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Kai Tak Sports Park opens Hong Kong’s largest covered climbing wall and playground area
Time Out
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Lace up your trainers – Kai Tak Sports Park, Hong Kong’s leading integrated sports and entertainment destination, has opened new outdoor facilities for leisure and fitness! Dubbed the North Garden, this outdoor sports zone is now home to Hong...
Former Hong Kong lawmaker says Australian asylum grant shows territory infringed rights
SRN News
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August 18, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Exiled former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui hailed on Monday Australia’s grant of asylum status as a key acknowledgement of the territory’s human rights infringements since its authorities...
China’s Wang Yi in India: Why this visit is crucial amid Trump’s tariff wars
Firstpost
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August 18, 2025
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will begin a three-day official visit to India on Monday (August 18, 2025). His visit will focus on resuming high-level talks on the long-disputed border, strengthening bilateral channels of dialogue, and reviewing...
China stocks rally to decade-high on easing tariff tensions, rotation of funds
Business Recorder
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August 18, 2025
HONG KONG: China stocks jumped to their highest level since 2015 on Monday, extending a months-long rally fuelled in part by receding trade tensions with the US and lifting market capitalization to an all-time peak. A trade truce between China and...
Hong Kong cancels all rainstorm warnings less than 2 hours after class suspensions
Bangkok Post
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August 18, 2025
PUBLISHED : 18 Aug 2025 at 11:08 Hong Kong education authorities suspended all morning and whole-day classes on Monday due to squally thunderstorms, but the weather forecaster cancelled all rainstorm warnings less than two hours later. The Hong...
China's capital outflows hit a record in July
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) -- China’s capital outflows rose to a record in July, driven by mainland investors’ aggressive buying of Hong Kong assets following new market liberalization measures. Domestic banks wired a net $58.3 billion of funds overseas on...
China stock gauge rises to decade high as investors dump bonds
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) — A gauge of Shanghai-listed stocks closed at its highest level in a decade, as cash-rich local investors plow into a market that has surged amid easing trade tensions with the US. The Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index jumped...
Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai given heart monitor for final stretch of marathon trial
WKZO - Michigan
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By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong pro-democracy businessman Jimmy Lai was provided with medication and a heart monitor for the start of his final submissions in a landmark national security trial, following health...
Global historic story in an ancient Chinese map
Asia Times
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August 18, 2025
Revisiting Ancient China’s World Knowledge (a talk delivered at the Hong Kong Book Fair in July). By the late 16th century, before Europeans arrived in China via sea routes, how much did ancient Chinese people know about the world? How did they...
SUNRATE Secures China Payment License After Transfar Pay Acquisition
Fintech Hong Kong
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August 18, 2025
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Hong Kong News once a month in your Inbox SUNRATE, a global payments and treasury management platform, has obtained a payment business license in China through the acquisition of a 100% stake in Transfar...
Indonesia and China Begin Trials for Cross-Border QRIS Payments
Fintech Hong Kong
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August 18, 2025
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Hong Kong News once a month in your Inbox Bank Indonesia (BI) and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) have begun a series of trials for cross-border QR code payments, linking the QR Code Indonesia Standard...
Visa Pushes Wider Adoption of Click to Pay in Asia Pacific With New Partnerships
Fintech News
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August 18, 2025
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox Visa is expanding its Click to Pay service across Asia Pacific through partnerships with payment enablers 2C2P, Adyen, AsiaPay and Worldpay. The service lets online...
Hong Kong: Residents need better awareness about mainland healthcare services
Asia Insurance Review
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Even as increasing number of Hong Kong residents seek healthcare services on the Chinese mainland, the information gaps and the high costs due to the lack of insurance coverage continue to be major deterrents according to a new study published by...
Amid Chinese security threat, are drones ‘the next big thing’ for Taiwan after chips?
The Straits Times
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August 18, 2025
HSINCHU/TAIPEI - In an office in the Hsinchu tech hub, a screen shows a map of Taiwan’s Kinmen island, nearly 200km away from Taiwan and just 2km from China’s coast, and radars scanning for suspicious drones across different parts of this...
ETFGI Reports That Assets Invested In The ETFs Industry In Asia Pacific (Ex-Japan) Hit A New Record Of 1.41 Trillion US Dollars With Strong July Inflows
Mondovisione
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ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm renowned for its expertise in subscription research, consulting services, events, and ETF TV on global ETF industry trends, reported today that assets invested in the ETFs industry in Asia...
Swatch pulls ‘slanted eyes’ advert after China backlash
The Times
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The Swiss watchmaker Swatch has been forced to apologise and withdraw an ad featuring an Asian model pulling up the corners of his eyes following widespread condemnation. The company faced fierce backlash on Chinese social media over the weekend...
Swiss Watchmaker 'Swatch' Apologises, Pulls Down Advertisement After Online Backlash in China
News18
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August 18, 2025
Last Updated:August 18, 2025, 14:36 IST Swiss watchmaker Swatch apologised and pulled its ads in China after backlash over a model’s 'slanted eye' pose, criticised as racist. A man walk pass Swatch outlet at a shopping mall in Putrajaya, Malaysia...
Swatch Apologises, Pulls Ads After Racism Backlash In China
Arise News
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August 18, 2025
Swiss watchmaker Swatch has apologised and removed advertisements featuring an Asian male model making a “slanted eye” gesture, following widespread condemnation online in China. The images, promoting the Swatch Essentials collection, were...
Visa pushes Click to Pay rollout across Asia Pacific
Payments cards & mobile
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August 18, 2025
Visa is stepping up its push to streamline digital commerce in Asia Pacific, announcing an expanded roll-out of its Click to Pay service through partnerships with major payment platforms including 2C2P, Adyen, AsiaPay and Worldpay. Visa pushes...
Xtep’s interim profit rises as China’s running craze lifts Saucony sales
South China Morning Post
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August 18, 2025
Xtep International Holdings’ interim earnings surged to a record, as the sportswear maker and distributor of the Saucony brand of running shoes benefited from the new-found popularity of marathons and trail running in China. Net profit rose to a...