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'Jellyfish shredder' prevents Chinese aircraft carriers from being clogged up

China is testing a new weapon to counter a major threat to aircraft carriers: jellyfish.Dubbed the “jellyfish shredder”, the instrument can clear a passage in water infested by jellyfish to give the carrier crew “peace of mind”, according to a scientist involved in recent field tests.

SCMP | 2017-11-29 10:40

Student overtime on iPhone X was voluntary: Foxconn

Foxconn Technology Group, which assembles Apple’s iPhone and other gadgets, on Wednesday said overtime by interns at its factory in Zhengzhou was “voluntary and compensated appropriately”. The manufacturer was responding to a Financial Times report accusing the plant of using students working illegal overtime to cope with iPhone X production.

SCMP | 2017-11-23 10:27

'South Korea must keep THAAD's prying eyes away from China'

Beijing has again urged Seoul to ensure that a US anti-missile system installed in southern South Korea not infringe on China’s security interests. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi issued the call over the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system in talks with his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha in Beijing on Wednesday.

SCMP | 2017-11-23 10:17

Kim Jong-un 'snubs' China in failure to repay diplomatic favour

The failure of North Korean and Chinese officials to arrange a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping’s envoy and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was a snub to Beijing and a further sign of strained ties between the communist neighbours, diplomatic observers said.

SCMP | 2017-11-22 11:13

North Korea likely to harden stance toward China, US

Priciest flats in Asia: Mount Nicholson in Hong Kong

Mount Nicholson, the luxury housing development atop Hong Kong’s highest elevation, has clinched the crown as the priciest address in the most expensive residential market on earth, selling two apartment units for HK$1.16 billion (US$149 million) to a single buyer.

SCMP | 2017-11-21 10:37

Police probe vicious bullying where boy had pencil forced into his ear

Police are looking into an alleged bullying incident where a 7-year-old boy had a pencil eraser forced into his ear at a Hong Kong primary school.

SCMP | 2017-11-21 10:27

China keeps focus on friendship with North Korea

China has tried to underscore traditional ties with North Korea, making no public mention of the crisis on the Korean peninsula in a brief statement after a Beijing envoy met a senior Pyongyang official on Friday. China sent veteran diplomat Song Tao, head of the Communist Party’s international department, to Pyongyang to brief North Korean official Choe Ryong-hae on last mon...

SCMP | 2017-11-19 10:49

Want to escape poverty? Replace pictures of Jesus with Xi

Thousands of Christians in an impoverished county in rural southeast China have swapped their posters of Jesus for portraits of President Xi Jinping as part of a local government poverty-relief programme that seeks to “transform believers in religion into believers in the party”.

SCMP | 2017-11-15 10:43

'China, US headed for significant outcomes on trade and North Korea'

China and the US will achieve “significant outcomes” on economic and trade issues and deepen cooperation towards containing the North Korean nuclear threat when President Donald Trump meets President Xi Jinping next month in Beijing, China’s ambassador to the US said in Washington.

SCMP | 2017-10-31 10:58

China's new leadership team unveiled

The new leadership lineup is revealed. Members of the Politubo Standing Committee include Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji and Han Zheng. The unveiling of the new lineup of Chinese leadership marks the climax of the twice-a-decade leadership reshuffle after months-long intense horse trading and power struggles in the lead-up to the 19th pa...

SCMP | 2017-10-25 13:24

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