Don’t eat your Christmas tree, Belgians warned, after city posts food tips
[South China Morning Post] - 01/7/2025
The Ghent website had suggestions on how to recycle the conifers at the dinner table, such as by making flavoured butter with the needles.
In Chinese newspapers
White House rushes to finish cybersecurity order after China hacks
The executive order will incorporate lessons from recent breaches, including the recent US Treasury hack attributed (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
Hong Kong’s top court questions grounds for convicting June 4 alliance trio
Court of Final Appeal judges question how group can be defined as ‘foreign agent’ and denied evidence substantiating (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/01/2025
China EV giant BYD hits the skids in Brazil as ‘slavery-like’ claims run over labour force
China’s labour practices are driving a wedge between the world’s biggest EV maker and efforts to expand globally in (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/01/2025
Canada’s leaders say Trump’s 51st state ‘joke’ isn’t funny any more
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the US president-elect’s comments are meant to undermine his country’s closest (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/01/2025
China says ‘patient capital’ a virtue in government investment funds
Beijing’s government investment funds have been encouraged to set higher risk thresholds, particularly in tech (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/01/2025
Spurned by the West, Russia ally Belarus is courting China
Sanctioned by the West and unsure of Russia’s support, Belarus is banking on economic ties with China as Lukashenko (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/01/2025
Japan’s investments in US set to go on despite Nippon Steel’s takeover setback
The assessment by analysts comes after US President Joe Biden blocked Nippon Steel Corp’s US$14.9 billion bid for US (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/01/2025
Filmmaker Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison for Documentary on White-Paper Protests
In a closed-door trial on Monday, a judge sentenced 33-year-old Chen Pinlin to prison for three years and six months (…)
[China Digital Times] - 8/01/2025
Sudden death of top Chinese military drone scientist shocks industry
Drone expert and start-up founder Zhang Daibing, whose company developed unmanned firefighting tech, is dead at age 47.
[South China Morning Post] - 8/01/2025
Jimmy Carter’s legacy endures in Indian village renamed in late US president’s honour
The village, once home to Carter’s mother, a Peace Corps volunteer, now holds a small memorial to the late US (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/01/2025
With eyes on China and India, Sri Lanka lifts ban on foreign research vessels
The decision reflects Colombo’s efforts to stay non-aligned as it juggles India’s security concerns with China’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/01/2025