Hong Kong’s No 2 official credits government for success in university rankings
Hong Kong’s strong performance in the latest regional university rankings – with five institutions among Asia’s top 10 – is the result of sustained government investment and clear policy direction, the city’s No 2 official has said, as a global alliance of 23...
DeepSeek engineer defends push for open-source AI smarter than humans despite higher risks
DeepSeek is committed to open-source artificial intelligence to accelerate the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI), even if it heightens safety risks, a company engineer says, defying growing safety concerns from the US and scrutiny in China over whether...
Medical watchdog member quits to represent Tin-yu’s father at her death inquest
A prominent patients’ rights advocate and lawyer has resigned from Hong Kong’s medical watchdog to represent the father of Chau Tin-yu at an inquest into her death, after she spent four years in a vegetative state following an alleged medical blunder. Alex Lam...
US midterm takeaways: Trump’s blame game, Elon’s space lasers and the rest of the world
Follow the SCMP’s live coverage here Democrats won control of both chambers of the US Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections, dealing a heavy blow to President Donald Trump as voters vented frustration over rising costs and the Iran war. With Democrats set to take...
US midterm takeaways: Trump’s blame game, Elon’s space lasers and the rest of the world
Follow the SCMP’s live coverage here Democrats won control of both chambers of the US Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections, dealing a heavy blow to President Donald Trump as voters vented frustration over rising costs and the Iran war. With Democrats set to take...
Abandoned by parents after cancer diagnosis, Chinese woman dies after solo battle
A Chinese influencer who became known for bravely battling bone cancer after her parents abandoned her following her diagnosis has died, prompting widespread mourning online. On October 27, the account of anti-cancer influencer Miracle Xia Xia posted an obituary...
Abandoned by parents after cancer diagnosis, Chinese woman dies after solo battle
A Chinese influencer who became known for bravely battling bone cancer after her parents abandoned her following her diagnosis has died, prompting widespread mourning online. On October 27, the account of anti-cancer influencer Miracle Xia Xia posted an obituary...
As US-Iran war shows, China’s influence can’t secure its line to Gulf oil
Taiwan flags massive PLA naval mobilisation, spike in air sorties
‘Fake democracy’ or a plus for Beijing? Chinese internet users on the US midterms
‘Fake democracy’ or a plus for Beijing? Chinese internet users on the US midterms
Indonesia’s Prabowo sacks chief of staff as wiretap scandal tests alliance with Widodo
Indonesia’s Prabowo sacks chief of staff as wiretap scandal tests alliance with Widodo
Tencent unveils Hy4 as open-weight AI race with DeepSeek, Z.ai, Alibaba heats up
Tencent unveils Hy4 as open-weight AI race with DeepSeek, Z.ai, Alibaba heats up
Democratic-led US Congress to turn up heat on Beijing over AI, Taiwan: analyst