Greenland PM says ‘we don’t want to be Americans’ as Trump takes office
[South China Morning Post] - 01/21/2025
Denmark’s foreign minister said that no country should be able to simply help themselves to another country.
In Chinese newspapers
Asia’s lowest birth rate is rising for the first time in years
South Korea has the world’s lowest fertility rates, but an uptick in pandemic-postponed marriages has sparked (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Ukraine’s Zelensky urges united European defence, seeks meeting with Trump
Speaking at Davos, the leader said at least 200,000 European peacekeepers would be needed for a settlement to end (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Hongkonger dies, another injured after knife attack in Yuen Long
Knife-wielding attackers assaulted two men near Hi Yip Factory Building, police say.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Vietnam confident of US ties under Trump: ‘I can play golf all day long’
‘We think we can handle it,’ Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said of Vietnam’s US ties at the World Economic Forum in (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
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
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
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
Indian court’s ruling in rape, murder of junior doctor prompts more questions, dismay
More individuals should have been questioned in the case while working conditions in India’s hospitals remain (…)
[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
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin reaffirm ties as Donald Trump returns to the White House
China and Russia vow to elevate relationship as US president issues executive orders on domestic and global issues (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Has Trump created an opening for China by quitting WHO and Paris Agreement?
China appears poised to lead climate initiatives but will struggle to fill vacuum in public health as US leaves (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025