In Pictures: How Hong Kong’s Gen Z rappers are navigating their careers online

Words by James Lee Hong Kong’s local rap scene has been going through a dry spell lately. Shows, as with other independent music scenes, have…

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China sentences Wuhan ex-mayor to 14 years in prison for bribery conviction

A Chinese court sentenced the former mayor of the central city of Wuhan to 14 years’ imprisonment on Saturday after he was found guilty of…

They just took a direct hit

They just admitted they were lying

Another Great Recession just started

China’s new development plan includes AI safety goals – Xinhua

A new broad set of economic development guidelines adopted by Chinese leadership includes demands for establishing artificial intelligence safeguards while expanding the use of AI…

Samsung dangles $560,000 bonuses to keep engineers from China

A Samsung memory chip worker earning about $60,000 a year could receive roughly $560,000 in bonuses before tax, according to the company’s largest union. Its…

Taiwan’s leader says increasing defence spending to ‘deter war’ 

Taiwan aims to “deter war” by increasing its defence spending, the democratic island’s leader said on Saturday, as China uses military pressure to assert its…

Anduril’s plan to save US sub edge from China’s undersea surge

A multibillion-dollar private initiative to overhaul US submarine manufacturing marks an urgent push to revitalize naval industrial capacity at a pivotal moment in the Indo-Pacific…

Moving B-1 bombers from UK to US is no drone warfare solution

On October 4, the US pulled its 12 B-1 strategic bombers out of Fairford, UK and returned them to the United States. Reports say the…

HKFP Lens: 1.4 million visitors flock to Hong Kong over China’s Golden Week holiday

Over 1.4 million tourists from across the Chinese mainland visited Hong Kong over the weeklong “Golden Week” holiday marking National Day, official statistics have shown.…

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Trump furious after Nobel loss

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Afghan road to China tests Pakistan’s power and leverage

China is increasingly trying to diversify its connections to the region as Pakistan’s actions in Afghanistan create new security and strategic problems for Beijing. The…

Gov’t loses appeal against acquittal of former lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting over 2019 protest charge

Hong Kong’s Department of Justice (DoJ) has lost its appeal against a lower court’s decision to acquit former lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting of a perverting the…

Thai court dismisses detention challenge by Chinese journalist sought by Beijing

A Thai court on Friday dismissed a challenge by a Chinese investigative journalist over his prolonged detention in Bangkok, a day after authorities began proceedings…

Hong Kong nat. security police charge man over ‘seditious’ posts 3 months after unannounced arrest

Hong Kong national security police have charged a man for allegedly making “seditious” online posts, revealing the case nearly three months after his unannounced arrest.…