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1. Will China ramp up military activity near Japan over Takaichi’s comments?

   Beijing could step up military and coastguard activities near Japan if tensions escalate further following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s provocative remarks on Taiwan, according to analysts. “It cannot be ruled out that there will be new military activities near the Diaoyu Islands,” a government adviser said, referring to the disputed group of islands known as the Senkakus in Japan....

2. China’s Baidu posts 50% rise in AI revenue despite third-quarter slump

   Chinese internet search giant Baidu on Tuesday reported a 50 per cent increase in artificial intelligence-related revenue in the three months ended September from a year ago, which was the bright spot to an otherwise lacklustre financial quarter. The Beijing-based company’s third-quarter revenue declined 7 per cent year on year to 31.2 billion yuan (US$4.4 billion), owing to sluggish demand in...

3. Hong Kong man jailed for 7 years for killing 3-month-old; wife also abused baby

   A Hong Kong man has been jailed for seven years for killing a three-month-old boy under his care, after a court heard the defendant had thrust a cotton bud into the baby’s throat and scorched him with hot air from a hairdryer. Jerry Ip Chun-yin, 38, on Tuesday admitted to manslaughter by gross negligence for abusing the infant whom he had promised to look after for his wife’s friend in August...

4. Chinachem secures plot in Hong Kong’s Tsuen Wan for US$318 million

   Chinachem Group has secured a 70,127 sq ft site in Tsuen Wan in the New Territories for more than HK$2.47 billion (US$318 million), beating eight other bidders, according to the Lands Department. The other bidders were Sun Hung Kai Properties, CK Asset Holdings, Henderson Land Development, Great Eagle Holdings, China Overseas Land & Investment, K. Wah International Holdings, Wheelock Properties...

5. MI5 warns UK lawmakers of Chinese spies on LinkedIn

   Britain’s domestic intelligence agency on Tuesday warned lawmakers that Chinese spies were “actively” reaching out to them via recruitment headhunters. Writing to lawmakers, House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said a new MI5 “espionage alert” warned that Chinese nationals were “using LinkedIn profiles to conduct outreach at scale” on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of State Security. “Their...

6. US pulls missile system from Japan, EV fires fan fears: SCMP daily highlights

   Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. US pulls missile system from Japan as Beijing-Tokyo row over Taiwan deepens A US missile system that could strike Beijing has been withdrawn from Japan, Japanese media reported on Monday, amid sharply escalating tensions triggered by the Japanese prime...

7. Alibaba bets on ‘everything app’ Qwen to define AI era for global consumers

   Alibaba Group Holding’s new multipurpose artificial intelligence consumer app, Qwen, has the potential to become China’s “super-app” in the AI era in the same way Tencent Holdings’ WeChat defined the mobile internet age, analysts say. Powered by Alibaba Cloud’s own model series of the same name, Qwen quickly jumped to fourth overall on Apple’s app store for free apps in Hong Kong and fifth in...

8. ‘Excellent’: Singapore lauded for jailing man who grabbed Ariana Grande

   Singapore’s jailing of an Australian man who rushed at Ariana Grande at a film premiere has struck a raw nerve among locals, whose near-unanimous applause for the punishment reflects deep frustration with behaviour seen as attention-seeking and disruptive to the city state’s hard-won image for safety. The nine-day term – which the judge increased from an initial proposal of seven days – was also...

9. Cloudflare outage disrupts access to ChatGPT and X worldwide

   ChatGPT, social-media platform X, and NJ Transit were among the websites blocking some users’ access on Tuesday as the web security firm Cloudflare worked to address a widespread, worldwide networking outage. Cloudflare was investigating an issue that “potentially impacts multiple customers”, the San Francisco-based company said on its website. The same page shows Cloudflare had been...

10. Hong Kong democracy is ‘precious gift’ from Beijing, Regina Ip says

    Democracy is a precious gift that Beijing has given to Hong Kong, veteran politician Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee has said in an open letter appealing to residents to vote in the coming Legislative Council election. In the letter shared on social media by Ip on Tuesday, the Executive Council convenor also stressed that forms of “so-called democracy” contrary to the country’s Constitution or Hong Kong’s...