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1. Geopolitics spur Hong Kong’s renewed focus on South Korean trade collaboration

   Hong Kong’s finance chief has launched a strategic offensive to forge closer business ties with South Korea, with investors showing interest in the city’s latest cryptocurrency policy and its role as a “superconnector” to international markets amid geopolitical tensions. Concluding a three-day visit to Seoul on Thursday, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po proposed a direct cross-listing of...

2. Filipino film that China wanted to cancel wins at New Zealand festival

   A Filipino documentary spotlighting the daily struggles of fishermen, naval cooks and coastguard personnel in the contested South China Sea has earned international recognition, with its director telling This Week in Asia that the award was a validation of honest storytelling in the face of political pressure from Beijing to cancel its screening. Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Sea...

3. Meituan’s daily orders hit record 150 million amid rivalry with JD.com, Alibaba

   Meituan, mainland China’s top on-demand delivery giant, said on Sunday that daily orders on its platform have surged to another all-time high – a sign that the company has managed to fend off competition from rivals like JD.com and Alibaba Group Holding. The Beijing-based company said daily transactions had reached 150 million, just days after surpassing 120 million last week. The firm’s record...

4. Why can’t Hong Kong retail landlords cut rents for struggling tenants?

   In a commercial rental market beset by high vacancy rates, many Hong Kong landlords feel stuck between a rock and a hard place: giving tenants a break on rent makes it harder to pay mortgages and threatens asset value, but holding the line on rent runs the risk of driving tenants away. In this difficult environment, are landlords just being stubborn? It’s complicated, according to agents and...

5. Can China’s kindergartens survive steep drop-off in prospective pupils?

   The government-affiliated kindergarten that Lily Wang works for in northeastern China used to be reserved for the children of officials, but China’s plunging birth rate means it is having to cast its net wider nowadays. “The leadership has shifted its approach, enlarging the enrolment base and learning from the southern regions by adopting group-based management,” said Wang, a senior teacher at...

6. Public outrage as China monk berates elderly couple for ‘too small’ rice donation

   A monk at a sacred temple who rejected an offering of rice from an elderly couple because it was too small has sparked widespread public outrage. On June 26, an elderly couple respectfully placed a bag of rice on the offering table inside a temple on Mount Wutai, one of the most sacred Buddhist sites in China. The religious venue is located at the headwaters of the Qingshui River in Shanxi...

7. Driver escapes injury after Mercedes flips over on Hong Kong’s Tsing Ma Bridge

   A driver has miraculously emerged unscathed after his Mercedes-Benz flipped over on Lantau Link’s Tsing Ma Bridge, landing near the edge of the structure. The car overturned on Sunday morning on the Tsing Yi-bound carriageway of the bridge, a major route connecting the airport and Lantau Island to the urban centre, near the scenic viewing platform. A police spokeswoman said they were alerted to...

8. Hong Kong should seek Olympic gold with a bid for 2036 Summer Games

   I hope I’m not upsetting anyone’s plans for a relaxing summer, but I think the Hong Kong government should start urgently on a bid to host the 2036 Summer Olympics. We can do it, cities within the Greater Bay Area need it and competitors are already lining up. The Summer Olympics have been held 20 times since resuming after the Second World War. The locations of the next two games, in 2028 and...

9. China widens kindergarten lead poisoning probe as central government weighs in

   China has expanded the probe into a kindergarten lead poisoning scandal that has shocked the nation, with the central government getting involved in a rare intervention in a provincial investigation. On Saturday night the authorities in Gansu said the investigation would be led by provincial leaders working alongside a task force from the State Council, the country’s cabinet. Last week, Chinese...

10. Woman, 56, falls to her death in Hong Kong while cleaning window at home

    A 56-year-old woman fell to her death in Tseung Kwan O while cleaning a window in a public housing estate on Sunday, the Post has learned. A source said the woman’s son called police at 6.35am, saying she had fallen onto a balcony at the high-rise King Ching House, located in Tiu Keng Leng’s Kin Ming Estate. The woman was found unconscious on the balcony and sent to Tseung Kwan O Hospital for...