China teacher uses AI to make professional portraits, inspires pupils to chase dreams
[South China Morning Post] - 01/21/2025
Parents hail innovative teacher’s hi-tech approach to education, critics claim some of kid’s dreams are ‘unhealthy’ and ‘controversial’.
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Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai denies stirring up trouble on ex-US diplomat’s orders
But Lai says he was eager to engage James Cunningham to help Hong Kong delegation garner US support on extradition bill.
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Donald Trump says he’s open to Elon Musk buying TikTok ‘if he wanted to’
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[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Trump says he is mulling 10 per cent tariff on imports from China, starting February 1
The US president is framing the possible tariff as a penalty for the flow of fentanyl from Canada and Mexico.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Elise Stefanik, Trump’s UN ambassador pick, vows to counter China’s ‘significant inroads’
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[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
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[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Hong Kong sends team to Bangkok to help victim of Southeast Asian scam farm
Man, 29, released from scam compound in Myanmar but could be detained in Thailand for weeks.
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Trump lectured by bishop after he targets transgender people and immigrants
The US president scowled when a service to commemorate his inauguration featured a sermon begging Trump for ‘mercy’.
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
From TikTok to RedNote: a digital migration that defies geopolitics
The unexpected and spontaneous grass-roots response demonstrates the untapped potential for people-to-people (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Sri Lanka’s ex-leaders told to vacate luxury government homes amid austerity drive
The luxury bungalows are being converted into hotels or museums, with the Rajapaksas receiving a modest rent (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
On the Panama Canal, Donald Trump has much to learn from Jimmy Carter
Carter’s restrained statesmanship at the height of US dominance stands in contrast to Trump’s bellicose rhetoric as (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Hong Kong antitrust watchdog launches website to help SMEs with competition law
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[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025