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Cathay Pacific has delayed its target of returning to pre-pandemic passenger levels to the first quarter of 2025. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | Hong Kong airport boosts efforts to lure foreign airlines as it waits on Cathay

Airport Authority is doing all it can to fill extra capacity created by soon-to-debut three-runway system, acting CEO Vivian Cheung says.

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Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | ‘Sense of crisis’ fuels Hong Kong airport’s bid to be competitive ‘landmark’

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China’s Communist Party

China plans to have national data infrastructure in place by 2029

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China jobs

Wary of ‘vicious’ events, China makes migrant worker arrears a priority

Social harmony takes centre stage after high-profile killings, and China’s cabinet says the unpaid salaries of migrant labourers require political action.

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China’s migrant workers accounted for about 21 per cent of the population last year. Photo: AFP
Climate change

Opinion | Cop29 can work with the Belt and Road Initiative for a greener future

Aligning climate action with major economic initiatives is essential to cutting emissions while promoting sustainable development.

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China-Russia relations

Russian gas set to power Shanghai by end of 2024 after pipeline completed

Final section of the east-route natural gas pipeline between China and Russia completed seven months ahead of schedule.

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US-China relations

Apec statement calls for enhanced free trade, climate action

Leaders statement on comes despite deep scepticism on trade from incoming US president-elect Trump.

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Top row (L-R): Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, Papua New Guinea’s Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Taiwan’s APEC representative Lin Hsin-i, Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, US President Joe Biden, Vietnam’s President Luong Cuong. Bottom row (L-R): Chile’s President Gabriel Boric, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Peru’s President Dina Boluarte, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee, Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol and Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim pose for a family photo at the Apec summit in Lima, Peru, on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Women and gender

Opinion | Faster, bolder action needed to empower women across the Asia-Pacific

Great strides made since 1995 Beijing Declaration of women’s rights but progress still uneven and often fragile. True equality remains elusive.

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Artificial intelligence

OpenAI wants US to team up with allies to beat China in AI race

The ChatGPT maker says the US and its neighbours should collaborate in AI and expand their partnership to include Middle East nations.

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Artificial intelligence

Hong Kong enterprise AI adoption sees upswing on strong government policy

Enterprises in Hong Kong are looking to explore AI solutions that not only enhance their capabilities, but also meet regulatory requirements.

Computer maker Dell is seeing increased inquiries in Hong Kong to implement artificial intelligence in various enterprises. Photo: Shutterstock
Bhutan

Bhutan aims to sell Southeast Asia on its 21-year ‘mindfulness city’ project

The tiny Himalayan kingdom is looking to raise US$100 million to get its planned special administrative region off the ground.

A Bhutanese man looks out over mountains in the South Asian nation. Photo: AFP
China’s economic stimulus

China unveils debt-relief plan, keeps further stimulus salvo in reserve arsenal

Week-long NPC Standing Committee meeting ends with mostly forward-looking plans to right China’s economic ship.

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Alibaba

‘China’s Instagram’ completes largest data migration ever to Alibaba Cloud

The popular lifestyle social platform Xiaohongshu spent a full year moving 500 petabytes of data to China’s largest cloud provider.

Singapore

Higher education: why are more schools in Asia favouring high-rise buildings?

Among them, three junior colleges in Singapore will move to new campuses in 2028 and occupy smaller sites with blocks up to 12 storeys.

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Eunoia Junior College. Photo: Facebook/Eunoia Junior College
Huawei

China’s Huawei pushes network gear upgrades in friendly nations

Under US sanctions, the Chinese telecoms equipment giant has sharpened its focus on mobile carriers in other markets.

Huawei is pushing for telecoms network upgrades in overseas markets. Photo: Shutterstock Images
China-Africa relations

As Chinese official visits, Kenya says deal to fund and build highway is close

Kenyan President Ruto says talks are at a late stage for China to finance and build highway through Rift Valley and possible SGR extension.

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Cybersecurity

US tech firms warn Vietnam’s planned law to hamper social media, data centres

The draft law, being discussed in Vietnam’s parliament, aims to tighten information-protection rules and limit data transfers abroad.

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The Philippines

‘No master plan’: Philippines’ Marcos Jnr faces outrage over disaster response

Senator Imee Marcos and a group of retired generals have separately demanded accountability for flood control funds.

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The aftermath of heavy rains in Laurel town, Batangas province on October 30 following Typhoon Trami. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Toyota, NTT to spend US$3.27 billion on mobility AI system for self-driving cars

The mobility AI platform is envisioned to support autonomous driving, while targeting a reduction of traffic accidents to zero.

China technology

Chinese data centre firm GDS raises US$1 billion for overseas expansion

That funding will help capitalise the development of up to 1 gigawatt of total data centre capacity outside China, according to GDS.

Diplomacy

Opinion | Brics is not anti-West, it just wants a fairer world order

In championing economic inclusivity and strategic autonomy, pioneering financial innovation and promoting peace, Brics is a force for good.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
South China Sea

Thitu Island: at the heart of the Philippines’ South China Sea defence strategy

A major upgrade of the airstrip on the island, known locally as Pag-asa, is among the most critical projects in Manila’s new defence concept.

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Thitu Island pictured from the air in 2017. Photo: AP
China-Asean relations

China leveraging Laos to link up its Southeast Asian economic interests

Premier Li Qiang visited Laos earlier this month, with the relatively undeveloped and small Southeast Asia nation seen as key to China’s plans in the region.

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China manufacturing

Excavation begins below East China Sea for undersea high-speed railway tunnel

Jintang tunnel will link Ningbo and Zhoushan islands in China’s east and is expected to be built by the end of 2026.

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Indonesia

How Prabowo’s cabinet choices could affect Indonesia’s growth targets, economy

Analysts say Sri Mulyani’s reappointment as finance chief can reassure markets, but warn retaining most of Widodo’s team may affect economic policy.

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A street vendor waits for customers at a clothing market in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. New president Prabowo Subianto has set a target of 8 per cent economic growth in five years. Photo: EPA-EFE
China’s economic stimulus

China could tap 12 trillion yuan in new debt for stimulus in 2025: economist

To ensure stimulus measures are long-lasting and effective, a Chinese economist said, speed and scale must be prioritised.

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China can engage in more government spending to stimulate the economy, a prominent analyst has said, on projects like urban infrastructure. Photo: Xinhua
Artificial intelligence

Microsoft closes Azure path for individuals to access OpenAI in mainland China

Owing to local regulatory requirements, only enterprise customers are eligible to subscribe to Azure OpenAI Service in mainland China.

China manufacturing

China adds to technology self-reliance with massive pile-driving cylinder

As tall as a 10-storey building, it will be used to construct the foundations of marine engineering projects.

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9 September, 2024
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