China flight attendant quits job, becomes pig farmer, earns US$28,000 in 2 months
[South China Morning Post] - 01/22/2025
Fortune favours ex-airline employee whose earnings shoot up as she forsakes the skies to get down and dirty and run pig farm.
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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
EU tariffs fail to stem flood of Chinese cars, BYD hit by workforce claims: 7 EV reads
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[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
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[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
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The managing director of Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund says it could face challenges in China – but remains (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Chinese electronics recycler GEM plans Hong Kong share listing
Specialist in recycling batteries, electronic waste, scrapped cars and waste plastics seeks funds to speed global (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Israeli military chief resigns over October 7 ‘failure’, as it launches deadly West Bank attack
Herzi Halevi resigned, citing security failures during Hamas’ October 7 attack, blaming the military’s inability to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Tech titans join Trump for US$100 billion AI boost ‘to beat China’ in Day 2 pledge
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[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Xi and Putin hold talks, China ‘ready to work’ with Trump: SCMP daily highlights
From Xi and Putin talking hours after Trump’s inauguration to Ding’s speech in Davos, here’s a round-up from today’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
China, Russia’s growing Arctic presence underpins Trump’s Greenland musings
Observers doubt the new US president will buy the world’s largest island but his interest underlines its strategic (…)
[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
Thailand Moves to Deport Uyghur Detainees to China
On Sunday, researcher Nyrola Elimä reported that authorities in Thailand’s immigration detention center have (…)
[China Digital Times] - 22/01/2025