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1. Retiree jailed for 8 months over seditious online posts against Hong Kong government

   A Hong Kong court has jailed a retiree for eight months for posting speeches on his social media account in which he seditiously criticised authorities and called on voters to boycott last year’s Legislative Council election. Lam Ming-chung, 68, on Friday admitted to posting seditious content on his Facebook account between September 2024 and November last year, in violation of the domestic...

2. As the yuan sizzles, China’s central bank deploys double-barrelled policy tweak

   With China’s currency having steadily strengthened in recent months, the central bank has rolled out a pair of measures to lower foreign exchange hedging costs and support cross-border yuan financing. In a notice on Thursday, the People’s Bank of China refined the framework for domestic banks to conduct cross-border yuan interbank financing, explicitly endorsing their role in providing stable...

3. Why Beijing’s US$4.5 billion Niger-Benin oil pipeline is being attacked by rebels

   China has placed its nationals on high alert following a series of rebel attacks targeting the US$4.5 billion Niger-Benin oil pipeline and an Islamic State raid on the Nigerien capital’s international airport on January 29. On Monday, the Chinese embassy in Niamey urged citizens to avoid high-risk areas and instructed firms to implement emergency response plans as insurgent groups increasingly...

4. Vance dismisses prolonged Mideast war fears as US-Iran tensions rage

   US Vice-President J.D. Vance has said he does not believe potential military action against Iran would drag the country into a years-long war in the Middle East, according to an interview with The Washington Post published on Thursday. Vance said he did not know how US President Donald Trump would decide on the Iran issue. Options, he said, range from military strikes “to ensure Iran isn’t going...

5. China ‘parenting parents’ trend sees youth teach mums and dads modern skills like taking selfies

   Young people in China are embracing a new trend of ‘parenting parents’ to heal wounds they inherited from childhood and redefine the traditional value of filial piety. Many have posted that they are ‘reparenting their parents’ on social media. , the hashtag ‘reparenting parents’ has nearly 60 million views and 300,000 discussions on just one mainland social media platform. In much the same way...

6. South China Morning Post publisher Tammy Tam appointed to Law Reform Commission

   The publisher of the South China Morning Post, Tammy Tam, has been appointed to Hong Kong’s Law Reform Commission as the representative for the media industry for a three-year term starting in March. Tam succeeded May Chan Suk-mei, a news director at Commercial Radio, who completed two three-year terms, with Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok, thanking Chan for her valuable contributions...

7. Hong Kong exports surge 33.8% in January thanks to rebound from 2025’s low base

   Hong Kong’s exports surged by more than 30 per cent in the first month of 2026, thanks to a rebound from last year’s low base after US-China trade war fears eased. According to the Census and Statistics Department, the total value of Hong Kong’s export of goods rose in January by 33.8 per cent year on year to HK$520.6 billion (US$66.6 billion), while the value of imports surged by 38.1 per cent...

8. Moore Threads’ flagship AI chip compatible with Alibaba models in tech self-reliance push

   Semiconductor designer Moore Threads Technology has achieved full-stack compatibility between its flagship MTT S5000 graphics processing unit (GPU) and Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen3.5-series artificial intelligence models, as China’s tech self-reliance efforts gather pace. Beijing-based Moore Threads, founded by former Nvidia executive James Zhang Jianzhong, on Thursday said the firm’s flagship AI chip...

9. US must be able to ‘turn around and punch’ in space as China boosts satellites: general

   The United States needs to go on the offensive in space to be able to “turn around and punch” back at China’s rapidly expanding surveillance satellite network, according to a US Space Force general. According to the US military news website The War Zone, Lieutenant General Gregory Gagnon said China had built “the second-best remote sensing architecture in the world from outer space”. He said...

10. ‘Two sessions’, Trump tariffs, JD.com earnings

    Chinese lawmakers gather next week for the annual “two sessions” legislative meetings, where they will approve the 15th five-year plan and likely see a shift towards less emphasis on economic growth. Premier Li Qiang will summarise the new five-year plan and announce the 2026 GDP target on March 5, the first day of meetings for the National People’s Congress, the country’s legislature. Lawmakers...