When compared side by side, the respective news briefings of China and Canada on the telephone talk between State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly on Tuesday, one can easily see where the two countries rub up against one another. In its brief, which does not mention what Wang […]
Iskra’s blockchain-powered Web3 game platform redefines existing game publishing models and brings the power back to game developers, game players, and investors Singapore, April 7, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – Iskra announced that it secured an investment of up to $34 million USD led by Krust Universe, an investment arm of Kakao, a Korean tech giant. Along with […]
Malaysian Genomics, airasia Super App, Speedoc and Unique Remedy Join Hands to Offer Health Solutions to airasia Super App’s 51 Mil Users PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, Apr 6, 2022 – (ACN Newswire) – Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad (Bursa: MGRC, 0155), a leading genomics and biopharmaceutical company, is pleased to announce the launch of its genetic screening plus personalised health […]
The International Bar Association was founded in 1947, and now comprises some 190 bar associations and law societies, including the Hong Kong Bar Association (HKBA). Although its founders hoped it “could contribute to global stability and peace through administration of justice”, it is only as good as its component parts, and it has sometimes gone […]
Long before the pandemic accelerated digitalization across almost all sectors, financial institutions in Hong Kong were already making investments to enhance their customer experience and spared no effort in driving greater cost efficiencies through technology. According to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, 86 percent of the city’s incumbent banks are actively integrating fintech applications. While […]
Either out of concern for personal commercial interests, or because they harbor an obsession with ideological bigotry, the capitulationists in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region have played up every issue or challenge that has arisen from the “dynamic zero infection” anti-COVID-19 strategy in an apparent attempt to pressure the SAR government into shifting to […]
Editor's Note: More than four decades of reform and opening-up have not only transformed China into the world's second-largest economy but also changed its people's lifestyle. A veteran journalist with China Daily tries to analyze how common folks view traditional Chinese medicine. A pharmacist fulfills a Chinese Traditional Medicine (TCM) prescription at Gansu Provincial Hospital […]
A resident scans a QR code of a mini-program to report health information in Beijing, March 10, 2020. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Innovative digital tools including health codes and itinerary codes have played a key role in China's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Facing repeated cluster outbreaks, China has used these digital tools as part of […]
(JIN DING / CHINA DAILY) Fast-growing companies and start-ups were once the preserve of Silicon Valley and Seattle. No longer. Today, the United States boasts several innovation hotspots, including Austin, Miami, New York City, and Washington, DC. In recent years, similar hubs have also emerged in Europe, including in Amsterdam, Berlin, Helsinki, London, Paris, and […]
The importance of reflecting on history is self-evident: It provides a mirror for us to remember and reflect upon the past, and it is a reminder to the next generation not to make the same mistakes in the future. In this regard, Japan falls short. It is a country that stubbornly chooses not to reflect […]
The disinformation campaign being waged against China over the Ukraine crisis has reached new heights, with The Times newspaper running a report on Friday accusing China of hacking Ukraine's defense and security departments before Russia's "invasion". Citing anonymous United States intelligence service and Ukrainian security service sources, the report is just the latest effort by […]
Volunteers help a resident register for nucleic acid test at a community in Songjiang district of Shanghai, April 4, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The fight against the latest wave of the novel coronavirus has entered a critical stage in Shanghai, where public health workers finished collecting samples for nucleic acid testing from all the city's […]
Seoul, South Korea, April 6, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – Protocon, a web 3.0-based Layer 1 blockchain development project, announced a yellowpaper related to “Contract Model,” an alternative technology to smart contracts, on the March 31st. Smart contract is a technology that was first proposed by Nick Szabo in 1996 and realized in Ethereum and is a representative […]
One cannot help feeling outraged over the obviously biased interview with US Consul General Hanscom Smith that the South China Morning Post (SCMP) did recently. It is so one-sided that it gives the impression that the reporter has allowed himself to be used as a propaganda mouthpiece for the US government! Tony-Kwok.jpg First, the timing. […]
The withdrawal of two eminent British judges, Lord Reed and Lord Hodge, from Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal sent shock waves through our legal and judicial circles. Their allegation that the local administration had departed from “values of political freedom, and freedom of expression” drew sharp rebukes from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The […]
The Western media often depicts the Chinese government as “totalitarian”. But what is a totalitarian government? It is, in general, a government formed by people who look after their own interests and dictate their will on the people. In China, we call this “usurping public power for private gains”, which is just another term for […]
Madrid, Spain, April 5, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – Elk Finance which is a decentralized network for cross-chain liquidity has announced the launch of its ElkNet v2 upgrade. ElkNet v2 is the first fully functional version of the ElkNet protocol, with security and efficiency as its highlighting upgrades. For more details, please visit Introducing: ElkNet v2 (Overview, Token […]
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, April 5, 2022- (SEAPRWire) – Swiss financial intermediary and FinTech platform YOUHODLER announce the listing of the popular ApeCoin (APE) to the platform. As of today, all clients can buy, exchange, trade, lend, and earn APE. Furthermore, YouHodler is offering a limited-time savings account interest rate of 30% APR for all APE deposits. These rates […]
There has, understandably, been much coverage of the recent decision by Lords Reed and Hodge to resign as non-permanent judges of Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal. They are both currently UK Supreme Court judges. Lord Reed is the president of that court and Lord Hodge is the deputy president. In late 2020, I wrote […]
Hong Kong has been navigating in its fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic for three months and the situation remains serious. Speculations and fallacies have ensued. Some said Hong Kong can’t maintain “zero-COVID” and must learn to “live with the virus”; some argued Hong Kong should scale back its quarantine measures immediately to “reconnect” with […]
To all Hong Kong law students, read all of your British textbooks on Law 101 with caution — the very country which invented common law has exerted undue pressure on its top judges, the very country which claims to bring rule of law to Hong Kong has delivered severe blows to its own rule of law, with judicial independence, […]
Achieves Profit for the Year attributable to the Owners of the Company of HK$15.2 millionBroadening Revenue Streams and Bringing New Impetus for Sustainable Growth HONG KONG, Mar 31, 2022 – (ACN Newswire) – Value Convergence Holdings Limited (“VC Holdings”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”; Stock Code: 0821.HK), a well-established and one-stop financial services institution in […]
Building up its Core Capabilities in GaN to Lay an All-round Strategic Layout for Business TransformationStriving to Become a Leading Supplier of Third-generation GaN Semiconductors in Greater China HONG KONG, Mar 31, 2022 – (ACN Newswire) – HG Semiconductor Limited (“HG Semiconductor”, together with its subsidiaries, “the Group”; stock code: 6908.HK) is pleased to announce its […]
MIVAS 2022 ended with a BANG! The biggest vape expo in Malaysia which was held for 2 days from 26/3 – 27/3 was a huge success! Elf Bar who was the main sponsor for MIVAS had launched their latest and newest disposable in MIVAS! The crowd went crazy with the debut of the 4000 puff disposable! […]
In light of technology moving in full speed, Trescon’s World AI Show will bring together pre-qualified CIOs, CEOs, CTOs, Heads of AI, Chief Digital Officers, Heads of Innovation and International AI experts under one roof and will also co-host World Al Awards to recognize outstanding innovations in this space. DUBAI, UAE, Mar 31, 2022 – (ACN Newswire) – World […]
Any day now, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is expected to call a general election. For weeks, the country has been in election mode and the momentum intensified following the Labor Party’s landslide victory over Morrison’s Liberal Party in the South Australian state election on March 19. Both Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese have […]
Whenever the United States takes actions against another nation, be it an invasion, an attempt to engineer regime change, wage a trade war or impose sanctions, the rationale it offers for the public is that it seeks to safeguard the rules-based international order (IO) it created after World War II. Ironically, the US itself is […]
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (1st left) attends the 48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, on March 22, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) For the first time, the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation invited a […]
The 23rd China-EU Leaders' Meeting to be held via video link on Friday is a great opportunity for the two sides to put bilateral relations on the right track after the unnecessary disruptions caused by the EU calling China "a negotiation partner, an economic competitor and a systemic rival" in March 2019. The Chinese side […]
(JIN DING / CHINA DAILY) The United States-led trans-Atlantic Western bloc, by imposing stringent and indiscriminate sanctions on Russia for ordering the special military operation in Ukraine, has not only gone against the basic principles of economics and politics but also ignored humanitarian issues and social norms. Principles that the Western society has always advocated […]