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Policy Address 2026: Hong Kong will build an ‘AI City Brain’ for urban management

Hong Kong will build an “AI City Brain” to improve urban management and bolster emergency response, the city’s leader John Lee has announced in his…

Macau begins first closed-door national security trial for former pro-democracy lawmaker Au Kam San

Macau was to start its first national security trial behind closed doors on Wednesday, in a case against a former pro-democracy lawmaker charged with subversion.…

Five-Year Plan: Hong Kong’s Beijing-aligned policy blueprint was drawn up locally, says Chief Exec. John Lee

Hong Kong’s first Five-Year Plan aligning with mainland China’s development goals was drawn up by the local administration with reference to those of Chinese cities,…

Myanmar’s resistance finally takes the fight to junta’s air power

For more than five years, Myanmar’s military has treated the sky as its safest battlefield. Ground troops lost bases, towns and strategic roads to resistance…

Policy Address 2026: Hong Kong to appoint AI commissioner and consider deepfake laws – leader John Lee

The Hong Kong government will appoint an artificial intelligence (AI) chief and study the implementation of laws tackling the use of deepfake technology, leader John…

Five-Year Plan: Chief Exec. John Lee says wait for subsidised rental flats will fall to under 4 years by 2030

The average waiting time for subsidised rental housing will be reduced to under four years by 2030 as Hong Kong boosts its housing supply, leader…

Policy Address 2026: Hong Kong to standardise cigarette pack designs in bid to discourage smoking

Hong Kong will standardise designs on all cigarette packs starting from the end of next year in a bid to discourage residents from smoking, the…

Japan tapping quantum sensor drones to hunt China’s hidden subs

An undersea technological arms race is quietly reshaping the Western Pacific, as Japan prepares to deploy drone-swarmed quantum magnetic sensors to hunt China’s rapidly growing,…

Hormuz crisis needs one negotiation, not three

On Monday, only four ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz; before the war, roughly 125 made the crossing each day. That same day, a…

Policy Address 2026: Hong Kong to relax licensing rules for island guesthouses, develop ‘ticket stub economy’

Hong Kong will relax its licensing system for small guesthouses on the territory’s outlying islands, leader John Lee has announced in his annual Policy Address…

Slowdown, climbdown or meltdown, Asia sits on AI’s fault line

TOKYO – After two years of near-vertical capital spending, euphoric earnings calls, and GPU shortages that became their own economic indicator, the mood toward AI…

Five-Year Plan: Hong Kong eyes boost in innovation spending, ratio of doctors to population among other targets

Hong Kong has set a range of goals as part of its first Five-Year Plan in line with China’s, from boosting spending on innovation to…

Policy Address 2026: Hong Kong to expand gov’t-funded national security exhibition

Hong Kong will expand its publicly funded National Security Exhibition Gallery to promote the concept of “security brings prosperity,” leader John Lee has said in…

Why a US-China AI regulation deal is nowhere in sight

The Hugging Face incident, in which hundreds of OpenAI agents broke out of their sandbox and launched a nation-state-level attack on another site, has dominated…

Five-Year Plan: Hong Kong sets binding target for 900 ‘spade-ready sites’ in Northern Metropolis by 2030

Hong Kong has set a binding target to have 900 hectares of land ready for construction in the city’s north within five years – more…

The climate bill is due. Big Oil needs to pick up the tab

A new report from the UN has concluded that world-changing levels of global heating are now guaranteed. If we do end fossil fuels in the coming years, we can…

Five-Year Plan: First of 3 planned university towns to see institutions move in by 2027/28

Hong Kong will support higher education institutions moving into the first of three planned university towns in its sprawling Northern Metropolis by 2027/28, leader John…

Terminator now: China is exploring humanoid robots for war

At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a humanoid robot named Tiangong Ultra ran the 100-meter sprint in a staggering 8.64 seconds, shattering Jamaican…