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1. Nigerian army kills top Boko Haram commander, 10 militants in night raid

   The Nigerian army said on Sunday it killed a top commander of Boko Haram and 10 members of the Islamic extremist group in a night raid in the northeastern part of the country. Abu Khalid, a commander of Boko Haram in the Sambisa Forest in Borno state, was a key figure within “the terrorist hierarchy, coordinating operations and logistics in the Sambisa axis,” army spokesman Sani Uba said in a...

2. 62% of Hong Kong Zoomers fear they can’t compete with AI: Chinese YMCA survey

   More than 60 per cent of Hong Kong Zoomers fear they cannot compete with rapidly advancing AI in the workplace, a survey has found. The survey by the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong also showed about 30 per cent of respondents did not know how to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools, while only 11.5 per cent considered themselves “very familiar” with the technology. The young members’ council under...

3. Japan’s Takaichi seeks mandate, improved majority with snap election: poll

   Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, has extended its lead from last week in a new poll on the race ahead of the February 8 election, with 36.1 per cent backing the party, up 6.9 percentage points, the survey showed on Sunday. The Centrist Reform Alliance, a new major opposition force, was second with 13.9 per cent, up 2.0 points. At the...

4. Ex-Hong Kong chief secretary Rafael Hui, jailed for graft, dies at 77

   Rafael Hui Si-yan, a former Hong Kong chief secretary who was jailed for pocketing nearly HK$20 million from a prominent land developer, has died at the age of 77. “Mr Rafael Hui passed away at [Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital] peacefully on Sunday after a brave fight with an acute illness,” a source told the South China Morning Post. Hui served as the city’s No 2 official from 2005 to...

5. Pentagon eyes expanded role for South Korea-based US forces to help deter China

   The Pentagon has signalled a shift for US forces in South Korea, pushing them to expand their role beyond North Korea to help deter Beijing in the Taiwan Strait and elsewhere in the region, according to experts. The analysis follows a visit to South Korea this week by Elbridge Colby, the US undersecretary of defence for policy and a key architect of the Pentagon’s National Defence Strategy. In...

6. CK Hutchison faces limited legal options after Panama voids port rights: experts

   Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings faces limited legal avenues to challenge a Panama court ruling that nullified its rights to operate two major ports at the country’s canal, while taking the case to the International Court of Justice will require Beijing to act on its behalf, a legal expert has said. Basil Hwang, managing partner of law firm Hauzen LLP, said billionaire Li Ka-shing’s...

7. Iraq’s parliament delays presidential vote again amid US pressure

   Iraq’s parliament has again postponed the election of the country’s new president, state media reported on Sunday, amid intense political horse-trading and US pressure over the new prime minister. It was the second time parliament has delayed the presidential vote, which had first been due last week. A journalist in the parliament said the required quorum was not reached on Sunday. The vote was...

8. How to prevent war with China: return Taiwan to the mainland

   A publisher kindly offered me an opportunity to interview Eyck Freymann, a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University, and to review his new book, Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China. I think I must decline. I am sure he is a great scholar and thinker but I already have too many unread books on the shelves demanding my attention, a constant accusing presence reminding me what a slow...

9. New rules of expansion: Chinese firms urged to ‘go local’ as they chase sales abroad

   As dwindling domestic profits push more Chinese firms onto the global stage, industry titans – forerunners who know what such a shift entails – are offering crucial advice for navigating challenges abroad. “The most important thing is to become a local company,” said Zhu Lei, chief marketing officer for air conditioner giant Gree Electric Appliances, which was among the first Chinese companies...

10. China’s plan to internationalise yuan quietly takes a step forward as Zambia gets on board

    As of January, Zambia has begun collecting taxes and royalties from Chinese mining firms in yuan, and will cycle the currency directly back to Beijing to fund imports and service loans. Experts said the shift reflected the southern African country’s urgent need to ease a US dollar shortage and manage debt, rather than geopolitical alignment, but also a quiet advance for China’s long-term...