Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park to host biggest stress test yet on Friday
[South China Morning Post] - 01/22/2025
About 63,000 people are expected to take part in drill aimed to assess the sports park’s capacity.
In Chinese newspapers
Hong Kong police summon fugitive Chung Kim-wah’s siblings for questioning
A leading pollster and the wife and son of Chung Kim-wah, who moved to the UK in 2022, were also asked to help with (…)
[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
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
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
Hong Kong urged to crack down on unlicensed tour guides from mainland China
‘Local companion’ services offer access to authentic experiences but industry players warn of consequences for those (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
India set to take back 18,000 citizens from US to placate Trump
In return, New Delhi hopes student and H-1B visas – a large proportion of which go to Indian citizens – will be (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
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
Accepting a nuclear North Korea was never US policy … until Trump 2.0?
Donald Trump’s convention-busting acknowledgement of North Korea as a nuclear power bucks years of US policy – and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Trump pardons imprisoned Silk Road founder Ulbricht for online drug scheme
US president makes good on a campaign pledge to free the mastermind behind the illicit drug marketplace Silk Road.
[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
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