Who will shoulder the debts behind Indonesia’s China-backed Whoosh railway?
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World first: Chinese plant extracts critical rare metals from lithium waste
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Chinese scientists build world’s smallest CT scanner, weighing just 6kg - South China Morning Post
Ling Xinin OhioPublished: 12:00pm, 16 Sep 2026Chinese researchers have developed the world’s smallest CT scanner, a portable device designed to produce images of tiny fossils and archaeological relics.Built by the Shandong province-based Rayim, the Xtomo-Cube is about the size of...
Who will shoulder the debts behind Indonesia’s China-backed Whoosh railway? - South China Morning Post
Jakarta plans to transfer the US$56.5 million annual debt into state accounts as critics warn taxpayers will subsidise the losses
Top Chinese official leads 87-member committee for Tung Chee-hwa state funeral - South China Morning Post
Lo Hoi-ying,Vivian AuandDanny MokPublished: 7:00am, 16 Sep 2026Updated: 2:48pm, 16 Sep 2026The first vice-chairman of the nation’s top political advisory body is overseeing an 87-member committee of political and business heavyweights to arrange the state funeral for Hong Kong’s ...
Kim Kardashian awarded €1 over 2016 Paris armed robbery - South China Morning Post
Associated PressPublished: 1:31am, 16 Sep 2026Updated: 2:16pm, 16 Sep 2026A Paris court on Tuesday awarded €1 (US$1.15) to Kim Kardashian for having been the victim of an armed robbery in the French capital in 2016, the amount of compensation she had asked for, according to a law...
Exclusive | Hong Kong policy address to unveil bold youth housing and mediation initiatives - South China Morning Post
Exclusive | Hong Kong policy address to unveil bold youth housing and mediation initiatives South China Morning Post
China launches Pinglu Canal, slashing transit time to Southeast Asia - South China Morning Post
Sherry Wangin BeijingPublished: 10:28am, 16 Sep 2026Updated: 1:46pm, 16 Sep 2026China officially opened its landmark Pinglu Canal to navigation on Wednesday, creating a new maritime gateway for the country’s southwestern hinterland and providing a shorter route to Southeast Asia ...
Defence chief Dong Jun omits Taiwan in milder Xiangshan Forum address - South China Morning Post
Dewey SimPublished: 10:45am, 16 Sep 2026Updated: 11:19am, 16 Sep 2026Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun’s address to a defence gathering in Beijing on Wednesday carried a message for Washington but it was delivered in a notably softer, less critical tone, according to a retired se...
US-China ties haunted by lack of mutual trust, Beijing Xiangshan Forum told - South China Morning Post
Alcott Weiin Beijing,Amber Wangin BeijingandAlbee Zhangin ShanghaiPublished: 9:21pm, 15 Sep 2026Updated: 10:28pm, 15 Sep 2026A lack of mutual trust and confidence haunts Sino-US relations, a major security conference in Beijing has heard, just a week before Xi Jinping travels to ...
Philippine VP faces scrutiny over disputed funds amid bitter Marcos feud - South China Morning Post
Philippine VP faces scrutiny over disputed funds amid bitter Marcos feud South China Morning Post
Japan jails man for forcing Thai girl, 12, into sex work - South China Morning Post
KyodoPublished: 10:28pm, 15 Sep 2026A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old man to five years in prison and fined him 1 million yen (US$6,500) for forcing a 12-year-old Thai girl to provide sexual services at his private-room massage parlour in Tokyo.
Scott Bessent confirms weekend meeting with He Lifeng days before Xi’s US visit - South China Morning Post
Scott Bessent confirms weekend meeting with He Lifeng days before Xi’s US visit South China Morning Post
Hong Kong leader vows accountability over faulty lifts at Queen Mary Hospital - South China Morning Post
Edith LinPublished: 11:53am, 15 Sep 2026Updated: 4:54pm, 15 Sep 2026Hong Kong authorities will hold construction firms and government personnel accountable for faulty lift installation work at Queen Mary Hospital’s new block, the city’s leader has said, as he tasked the Developme...
As AI race with US heats up, China targets US$4.5b tech goal in new 5-year plan - South China Morning Post
Frank Chenin ShanghaiPublished: 8:00pm, 15 Sep 2026An intensifying tech race with the United States, along with Beijing’s drive for technological self-reliance, has led China’s leaders to place greater significance and urgency on breakthroughs in sectors ranging from artificial i...
Music acts quit Ed Sheeran tour in support of Macklemore, amid Gaza row - South China Morning Post
Associated PressPublished: 6:32am, 16 Sep 2026Updated: 10:47am, 16 Sep 2026Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos Tuesday when four of his supporting acts abruptly quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore, who was dropped for making pro-Palestini...
Carney shares Trump joke to sum up US-Canada ties: ‘maybe they’ll shoot you’ - South China Morning Post
Agence France-PressePublished: 7:47am, 16 Sep 2026Prime Minister Mark Carney pitched Canada as an investment haven on Tuesday at a gathering of global financial elite but conceded ties with the US remained crucial despite an escalating trade war.
Will ‘transactional’ America assist India in a future border crisis with China? - South China Morning Post
Nayan Sethin WashingtonPublished: 5:34am, 16 Sep 2026When Chinese President Xi Jinping met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi last week on the sidelines of the Brics summit, another country loomed large in the background, even in its absence: the United States.After...