China’s best-selling electric vehicle, the Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV, set a new monthly sales record in October of an amazing 47,834. That’s more than a 100% increase over October 2020 and pretty close to the 50,000 mark, which might…
Read MoreHong Kong: Six school pupils, teacher and university worker arrested over alleged plot to plant bombs around city
Six secondary school pupils and a teacher are among nine people arrested over an alleged bomb plot in Hong Kong. The pupils were trying to make an explosive called triacetone triperoxide (TATP) in a homemade laboratory in a hostel, police…
Read MoreHong Kong: Media tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed over pro-democracy protests
Billionaire Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been imprisoned over his role in pro-democracy protests. Mr Lai, founder of opposition newspaper Apple Daily, was one of several activists who appeared in court on Friday who had been earlier found…
Read MoreChina: Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV Sales Exceed 43,000 Sales YTD
Initial reports say that more than 17,000 were sold in the slow month of February. The tiny Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV continues to be the best-selling electric vehicle in China in February, although the volume is of course lower…
Read MoreHong Kong schools to teach children as young as six about colluding with foreign forces
Children as young as six will be taught about colluding with foreign forces and subversion under controversial new guidelines for schools in Hong Kong. They are being introduced via a security law imposed on Hong Kong by China in June…
Read MoreCovid 19 coronavirus: Hong Kong’s first lockdown exposes deep-rooted inequality
The city’s notorious tenement apartments are potential hotbeds of transmission, with their cramped quarters, faulty piping and poor ventilation. When Shirley Leung, 60, woke up enclosed in Hong Kong’s first coronavirus lockdown, she surveyed the tiny room she shares with…
Read MoreA Recruiter Finds Her Marriage Match, With Due Diligence
Serinna Chau knows how to dig into the backgrounds of prospective candidates, evaluate their strengths and weakness and match them with suitable roles. It’s her job as a senior associate at Spencer Stuart, a recruiting and consulting firm based in…
Read MoreChina: Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV Amazes With 35,000+ Sales In December
In just seven months, the company managed to produce and sell some 127,000 of those tiny EVs. According to the first media reports from China, the Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV once again increased sales, reaching 35,388 units in December…
Read MoreHong Kong temporarily blocks airlines' routes into the city in Covid-19 prevention measure
Hong Kong has put a temporary ban on four international airlines flying specific routes into the city under a new law aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19, the Hong Kong government told CNN Friday. In a blow to potential…
Read MoreHong Kong in first recession for a decade
Hong Kong has confirmed it has entered its first recession for a decade as it continues to be gripped by protests. Its economy shrank 3.2% in the July-to-September period compared with the prior quarter, figures showed, confirming earlier preliminary data….
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