
Roots and religion: a Fujian city’s mission to forge cultural bonds with Taiwan
[South China Morning Post] - 03/9/2025
City official at NPC reveals ongoing drive to promote cultural, ancestral connections and bridge ‘emotional gaps’ with Taiwanese.
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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
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
Hong Kong homebuyers deliver brisk weekend sales for developers, as small flats favoured
Strong results for Sun Hung Kai Properties and Henderson Land show improving sentiment after a stamp-duty cut, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
‘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
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
Hong Kong’s finance chief eyes I&T development after calls at ‘two sessions’
Paul Chan says city needs to make better use of status as financial hub to attract tech sector dollars, while vowing (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
China to give gig workers and training a lift to keep lid on unemployment
Social security minister says some positions are going unfilled as demand for skills goes unmet.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Malaysian housewives cook up digital gold – with love, labour and live-streams
More of Malaysia’s housewives are doubling up as content creators to earn a living with videos that have drawn a (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
More than 16,000 people visit Hong Kong’s M+ museum for free as part of Art March
But some visitors say all museums in West Kowloon Cultural District should offer free entry and M+ should hold such (…)
[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
Hong Kong must deepen understanding of ‘one country, two systems’: delegate
Tu Haiming of China’s top political advisory body says implementation of governing principle has reached new phase.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025