Minitrue Plus Five: March 7, 2020 – TV Dramas, Taiwan Elections, Gratitude Education, Diamond Princess, Hotel Collapse

[China Digital Times] - 03/8/2025

In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020 through the early weeks of what would become the COVID-19 pandemic, (…)



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In Chinese newspapers

LIV Golf: Hong Kong working on deal to bring event back ‘year after year’, Law says
Sports and tourism minister Rosanna Law says two sides working ‘seriously and closely’ together as record crowds (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Just move Hong Kong’s HK$2 transport fare qualifying age back to 65
Policy errors made by previous leaders need to be acknowledged, so the city can course-correct and achieve savings (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Styrofoam no match for Hong Kong robot that collects marine rubbish
PolyU engineers invented Galatea the robot after Sai Kung club sought help to solve marine trash problem.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Republicans unveil Trump-backed bill to avoid shutdown, daring Democrats to oppose it
The US president’s party, despite struggling in the past to pass funding bills on its own, is pushing ahead with a (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
Indonesian man accused of flashing crew member on Singapore flight
The suspect allegedly exposed himself to a female flight attendant while she served his meal.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
China set for joint naval exercise Security Belt-2025 with Russia and Iran
The drills in the Gulf of Oman will include simulated attacks and joint search and rescue operations, the Chinese (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Putin ‘went through a phoney witch hunt’: why Trump fawns over Russian president
Experts say the US president likes to brag about his ties with the Kremlin chief because he ‘sees Putin as almost an (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Hong Kong Observatory predicts warmer, drier spring than usual
‘Along with forecasts from global climate models, it is expected that the temperature throughout spring will be (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Trump administration ends Iraq’s waiver to buy Iranian electricity
The US aims to isolate Iran from the global economy and eliminate its oil export revenues to slow Tehran’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Hong Kong’s active ‘seenagers’ are redefining retirement. Can authorities keep up?
Financially secure older residents are working out, travelling overseas for conferences and enrolling in classes. (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
5 killed in Thailand’s restive south, 13 wounded, police say
The conflict in Thailand’s southernmost provinces has killed more than 7,000 people since 2004 as rebels battle for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025