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1. Nepal rolls out tourist tracking system to keep tabs on foreigners after protest delays

   As tourist numbers climb back towards record highs, Nepal is rolling out a new digital registration system to track every foreign visitor, in a move officials say will boost safety and curb visa misuse. Starting from January 1, all foreign visitors will be required to register detailed accommodation information through the government’s new digital platform, replacing the earlier system that...

2. China’s new ‘invest in people’ slogan heralds a rethink in economic strategy

   Beijing’s fresh imperative to “invest in people” – first raised in a proposal for the 15th five-year plan and reaffirmed at an agenda-setting policy meeting last week – reflects a rethink in economic strategy designed to stimulate domestic demand and improve social welfare, analysts said. China’s leaders vowed to “fully tap” the domestic economy’s potential at the annual central economic work...

3. Health and beauty chain Mannings to withdraw from mainland China

   Mannings, one of Hong Kong’s largest health and beauty chains, will cease all retail operations in mainland China, both online and offline, as it adjusts its strategy in the highly competitive market. In a letter to its members, Mannings China said “its physical stores on the mainland will close permanently after January 15, 2026”. Its online sales channels will wind down even earlier. Mannings’...

4. Operation Santa Claus helps Hong Kong’s Shaw Foundation uplift smaller charities

   One of Asia’s largest philanthropic organisations, the Shaw Foundation, has pledged to continue supporting small charities in Hong Kong and urged the public to do the same, after making a generous donation to victims of last month’s catastrophic fire in Tai Po. The foundation made a HK$20 million (US$2.6 million) contribution to help victims of the Wang Fuk Court fire, which broke out on...

5. Frustrated with South Korea, more men seek work-life balance and love in Japan

   An increasing number of South Korean men are looking to Japan not only for employment but also for marriage, drawn by what they see as more stable living conditions compared with South Korea’s tough job market and demanding marriage expectations. According to Shueisha Online, a Japanese media outlet, the number of South Koreans seeking work or permanent settlement in Japan has been steadily...

6. China’s research paper boom could be a ‘false prosperity’, academician warns

   A top scientist has sharply criticised China’s increasingly resource-driven research culture, warning that a reliance on vast accumulated funding, manpower and data for scientific output is inefficient and actively undermines genuine innovation. Zhang Hong, a senior cell biologist at the Institute of Biophysics in Beijing and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, condemned what he called...

7. 3 injured, over 100 evacuated after fire breaks out in Hong Kong flat

   Three people were injured and more than 100 others were evacuated after a fire believed to have been caused by burning incense broke out in a Hong Kong flat on Wednesday. The fire was reported at around 2.30am in the flat at Prime View Garden on King Fung Path in Tuen Mun and was later put out. According to police, the blaze was suspected to have been caused by a 40-year-old woman burning...

8. End of the road for Hong Kong’s democracy movement? There’s still hope

   Hong Kong’s Democratic Party has announced what many people had been expecting for some time – that it would disband. For the party, this is the beginning of the end; for others, the question lingers: is this also the end of the democratic movement in Hong Kong? One thing is certain: the party’s demise will mark the end of an era, one when a colonial pressure-group mentality dictated the quest...

9. Screening of Kiwi Chow’s new film banned in Hong Kong over national security concerns

   An award-winning Hong Kong filmmaker, who previously directed a documentary on the 2019 social unrest, has said that authorities banned the screening of his new campus thriller, citing national security concerns. Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai, whose past works include Revolution of Our Times and Ten Years anthology film, revealed in a social media post on Tuesday that he had received an official letter...

10. MetaX soars 570% in debut as traders snap up second Chinese GPU maker to go public

    MetaX Integrated Circuits soared on its trading debut in Shanghai, as investors piled into the second producer of graphics processing units (GPUs) to go public this month amid optimism about China’s push for self-sufficiency in semiconductors and artificial intelligence. The shares of the Shanghai-based company began trading at 700 yuan on Wednesday on the technology-heavy Star Market, surging...