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1. DeepSeek proposes shift in AI model development with ‘mHC’ architecture to upgrade ResNet

   DeepSeek’s latest technical paper, co-authored by the firm’s founder and CEO Liang Wenfeng, has been cited as a potential game changer in developing artificial intelligence models, as it could translate into improvements in the fundamental architecture of machine learning. The paper’s theme of Manifold-Constrained Hyper-Connections (mHC) marks an improvement to conventional hyper-connections in...

2. Hong Kong trade office head picked to lead body coordinating Northern Metropolis

   The director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Guangdong has been picked to lead the government body coordinating the Northern Metropolis, after authorities previously pledged to fast-track the megaproject’s development. The government announced on Friday that Linda So Wai-sze would become the director of the Northern Metropolis Coordination Office from Monday next week. The position...

3. ‘Repaid kindness’: Japan war orphan raised by multiple China families is now a midwife

   A Japanese war orphan raised by multiple Chinese families grew up to become a midwife, honouring the kindness she received from China. Her story, shared in the documentary series Beyond Blood and Borders, aired in December, on mainland streaming platforms and attracted widespread attention. The series follows the lives of 10 Japanese orphans left behind after Japan’s defeat in the Second...

4. Veteran Hong Kong lawmakers Starry Lee, Ronick Chan in race for Legco presidency

   Veteran Hong Kong lawmakers Starry Lee Wai-king and Ronick Chan Chun-ying have thrown their hats in the ring to be the Legislative Council’s next president, with a vote expected on January 8. Lee and Chan are running to succeed former president Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, who stepped down after deciding not to seek re-election in the Legco poll last month. Lee is the city’s sole delegate to the...

5. China’s box office up 22% in 2025 to US$7.4 billion, led by record-breaking Ne Zha 2

   China’s box office revenue jumped nearly 22 per cent in 2025, driven by a record-breaking domestic animated hit that helped the market rebound from a soft patch. Total ticket sales reached 51.8 billion yuan (US$7.4 billion), the second-highest level in five years, according to data released by the China Film Administration on Thursday. While surpassing 2024’s haul, last year’s total trailed the...

6. Sri Lanka probes curriculum error linking 11-year-olds to gay chat site: ‘show your kinky side’

   Sri Lanka launched a criminal investigation on Friday after a government syllabus for 11- and 12-year-olds directed pupils to a gay chat website to improve their language skills. The Education Ministry lodged a formal complaint with police and launched an internal inquiry to establish how the blunder took place. “We suspect sabotage,” Education Ministry Secretary Nalaka Kaluwewe said. “We are in...

7. Hong Kong’s retail recovery extends into November with sales climbing 6.5%

   Hong Kong’s retail recovery extended into November last year, with sales climbing 6.5 per cent year on year as authorities pointed to improving local consumption, macroeconomic stability and growth in visitor numbers. Official figures released on Friday placed November’s provisional estimate for retail sales value at HK$33.7 billion (US$4.3 billion), the third consecutive month of growth at...

8. US Navy aircraft crashes offer lessons for PLA carrier operations, analysts say

   After two US Navy aircraft crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other in October, analysts said there were lessons for the Chinese navy as it rapidly expands aircraft carrier operations. They said the People’s Liberation Army could learn from its rival’s strengths in search and rescue response, but also its weaknesses in maintenance and training. The US Navy said the...

9. 2025 was the year of denial. What now?

   As an undergraduate student of anthropology long ago, I remember studying the phenomenon of “compartmentalism” as a hallmark of primitive cultures or societies – their capacity to hold contradictory beliefs without inner conflict or even appearing to notice the contradictions. We well-educated rationalists in the rich West were supposed to be above this kind of schizophrenic inconsistency, seen...

10. Hong Kong’s IPO dominance in 2025 set to carry on into new year

    Hong Kong’s momentum as an initial public offering (IPO) venue is set to hurtle onwards in 2026 after funds raised from share sales more than tripled in 2025, placing the city’s exchange atop the global rankings for the first time since 2019. A total of 114 companies raised US$37.22 billion on the Hong Kong stock exchange’s main board in 2025, according to data released on Friday by the London...