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Global Economy

Beijing tells China ships in Strait of Hormuz to phone home amid safety risks

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Guo Jiakun addressed the US’ recent involvement in the conflict in Iran, among other questions, on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE

China Economy

US farmers face tough outlook as China switches suppliers amid trade war

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US soybean farmers have long relied on the income from bumper exports to China, but the trade is now mired in uncertainty as Beijing diversifies its food supply base amid the tariff war. Photo: Reuters

US

Trump’s Israel-Iran ceasefire plan tested by renewed hostilities

Israeli soldiers and rescue teams work amid the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile strike that killed several people, in Beersheba, Israel, on Tuesday. Photo: AP

China

Texas governor signs bill banning Chinese citizens from buying property in state

Protesters at the state capitol in Austin, Texas, on May 10 opposing bills to ban citizens and entities of China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, from buying properties in Texas. Photo: AFP

Entertainment

Bollywood dance video filmed at Oxford University goes viral on Instagram

A screen grab from Druv Punjabi and his friend’s viral Bollywood dance video shot at Oxford University. Photo: Instagram/druvphk
Liu Weiguang, senior vice-president of Alibaba Cloud, speaks on stage during a company event in Shenzhen on Tuesday. Photo: Handout
Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud to bring AI capabilities to global data centres this year

The company operates more than two dozen data centres worldwide, including two in the US and one in London.

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Science

China can’t buy Nvidia’s RTX 4090. Now its optical chip is twice as fast

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Japan

Japan firm blames faulty space laser for doomed moon mission

China-EU relations

China’s shipments of hi-tech goods to EU surge as its exports to US plunge

Post’s analysis of Beijing’s trade data for May shows huge amounts of batteries, laptops, smartphones and solar panels going to the bloc.

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With many EU markets enduring falling exports to China, the cumulative impact was a 22 per cent increase in the union’s trade deficit with the world’s second-largest economy in May. Photo: Shutterstock
Sex and relationships

Can Tinder’s new Double Date feature bring back Gen Z users?

Dating app Tinder hopes to win back Gen Z users with a feature that makes it less ‘hook-uppy’ and more about having ‘a good time as friends’.

Tesla

Tesla launches long-discussed robotaxi service

Elon Musk’s decade-long robotaxi vision takes its first steps, utilising the Tesla Model Y initially.

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Hong Kong science and tech

2 Hong Kong pilot schemes testing drones for landslide prevention operations

Drones are being used to help the Geotechnical Engineering Office with its work, including inspecting landslide sites and monitoring hillsides.

Hong Kong has on average about 300 landslides a year. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | How Hong Kong firms are weeding out ‘perfect’ job candidates in age of AI

Companies are placing renewed emphasis on in-person interviews as chatbot helpers can make online interactions unreliable, recruiters say.

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong’s research strength is vital to China’s third wave of reform

Shenzhen’s focus should be on infrastructure like national labs and Hong Kong’s on nurturing foundational research for scientific breakthroughs.

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China trade

China’s magnet exports to US slammed in May as rare earth curbs hit: data

Wielding its biggest bargaining chip in trade dealings with Washington, Beijing applied pressure by imposing export controls on some critical minerals.

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Some rare-earth minerals from China are seen at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences on May 17. Photo: Getty Images
Semiconductors

China’s Empyrean sees opportunities in US chip-design software curbs

Beijing-based company hopes to ascend to the top tier of global EDA providers, but acknowledges considerable gap with US rivals.

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Semiconductor chips seen on a circuit board. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong society

Who created AI app MediSafe? Hong Kong student and US software firm stake claims

Incident came to light when online concerns were raised over privacy of patients using award-winning app, and doubts that student was sole inventor.

Robotics

Unitree Robotics now a unicorn with ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent funding

The Chinese humanoid and robot dog maker is valued at US$1.3 billion in its latest financing round.

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Artificial intelligence

A sun-baked ‘Shenzhen’? SoftBank pitches TSMC on US$1 trillion AI hub in Arizona

Son envisions a version of China’s manufacturing hub of Shenzhen that would bring high-tech manufacturing to the US, sources told Bloomberg.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son speaks during the Future Investment Initiative Institute Priority Summit in Miami Beach, Florida, on February 21. Photo: AFP
Science

Chinese military lab creates mosquito-sized microdrone for covert operations

State broadcaster CCTV showcases defence university’s miniature bionic robots suited to reconnaissance and battlefield missions.

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A CCTV screenshot shows a Chinese mosquito-sized UAV developed at the National University of Defence Technology and suited to covert military operations. Photo: CCTV
Science

China to lead global space weather monitoring and warning network

Latest agreements add to country’s initiative in long-term surveillance system to protect communications, power grids.

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Hong Kong science and tech

Hong Kong’s first AI system to spot scaffolding issues deployed in local project

HK$1 million system able to detect structural inclinations that cannot be spotted by the naked eye and sends danger alerts to construction team.

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Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud expands in South Korea with second data centre

The company’s AI service clients in South Korea include Naver-backed messaging app Snow and AI solutions provider Univa.

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Alibaba Cloud’s offices in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company is opening its second data centre in South Korea. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Science

Chinese brain experiment at dance performance generates goosebumps and aversion

Netizens repulsed by sci-fi headgear; Tsinghua University says probes capture neurological activity in volunteers enjoying performance.

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Blockchain

Tariffs see Chinese bitcoin-mining machine makers eye US production

Top manufacturers Bitmain, Canaan and MicroBT are setting up production in the US to counter tariff and geopolitical risks.

Artificial intelligence

Microsoft plans thousands of job cuts in July, targeting sales teams

The terminations would follow a previous round of lay-offs in May that hit 6,000 people, mostly product and engineering positions.

Microsoft’s offices near Paris, France. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

China urges US to ‘look at the whole picture’ on tariffs to see true trade ties

Meanwhile, Washington’s ambassador to Beijing says Donald Trump’s vision is for relationship based on fairness and respect.

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Chinese ambassador Xie Feng addresses the US-China Business Council in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: Zhao Ziwen
Malaysia

Malaysia ‘stands firm’ on US chip curbs after alleged breach by Chinese company

Chinese engineers rented Malaysian data centres packed with high-end Nvidia chips to train their AI model, a newspaper report has alleged.

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Law

Legal Tales | Some legal ramifications surrounding use of AI in police surveillance

Advantages of certain systems can readily be seen but transparent policies should be formulated for their usage.

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China pork crisis

China to reduce pig count by 1 million amid low prices, deflation risk: report

Measures reportedly in the works by agriculture authorities are not just aimed at restoring balance to pork sector, but also at shoring up economy amid deflation risks.

A pig farm is seen in China’s Jiangxi province. A million pigs will reportedly be culled across the country. Photo: Xinhua
DeepSeek

DeepSeek’s updated R1 AI model matches Google, Anthropic in coding benchmark

The updated reasoning model, released in May, performed well against leading US models in the real-time WebDev Arena tests.

A DeepSeek poster seen during the 2025 Global Developer Conference on February 22 in Shanghai. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
Science

Mengzhou spacecraft for China’s moon-landing mission passes landmark test flight

In safety test, safety capsule touched down with airbag cushioning to ensure astronauts survive during rocket failures at lift-off.

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Made in China 2025

As China sees boom in humanoid robotics, firms pay 3 times national average

Beijing’s push to dominate cutting-edge sector fuels hiring boom – but skilled engineers in short supply.

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