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Digital currencies
Hong Kong could serve as stablecoin test bed to raise yuan’s profile
Hong Kong’s stablecoins can serve as a testing ground for the mainland, providing both experience and lessons, HashKey Group CEO says.
18 Jun 2025 - 8:57PM
Censorship in China
China will drop the Great Firewall for some users, but only in southern Hainan
5 Jun 2025 - 11:53PM
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Asia travel
4 rail journeys in modern-day China; a true 21st-century experience
12 May 2025 - 2:38PM
US-China trade war
The duty-free island trying to lure Chinese shoppers amid the trade war
Hainan, a tropical island in southern China, has special customs policies allowing shops to maintain low prices even amid sky-high tariffs.
10 May 2025 - 12:00PM
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China’s navy
Chinese navy puts giant warship on show to the public for anniversary
For the first time, people on the mainland can take a close look at the PLA’s Type 075 amphibious assault ship Hainan.
23 Apr 2025 - 8:24PM
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Durians in China
China’s durian determination yields golden home-grown bounty in Hainan
Tropical Hainan province has defied sceptics and rewarded investors with China-grown durian, but it ‘simply cannot compete’ with booming imports from Southeast Asia.
20 Apr 2025 - 6:00AM
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China's economic recovery
Xi urges foreign firms to resist ‘acts that turn back the wheel of history’
Xi meets with business reps as China takes aim at unilateralism and protectionism while ramping up a charm offensive for foreign investors against the backdrop of two global conferences.
31 Mar 2025 - 8:13PM
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Hong Kong politics
Hong Kong devoted to bolstering foreign ties, John Lee says at Boao Forum
Chief executive touts international connections following Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s call for city to expand global ties.
25 Mar 2025 - 8:52PM
Tourism
6 marinas that are destinations in themselves
Marinas in Monaco and Dubai are billionaires’ playgrounds while Sanya is growing as a marine tourism hub and Singapore has a bustling port.
7 Mar 2025 - 3:47PM
China technology
China’s subsea centre could power 7,000 DeepSeek conversations a second: report
Computing power in underwater computing cluster off Hainan will be used in AI training, game production and marine research: state media.
19 Feb 2025 - 7:17PM
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China-Russia relations
China-Russia flights to take off, with Beijing, Shanghai and Hainan on the radar
Additional direct flights from St Petersburg to Beijing and Shanghai are set to be added next year, while flights to Hainan will also resume.
5 Dec 2024 - 12:06AM
Biomedicine: Companies
Hong Kong start-up eyes global pest control market with scent-based products
Plasticvore is a two-year old biotech start-up offering alternative, humane solutions to controlling and eliminating pests, founder says.
1 Dec 2024 - 12:00PM
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China economy
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With visa-free initiative, China is betting on a simple truth
China is ready for the world to witness its development, experience its culture and engage with its people.
26 Nov 2024 - 10:29AM
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Alibaba
Alibaba pulls in US$5 billion from dual-currency bond offering
The deal marks the biggest corporate bond issue of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region this year.
20 Nov 2024 - 10:38PM
Aviation
China-Canada direct flights to ‘surge’ to meet demand as talks yield results
At least five airlines will increase flights within the next two months, connecting Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen with Toronto and Vancouver.
13 Nov 2024 - 10:55PM
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Science
China considering space facility location based on security in times of war
Advantages of coastal operation outweighed by ‘strategic hinterland’ policy in preferred site for massive commercial space facility.
16 Oct 2024 - 2:28AM
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China’s military
What do sightings of Type 094s say about China’s nuclear sub force?
Chinese magazine says surfacing of vessels point to combat-ready crews, command chain and logistics.
16 Sep 2024 - 10:57PM
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Accidents and disasters in China
Super Typhoon Yagi: officials, military in Southern China push to fix services
Guangdong and Hainan provinces work to clean up and sanitise streets and help farmers, fishers and factories get back to work.
9 Sep 2024 - 3:42PM
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Science
China’s super-radar detects plasma bubble over the pyramids in Giza
The powerful LARID radar in Hainan, China, can detect plasma bubbles in Earth’s upper atmosphere up to 9,600km away.
7 Sep 2024 - 4:00PM
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Accidents and disasters in China
Super Typhoon Yagi lashes south China, killing 4 and injuring 95
Beijing pledges 200 million yuan in disaster relief after this year’s second-strongest tropical cyclone sweeps Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi.
7 Sep 2024 - 8:18PM
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China trade
China cuts tariffs for Hainan’s drug, device imports to aid medical tourism
The initiative will be implemented in the Boao Hope Lecheng Medical Tourism pilot zone in eastern Hainan.
6 Sep 2024 - 5:30PM
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Accidents and disasters in China
Super Typhoon Yagi: over 410,000 people relocated as storm hits southern China
Yagi predicted to move northwest, crossing Haikou, Chengmai and Lingao before moving into the ocean by Saturday morning.
6 Sep 2024 - 7:44PM
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Hong Kong weather
Hong Kong shuts down as Super Typhoon Yagi edges closer
With winds speeds reaching 210km/h, Yagi is expected to remain at super typhoon strength as it skirts about 300km southwest of city on Friday morning.
6 Sep 2024 - 1:19AM
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Profile
This Italian surfer found the origins of Chinese surfing in a Kunming temple
Serendipity led Nik Zanella to discover the origins of Chinese surfing in a random temple – now, he’s living on Hainan Island and coaching the next generation of China’s Olympic surfing hopefuls
26 Aug 2024 - 11:11AM
South China Sea
China confirms discovery of major natural gas field in South China Sea
The location, in waters southeast of Hainan, is estimated to contain more than 100 billion cubic metres of natural gas.
10 Aug 2024 - 5:35AM
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Hong Kong society
Police called after mainland woman and Hong Kong man quarrel aboard flight
In clip of incident shared online, woman yells: ‘What’s wrong with you Hong Kong people? You’re also Chinese, aren’t you?’
1 Aug 2024 - 12:05AM
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Hong Kong economy
New 6-day visa-free visit policy for Hainan set to boost Hong Kong agencies
Foreigners can now visit the island for up to 144 hours without a visa by joining a tour organised by a travel agency in Hong Kong or Macau.
30 Jul 2024 - 11:48PM
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