In groundlessly accusing China of carrying out "genocide and crimes against humanity" in its Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in a speech on Monday, and by announcing new visa restrictions on Chinese officials for repressing ethnic and religious minorities both within and outside China on the same day, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken once again […]
Rome, Italy, March 24, 2022- (SEAPRWire) – Kronos DAO, the next evolution of reserve currency protocol, has announced its public sale date. Scheduled for March 28th, 2022, the public sale will be a good opportunity for prospective token holders to participate in the project. In addition to a public token sale, Kronos DAO has slated April […]
Hong Kong’s integration into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is on track to take off, but more proactive action by Hong Kong to integrate on a policy level is essential to avoid future disruption. With the opening of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in 2018, the SAR’s infrastructure […]
Far from undermining Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy, the promulgation of the National Security Law for Hong Kong and implementation of electoral reform in the special administrative region have given “one country, two systems” a new lease on life. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, […]
Surrounded by some unfriendly neighbors and constrained by scarce natural resources, Singapore must maintain its super-competitive edge or else it will cease to exist. Against this background, the government and legal practitioners in the city-state face no task more challenging than the need to maintain Singapore’s status as an international legal hub. In recent years, […]
A medical worker helps an elder citizen with COVID-19 testing in Hong Kong, March 20, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The fifth wave of COVID-19 infections in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has created new challenges for the city's prevention and control system and its ability to appropriately respond to the public health crisis. Hong […]
A majority of Western countries and their allies have criticized Russia for ordering the special military operation in Ukraine and taken every possible measure to contain Russia, except directly participating in the conflict against Moscow. These developments have put India, which traditionally has had friendly relations with Russia but in recent years has been warming […]
(JIN DING / CHINA DAILY) The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has roiled commodity markets and threatens global food security. Thanks to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors, food prices were already high when the Ukraine crisis erupted. And poor harvests in South America, strong global demand and supply chain issues have reduced grain […]
Shanghai residents queue for nucleic acid test of COVID-19 at a site established on the square in front of Shanghai Museum, March 17, 2022. (GAO ERQIANG / CHINA DAILY) The most difficult stage of a battle often harbors a key turning point in a war. With the Chinese mainland reporting 2,281 locally transmitted novel coronavirus […]
Photo taken on Feb 18, 2022 shows the Capitol building in Washington, DC, Feb 18, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Since the conflict in Ukraine broke out, some US politicians and media have ceaselessly waged a campaign of disinformation against China. One of the most persistent being China is willing to supply Russia with weapons, according […]
Rescuers set out to the plane crash site of Tengxian county, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, March 21, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) It was heartbreaking to learn about the crash of a jetliner carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members on Monday afternoon in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The plane operated by […]
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government recently acknowledged that Hong Kong is facing “pandemic fatigue”. It is important to understand the nature and aspects of pandemic fatigue, so we can hold together and finally claim success in our battle against the pandemic. Pandemic fatigue is not just getting tired of wearing masks, having to […]
All through the pandemic period in Hong Kong, there have been contesting opinions about what policies are best. Once the omicron fifth wave hit, both the range and volume of contesting opinions were significantly amplified. Some critics made reckless claims that everyone could see what was coming and so the lack of something close to […]
The common law legal system in Hong Kong is underpinned by an independent judiciary and a strong and independent legal fraternity comprising two branches, the barristers (around 1,600) and solicitors (around 11,000). Both branches of the profession are obliged to provide professional, frank and impartial advice to their clients. Of particular interest is the “cab-rank […]
In his budget speech, the financial secretary told us that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government budget showed a healthy surplus. However, this is no cause for celebration. The primary reason for the better-than-expected surplus is that revenue from land premiums is significantly higher than was projected. This once again highlights the ongoing dependence […]
When society bade farewell to the Year of the Ox to embrace the Year of the Tiger, it was mentioned in the previous article, titled “Cutting red tape for a housing supply leap in the Year of Tiger”, that the government was expected to start afresh in the new year, turning words into actions regarding […]
Editor's Note: Four decades of reform and opening-up have not only turned China into the world's second-largest economy but also changed its people's way of life. A veteran journalist with China Daily tries to find out why sharing is so deep-rooted in Chinese culture. Sharing has been a virtue in Chinese society since Confucius recommended […]
(CHINA DAILY) The United States is reported to have 336 bio-labs in 30 countries, including 26 in Ukraine. Media reports also say that the research the biological laboratories funded and controlled by the US in Ukraine conducted could be behind the increase in the number of cases of diphtheria, rubella, tuberculosis and measles in the […]
(LI MIN / CHINA DAILY) It's a pity that current NATO leaders are so short-sighted that they don't seem to consider the long-term consequences of their current policies. It's not clear whether the US administration has a long-term strategy on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. One big problem with using a war or economic substitutes for a […]
An employee undertakes installation work at a wind farm in Yuncheng, Shanxi province. (YAN XIN / FOR CHINA DAILY) The national carbon emissions trading market is the bedrock of emissions control in the country, and thus instrumental to implementing the country's climate-response policies. Launched in July, it currently only applies to the power-generating industry and […]
Medical workers take swab samples from residents for nucleic acid test at a residential area in Shanghai, March 21, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The latest flare-up of novel coronavirus infections on the Chinese mainland, driven by the more transmissible Omicron variant, shows no signs of easing, with 1,947 locally transmitted cases reported by the National […]
Since Hong Kong’s return to the motherland, it has been pummeled unrelentingly by a slew of minor and major crises, including the Asian financial crisis, the collapse of the property sector, the attack on the Hong Kong dollar’s peg with the US dollar, bird flu, massive demonstrations against local enactment of Article 23 of the […]
The raging fifth wave of COVID-19 outbreak, which has sent the numbers of daily infections and death cases to over 50,000 and 200 recently, has caused great concern among residents, prompting the central government to call for stronger, concerted efforts to rein in the virus. Vice-Premier Han Zheng, who oversees Hong Kong and Macao affairs, […]
Recent news about Hong Kong is disturbing — more than one million residents have been infected by the COVID-19 virus and the death rate per million is almost the highest in the world. How could Hong Kong, Asia’s World City, log hundreds of daily COVID-19-related deaths for weeks despite timely support from the rest of […]
The fifth wave of COVID-19 has lasted for three months in Hong Kong, with the number of new daily cases still hovering around 20,000. While some experts estimate that the peak of the fifth wave has passed, many believe that a lot of infected people are not reporting their infections to the health authority. The […]
The Russia-Ukraine conflict witnesses one phenomenon: China is sending batches of humanitarian aid to Ukrainians while the United States is delivering to Kyiv batches of weaponry; China keeps promoting dialogues to end the crisis and ease its global impact while the US is keen to escalate sanctions among others that may disrupt global economic recovery. […]
In terms of geopolitical impact, nothing could be more important than the United States' shift from strategic cooperation to strategic competition with China. This change has darkened many observers' views of China's economic prospects, as indicated by a Bruegel report released late last year. The assumption, it seems, is that China has no choice but […]
Sea Port of Odessa, Ukraine. (PHOTO / IC) On Feb 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced the West for three decades of broken pledges and NATO's expansion, vowing to "demilitarize and denazify" Ukraine and ordering a "special military operation". In the West, the speech was portrayed as a conspiracy fantasy. Yet declassified documents show that […]
(MA XUEJING / CHINA DAILY) With the number of COVID-19 cases rising in major cities, China is facing the most serious wave of sporadic outbreaks since the lockdown of Wuhan was lifted in April 2020. The resurgence of infections has underscored, once again, why it is important for China to adhere to its dynamic clearing […]
Medical workers collect samples for nucleic acid testing at a mobile testing site in Hong Kong, March 17, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The central authorities are playing a crucial role in helping the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government bring the epidemic situation under control in the SAR. With its population density among the highest […]