
China firm makes staff swallow fire, claims it helps confront fears, boost self-confidence
[South China Morning Post] - 01/8/2025
Bizarre ‘team-building’ event urges employees to extinguish flaming cotton buds by putting them in mouths, stunt sparks possible legal action.
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Tesla’s February sales slump in China as buyers turn to domestic rivals BYD, Xiaomi, Xpeng
Sales of the Model Y and Model 3 on the mainland sink 51.5 per cent month-on-month to 30,688 units in February.
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025
How did Alice Guo flee the Philippines? Officials’ contradictions fuel cover-up suspicions
One senator called for a total revamp of the Bureau of Immigration if it failed to provide ‘satisfactory answers’ (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025
Norway faces ‘serious security situation’, must hike Ukraine aid, PM says
Norway, home to the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, has seen soaring income from gas sales to Europe.
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025
Trump delays some Canada and Mexico tariffs in latest twist
The exemption, which will expire on April 2, applies to goods covered by a North American trade agreement.
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025
Philippines and allies ready to fight if China restricts flights in South China Sea
Philippines defence secretary warns that country will take action against China’s increasing aggression in the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025
Temperatures dip below 12 degrees Celsius as Hongkongers warned of further drops
‘It is expected that the temperatures will drop further [on Thursday] night and [Friday] morning,’ Observatory says.
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025
US firm Intuitive Machines’ spacecraft falls on its side on the moon – again
The Athena lander appears to have suffered the same fate as the company’s first lunar mission nearly exactly a year ago.
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025
China has economic tools ‘in reserve’, stands firm on trade war - as it happened
Heads of China’s economic institutions laid out plans for growth, trade war, tech development on sidelines of ‘two (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025
SpaceX’s latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion
SpaceX test mission dooms satellite deployment demonstration in second consecutive Starship failure this year.
[South China Morning Post] - 7/03/2025
Ex-Facebook director pens ‘explosive’ memoir about the ‘careless’ people running Meta
How Mark Zuckerberg tried to get Facebook into China and Meta’s ‘profoundly flawed’ leading trio described by (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/03/2025
Tributes paid as death of Hong Kong director Clarence Fok belatedly confirmed
Highly-respected filmmaker with ‘special talent’ earned his reputation at an early age within the industry.
[South China Morning Post] - 6/03/2025