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1. China granny loves TV dramas so much she smashes telly when beloved characters are wronged

   A 91-year-old grandmother in northeastern China has amused internet users with her passionate reactions to TV dramas, including becoming angry and even hitting the TV set when she sees her beloved characters being wronged. The nonagenarian, who lives in Dalian in Liaoning province, captured significant online attention after her granddaughter, Liu, shared videos showing her strong reactions...

2. Hong Kong taxi drivers criticised for bypassing mobile device restrictions

   Some Hong Kong taxi drivers are bypassing new rules that limit the number of mobile devices mounted at the front of vehicles to two by installing large monitors – a move that an industry leader has warned endangers road safety. The amended Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations, which took effect on Sunday, allows a maximum of two mobile devices to be placed within the driver’s forward field...

3. Next level: why China’s game makers are quietly bankrolling generative AI

   The new year kicked off with the blockbuster public market debuts of two Chinese artificial intelligence high-flyers – Zhipu AI and MiniMax – making them the world’s first publicly listed large language model (LLM) start-ups. The listings put them ahead of US rivals including Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Amazon.com-supported Anthropic, which have yet to reach public markets. Both Chinese...

4. Overeager fans cause chaos on first night of Blackpink tour’s Hong Kong stop

   K-pop girl band Blackpink’s Hong Kong concert turned chaotic at one point as thousands of fans who queued overnight started pushing their way into Kai Tak Stadium to get to its standing area. Clips posted on social media show the crowd jostling with one another to get into the stadium on the first night of the band’s three shows in the city, with people heard shouting “don’t push” and even...

5. ‘Resilience’ is Indonesia’s new foreign policy buzzword, but is it just rhetoric?

   Indonesia has placed “resilience” at the heart of its foreign policy this year, pitching it as a way to keep the country from being buffeted by intensifying rivalry among the world’s major powers. But analysts say the concept, though rhetorically appealing, lacks clear objectives and a long-term strategy – running the risk of Jakarta’s diplomacy becoming more transactional and drifting away from...

6. Thousands of flights cancelled as monster winter storm bears down on US

   Almost 4,000 flights were cancelled in the US on Saturday ahead of a monster winter storm that has ‌already cut power to thousands of utility customers as far west as Texas, ‍and threatened to paralyse eastern states with heavy snowfall. Forecasters said snow, sleet and freezing rain, accompanied by dangerously frigid temperatures, would sweep the eastern two-thirds of the nation on Sunday and...

7. Why China was so keen to get to alleged cybercrime boss Chen Zhi first

   When a film about an investigation into a phone scam in Cambodia debuted at the Busan International Film Festival in 2018, it was not the cast or the plot that drew attention in China. Instead, the focus was on the film’s executive producer, Chen Zhi – a billionaire Chinese businessman who has himself been accused of running a sprawling online scam network in Cambodia. In The Prey – touted as...

8. US disregard of international law must not be tolerated

   “I don’t need international law.” In an interview with The New York Times, US President Donald Trump made this strikingly candid declaration, asserting that his authority as commander-in-chief is constrained only by his own moral code. These remarks, in light of the US military action in Venezuela, its territorial ambitions towards Greenland and its decision to withdraw from 66 international...

9. Trump says US used ‘discombobulator’ weapon in Maduro raid: ‘not allowed to talk about it’

   President Donald Trump said US military forces used a weapon that he referred to as “the discombobulator” during the US operation in Caracas to remove Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro from power earlier this month. “The discombobulator. I’m not allowed to talk about it,” Trump said in an interview with the New York Post. He said the weapon made enemy equipment “not work”. “They never got their...

10. US-brokered Ukraine peace talks end with no deal, as Russian strikes continue

    Ukraine and Russia ended a second day of ‍US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on Saturday without a deal but with more talks expected next weekend, even as overnight Russian air strikes knocked out power for over a million Ukrainians amid sub-zero winter cold. Statements after the conclusion of the talks did not indicate that any agreements had been reached, but Moscow and Kyiv both said they were...