
Hong Kong expects to unveil plan to headhunt top-notch talent in middle of year
[South China Morning Post] - 03/9/2025
Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun says government must ‘take the initiative’ by directly approaching best talent to attract them to city.
In Chinese newspapers
As stablecoins grow, Hong Kong’s US dollar peg seen as advantage despite Web3 challenges
Stablecoin transactions are now a fifth of all cryptocurrency transactions, and they make it easier to transact in (…)
[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
China wants to change the world with disruptive technologies. But what are they?
At the ‘two sessions’ the National Development and Reform Commission highlighted China’s rise in scientific and tech (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Israeli tourist and homestay owner gang-raped, man drowns in India attack
A male companion with the women drowned after being pushed into a canal by three assailants in Karnataka state.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza
Full effects of move are not immediately clear but Gaza’s desalination plants receive power from Israel for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
‘Two sessions’ 2025: who’s up and who’s down in China’s economy?
As China continues its economic transformation, some industries stand to gain tremendously – and others are being (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
‘Build a life here’: NPC deputies pitch Taiwanese on mainland China opportunities
In integration push, National People’s Congress told that island’s youth, business leaders should visit the mainland (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
US rejects G7 plan to tackle Russia’s shadow oil tanker fleet, prioritising China focus
Washington pushes to strengthen language around Beijing while watering down wording on Moscow in a draft statement (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
China’s January-February CPI falls 0.1% days after annual inflation control target lowered
February consumer inflation fell 0.7 per cent year on year, while prices at the factory gate were down 2.2 per cent.
[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
Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood says Web3 is on track as finance firms move in
Wood’s newer project Polkadot is focused on scaling decentralised applications, with many developers coming from China.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025