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1. China’s Silk Road Express, best things to do in Nanjing: 7 Lifestyle highlights

   We have selected seven lifestyle stories from the past seven days that resonated with our readers. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. What is China’s luxury Silk Road Express train like? We ride its new route A resplendent train cuts a fine figure at platform two of Chengdu West Railway Station. Its elegant exterior, unlike the other austere carriages...

2. High stakes, low odds: why 1MDB’s Jho Low unlikely to receive Trump pardon

   Fugitive financier Jho Low’s request for a pardon from US President Donald Trump has reopened a central question left by Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal: whether the man alleged to have helped orchestrate one of the world’s biggest financial frauds will ever face trial. Analysts say the request appears unlikely to succeed because Low has never appeared in a US court, stood trial or accepted...

3. Hong Kong formally issues buy-back offer letters to Wang Fuk Court homeowners

   Hong Kong authorities have formally issued buy-back offer letters to homeowners at the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, giving them until 31 August to decide whether to accept a government buy-back offer under a long-term resettlement plan. The letters were sent to all homeowners on Thursday, including those who had previously said they would not sell their flats, the South China Morning...

4. Plans to lower age bar for cabby health checks delayed to second half of year

   Hong Kong authorities have delayed plans to lower the age threshold for mandatory medical certification for taxi and other commercial vehicle drivers, as well as to require annual check-ups, with legislative proposals now expected in the second half of the year. “The government is carefully reviewing the views of various stakeholders to finalise the details and refine the legislative proposals,”...

5. China’s first female expert tree climber transforms fear of heights into thriving career

   China’s first internationally certified female professional tree climber has turned a fear of heights into a career spent high in the canopy, pruning urban trees. Yu Yanling, a former track athlete from Xiamen in southeastern China’s Fujian province, was once afraid of heights. Now in her 30s, she has climbed trees as tall as 60 metres. She discovered the sport by chance at university, after...

6. Malaysian minister rejects claims Chinese nationals ‘freely’ given citizenship

   Malaysian Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has dismissed allegations that citizenship was arbitrarily granted to Chinese nationals, calling the claims “malicious slander” and fake news intended to incite public sentiment. He said the accusations were irresponsible and should not be weaponised for political purposes, especially at a time when the government is focused on helping the people...

7. China-US summit ‘remarkable’ but is it enough to change relations?

   The US-China summit is “extremely important” to arrest the downward spiral of relations between the two countries, according to Li Cheng, a leading Chinese academic. But a summit would not be enough to change the overall structure of ties, which had been fraught for years, Li said on Thursday as US President Donald Trump began the first full day of his state visit to Beijing – the first by an...

8. Iran’s ‘anti-American’ rhetoric tests India’s balancing act at Brics meeting

   Iran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, is expected to rally support for Tehran’s war against the US during the Brics foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi on Thursday, amid a fragile ceasefire with its adversary. India, which holds the Brics chair this year, is hosting the gathering from the expanded bloc that now includes Iran and the United Arab Emirates – countries at odds over the conflict...

9. Top-rated air cons in Hong Kong vary by 33% in cooling efficiency, watchdog finds

   The cooling efficiency of 13 air conditioner models bearing Hong Kong’s top energy label can vary by up to 33 per cent, the consumer watchdog has found. The Consumer Council on Thursday released test results for 13 models of 1.5-horsepower inverter split-type air conditioners, finding “substantial differences” in energy-saving performance among units with a Grade 1 label and calling for improved...

10. Calls grow to hire locals as graduate jobs decline amid AI, economic pressures

    Hong Kong industry leaders have called for priority hiring of local graduates and greater participation in overseas exchange programmes to address a shrinking job market, after full-time graduate vacancies plunged to about 31,000 last year. Their remarks were made on Thursday after the city’s labour minister revealed that vacancies suitable for university graduates fell from about 80,000 in 2022...