
Are Hong Kong’s universities attracting enough students from outside mainland China?
[South China Morning Post] - 03/10/2025
Data shows nearly 75 per cent of Hong Kong’s non-local, first-year undergraduates at public universities are from mainland.
In Chinese newspapers
Chinese ‘3-knives girl’ martial arts prodigy, guardian for ‘country, family, myself’
Skilled teenage girl shows remarkable dexterity with ornamental knives, says she is determined to preserve China’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 10/03/2025
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
Hong Kong expects to unveil plan to headhunt top-notch talent in middle of year
Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun says government must ‘take the initiative’ by directly approaching best (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Stop ‘flaunting wealth’, Chinese bankers told in new guidelines
The draft rules will penalise securities firms if their staff indulge in ‘excessive luxury’, but reward them for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 10/03/2025
Plastic bottled water served to VIPs at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Arena despite ban
Greenpeace says management is applying double standard when enforcing its own rules and stresses reusable cups are (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
France readying new military aid package for Ukraine, defence minister says
The package will provide 155mm artillery shells and AASM missiles, which are used by the Mirage 2000 fighter jets.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Syrian government to investigate after reports of mass killings
830 Alawite civilians killed in ‘executions’ in coastal regions in worst clashes since overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, (…)
[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
‘Stay calm. Be patient’: Zheng Yongnian’s antidote for China’s Trump shock
Chinese political scientist says if the country’s private enterprises can’t thrive, foreign capital won’t either.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
China says rising military budget ‘reasonable’ in face of ‘complex security environment’
Defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian defends 7.2 per cent rise in the PLA’s budget as justified given the ‘significant (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Canada’s Liberals pick Mark Carney to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister
Ex-central banker to take over from Justin Trudeau, who is stepping down after more than nine years in power.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025