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France, Germany call for new weapon allowing ‘immediate cut off’ of China from EU market

In the strongest sign yet of a shifting European Union policy on China, the leaders of France and Germany have demanded a new trade weapon that would cut off access to the EU market when third countries cause severe distortions. The tool would effectively act as a kill switch, allowing Brussels to respond rapidly to systemic distortions, potentially immediately. It would grant dramatic new powers to the European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, which manages trade policy for the 27-member...

France, Germany call for new weapon allowing ‘immediate cut off’ of China from EU market

Hong Kong IVF clinic cleared to resume all services after embryo specimen mix-up

A Hong Kong fertility clinic that had most of its services suspended for mishandling embryo biopsy specimens from two patients has been cleared to fully resume all treatments after implementing improvement measures. The Council on Human Reproductive Technology said on Monday that Heal Fertility in Central could resume all 17 treatment services covered by its licence from Tuesday, after members reviewed the findings of a follow-up inspection and confirmed the clinic had properly implemented the...

Hong Kong IVF clinic cleared to resume all services after embryo specimen mix-up

Authorities investigate viral drone footage of National Day fireworks display

Hong Kong aviation authorities are investigating suspected illegal drone flying over Victoria Harbour during last week’s National Day fireworks display, after privately shot footage of the show went viral online. The footage drew the attention of local internet users after a mainland visitor, who came to Hong Kong during the “golden week” holiday, posted clips of the 23-minute display on his social media account over the weekend. The man, who calls himself Su Fan on RedNote, a popular platform...

Authorities investigate viral drone footage of National Day fireworks display

Mainland Chinese arrivals to Hong Kong surged at start of ‘golden week’ holiday

Mainland Chinese arrivals to Hong Kong surged at the start of the National Day “golden week” holiday before easing towards last year’s levels, with a lawmaker attributing the early rush partly to the city’s fireworks display and tourists making the most of a shorter break. Immigration Department figures showed that 277,304 mainland visitors arrived on October 1, up 19.1 per cent from 232,751 on the first day of last year’s holiday and 25.1 per cent from the 221,644 recorded in 2024. “The...

Mainland Chinese arrivals to Hong Kong surged at start of ‘golden week’ holiday

Man, 74, lost control of paraglider in strong winds, probe into fatal crash finds

A 74-year-old retired Hong Kong police officer lost control of his paraglider in strong air currents and suffered multiple injuries after crashing on Lantau Island, a probe into the fatal 2024 accident has found. A report published by the Air Accident Investigation Authority on Monday detailed the incident involving the pilot at Sunset Peak, Hong Kong’s third-highest mountain, on June 17, 2024. The authority urged paragliding groups to stress the importance of thorough risk assessments before...

Man, 74, lost control of paraglider in strong winds, probe into fatal crash finds

Sincere to close Central department store after 126 years as lease expires

Hong Kong’s first Chinese-owned department store, Sincere, will close its historic branch in the city’s central business district in December after 126 years of retail history. The company revealed, however, that it would seek a new location in Central or Sheung Wan. Sincere announced on Sunday that the flagship store would shut in early December after lease renewal talks with the landlord broke down ahead of the tenancy expiring on December 31. “As a result, the Central store will cease...

Sincere to close Central department store after 126 years as lease expires

Adrian Cheng, former scion of Hong Kong’s NWD, expands K11 brand in Xiamen

Adrian Cheng Chi-kong, former heir apparent to Hong Kong’s New World Development (NWD), is expanding his K11 cultural retail business in mainland China, launching a venture of his own as his family’s property group grapples with heavy debt. Xiamen K11 Select, developed by Cheng’s K11 by AC Group along with state-owned Xiamen Rail Transit Group in the city in the southeastern province of Fujian, has attracted more than 2 million visits since its opening on September 22, with sales rising 32 per...

Adrian Cheng, former scion of Hong Kong’s NWD, expands K11 brand in Xiamen

Why the PLA’s Z-10 attack helicopter is taking a bigger role at sea

Built to hunt tanks and support ground troops, the People’s Liberation Army’s main attack helicopter is increasingly being prepared for operations at sea. Crews of the Z-10 are training to fly from ships – a shift that could give Beijing extra firepower in an amphibious assault on Taiwan. Manufactured by AVIC subsidiary the Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation, the Z-10 entered service with the PLA Army in late 2010. It began documented shipboard trials in 2014, when Chinese navy imagery...

Why the PLA’s Z-10 attack helicopter is taking a bigger role at sea

Brazil-China ties in focus as Bolsonaro gets election edge over Lula

Brazil is set for a presidential run-off after right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro won a surprise first-round victory, threatening Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s grip on power in South America’s largest economy. Bolsonaro, son of imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro, took 47 per cent of the ballots in Sunday’s election, beating out Lula on 45 per cent. Brazilians will vote again on October 25 as neither candidate got the 50 per cent share needed to claim outright victory. US-China...

Brazil-China ties in focus as Bolsonaro gets election edge over Lula

China’s finance minister on fiscal policy

This article was translated from Chinese into English using Alibaba’s Qwen3.7-Plus, then checked and tweaked for accuracy by a South China Morning Post journalist. It is for reference only, and is not the official English version of the original Chinese document. Alibaba owns the SCMP.

China’s finance minister on fiscal policy

US defence experts to work inside Taiwan military HQ under reported pact

A reported plan to station US defence personnel inside Taiwan’s military headquarters would take mutual cooperation into the heart of defence planning, potentially angering Beijing while raising questions over Taipei’s policymaking autonomy and military secrecy. According to Taiwanese media reports at the weekend, the Pentagon plans to send one official from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defence for Policy and one expert from the Institute for Defence Analyses (IDA) to work on a long-term...

US defence experts to work inside Taiwan military HQ under reported pact

Why protecting home values is Beijing’s new priority

For decades, China’s property sector was defined by spectacular scale: farmland transformed into suburbs, skylines rising across regional hubs and, more recently, the prominent unravelling of heavily indebted developers. Yet beneath those dramatic changes, a far quieter and more consequential transformation is taking shape. Official figures published by the National Bureau of Statistics in September reveal that secondary market home transactions have surpassed new residential builds in volume....

Why protecting home values is Beijing’s new priority

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