By going soft on China on first day, Trump leaves room for deal making: Tsinghua’s Da Wei
[South China Morning Post] - 01/21/2025
China-US ties expert explains what ‘America first’ foreign policy means for Beijing and why bilateral relations are not necessarily doomed.
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China’s vice-premier says chaotic competition on AI could bring ‘grey rhino’
Ding Xuexiang also tells Davos that Beijing isn’t pursuing a trade surplus and there are ‘no winners in a trade war’.
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
‘No chance’: in Myanmar, Asean’s pleas for peace fall on deaf ears
Despite Asean’s call to prioritise peace over a sham election, Myanmar’s military rulers appear bent on clinging to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
As the rules-based order declines, hegemony takes on a new form
From new development models to shifting norms, global power is now increasingly shared and contested across (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Photo: Yuyuan Gardens and Bazaar, Shanghai, China, by Juan Antonio Segal
Yuyuan Gardens and Bazaar, Shanghai, China, by Juan Antonio Segal (CC BY 2.0)
[China Digital Times] - 22/01/2025
Tech titans join Trump for US$100 billion AI boost ‘to beat China’ in Day 2 pledge
OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle CEOs join the new president for White House launch of private sector joint venture Stargate.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Panama audit of Hong Kong’s Hutchison aims to counter US canal narrative
‘The [Panama government] needs concrete data to counter this China is controlling the canal narrative,’ insider says.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
In Trump 2.0, Japan faces a familiar uncertainty
Beneath the polite diplomacy lies a current of apprehension about what Donald Trump’s return means for Japan’s place (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Trump says he is mulling 10% tariffs on imports from China, starting February 1
The US president is framing the possible tariffs as a penalty for the flow of fentanyl from Canada and Mexico.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
More Hong Kong home buyers may forfeit their purchase deposits amid high rates, agents say
Deposit defaults on new homes shot up by 75 per cent to 449 last year, and property agents see the trend continuing (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Hong Kong public secondary schools can offer foreign languages from next academic year
Schools may receive a government subsidy of HK$250,000 to offer courses for a two-year period.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025