CES 2025: big names absent as Chinese companies return to Las Vegas amid US tech tension
[South China Morning Post] - 01/5/2025
While Chinese companies comprise over a quarter of registered exhibitors, many tech giants are notably absent.
In Chinese newspapers
Indonesia is admitted to the Brics bloc of developing nations, Brazil confirms
Brics, which includes China, Russia and India, endorsed candidacy in 2023 but Indonesia opted to join only after (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
Maoist roadside bomb kills 9 in India, amid ongoing insurgency and violence
Maoists in India say they are fighting for farmers and landless labourers to gain control over their land and a fair (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
Hong Kong green group slams Kai Tak rugby event for banning water bottles
Event at main stadium of soon-to-be-opened sports park banned spectators from bringing in mugs and bottles to be (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
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[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
Vatican history made as Pope Francis appoints Sister Simona Brambilla as first woman prefect
The appointment signals significant advancement in women’s leadership within the Catholic Church.
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
Easier visas for Chinese visitors propel Thai tourism to near pre-Covid levels
Thailand’s tourism surges with 26 per cent more visitors, driven by eased visa rules for Chinese tourists, boosting (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
Syria a chance for Middle East to shape its own, better future
The stability of Syria, at the heart of the Middle East, is in the interests of all. It is time for regional actors, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai calls Taiwan ‘unique country’, denies backing independence
Former media tycoon has returned to the witness box following two-week break during holidays.
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
India seeks to boost tech pact with US amid fears over Trump’s potential clawback
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is in India to further bilateral cooperation in semiconductors, AI, space (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
Trump’s lawyers ask New York judge to halt Friday’s hush money sentencing while he appeals
Lawyers for US president-elect argue that appeal should trigger an automatic stay in proceedings, delaying the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
China’s huge copper find on Tibetan Plateau to help underpin its world-leading consumption
Tens of millions of tonnes of copper uncovered in resource-rich region as nation’s mineral-exploration breakthroughs (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025