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1. China allows visa-free entry to British, Canadian nationals

2. Rubio, Wang Yi manage US-China great power rivalry in Munich even as core tensions linger

3. Star Cruises ‘fully prepared’ for next sailing after anger over axed trip

4. Public fury as China mental hospitals recruit fake patients for insurance scam

5. Japan out, Australia in? China’s tourists heading down under for Lunar New Year



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China goes visa-free for UK, Canada; Rubio, Wang Yi in Munich: 5 weekend reads you missed

The Chinatown area of Melbourne, Australia. Photo: Shutterstock

Foreign tourists take in the sights in the Bund area of Shanghai. Photo: Xinhua

In their addresses to the Munich Security Conference, both US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke of the need to carefully manage differences between the two powers. Photo: AFP

Hundreds of passengers queue at Ocean Terminal waiting to board the ship. Photo: Facebook/Longman Lo

A number of psychiatric hospitals in central China have been exposed for luring healthy people to pose as mental patients in a scheme to defraud medical insurance. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo/Douyin

Chinese tourists are projected to visit Australia in increasing numbers over the extended Lunar New Year break, with China Trading Desk expecting a 20 per cent increase over the same period in 2025. Photo: Reuters

Hollywood shaken by Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise fight video made with Chinese AI: ‘over for us’

Brad Pitt (left) and Tom Cruise attend a film premiere in London in June 2025. Photo: TNS

Irish filmmaker Ruairi Robinson posted an AI-generated video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting on top of a building. Image: X/RuairiRobinson

Savvy Hongkongers book 9-day Lunar New Year break for festive trips across Asia

Travellers wait in long queues to check in at Hong Kong International Airport. Photo: Elson Li

Travellers’ picks included Japan and Malaysia for the holiday. Photo: Elson Li

Travellers wait to board at the West Kowloon high-speed railway terminus. Photo: Elson Li

Future of China-US ties rests on Washington’s will, Wang Yi says in Munich

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. His address covered China-EU relations, the US, Japan and the value Beijing places on the UN. Photo: Reuters

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at the Munich Security Conference. Photo: dpa via AP

China and US must talk – we owe it to the world, Rubio tells Munich Security Conference

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is the highest-ranking US speaker at the annual security conference this year. Photo: AP

Pentagon adds Chinese firms to military list, then withdraws filing

The US Defence Department’s headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Photo: Reuters

A notice updating the Section 1260H list briefly appeared in the Federal Register before the Pentagon requested its withdrawal, leaving the designation in limbo. Photo: Federal Register

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From the Munich Security Conference to Star Cruises’ fiasco, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From the Munich Security Conference to Star Cruises’ fiasco, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.


China goes visa-free for UK, Canada; Rubio, Wang Yi in Munich: 5 weekend reads you missed

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From the Munich Security Conference to Star Cruises’ fiasco, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. China allows visa-free entry to British, Canadian nationals

From the Munich Security Conference to Star Cruises’ fiasco, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend