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China’s tech giants pursue AI, semiconductor talent in US amid fierce rivalry

ByteDance, Baidu, Alibaba Cloud and MiniMax are among the firms now actively recruiting fresh talent in the US.

Major Chinese technology companies are ramping up recruitment of artificial intelligence and semiconductor talent in key US tech hubs. Photo: Shutterstock

Diplomacy

Is China’s Xi set to host a weakened Trump after tariffs setback in US court?

The big question is whether a weaker hand for US president at coming Beijing summit will give any advantage to China.

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US President Donald Trump will be visiting China from March 31 to April 2, his first such trip since returning to office last year. Photo: dpa

China

Halfpipe favourites were both born in the US, but only Eileen Gu gets heat

Zoe Atkin competes for Britain without flak, while Gu has faced more criticism for representing China, this time from the US Vice-President.

China’s Eileen Gu will be going for her sixth Olympic medal on Saturday. Photo: Xinhua

Health & Wellness

Is magnetic heating technology a new weapon in the fight against cancer?

America’s Mayo Clinic is testing Israeli technology that targets solid tumours with fast-rising heat in a process it calls hyperthermia.

Mayo Clinic radiation oncology department staff test the magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia system. Photo: newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org

Southeast Asia

Malaysia’s tuberculosis cases rise to above 3,000, health ministry flags risks

Higher social interaction during the month of Ramadan may increase exposure risks, the ministry says.

A doctor points to a lung X-ray in a hospital. A total of 596 new tuberculosis cases were reported across Malaysia over a week, the health ministry says on Saturday. Photo: dpa
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Society

Hong Kong Ocean Park’s last 2 arctic foxes die, den temporarily closed

‘Siu Go’ and ‘Trinity’ died of old age at 11, according to theme park.

Arctic fox “Siu Go” has died of old age. Photo: Ocean Park

Middle East

30 people in Iran face death penalty after protests, Amnesty says

A death sentence has been passed in eight cases, while two minors are among the 22 other cases before the courts.

Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran on January 9. Photo: AP

Society

Hongkongers line up for shot at record HK$200 million Mark Six draw

‘I hope there is good fortune in the new year,’ one resident says ahead of Saturday night’s draw.

People line up for Mark Six tickets at the Stanley Street Jockey Club branch in Central. Photo: Dickson Lee

Society

‘Belongs to everyone’: wheelchair dancers move beyond boundaries in Hong Kong

‘Beauty isn’t about how we execute difficult moves ... but about those moments when we immerse ourselves together,’ choreographer says.

Dancers rehearse for Wayfaring Beyond. Photo: Elson Li

Science

EU bans Chinese organisations from critical tech programmes, including AI, chips

Chinese space scientist Wu Ji doubts the policy will hurt China much and may instead ‘make Europe appear more isolated’.

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The EU has barred most organisations based in China from applying for its Horizon Europe grants in “critical areas”. Image: Shutterstock
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Football

Hong Kong boss Losada’s faith in old and young earns Chinese New Year Cup success

Jordan Lam scores winning kick as city team overcome FC Seoul in front of 14,089 fans at Hong Kong Stadium.

Fernando hoists the Chinese New Year Cup skywards as Hong Kong celebrate beating FC Seoul. Photo: Karma Lo

Europe

5 European nations to make drones by tapping Ukraine’s war experience

The initiative by France, Poland, Germany, the UK and Italy comes after a spate of violations of Europe’s airspace involving rogue drones.

A Ukrainian member of a drone team launches a surveillance drone towards Russian position in the eastern Donetsk region on February 4, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: AFP

K-drama

Latest K-drama casting news about Lee Je-hoon, Ryoo Seung-ryong and more

Lee is confirmed as one of the leads of There’s a Winning Chance, while Ryoo is considering The Miracles of the Namiya General Store.

Lee Je-hoon in a still from Taxi Driver season 3. The actor has been set as one of the leads of the upcoming Korean legal drama There’s a Winning Chance. Photo: Viu

Racing

Crawford set to keep the good times rolling with strong Sha Tin squad

The 54-year-old’s Sunday chances are headlined by Lovero, Conspirator and Beauty Missile.

Brett Crawford and his partner Gwen at Sha Tin. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Economics

Views of corruption in Philippines worsen as ‘grease money’ dents confidence

A global index on corruption perceptions shows the Philippines posting its lowest ranking since 2012.

Protesters wearing face masks depicting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr and Vice President Sara Duterte take part in an anti-corruption rally in Manila in November. Photo: AFP
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Asia Opinion

Macroscope | Why the IMF is right to press Japan on its fiscal risks

The fiscal and monetary policies of advanced economies have global repercussions, and Takaichi’s expansionary fiscal agenda risks market pushback.

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Japan’s Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi speaks during an election campaign event in Tokyo on February 7. Photo: Reuters

Global Economy

As high-speed railways saturate China, how far can their global reach extend?

As Chinese giants eye Eurasia for new infrastructure, analysts speculate on what it will take to keep overseas projects from going off the rails in different host nations.

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A high-speed train leaves Tegalluar Station, located along the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway in Indonesia. Photo: Xinhua

China Personalities

China cabby drives foreign influencers on 4,000-km trip sees snow for first time

‘Grass roots’ taxi driver experiences host of ‘firsts’ during ‘trip of a lifetime’; pledges to take his family travelling when he has enough money.

A Chinese taxi driver hired by two foreign influencers took the pair on a 4,000-kilometre journey. The cabby says his life has become “incredible” as a result. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin

Society

Hong Kong to spend HK$6.8 billion buying back fire-ravaged Tai Po flats

Deputy financial secretary says government offering HK$8,000 to HK$10,500 per square foot and will draw HK$4 billion from public funds.

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The Tai Po fire claimed 168 lives. Photo: Dickson Lee

Health & Wellness

Burnout brought a CEO to breaking point. How to recognise the signs and fix it

Headhunting firm founder Oliver Rolfe became compulsively addicted to his work and felt ‘miserable, emotionally numb’ – but couldn’t stop.

[Shutterstock] Stressed asian businessman holding his head in his hands and Data Charts,business document at office desk. Stock Photo ID: 1049061734
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Racing

Colourful King spearheads Eustace’s bid for a change of luck

Australian import will be fancied to turn the tables on Stellar Express from their last clash in the Bauhinia Sprint Trophy.

Colourful King bolts in up the Sha Tin straight under Zac Purton in November. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Lifestyle & Culture

Unearthed temple in Nepal sheds new light on Buddha’s early life

Archaeologists hope the newly discovered ruins at Siddhartha Gautam’s childhood palace will help secure Unesco World Heritage status.

Archaeologists at work in Tilaurakot, Lumbini, Nepal. Photo: Department of Archaeology, Nepal

Europe

Policing the past: Hitler’s childhood home becomes a police station

Holocaust campaigners say putting police in the dictator’s former home is a ‘problematic’ way of dealing with the town’s dark history.

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Scaffolding covers the back side of the birth house of former German dictator Adolf Hitler in Braunau am Inn, Austria. Photo: AFP

Tennis

Coleman Wong poised for career high despite narrow defeat at Delray Beach Open

The 21-year-old lost in three sets in the quarter-final in the US, with his next tournament set to be an ATP 500 event in Mexico.

Coleman Wong, here in action during his victory over Brandon Nakashima, is out of the Delray Beach Open following defeat by Flavio Cobolli. Photo: Getty Images

Hong Kong Economy

New US 10% global tariff will have ‘limited impact’ on Hong Kong: treasury chief

Christopher Hui cites city’s service-dominated economy as buffer and says US move highlights Hong Kong’s safe haven status.

The container terminal at Tsing Yi. Treasury chief Christopher Hui says the new US tariff underscores the importance of predictability in investment. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Transport

600 Guangdong drivers enter Hong Kong as thousands apply for new scheme

Transport minister Mable Chan says government has received 3,000 applications for the scheme so far, with 1,700 motorists already booking trips.

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About 600 motorists from Guangdong have driven their vehicles into Hong Kong urban areas during the Lunar New Year holiday. Photo: Edmond So

Opinion

Opinion | Who will save the world from a US-China AI arms race?

Unrestrained military AI could doom us all. The window for a global middle-power alliance to rein in the superpowers is closing fast.

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The logo of the US AI company Anthropic. The US and China now face a prisoner’s dilemma in military AI. Photo: AFP

Entertainment

How Anthony Chen’s We Are All Strangers captures the beauty of Singapore

Singaporean director portrays ordinary folk with dignity in the final film in his ‘Growing Up’ trilogy with Yeo Yann Yann and Koh Jia Ler.

Yeo Yann Yann (left) in a still from We Are All Strangers, the third film in Anthony Chen’s “Growing Up” trilogy. Photo: Giraffe Pictures

Today in Photos

Gallery | Pictures of the week: 2026 Winter Olympics, protest in Argentina

A regional train passes a railroad crossing between flooded fields in Nidderau-Eichen near Frankfurt, Germany. Photo: AP

Diplomacy

Date set for US President Donald Trump’s trip to China

Trump’s visit will begin on March 31 and be the first to the country since taking office for a second time.

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Donald Trump will be in China from March 31. Photo: AP