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1. Wang Yi cites ‘severe risks’ after Somalia dropped from Africa itinerary at last minute

   Authorities in Mogadishu had cleared the roads for a historic visit, yet on Friday Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi travelled to Tanzania instead of his planned visit to Somalia. It would have been the first high-level Chinese mission to Mogadishu in four decades. The last-minute decision not to include the capital on Wang’s itinerary came as Somalia seeks shows of diplomatic support after...

2. Philippine tourism chief’s magazine cover controversy prompts debate over branding

   The Philippines’ tourism chief has drawn criticism after appearing on the cover of a lifestyle magazine intended to promote the country’s destinations, reviving complaints that the department’s messaging has become overly focused on its leader at a time when visitor numbers are slipping. Christina Frasco, secretary of the Philippines’ Department of Tourism (DOT), appeared on the cover of the...

3. Myanmar’s pro-junta party wins Aung San Suu Kyi’s former seat: ‘surprise no one’

   Myanmar’s main pro-military party on Monday claimed victory in the parliamentary seat of sidelined democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an election being derided as a ploy to prolong junta rule. The armed forces have ruled Myanmar for most of the nation’s post-independence history before a decade-long democratic thaw saw civilians assume control. But the military snatched back power with a 2021...

4. Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun names Philip Tinari its new head of art

   Tai Kwun has named Philip Tinari as its head of art, bringing one of mainland China’s most high-profile art personalities to the Hong Kong cultural institution. He replaces Pi Li, who will be leaving Tai Kwun next month to help launch a new art museum in Shenzhen. The American-born long-time Beijing resident will also take on the role of deputy director, working with Timothy Calnin, director of...

5. Seats sell out on Hong Kong’s new high-speed rail routes to mainland China

   Hong Kong’s expanded high-speed rail network has proved an instant hit among travellers, with tickets for several classes of seats on trains to 16 newly added mainland Chinese destinations selling out on the first day of sales. The Post observed that while crowds did not show up to buy tickets at the West Kowloon station, online sales moved quickly. The MTR Corporation announced on Sunday that...

6. China pledges green-energy push with Global South, signals wider market opening

   China has vowed to deepen cooperation in new energy and green minerals with the nations in the Global South, saying the move is in line with their industrial goals and a step towards further advancing Beijing’s economic opening-up, according to the latest front-page commentary in the Communist Party’s official newspaper. “Amid profound changes in the global environment, [China’s commitment to...

7. Alibaba’s Qwen family hits 700 million downloads to lead global open-source AI adoption

   Alibaba Cloud’s flagship Qwen family of artificial intelligence models surpassed 700 million downloads as of January on the developer platform Hugging Face, which made it the world’s most widely used open-source AI system. According to research published on Friday by consultancy AIBase, citing data from Hugging Face, estimated Qwen downloads as of December alone exceeded the combined total of...

8. Hong Kong DAB chief urges respect for Tai Po fire survivors’ community ties

   The head of Hong Kong’s largest political party has urged authorities to respect the deep-rooted community ties of residents displaced by the deadly Tai Po inferno, amid growing concerns that the government might rule out the option of rebuilding on the original site. Gary Chan Hak-kan, chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, said on Monday that while...

9. Singaporean teen who made peer soak genitals in chilli oil, drink urine, given probation

   A Singaporean teenager who made another teenager perform degrading acts, such as soaking his genitals in chilli oil and drinking his own urine, was given 21 months’ probation on Monday. The 18-year-old male pretended to be a female to deceive the male victim, also 18, into believing that they were in a romantic relationship. Both the accused and the victim, who were around 16 at the time of the...

10. Chinese arms exporters may be the big winners in any Pakistan-Saudi JF-17 talks

    Reported discussions between Riyadh and Islamabad over a potential deal involving fighter jets co-developed by China and Pakistan could be a “big win” for Beijing’s arms exports to the Gulf region, analysts said. However, doubts remained over whether such an agreement would actually proceed on the grounds that the JF-17 was in such marked contrast to Saudi Arabia’s Western-centric air force. A...