Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin reaffirm ties as Donald Trump returns to the White House
[South China Morning Post] - 01/21/2025
China and Russia vow to elevate relationship as US president issues executive orders on domestic and global issues and delays TikTok ban.
In Chinese newspapers
China student honoured for carrying classmate on his back to safety during quake
Youngster acts on instinct, returns to shaking classroom to save fellow student from ravages of 4.6 magnitude tremor.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
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
Naomi Campbell to mentor Thais to be next top models, Thaksin says
Supermodel expected to visit Thailand next month to advise Thaksin on how Thais can follow in her footsteps and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
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
Deadline looms for EU’s WTO case against China alleging coercion of Lithuania
The dispute automatically expires on Friday unless the European Union actively flags that it intends to continue (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Hong Kong’s banks gird for leaner times ahead as 9-month profit growth slows
Net interest margin narrowed to 1.5 per cent last year from 1.67 per cent in 2023, according to HKMA data.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Australian cruise operator denies staff dressed as Ku Klux Klan for Christmas fun day
P&O Cruises Australia said the staff, who appeared in all-white jumpsuits and cone-shaped hats, were actually (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Donald Trump says he’s open to Elon Musk buying TikTok ‘if he wanted to’
Billionaire given green light by US president, whose executive order extended company’s deadline to find a (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Wang Xing’s Myanmar escape signals more work ahead against thriving scam industry
China’s clampdown on cyber slavery and online fraud factories in Southeast Asia is a long game with no room for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
‘We’ll be surprised’ by US-China improvements, Harvard scholar argues in Davos
Graham Allison bucks a trend among analysts warning of worsening ties between the world’s biggest economies, and he (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
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