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1. Chinese firms outpace US rivals in 2025 humanoid robot shipments, as AgiBot takes lead

   Shanghai-based AgiBot topped global humanoid robot shipments in 2025, with nearly a 38 per cent share, as China’s robotics firms dominated the market, leaving in the dust major US players like Elon Musk’s Tesla. According to data released on Thursday by Omdia, AgiBot shipped 5,168 humanoid robots last year to lead five other Chinese companies in the research firm’s top 10 list. Unitree Robotics,...

2. Hong Kong just had its driest January day. But how does that impact your health?

   Hong Kong experienced its driest January day on record earlier this week, bucking its reputation for high temperatures and humidity. Relative humidity in the city plunged to 17 per cent on Thursday, the lowest for the month since records started in 1984. To help Hongkongers adjust, the Post speaks to experts about how to manage the cold and dry weather. 1. What is the impact on the respiratory...

3. Alibaba logistics unit Cainiao opens US-Mexico cross-border service

   Cainiao, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group Holding, is stepping up its overseas push with a new service crossing the US-Mexico border. The cross-border logistics service, a first for Cainiao in the Americas, was designed to handle parcel flow between the two countries, which was one of the region’s high-traffic corridors, the Alibaba unit said on Friday. Alibaba owns the South China Morning...

4. 1 dead, 38 missing in Philippines landfill collapse after garbage avalanche

   An avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers in low-slung buildings at a landfill in the Philippines, killing one person, injuring a dozen and leaving 38 others missing, officials said on Friday. Dozens of rescuers retrieved 13 people alive overnight and were searching for the missing still trapped after the mountain of garbage, earth and debris collapsed on them on Thursday...

5. China cites Biden’s message to Xi that Japan could build nuclear weapons ‘overnight’

   China released an official report on Thursday stating that Japan “may already have produced weapons-grade plutonium in secret” and “has the technological and economic capabilities to achieve nuclear armament in a short period of time”. The report assessing Japan’s nuclear threat cited former US president Joe Biden’s direct message to Chinese President Xi Jinping that Japan had the capacity to...

6. Hong Kong’s Frederick Ma urges deeper support for special needs education

   The chairman of the Hong Kong Special Schools Council chairman has urged the public to strengthen their support for disabled students in the city at a charity golf event organised to raise awareness of the group. The tournament, held on Friday at Fanling Golf Club and organised by the council, drew 21 teams comprising 84 people, including one made up of players with disabilities. Competitors...

7. China’s yuan to strengthen to 6.85 per US dollar in first quarter of 2026: Morgan Stanley

   Morgan Stanley has revised its outlook for the yuan, now forecasting it to strengthen to about 6.85 per US dollar in the first quarter of 2026 from a previous call of 7.05, before weakening slightly to about 7.0 by the end of the year. The bank said it expects China’s “robust” exports through 2026 to 2027 to provide “a steady tailwind to nominal yuan”, with volumes projected to grow 5 to 6 per...

8. Could Singapore remove Pritam Singh as Leader of the Opposition?

   In an unprecedented move in Singapore, Workers’ Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh could be stripped of his title as Leader of Opposition and lose his privileges when Singapore’s parliamentarians debate his suitability for the role next week, legal experts say. Singh was the first to be appointed to the official role in 2020 by then prime minister Lee Hsien Loong after the general election that year,...

9. US pledges US$45 million to bolster Thailand, Cambodia truce amid Trump peace claims

   The United States on Friday announced some US$45 million in aid as it tries to bolster a fragile truce between Thailand and Cambodia. Michael DeSombre, the top State Department official for East Asia, was visiting Thailand and Cambodia to discuss ways to strengthen the ceasefire, which US President Donald Trump has sought to highlight as an achievement. DeSombre said the United States would...

10. China’s J-35 jet maker flexes production muscle, pledging to double output in 5 years

    A Chinese defence giant has flexed its production muscle early in the new year by releasing a video of its star product, the J-35 stealth fighter, and pledging to double its warplane production over the next three to five years. On Tuesday, a green-coated J-35 fighter roared down the runway at the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) airfield in China’s northern Liaoning province, making its...