Asia
[South China Morning Post] - 01/3/2025
The government should focus less on mega-events and more on working with other Asian cities to offer exotic holiday bundles to Western tourists.
In Chinese newspapers
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
A bleak 2025 awaits China’s 30,000 car dealers as price war piles on US$24 billion losses
Despite a 4.7 per cent rise in nationwide car sales, some 4,000 dealerships have closed due to a financial squeeze.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Hong Kong police arrest 31 who used deepfakes to scam victims in Singapore, Malaysia
Police smash local syndicate who recruited young people to defraud victims of over HK$34 million in Singapore, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Biden administration notifies Congress of planned US$8 billion weapons sale to Israel
Package would add to at least US$17.9 billion in military aid the US has provided Israel since Hamas attacks in 2023 (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/01/2025
South Korean protesters brave cold to demand Yoon’s ouster as detention deadline looms
Protests continue outside the residence of the suspended president as authorities ponder their next move to detain Yoon.
[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
US military’s Pacific strategy shifts to survival mode as China gains strength
In the Philippines, Australia and across the Pacific, US defence strategy is pivoting from supremacy to a ‘scatter (…)
[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
Shock and gore: why Indian street plays resort to the outrageous and grotesque
Street theatre in India has had to adapt to the digital age and ideological threats to stay relevant amid a changing (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
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
Blinken wades into political crisis with stop in South Korea
Analysts expect Blinken to sidestep the crisis engulfing South Korea to keep the focus on Pyongyang and other (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025