Antony Blinken is the latest senior US official to visit China, but some analysts believe Washington needs to set out a clear vision for future relations.
Four out of five people who responded to the poll say their opinion of mainland China is unfavourable, about the same as last year.
Data collected from 449 local secondary schools shows 91 per cent picked Hong Kong, 9 per cent chose to study abroad.
With wars raging in Ukraine, the Middle East, an emboldened North Korea, and the coming US presidential election, it is prudent Seoul not get involved in a potential Taiwan crisis, one expert said.
Scientist defends collaboration with Wuhan lab as yielding ‘direct public health benefits’ for the US, with virus work saving ‘countless lives’.
Mayday’s second show rescheduled to May 9 after first performance was moved online amid heavy rainfall.
Hong Kong kept its key interest rate unchanged for a sixth consecutive time in lockstep with the Federal Reserve’s overnight decision, with sticky US inflation forcing investors to delay rate cut bets.
The theme park recently honoured more than 2,000 employees at its first-ever long-service awards ceremony, including twin brothers who have performed there for more than a decade.
Visitors head to Victoria Harbour to see pyrotechnics, but some say ‘budget-style’ display not as impressive as past shows.
Hong Kong singer SY, who had gender-affirming surgery in Bangkok in 2020, explores his transgender journey through music, with his new song featuring lyrics sung before and after his gender transition.
Scientists have successfully grown rice in the harsh deserts of China’s Xinjiang region in half the time compared to conventional farming methods, a major step in the country’s campaign to ensure food security.
‘There were two failed landing attempts … All the passengers on board the flight started to scream, while children were crying wildly,’ passenger recounts on social media.
Prajwal Revanna is accused of sexually assaulting hundreds of women after the release of videos showing his alleged crimes.
2 Republican state senators crossed party lines in the 16-14 vote, with Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs expected to swiftly sign the repeal.
Struggling US-China ties, a human rights shock and a student in big trouble: these are the highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents from April 2024.
Industry figure Simon Wong says restaurants can expect a 10 per cent drop in business against last year’s figures.
Archaeologists have reconstructed the features of Shanidar Z, whose skull was discovered in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Another 30 people sent to hospital as road collapse leaves nearly 18-metre-long crater on highway linking Guangdong to Fujian province
The bank has ‘quite an active pipeline’ of loans based on such collateral owned by ultra-high-net-worth individuals, who are often asset-rich but liquidity-constrained, private banker says.
Mainland China visitors to Hong Kong during the golden week holiday period will be offered a host of freebies by banks vying for their business amid growing interest in the city’s cash-for-residency scheme.
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners to receive eight months of training on the mainland and another 16 months in Hong Kong as part of government scheme.
Outstanding researchers in Beijing and Shanghai among those set to benefit from policies announced on Sunday by National Immigration Administration.
Holders of documents in mainland China will be able to enjoy 14 days from next week, and talent scheme will be expanded to Beijing and Shanghai.
Almost 10 years after the ‘Made in China 2025’ targets were drawn up, we investigate just how many have been achieved.
With the junkets of Asia’s gambling capital ‘decimated’ by an anti-corruption crackdown, money launderers have shifted focus to more loosely regulated casinos in Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Myanmar.
A recent songwriting camp in Hong Kong brought Chris James, Gaston Pong and Chiyo – who between them have written for BTS, Tia Ray, and Priscilla Abby – to create all-but-guaranteed chart-toppers.
As China works to sell itself as a viable destination for international firms to air their disputes through arbitration, more must be done for these efforts to meet with success, analysts and professionals say.