This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, making him the first senior … Read more
At least 27 people were injured when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake – the equivalent of two atomic bombs – struck the county of Chiayi in southwestern Taiwan soon after midnight on Tuesday. The earthquake, which began at 12.17am local time, was recorded at a depth of 9.7km (6.03 miles) with its epicentre in a mountainous, … Read more
China has executed two men placed on death row after separate deadly attacks in the same week in November, according to state news agency Xinhua. Fan Weiqiu, 62, was convicted of deliberately driving his SUV into a group of people exercising outside a sports centre in Zhuhai on November 11. The attack killed 35 people … Read more
Chinese users on the RedNote social media platform have cautioned one another about requests from “TikTok refugees” who ask for street view images of China and photos of Tibet or Xinjiang, warning that such users could be foreign spies. Posts discouraging Chinese users from sharing street views began circulating on the platform last week with … Read more
Taiwan’s defence ministry revealed the United States has signed a two-year agreement to help train the Taiwanese navy as the island’s legislature prepared for a Tuesday vote on whether to cut military spending on overseas training. In a public notice on Taiwan’s government procurement platform, the ministry disclosed that the US had agreed to send … Read more
The profiles of two senior executives at China’s leading aircraft manufacturer – including the chief designer of the J-20 stealth fighter – have been taken down from its website without explanation. Neither Hao Zhaoping, general manager of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, or Yang Wei, a deputy general manager at AVIC and lead engineer … Read more
China’s healthcare regulator has pledged to investigate the quality of drugs under a new list covered by national insurance, after lawmakers in Shanghai warned that they might be substandard. In a statement on its website on Monday, the National Healthcare Security Administration said it would send a team to Shanghai to seek suggestions, as well … Read more
Can humans and robots face off in a full race? It will happen in Beijing this spring. For the first time, dozens of humanoid robots are expected to join a half-marathon to be held in the capital’s Daxing district in April, according to local authorities. This comes as China ramps up efforts to develop artificial … Read more
Wanted: university graduates aged between 20 and 35 years, with no criminal record and a height of at least 170cm (5.57ft) for men and 158cm for women. Military veterans or police college students preferred. The very public ads have been cropping up online, posted by recruiters across China in search of people for a very … Read more
A visit to Taiwan by two prominent mainland Chinese academics to meet counterparts there has prompted speculation about opening the way for unofficial exchanges between cross-strait government affiliates. However, some analysts remain sceptical, suggesting that Taipei’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) may be trying to create the misleading impression that formal talks with Beijing are … Read more
