According to Sydney-based think tank, 17 per cent of Australians trust China to act responsibly – up from a record low of 12 per cent in 2022, but nearly three-quarters say Beijing is likely to become a military threat in the next two decades.
Dong Jun insisted Beijing was committed to peaceful reunification but issued several veiled swipes at the US for ‘pushing Taiwan into danger’.
Ahead of the opening of Taiwan’s Computex trade show, the Nvidia chief executive presented how ‘AI factories’ and ‘physical AI’ would help transform industries.
Footage released by the state broadcaster CCTV appears to show troops stationed on a grounded warship pointing rifles at a Chinese vessel
Shanxi is investing in electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles and drone deliveries as part of a national effort to boost the ‘low altitude economy’.
Executive Council convenor Regina Ip says she sees no problem with private commemoration of Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Speaking on sidelines of defence conference in Singapore, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky says Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant is in danger and warns that Kyiv is on the lookout for Chinese exports of dual-use weapons systems to Russia.
Company’s move coincides with government’s plan to make city a biomed centre, with policies including a ‘1+’ mechanism to speed up approval of new drugs for life-threatening or rare diseases.
Governments in Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya are taking control of railways as China’s skills transfer nears completion.
The potential return of the Holocaust-questioning Mahmoud Ahmedinejad comes amid heightened tension between Iran and the West over Tehran’s nuclear programme and its arming of Russia.
The death of Alexandra Chan’s father, a Chinese-American engineer for Kodak, so devastated her she began writing a memoir of him, and learned that her grief ran far deeper than the death of a parent.
While president in 2020 Trump tried to ban the app, saying it was a national security threat, but this year he also said that a ban would hurt some young people and strengthen Facebook.
From furry, four-footed gifts to a family that overcame incredible racism, these are the highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents from May 2024.
After a tense start to the year, India and the Maldives appear to be mending fences – with what analysts call ‘deep economic difficulties’ pushing the Indian Ocean nation to engage.
Seoul said it will soon take ‘unbearable’ retaliatory steps over Pyongyang’s launch of the balloons and other provocations.
The theme was laid out early on by the Philippines – before Australia, New Zealand and host Singapore took up the baton. But the South China Sea wasn’t the only talking point.
Breakthrough study is the first experimental realisation of a quantum engine with ‘entangled characteristics’, researchers said.
Team finds a single infusion of engineered cells without pre-treatment can suppress lung inflammation and relieve asthma symptoms in mice for over a year.
The shutdowns were in place in all but three regions following drone and missile attacks on energy targets that injured at least 19 people.
Summing up four-day US trip, Hong Kong finance chief says ‘pragmatic topics’ such as carbon markets, sustainable finance and talent development are good starting points for cooperation.
Chinese families that conceal ethnic difference, despite appearances to the contrary, have long caused the loss of their own heritage.
Director general Alpha Lau tells Post during California trip some American tech companies expressed interest in investment opportunities in Greater Bay Area.
Finance chief confident that candid exchanges with US businesses during four-day visit helped improve mutual understanding
Unemployed or fed up with long working hours, young people in China are drawn to live-streaming for the autonomy and earnings potential it gives them. Some engage in deadly stunts, writes Xinrou Shu.
The price of AI services in China plummeted in May after ByteDance kicked off a price war by pricing access to its LLMs at 99.8 per cent below GPT-4.
Vietnam swore in a new president on May 22 – its third in under 18 months. Yet amid all the political upheaval, analysts expect Hanoi’s China ties to endure.
Spurred by the pandemic, ultra cycling is booming in Beijing, with enthusiasts heading out of the city to ride day and night on ‘probably the most beautiful roads in the world for cycling’.