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World AFP Hong Kong's 'hungry ghosts' tell tale of fading community
31 Aug 2025 16:36 GMT
… Festival has its roots in Chinese folk religion and marks the … the most elaborate rituals in Hong Kong -- including the " … in 2020 due to strict pandemic-era social distancing rules.
… further blow in 2022 when Hong Kong authorities disbanded resident-led …
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Modi and Xi meet in Tianjin as India-China relations enter a new phase
31 Aug 2025 20:31 GMT
… on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit … relations. For Beijing, this presented an opening.
Chinese Ambassador to … since the COVID-19 pandemic, was also framed as … for reviving the Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral dialogue, …
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Who says crime doesn't pay? Microsoft has deployed its own security chip on all Azure servers to protect its customers from $10 trillion cybercrime 'pandemic'
31 Aug 2025 19:36 GMT
… what it calls a cybercrime “pandemic” now costing $10 trillion annually … behind the United States and China, but ahead of Germany and …
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Life expectancy for Hong Kong women hits record, while men also get a lift
31 Aug 2025 14:46 GMT
… 2024 after falling during the pandemic, with women living on average … per cent in a year.
Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea have … report “Women and Men in Hong Kong” said that the life expectancy … reported during the Covid-19 pandemic. That year, the life …
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China manufacturing shrinks for 5th month
31 Aug 2025 18:58 GMT
… data showed Sunday, as Beijing and Washington press on … China has struggled to maintain a strong economic recovery since the pandemic … export-dependent economy.
Beijing and Washington have extended … continue talks.
Senior Chinese trade negotiator Li Chenggang urged …
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The Chinese scholars keeping the memory of Japanese sexual slavery alive
31 Aug 2025 18:50 GMT
… Our research shows that in China alone, the Japanese military … Chen Lifei, are among China’s most prominent scholars researching … rising rates of venereal disease, the Japanese military formalized … and Chinese “comfort women” on the campus of Shanghai Normal …
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Hong Kong’s influx of mainland Chinese workers puts local job seekers on edge
31 Aug 2025 12:21 GMT
… an influx of mainland Chinese workers into Hong Kong, which he feels is … Covid-19 restrictions during the pandemic.
Two main policies introduced around … -related role at a Chinese bank in Hong Kong, which she left in …
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Hong Kong could hit post-Covid high of 5 million tourists in August: lawmaker
31 Aug 2025 11:48 GMT
Hong Kong’s visitor numbers in August … surpassed 5 million, a post-pandemic record, the tourism sector lawmaker … incoming tourist numbers since the pandemic,” Yiu said in a television … of the Tourism Commission, the Hong Kong Tourism Board and the travel …
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Honoring Lives Lost to the Overdose Epidemic
31 Aug 2025 17:19 GMT
… Services and Supports Commissioner Dr. Chinazo Cunningham said, “International Overdose Awareness … estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — from … communities impacted by the overdose epidemic.
Therefore, tonight, landmarks and …
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China making diminishes in August in spite of brand-new United States trade truce
31 Aug 2025 17:10 GMT
… healing given that the pandemic, as it battles a … and raised youth joblessness.
China’s bruising trade war … the export-dependent economy.
Beijing and Washington have actually extended … they continue talks.
Senior Chinese trade arbitrator Li Chenggang advised …