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Brazil blacklists BYD for slave labour conditions at its biggest plant outside China
South China Morning Post, Published on 08/04/2026
» RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's labour ministry on Tuesday added Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD (Build Your Dreams) to a registry of employers found to have subjected workers to conditions analogous to slavery, limiting access to state financing and increasing reputational risks in its most important market outside China.
Japan demands response from Finland over beauty queen's 'slanted eyes' photos
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/12/2025
» KYODO — Japan's top government spokesman on Thursday expressed concern over images posted online of the winner of a beauty pageant and some lawmakers in Finland showing them pulling back the corners of their eyes, a gesture widely regarded as racially offensive to Asian people.
Quake fears drive some Hong Kong tourists away from Asian cities
South China Morning Post, Published on 14/04/2025
» HONG KONG — Concerns over earthquakes have contributed to a decline in the number of Hong Kong residents joining tour groups to some popular Asian destinations this Easter, despite prices falling by as much as 15% over last year's level, one of the city's largest travel agents has said.
Japan issues megaquake warning, but many travellers from Hong Kong undeterred
South China Morning Post, Published on 03/04/2025
» Some Hongkongers have cancelled their trips to Japan following a new megaquake warning issued by the country's authorities, while others have said they will still proceed with extra caution.
Trump says tariffs on Chinese goods will double to 20%, effective next week
South China Morning Post, Published on 28/02/2025
» NEW YORK — United States President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the US would not only impose his originally outlined 10% tariffs on all Chinese imports beginning on Tuesday, but that these were now being doubled for an effective rate of 20%.
Doctor tried to kill mother's lover with poisoned Covid jab
South China Morning Post, Published on 09/10/2024
» A Hong Kong-born doctor has admitted disguising himself as a nurse and attempting to murder his mother's partner in Britain by injecting him with a poison-laced fake Covid vaccine in a dispute over inheritance of property.
China reveals it executed scientist for spying in 2016 in documentary about 'shocking' cases
South China Morning Post, Published on 15/04/2024
» Authorities in Beijing have revealed that a Chinese scientist who was convicted in 2015 of selling state secrets to foreign spy agencies was executed in 2016, one of several "shocking" spy cases.
Beijing's military supremacy over Taiwan 'growing swiftly'
South China Morning Post, Published on 28/07/2023
» BEIJING: The military balance between mainland China and Taiwan is "rapidly tilting to China's favour," Japan said in its annual defence report released on Friday, amid tensions over the self-ruled island that Beijing considers its territory.
Jack Ma returns to public life with professorships
South China Morning Post, Published on 03/05/2023
» Jack Ma, the face of Chinese entrepreneurship and the founder of Alibaba Group Holding, has assumed professorships in at least four schools outside mainland China, as he keeps an arm's length from the business empire he created.