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1. China debate reaches fever pitch in Brussels as EU’s crunch fortnight kicks off

   A frenzied fortnight of EU policymaking on China kicked off on Tuesday, amid signs that big member states may be willing to take a tougher stance on trade despite huge pressure from Beijing. Beijing’s commerce vice-minister, Ling Ji, was set to meet with new EU trade director Ditte Juul Jorgensen in Brussels and have talks with Chinese businesses in the Belgian capital before heading to forums...

2. Ex-law student convicted after court reverses acquittal of 2019 riot charge

   A Hong Kong court has reversed a former law student’s acquittal in a riot trial arising from the 2019 anti-government protests, finding her guilty based on “overwhelming” circumstantial evidence that she had encouraged other participants through her presence. The District Court on Tuesday convicted Alice Tong Ka-yan nearly seven years after her arrest during the unrest in Wan Chai on the night...

3. Tempers flare as 20 Hong Kong villagers lose homes to Northern Metropolis

   Hundreds of security guards and police officers were deployed on Tuesday to evict about 20 residents from a Hong Kong village as part of the government’s Northern Metropolis blueprint, despite residents saying their concerns remain largely unresolved. The operation by the Lands Department on Tuesday sparked heated confrontations with Tin Sam Tsuen villagers, who lived in properties built under...

4. UN report exposes brutal reality for Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank

   Palestinian civilians are caught between “mass atrocities” of Israeli forces, settlers and Hamas’ brutal rule, a UN-mandated inquiry said on Tuesday. Civilians across war-ravaged Gaza and the occupied West Bank are being “systematically and deliberately” subjected to severe rights violations, the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry said. The investigative team, which last year...

5. Taiwanese lawmakers spar over 12-fold budget rise for US joint defence programme

   A Taiwan-US defence planning programme has sparked debate in Taiwan’s legislature over whether its strategic value justifies its higher cost after the government proposed raising its budget more than twelvefold next year. At the centre of the controversy is a sharp increase in funding for the Joint Force Design (JFD) programme, a bilateral defence planning mechanism used to assess the island’s...

6. Hong Kong college sues finance head, director and firm over alleged HK$25m fraud

   Hong Kong Chu Hai College has sued its finance head, along with a company and its director, for allegedly embezzling over HK$25 million (US$3.19 million) by disguising the transfers as academic and administrative expenses. The private institution filed the lawsuit in the High Court on Monday to reclaim what it said were misappropriated funds transferred to finance director Ray Yip Kam‑chun, Ho...

7. Is Trump calling the shots on Israel, or just pretending to?

   Scepticism is rife about US President Donald Trump’s claims to have reprimanded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu over recent military escalations with Lebanese Hezbollah and Iran despite ceasefires negotiated by Washington. While Netanyahu’s apparent defiance is widely seen as an embarrassment to Trump, analysts say the mercurial US leader has done little more than wag his finger...

8. China woman finds late brother’s ‘favourite sisters’ online photo album, feels his love again

   A Chinese woman who went to great lengths to access her late brother’s blog has discovered his deep love for her 14 years after his death, moving many people online. Wenwen, 24, from southwestern China’s Sichuan province, had a brother 14 years older than her and her twin sister. In 2012, he died in a car crash with their father on their way to another city for work. He was only 24 years...

9. Is that a Chinese antenna at Scarborough Shoal? The Philippines thinks so

   The Philippines has accused China of building an artificial structure at the hotly contested Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. Citing aerial monitoring, the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea, an inter-agency body overseeing Manila’s maritime strategy in the South China Sea, said on Tuesday that a floating platform six metres (19.7 feet) wide and six metres long was located...

10. Pentagon blacklists China tech giants as US competition expands

    The Pentagon added tech giants Alibaba and Baidu and carmaker BYD to a blacklist of Chinese companies with military ties amid widening competition between the world’s two largest economies. Drug maker WuXi AppTec, robot company Unitree and carmaker Nio were among other businesses added to the 1260H list, according to a US Department of Defence notice. Some Chinese companies no longer operating...