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China's 'super golden week' forecast to spark travel boom at home and abroad
South China Morning Post, Published on 01/10/2025
» HONG KONG — Visa-free travel abroad and free toll roads at home are expected to fuel a surge in travel by Chinese citizens during an extra-long holiday starting this week, in what analysts call a boon for the service economy.
Malaysian musician who can play 30 traditional instruments is captivating millions online
South China Morning Post, Published on 20/08/2025
» HONG KONG — At just 19 years old, Belle Sisoski moves with the certainty of an artist twice her age.
China doubles down on building telescopes in Thailand
South China Morning Post, Published on 31/05/2025
» China has completed its first overseas new-generation radio telescope in northern Thailand, bolstering a global scientific network that monitors deep space signals and tracks subtle shifts in the Earth's rotation and tectonic plates.
China-Thailand joint military exercises have 'all elements needed for a small-scale war'
South China Morning Post, Published on 22/08/2024
» BEIJING - China has revealed details of its joint military exercises with Thailand, which involve the use of special forces for the first time and have been described as containing "all the elements needed for a small-scale war".
Asian-Americans see Kamala Harris' nomination as their time to shine
South China Morning Post, Published on 22/08/2024
» NEW YORK - As the Democratic Party unites behind US Vice-President Kamala Harris, the nation's first Asian-American and African-American woman to be nominated for president by a major political party, many Asian-Americans say they feel increasingly emboldened and optimistic that their voices will be heard.
Concerns rise over China's 1 trillion yuan EV, solar, battery exports
South China Morning Post, Published on 24/02/2024
» BEIJING - China's 1 trillion yuan (US$139 billion) exports of electric vehicles (EVs), lithium batteries and solar cells could face a new round of challenges this year, as Western policymakers have reflected "genuine anxieties" about overcapacity distorting their markets.
China's ban on Australian lobsters has Asean members clawing way into market
South China Morning Post, Published on 24/01/2024
» Southeast Asian countries are fishing for more opportunities to get their lobsters onto Chinese plates, and analysts expect that the trend will not only intensify, but it will also become increasingly difficult to reverse the longer that Beijing's protracted ban on Australian rock lobsters remains in effect.
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific signs up 100 new mainland Chinese cabin crew as it rebuilds post-coronavirus
South China Morning Post, Published on 16/01/2024
» Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has signed up 100 cabin crew through its first recruitment drive in mainland China and some have already started work, the company has said.
China Vice-Premier He Lifeng to visit US this week as ties shine at Shanghai expo
South China Morning Post, Published on 07/11/2023
» Vice-Premier He Lifeng will visit the US later this week in yet another sign of improving bilateral relations that comes as senior US officials and business delegates are taking an optimistic outlook on cooperation at a key import exhibition in Shanghai.
China's 'batwoman' scientist warns another coronavirus outbreak is 'highly likely'
South China Morning Post, Published on 24/09/2023
» One of China's best-known virologists Shi Zhengli, also known as "batwoman", has warned that it is "highly likely" another coronavirus will appear in future.