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China-Latin America relations

Rodriguez’s Castro tribute tests Venezuela’s balancing act between US and China

Beijing retains commercial interests in Venezuela even as analysts see Washington curbing its political and strategic influence.

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Zhu Rongji

As I see it | Was the late Zhu Rongji responsible for the original ‘China shock’?

US-China relations

Chinese drone maker DJI gets another shot at Pentagon blacklist removal

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Hong Kong economy

URA posts HK$338 million operating surplus after three years of losses

Chairman Chow Chung-kong reveals at URA’s 25th anniversary banquet that body has returned to profit in the 2025-26 financial year.

Urban Renewal Authority chairman Chow Chung-kong addresses a banquet to mark the body’s 25th anniversary. Photo: Facebook/URAmity
Tourism

Affluent Chinese parents rethink US ‘birth tourism’ amid new restrictions

Prospective parents face growing uncertainty over whether their plans to secure broader education options for their children remain viable.

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Hong Kong society

Bomb-disposal team, light public housing unit win chief executive’s award

Hong Kong leader John Lee praises teams for embodying professional spirit of civil servants in ‘rising to challenges and pursuing excellence’.

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Science

China, Brazil to launch 24/7 disaster early warning satellite for South America

The project will place Brazil among a small number of countries capable of developing and operating geostationary satellites.

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Residents look out at the Madeira River, a tributary of the Amazon River amid a drought in Humaita, Amazonas state. Brazil has teamed up with China to create a geostationary satellite that can predict extreme weather events. Photo: AP
Japan

What does the first visit to the Kuril Islands by Vladimir Putin mean for China?

Diplomatic offensive seen to signal growing alignment between Beijing and Moscow to isolate Tokyo ahead of key November summit.

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The Philippines

Philippines’ Marcos sees progress on China oil deal despite maritime row

The president also confirms for the first time a ‘provisional understanding’ with China over the resupply of WWII warship Sierra Madre.

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US-China trade war

US-China AI trade decoupling ‘manageable’ – but tech curbs a ‘wild card’: Citi

Beijing can weather current trade friction but tightening restrictions on open-weight models complicate outlook, analysts say.

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Washington’s anxieties over Chinese open-weight models escalated in late July following the release of Kimi K3. Photo: Shutterstock
Taiwan

US team in Taiwan to train coastguards amid surge in mainland Chinese activity

Two-week training programme follows a sharp increase in China Coast Guard operations around the island.

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Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration says the two-week training programme began on Monday. Photo: Handout
Banking & finance

Reduce your exposure to US assets before they lose value, Swiss bank warns

Swiss private bank says structurally high inflation and government deficits will erode value of US dollar and Treasuries over the next decade.

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China trade

US-China drone trade dealt another strike as Trump homes in on foreign dominance

Disrupted supply chains could complicate efforts of Chinese firms to expand globally in the fast-growing drone industry, while raising costs for American buyers.

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Hong Kong transport

Wrong radio frequency by Cathay crew led to Nato jet interception: report

London-bound CX257 was intercepted by Hungarian fighter jets over Romania in early July after losing contact with civilian air traffic control.

Cathay says it has implemented the relevant improvement measures in mid-July. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong garners 16,000 submissions from consultation for city’s first 5-year plan

Minister Janice Tse says analysis of public submissions shows general support for more focused integration into national development.

The suggestions also called for the advancement of initiatives under the Northern Metropolis megaproject. Photo: Karma Lo
Artificial intelligence

Back in the Harness: DeepSeek continues its pivot towards agentic AI

With the launch of Harness, China’s DeepSeek continues to build the foundational digital scaffolding for autonomous AI agents.

Artificial intelligence

Zhipu launches GLM-5.3 model as China seeks Mythos-level edge in cyber defence

Company says GLM-5.3 outperformed leading US systems in cybersecurity tests, beating Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 on CyberGym.

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Science

Miles ahead: China team boosts atom entanglement distance record fourfold

The breakthrough is expected to provide a foundation for scalable quantum communications, computing and networked sensing.

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Chinese physicist Pan Jianwei and his team say their experiment provides a test bed for studying quantum network applications beyond the metropolitan scale. Photo: Shutterstock
China's military weapons

Could new transport-tanker capability boost PLA power past first island chain?

Convertible Y-20B aircraft give PLA Air Force operational flexibility to project power deeper into the western Pacific.

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Biomedicine: Industry Trends

Patience needed before human gene therapy trials, Stanford expert says

Human testing could take up to five years to ramp up, but AI approaches will yield results in time, Karoly Nikolich says.

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Tourism

Chinese museums red-faced after caption errors mar communist-themed displays

Blunders such as getting the name of the Red Army or revolutionary leaders wrong have prompted a flurry of public criticism.

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The British YouTuber “Mike Okay” dressed in Red Army uniform for a battle reenactment. Photo: Youtube/Mike Okay
Alibaba

China’s richest province taps Alibaba to power its AI and chip push

Guangdong province deepens ties with China tech giant to boost digital innovation by focusing on AI, semiconductors and smart services.

Guangdong party secretary Huang Kunming (right), welcomed Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu Yongming to Guangzhou on Thursday to sign a strategic cooperation framework agreement. Photo: itouchtv.cn
Semiconductors

SMIC eyes expansion amid AI boom, Zhu Rongji dies, Shein nears IPO

This week: SMIC plans to boost chipmaking capacity on AI demand, former premier Zhu Rongji dies and retail investors flood Unitree IPO. Next week: Shein may open Hong Kong IPO, China retail sales may accelerate, Baidu and Alibaba post earnings, robots go on show in Beijing, and more.

Insurance

Insurance Authority to prioritise broadening of regional clientele: CEO

In response to changes to mainland tax enforcement, Clement Cheung says city has to make itself ‘less vulnerable and more competitive’.

US-China relations

China urged to avoid ‘us or them’ split with US over AI governance

Both superpowers have set up their own international blocs, fuelling concerns that other countries will be forced to pick sides.

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The US and China have both set up their own international AI partnerships. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong stock market

From chasing robots to chasing profits: the numbers moving markets

Unitree Robotics, US inflation rates, gold prices, Hong Kong homes and CK Hutchison’s interim results were in the spotlight this week.

Unitree’s G1 humanoid robots sit next to a child interacting with the company's GO2 robot at a Unitree store in Beijing on August 1, 2026. Photo: Reuters
Science

US organ donation organisation’s shutdown invokes Chinese students’ worst fears

Network for Hope, which assists millions of American donor recipients, is accused of harvesting organs from living patients.

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Hong Kong courts

Diamond buyer jailed for stealing HK$11 million in gems to fund gambling habit

Judge says thefts by ex-Tse Sui Luen Jewellery employee Mui Ka-fai between April 2023 and February 2024 ‘carefully executed and covered up’.

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