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South China cluster again beats Silicon Valley to be world’s top science hub

The Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou science cluster again last night beat Silicon Valley to be declared the world’s top innovation hub. Scientists in the south China cities filed 2,259 patent applications, published 4,060 scientific articles and had 138 venture capital deals per 1 million inhabitants over the last five years, said the World Intellectual Property Organization, a…

5 days ago0Comments ByNury Vittachi

Art and science of Chinese calligraphy

SCIENTISTS WARN that the dramatic disappearance of handwriting in the modern world will have a negative effect on the human brain—but not in China. For the Chinese, the art and science of handwriting is alive and well--and not just as a way of communicating information, but as a standard skill that every young person learns—and…

July 16, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

Chinese history

A shipwreck, a massacre and an excuse to invade Taiwan island

FOR CENTURIES, Asian and Western sailors shipwrecked in Chinese waters got a nice surprise. The Chinese government had a rescue policy. Sailors would be given free food and clothing. They would be helped with ship repairs, or even transported home. This applied to everyone in China’s coastal waters and around Chinese islands such as Taiwan—but…

July 7, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news Chinese history Culture

The first wizard’s first invention

“HUNGRY? I HAVE SOMETHING to show you,” the white-haired man says to the young fellow hunter he is training. “Come.” They walk into a deep cave in a cliff wall jutting out of the forest and sit on the floor. The older man opens the leather pouch he uses as a bag and pulls out…

May 13, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news

China says NO to US ‘orders’ to stop buying Iranian oil

BREAKING NEWS: CHINA'S LEADERSHIP THIS WEEKEND said “no” to a global order issued by U.S. President Donald Trump—and today analysts worldwide are holding their breath to see if the mercurial leader will back down. The Trump administration last week again ordered the world, including specific firms in China, to stop trading with Iranians—the latest in…

May 4, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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China, Europe, want to turn our cars into energy storage devices in 2027

IMAGINE A WORLD where each family has a powerful magic battery that provides energy for their transport between home and work every day. The SAME magic battery is used by the city’s electricity utility company to provide light and heat for the wider community every evening. The family’s energy costs fall, because the electricity firm…

April 26, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

West’s ‘shadow world government’ meets in Washington DC

MEMBERS OF THE WEST’S "SHADOW WORLD GOVERNMENT" are heading home today after meeting behind closed doors to discuss their vision of the future of the world. Intelligence chiefs, heads of state, and top business leaders met in private at the Salamander Washington DC hotel for the Bilderberg Group meeting, which took place from April 9…

April 15, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News News

Hong Kong stays top of financial world

HONG KONG STAYED AHEAD of the US as the world’s top spot for share market launches, new data showed yesterday. In just three months ending yesterday, 37 companies raised US$13.26 billion on the Hong Kong stock exchange, LSEG Data and Analytics of London revealed. This puts the southern Chinese city number one in the world…

April 1, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Idea: Existing tech can be used to ease Hong Kongers’ time spent in Chinese mainland

The ‘iAM Smart’ platform, which serves as a real-name database, can be used to make it easier for Hong Kong people to spend time in the Chinese Mainland PROMINENT HONG KONG businessman Herman Hu Shao-ming last week suggested that the city’s “iAM Smart” ID-card linked real name database could be integrated with the national-level identity…

March 19, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news Culture Features

A lawyer’s journey: from 1980s China to a top spot at the United Nations

SOME POSITIVE NEWS! While the news is full of war, a nice story of international bridge-building just emerged, unnoticed. A girl called Lingling was born to the Zhang family in Beijing in 1981. She grew up and went into the law. In 2011, she went to study in Hong Kong, which has a reputation as…

March 16, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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South China cluster again beats Silicon Valley to be world’s top science hub

Art and science of Chinese calligraphy

A shipwreck, a massacre and an excuse to invade Taiwan island

The first wizard’s first invention

China says NO to US ‘orders’ to stop buying Iranian oil

China, Europe, want to turn our cars into energy storage devices in 2027

West’s ‘shadow world government’ meets in Washington DC

Hong Kong stays top of financial world

Idea: Existing tech can be used to ease Hong Kongers’ time spent in Chinese mainland

A lawyer’s journey: from 1980s China to a top spot at the United Nations

South China cluster again beats Silicon Valley to be world’s top science hub

Incredible story of how a farming province in China beat London, L.A. and Chicago in science rankings

In Xinjiang, I stepped into a different world