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The defence pact fuelled talk of an “Islamic Nato”. Photo: EPA
China-Middle East relations

China waits in wings as Mecca pact signals Gulf move beyond US security umbrella

The Nato-style deal between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey highlights the growing doubts in the region about over-reliance on Washington.

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Hong Kong weather

Calls for system review after lowest alert in force during record-breaking heat

China-EU relations

Can Europe stay united in China trade battle? Ceuta crisis offers a warning

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China-Australia relations

China-Australia relations reach ‘good enough’ baseline, ex-envoy says

Canberra is described as quietly confident in its resilience yet wary of Beijing’s overtures to go further and into new areas of activity.

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Graham Fletcher served as Australia’s ambassador to China from 2019 to 2024. Photo: Handout
Japan

Opinion | Japan’s defence white paper is the opening move in a longer game

Japan’s latest defence white paper confirms Chinese strategists’ fears that post-war pacifist guard rails are being dismantled under the guise of ‘self-defence’.

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China exports

How China’s brands are thriving in the US despite rising geopolitical tensions

Chinese brands like Pop Mart are winning over American consumers by projecting a global image and targeting niche markets.

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Accidents and disasters in China

Chinese boy, 9, missing after being swept away by wave during typhoon’s approach

Rescuers still searching for child, who was taken across a causeway by two adults in Zhejiang when a typhoon warning was already in place.

Video footage shows a family of two adults and two children — frantically sprinting across a stone and cement causeway that connects the mainland to a rocky offshore island. After a colossal wave several metres tall smashed over the path, a nine-year-old boy who has been missing since he was swept away by a giant wave in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. Photo: Handout
Moore Threads

China’s ‘little Nvidia’ plans Hong Kong listing after 147% revenue jump

The Chinese AI chip developer plans a listing in Hong Kong to deepen its ‘international strategic footprint’.

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Social media

Chinese vloggers are taking to YouTube to ‘set the record straight’

Videos documenting daily life in big cities, small towns and villages are aimed at overseas viewers and emphasise authentic perspectives.

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Science

US and Israeli physicists hail China’s glueball discovery as a ‘triumph’

Global experts praise team for solving 50-year-old puzzle, while Chinese social media buzzes with Nobel Prize predictions.

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The Beijing Spectrometer III particle detector at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider in Beijing, where researchers have found the strongest evidence yet for the long-sought glueball. Photo: Handout
Electric & new energy vehicles

Demand for affordable EVs will force open US market to Chinese models: analysts

The pressure is likely to mount after consumers in the two neighbouring markets of Mexico and Canada adopt Chinese EVs.

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Cars for export including BYD, Cherry and SAIC models, are seen at Shanghai port in Shanghai on August 7, 2026. Photo: CN-STR/AFP
China technology

China races to develop brain-computer interfaces that can be inserted in minutes

The technology – which allows patients to control digital devices using their thoughts – can be implanted like a stent in just a few minutes.

Artificial intelligence

Jevons Paradox: why China’s cheap AI models could be good for Silicon Valley

China’s open-weight models have led AI firms to slash prices, but they will also massively boost overall AI demand, analysts say.

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China property

Derelict cinema on scenic Hong Kong island has a US$1 million price tag

Peng Chau Cinema was once a bustling nightspot but has lain virtually empty for almost four decades and is now set to go under the hammer.

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The once popular Peng Chau Cinema closed down almost four decades ago. The site, which currently hosts markets and other community events, is now up for sale. Photo: Peng Chau Cinema
Artificial intelligence

Outside In | Why Asia need not match West’s fear over data centre buildout

The spread of data centres in Asia does not seem to have sparked the kind of protests it has in the West, but good policies are needed to ensure that remains the case.

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Demonstrators participate in a nationwide protest against data centers in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on July 18. Photo: Reuters
China-Africa relations

How China’s ‘magic’ rice seeds are transforming the fortunes of Nigerian farmers

Beijing’s hands-off approach challenges traditional Western aid models, prompting Washington to counter with agribusiness interventions.

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Hong Kong weather

Families cool off in snow parks and malls as helpers struggle in record heat

Observatory records highest temperature in 142 years in the afternoon, saying hot weather will continue until midweek.

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Accidents and disasters in China

Red alert: Shanghai cancels 80% of flights as Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall

The storm strikes coastal Zhejiang province on Sunday evening, packing heavy winds and disrupting travel across eastern China.

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A Shanghai resident battles the winds and rain in the city. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong society

Letters | Passing a driving test in Hong Kong shouldn’t be an Odyssean ordeal

Readers discuss learning to drive in the city, the potential for Hong Kong to develop pet-friendly travel, and municipal maintenance.

Hong Kong politics

5-year plan to create more jobs, help young people with housing: John Lee

City leader says government is paying close attention to youth employment, while Northern Metropolis presents opportunity for bigger homes.

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China consumption

China’s factory-gate prices growth slows to 3.5% in July amid lower fuel prices

Amid lower domestic fuel prices and weak domestic demand, the national consumer price index rose 0.5 per cent last month.

A staff member examines electric tricycles before shipment in China’s Shandong province on July 30, 2026. Photo: AFP
China’s Communist Party

Is China’s Communist Party newspaper highlighting women’s role as mothers?

Analysis of 125,000 articles from People’s Daily suggests it is increasingly framing women in a domestic rather than public context.

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Researchers found that official media consistently linked women to domestic roles, but the use of phrases connecting them to the professional sphere had dwindled. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong’s 5-year plan can’t just be a laundry list

Repackaging familiar initiatives is not enough – city leaders must deliver clear directions, tangible targets and real accountability.

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China jobs

In Focus | Why foreign workers are still climbing mountains of paperwork for a job in China

Beijing’s rigid visa points system and strict sponsorship rules frustrate young expats, but most are still undeterred in their job search.

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China's military weapons

How Beijing’s hypersonic ‘carrier killers’ could distract US in a Taiwan conflict

Beijing said to be producing anti-ship missiles to hold US Pacific Fleet at distance so PLA can settle matters wherever contingency might be.

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Footage released by Chinese state media on July 29 shows a YJ-20 missile launching from a Type 052D destroyer at an undisclosed location. Photo: CCTV
Science

What is a glueball? Chinese-led team finds rare particle made entirely of force

After 15 years of research, scientists discover definitive evidence of glueballs using the Beijing Electron Positron Collider II.

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The Beijing Spectrometer III of the Beijing Electron Positron Collider II has helped prove the existence of “glueballs”. Photo: Institute of High Energy Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Science

China’s lunar research station could be guarded by robot watchdogs: scientists

Custom-designed machines could identify hazards on the moon and help astronauts collect rock samples, source water ice, researchers say.

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Hong Kong transport

Typhoon Dolphin grounds Hong Kong flights, disrupts trips and business in Japan

Flights linking Hong Kong with mainland China, Taiwan and Japan cancelled, while Okinawa travellers and businesses count the cost.

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