ComplexCon to return to Hong Kong in March with Metro Boomin, Zico in line-up
[South China Morning Post] - 02/4/2025
Festival to be held at AsiaWorld-Expo will be expanded compared with last year, including bigger concert venue.
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China’s cross-border merchants mull price hikes to offset US tariffs, shipping fees
Chinese merchants face fresh challenges after new US tariffs and the removal of de minimus exemptions.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Who owns Gaza? A look at the strip’s troubled history
Donald Trump has suggested that the US take ‘ownership’ of the war-torn territory after displaced Palestinians are (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
US judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order nationwide
More than 150,000 newborn children would be denied US citizenship annually if Trump’s order is allowed to stand.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Singapore enacts new controls on ‘race-based’ groups to promote cohesion
The bill is the latest in a string of legislation in recent years to clamp down on foreign influence and misinformation.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Any US bid to retake Panama Canal would be prohibitively costly
It would go against international law, offend Latin nations’ sense of self-determination, hurt relations with China (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
China Future Tech webinar | How is DeepSeek shaping the race for AI supremacy?
A deep dive into China’s AI start-up, DeepSeek.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
US Postal Service reverses decision to suspend taking parcels from Hong Kong, mainland China
The service will continue to accept low-value duty-free imports, after saying it was stopping deliveries in line (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Zelensky says he is willing to negotiate with Putin
In addition to Ukraine and Russia, the US and Europe should also be involved in the talks, Zelensky told British (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough ‘is biggest shock to come out of China in 185 years’
Leading scientist Rao Yi argues that the significance of the tech’s challenge to US dominance lies in ‘how (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
From mild to wild: record snowfall buries northern Japan
The heavy snow and traffic disruptions came just as the Sapporo Snow Festival began in southern Hokkaido.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Philippines’ Sara Duterte faces senate trial after House impeachment
A bill of impeachment will be sent to the upper house, Duterte could face removal and be barred for life from (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025