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Research has shown how SIM cards from the grey market are powering bot armies that fill social media with fake likes and comments to manipulate users and deliberately steer trends. Photo: dpa
Scams and swindles

How the global grey market in SIM cards powers fraud and influence

How much does an army of bots cost? A new study reveals how likes and clout are bought.

Science

Cambridge ex-professor Nigel Slater joins China’s biotech revolution

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s John Lee champions Shaw Prize vision, pays tribute to late physicist

Education in Hong Kong

6 Hong Kong universities set new record in global top 200

Times Higher Education says rankings highlight shift in research and higher education excellence from West to Asia.

The University of Hong Kong rose from 35th to 33rd place in the World University Rankings, the highest among all local varsities. Photo: Karma Lo
Science

China’s optical chip advances such as Meteor-1 light the way for AI development

Optical computing is a promising alternative or addition to electronic computing, potentially improving system efficiency, a professor says.

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Hong Kong society

German scientist wins Hong Kong’s Shaw Prize for pioneering 3D imaging work

Professor Wolfgang Baumeister awarded Shaw Prize in life science and medicine for pioneering development and use of cryogenic electron tomography.

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Trending in China

Chinese woman with Cambridge degree declines biotech job to become zookeeper

Woman feels ‘healthier’ in her zoo role due to active lifestyle, freedom from confines of an office.

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A woman from China, who holds a degree from Cambridge, turns down a position in biotechnology to pursue a career as a zookeeper in Shanghai. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/The Paper
Science

Groundbreaking ‘miracle’? 80% of sand used in construction in China is artificial

Manufactured sand is produced by crushing and sieving rock or mine tailings, a process that offers an alternative for the construction industry.

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Wellness

Online apps can keep your brain healthy, but there are other ways too

Playing mind game apps can help fight dementia, as long as they are challenging and preferably unfamiliar, say experts. Reading, doing jigsaw puzzles and playing chess are also beneficial.

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Israel-Gaza war

Israel’s Yemen strike will embolden Houthis, analysts say

Attack will provide the Houthis with ‘political capital’, widen rebels’ appeal amid growing anger in Yemen over the Gaza war, observers note.

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A member of the security forces affiliated with Yemen’s Houthi rebels stands guard in front of a bonfire incinerating seized narcotic substances, in Sanaa on Saturday. Photo: AFP
India

Who is Usha Vance? Wife of Trump’s running mate evokes pride in India

Usha Chilukuri Vance resigned from her law firm after her husband J.D. Vance announced his election campaign.

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Republican vice-presidential candidate Senator J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance at the Republican National Convention in Wisconsin on July 18. Photo: Bloomberg
US presidential election 2024

Meet Usha Vance, child of Indian immigrants who could be next US second lady

The wife of Trump’s VP nominee J.D. Vance is a graduate of Yale law, where the couple met, and has worked for two US Supreme Court justices.

Chinese culture

How martial arts novelists Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng became legends

A century after wuxia novelists Louis Cha and Liang Yusheng were born in 1924, their influence on martial arts culture – from TV series and movies to books and radio – is as big as when they were alive.

Alibaba

Chinese teen who beat MIT students in Alibaba maths contest attracts doubters

Jiang Ping has become the subject of national curiosity after climbing past competitors from Stanford, Cambridge, and Tsinghua to reach the finals.

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A 17-year-old vocational school student from rural China became a celebrity on social media after reaching the final round of Alibaba’s annual maths competition. Photo: Weibo
Harmony in the Urban Jungle

Charting the Complexities of Cities

Leading CityUHK’s Department of Public and International Affairs, Professor Eddie HUI investigates the crux of urban policy and public management in the hope of enhancing citizens’ quality of life

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Hui believes that helping students grow and develop will have a positive impact on the wider community.
Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s CityU may take 4 to 5 years to double non-local intake: president

‘If you rush this, all students will suffer. Because where will they stay? Do you have space for them to study?’ Professor Freddy Boey says.

Education in Hong Kong

6 public universities in Hong Kong rise in global ranking table

University of Hong Kong climbs to 17th place, up from 26th last year in latest global ranking by QS.

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Hong Kong's national security law

Who is Chow Hang-tung, Hong Kong activist arrested under domestic security law?

Chow arrested alongside five others on allegations of ‘repeatedly publishing posts with seditious intentions’ by ‘exploiting upcoming sensitive date’.

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Chow Hang-tung, who has been arrested with five others under Hong Kong’s new domestic national security legislation. Photo: Getty Images
Tourism

Profile | This award-winning hotel design chief is a Hong Kong girl made good

Michelle Wu is head of design for luxury hotel group Maybourne. She talks to the Post about how she comes up with the ‘overall design narrative for a hotel’ and why the ‘little details’ matter.

North Korea

‘On Spotify when’: TikTok grooves to upbeat North Korean song praising Kim

With its catchy melody, ‘Friendly Father’ is reminiscent of an Abba track – but with a Soviet-sounding twist.

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Science

Face of 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman unveiled by UK researchers

Archaeologists have reconstructed the features of Shanidar Z, whose skull was discovered in Iraqi Kurdistan.

The rebuilt skull and a physical reconstruction of the face and head of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman named Shanidar Z are seen at the University of Cambridge, England, on April 25. Photo: AFP
Doctor of International Real Estate and Construction

PolyU’s Doctor of International Real Estate and Construction (DIREC) programme nurtures future property and construction sector leaders by elevating their theoretical knowledge and research skills

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Dr Daniel Chan (third from right), Programme Leader of the Doctor of International Real Estate and Construction programme at PolyU with the first batch of DIREC graduates.
China’s Communist Party

China names high-profile law enforcer as assistant public security minister

Hu Binchen, director of International Cooperation Bureau, and Liu Zhongyi, director of Criminal Investigation Bureau, appointed assistant ministers at China’s Ministry of Public Security.

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Banking & finance

HSBC woos Asia’s ultra-rich to set up base in Hong Kong with suite of services

HSBC plans to promote its family office and digital banking services to attract the growing horde of ultra-high-net-worth clients in Asia to its private banking unit.

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Sex and relationships

Across Asia, a new class of childless-by-choice couples emerges: meet the DINKs

Their reasons vary – and it’s not always to do with finances. But societal stigma persists, even in a world that’s increasingly overpopulated.

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The DINK lifestyle choice has gained popularity in Asia in recent years. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI’s Sora pours ‘cold water’ on China’s AI dreams

The introduction of Sora has forced China’s AI industry to again grapple with how it will catch up to the latest tech in the face of escalating US sanctions.

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OpenAI’s text-to-video model Sora has opened a new front in the AI war, leading to more soul-searching in China as the country looks at avenues for catching up. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Science

China-led research team pinpoints smallest star and its ghostly lone companion

Study reveals unique binary system made up of a white dwarf and a tiny hot subdwarf, just seven times bigger than Earth.

Hong Kong society

Editorial | Yearly flu jabs may one day be in the past

A project at the University of Hong Kong aims to do away with an injection for the influenza A vaccine by developing a nasal spray administered every three years.

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