Western powers ramp up support for Philippines’ Luzon economic hub
A widely touted economic hub in the Philippines will involve eight more countries, signalling greater international conf
idence in the long-term viability of the ambitious project to boost connectivity and trade in a key region. The Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC), a trilateral infrastructure initiative led by the US, Jap...
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A widely touted economic hub in the Philippines will involve eight more countries, signalling greater international conf
idence in the long-term viability of the ambitious project to boost connectivity and trade in a key region. The Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC), a trilateral infrastructure initiative led by the US, Jap...
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China couple diagnosed with rare autoimmune disorder together have lost newborn baby
A young Chinese couple who were both diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder a year after getting married have lost th
eir newborn baby. The couple in northern China’s Tianjin municipality were diagnosed with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis last year. The husband, surnamed Li, said only four couples in the world ha...
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A young Chinese couple who were both diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder a year after getting married have lost th
eir newborn baby. The couple in northern China’s Tianjin municipality were diagnosed with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis last year. The husband, surnamed Li, said only four couples in the world ha...
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Chinese EV makers hunt for idled plants in Europe as they expand global influence
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers, from BYD to Leapmotor, are voraciously seeking out manufacturing assets in Europe
as the global energy crisis creates surging demand for battery-powered vehicles. Their pursuit of idled European assembly facilities owned by big names like Stellantis and Volkswagen is disrupting the...
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Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers, from BYD to Leapmotor, are voraciously seeking out manufacturing assets in Europe
as the global energy crisis creates surging demand for battery-powered vehicles. Their pursuit of idled European assembly facilities owned by big names like Stellantis and Volkswagen is disrupting the...
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Chinese tourist banned from Thailand for life after kicking, damaging US$15,000 auto-gates
A Chinese tourist has been barred from returning to Thailand for life after he allegedly kicked and damaged automated pa
ssport control gates at Bangkok’s main airport, in a case that comes amid a wider Thai crackdown on foreign visitors accused of disorderly behaviour. The 30-year-old man, identified by Thai media as Z...
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A Chinese tourist has been barred from returning to Thailand for life after he allegedly kicked and damaged automated pa
ssport control gates at Bangkok’s main airport, in a case that comes amid a wider Thai crackdown on foreign visitors accused of disorderly behaviour. The 30-year-old man, identified by Thai media as Z...
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‘Panic’ over capacity crunch in mature node chips drives orders to Chinese foundries
The global AI boom is driving orders back to Chinese foundries as overseas rivals shift production towards high-margin A
I chips and high-bandwidth memory, creating a shortage in mature-node semiconductors, according to the head of China’s top contract chipmaker. “AI demand has directly pushed power-management and other...
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The global AI boom is driving orders back to Chinese foundries as overseas rivals shift production towards high-margin A
I chips and high-bandwidth memory, creating a shortage in mature-node semiconductors, according to the head of China’s top contract chipmaker. “AI demand has directly pushed power-management and other...
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Finland warns of drone scare near Helsinki, fighter jets scrambled, flights diverted
Finland warned the public of drones possibly entering its airspace, for the first time near the capital city Helsinki, i
n the early hours of Friday. Flights were disrupted at the country’s biggest airport, Helsinki-Vantaa, and about 1.8 million residents of southern Finland were told to remain indoors after overnight U...
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Finland warned the public of drones possibly entering its airspace, for the first time near the capital city Helsinki, i
n the early hours of Friday. Flights were disrupted at the country’s biggest airport, Helsinki-Vantaa, and about 1.8 million residents of southern Finland were told to remain indoors after overnight U...
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Gunfire, farce and fugitive Philippine Senator Bato dela Rosa
The Philippine Senate has witnessed political coups, scandals and the occasional shouting match. It had never, until thi
s week, seen a sitting senator sprint down its corridors in a muddy olive shirt, knocking aside female investigators like bowling pins, to avoid an international arrest warrant for crimes against huma...
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The Philippine Senate has witnessed political coups, scandals and the occasional shouting match. It had never, until thi
s week, seen a sitting senator sprint down its corridors in a muddy olive shirt, knocking aside female investigators like bowling pins, to avoid an international arrest warrant for crimes against huma...
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Xi-Trump summit: can ‘aspirational’ new vision for stability survive strategic rivalry?
President Xi Jinping’s new formula for China-US relations is “aspirational”, but the “real test” will be ensuring the tw
o powers can work together despite their deepening rivalry, a leading Chinese political observer has cautioned. During his much-anticipated summit with US President Donald Trump in Beijing on Thursday...
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President Xi Jinping’s new formula for China-US relations is “aspirational”, but the “real test” will be ensuring the tw
o powers can work together despite their deepening rivalry, a leading Chinese political observer has cautioned. During his much-anticipated summit with US President Donald Trump in Beijing on Thursday...
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Xi-Trump summit aside, 2 meetings in Asia matter for global trade
Most readers of foreign news pages this weekend will be assuming that US President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese Pr
esident Xi Jinping in Beijing has been dominating everyone’s attention. But across Asia, Trump, with his massive business entourage, was not the only act in town this week. At least two other major se...
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Most readers of foreign news pages this weekend will be assuming that US President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese Pr
esident Xi Jinping in Beijing has been dominating everyone’s attention. But across Asia, Trump, with his massive business entourage, was not the only act in town this week. At least two other major se...
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Top Singapore-based physicist relocates to China after superconductor breakthrough
Stephen Lin Er Chow, a physicist who designed a groundbreaking copper-free superconducting oxide capable of high-tempera
ture superconductivity, has joined Zhejiang University from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Last year, at 27, Chow published the findings in the journal Nature, marking the first top-tier ...
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Stephen Lin Er Chow, a physicist who designed a groundbreaking copper-free superconducting oxide capable of high-tempera
ture superconductivity, has joined Zhejiang University from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Last year, at 27, Chow published the findings in the journal Nature, marking the first top-tier ...
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Thailand unearths Southeast Asia’s largest dinosaur, the mighty Nagatitan
A new giant dinosaur weighing about 27 tonnes has been unearthed by researchers in Thailand, making it the largest ever
found in Southeast Asia. According to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports on Thursday, the 27 metre (88 foot) long plant-eating beast is believed to have meandered through what is now ...
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A new giant dinosaur weighing about 27 tonnes has been unearthed by researchers in Thailand, making it the largest ever
found in Southeast Asia. According to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports on Thursday, the 27 metre (88 foot) long plant-eating beast is believed to have meandered through what is now ...
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Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim wants to project strength. His former ministers won’t let him
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling alliance will try to show a united front this weekend, but two former mi
nisters from his own party are threatening to pull attention back to the fractures inside the reformist camp. Pakatan Harapan (PH), the reformist coalition led by Anwar, holds its first convention in ...
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling alliance will try to show a united front this weekend, but two former mi
nisters from his own party are threatening to pull attention back to the fractures inside the reformist camp. Pakatan Harapan (PH), the reformist coalition led by Anwar, holds its first convention in ...
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Australian trade minister to visit China to secure fuel during Iran war crunch
Australia’s trade minister will visit China in an effort to shore up fuel supplies that have run short this year because
of bottlenecks in the Strait of Hormuz during the US–Israeli war in Iran. Australian Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell told a press conference that he would travel to China to meet Commerce Mini...
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Australia’s trade minister will visit China in an effort to shore up fuel supplies that have run short this year because
of bottlenecks in the Strait of Hormuz during the US–Israeli war in Iran. Australian Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell told a press conference that he would travel to China to meet Commerce Mini...
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‘Tell good stories of Hong Kong’ amid global turmoil, John Lee urges local media
The local media should contribute to “telling the ‘good stories of Hong Kong’” amid global turbulence as the city formul
ates its first five-year blueprint to align with national development, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has said. Speaking at an annual award ceremony organised by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong o...
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The local media should contribute to “telling the ‘good stories of Hong Kong’” amid global turbulence as the city formul
ates its first five-year blueprint to align with national development, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has said. Speaking at an annual award ceremony organised by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong o...
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Former Wang Fuk Court representative and wife held over fraud, money laundering
A man who previously represented residents of fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po has been arrested, along with his wi
fe, on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering, the South China Morning Post has learned. Sources familiar with the matter said Jason Kong Cheung-fat, a director of Ace Interior Design...
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A man who previously represented residents of fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po has been arrested, along with his wi
fe, on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering, the South China Morning Post has learned. Sources familiar with the matter said Jason Kong Cheung-fat, a director of Ace Interior Design...
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Hong Kong urged to shift from role as ‘superconnector’ to ‘value-adder’
Hong Kong must move beyond its traditional role as a “superconnector” and reposition itself as a “super value-adder”, a
leading think tank has said, urging the city to strengthen its role in global supply chains and align with national development amid geopolitical and technological shifts. In a 216-page report release...
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Hong Kong must move beyond its traditional role as a “superconnector” and reposition itself as a “super value-adder”, a
leading think tank has said, urging the city to strengthen its role in global supply chains and align with national development amid geopolitical and technological shifts. In a 216-page report release...
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Greening of UK politics could mean big business for Asian renewable exporters | 英国政坛“绿色化”或为亚洲可再生能源出口商带来巨大商机
South and Southeast Asian nations may emerge as unexpected clean energy beneficiaries after the Green Party of England a
nd Wales made record-breaking gains in recent UK local council elections, according to analysts. The Greens expanded their footprint in the May 7 council elections, capitalising on widespread voter di...
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South and Southeast Asian nations may emerge as unexpected clean energy beneficiaries after the Green Party of England a
nd Wales made record-breaking gains in recent UK local council elections, according to analysts. The Greens expanded their footprint in the May 7 council elections, capitalising on widespread voter di...
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‘King of the North’ Burnham takes first step to challenge UK’s Starmer | “北方之王”伯纳姆迈出挑战英国斯塔默的第一步
在进入竞选前，曼彻斯特大区市长安迪·伯纳姆就已被视为最有可能取代基尔·斯塔默出任英国首相的人选。随着工党议员乔希·西蒙斯周四晚辞去下议院席位，伯纳姆迈出了进入议会、争取首相职位的关键一步。
这次辞职为伯纳姆提供了一个赢得议会席位的机会，而拥有议席是争夺英国最高职位的必要条件。报道提到，伯纳姆此前在民调中领先，也在博彩公司和预测市场中位居前列。
在斯塔默政府出现动荡之际，伯纳姆本周抵达伦敦，并一直保持低调。原文在此处被截断，后续内容未提供。
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在进入竞选前，曼彻斯特大区市长安迪·伯纳姆就已被视为最有可能取代基尔·斯塔默出任英国首相的人选。随着工党议员乔希·西蒙斯周四晚辞去下议院席位，伯纳姆迈出了进入议会、争取首相职位的关键一步。
这次辞职为伯纳姆提供了一个赢得议会席位的机会，而拥有议席是争夺英国最高职位的必要条件。报道提到，伯纳姆此前在民调中领先，也在博彩公司和预测市场中位居前列。
在斯塔默政府出现动荡之际，伯纳姆本周抵达伦敦，并一直保持低调。原文在此处被截断，后续内容未提供。
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In 2021, China becomes the third country to safely land a rover on Mars – SCMP archive | 2021年，中国成为第三个成功在火星安全着陆巡视器的国家——SCMP档案
中国国家航天局宣布，经过7个月飞行、3个月绕轨和“9分钟恐惧”式着陆后，中国“祝融号”火星车已成功登陆火星，使中国成为继美国和前苏联之后，第三个成功在火星软着陆巡视器的国家。
这辆火星车以中国神话中的火神和战神“祝融”命名。报道指出，着陆过程被形容为“九分钟恐惧”，强调了火星着陆阶段的高风险和高难度。中国此次任务的成功，标志着其深空探测能力迈出重要一步。
文章还提到，这一消息发表于2021年5月16日，内容主要聚焦于中国完成火星登陆这一重大航天进展。由于原文为截取片段，后续细节未在提供文本中展开。
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中国国家航天局宣布，经过7个月飞行、3个月绕轨和“9分钟恐惧”式着陆后，中国“祝融号”火星车已成功登陆火星，使中国成为继美国和前苏联之后，第三个成功在火星软着陆巡视器的国家。
这辆火星车以中国神话中的火神和战神“祝融”命名。报道指出，着陆过程被形容为“九分钟恐惧”，强调了火星着陆阶段的高风险和高难度。中国此次任务的成功，标志着其深空探测能力迈出重要一步。
文章还提到，这一消息发表于2021年5月16日，内容主要聚焦于中国完成火星登陆这一重大航天进展。由于原文为截取片段，后续细节未在提供文本中展开。
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1MDB scandal: Anwar says Malaysia won’t oppose Jho Low’s Trump pardon bid | 1MDB丑闻：安华称马来西亚不会反对刘特佐申请特朗普赦免
马来西亚总理安华·易卜拉欣表示，政府不会反对涉入1MDB巨额贪腐丑闻、目前在逃的商人刘特佐（Jho Low）向美国总统特朗普寻求赦免。安华周五在吉隆坡南部的芙蓉县接受记者采访时称，这一请求“不是问题”。
据美国司法部说法，刘特佐正正式申请“服刑后赦免”。他因与马来西亚国家投资基金1MDB相关的重大腐败案件而备受关注，并一直是国际追缉对象。
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马来西亚总理安华·易卜拉欣表示，政府不会反对涉入1MDB巨额贪腐丑闻、目前在逃的商人刘特佐（Jho Low）向美国总统特朗普寻求赦免。安华周五在吉隆坡南部的芙蓉县接受记者采访时称，这一请求“不是问题”。
据美国司法部说法，刘特佐正正式申请“服刑后赦免”。他因与马来西亚国家投资基金1MDB相关的重大腐败案件而备受关注，并一直是国际追缉对象。
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