South China Morning Post

The Hong Kong business community is scrambling to figure out how to adapt to the Trump administration’s potential retaliation to China’s planned national security legislation for the city.

A Canadian court cleared a major hurdle for the extradition of a Chinese tech executive to the United States, in a case that has thrown China’s relations with Canada and the US into turmoil.

The US president said he may act this week against China after Beijing moved to impose a national security law on Hong Kong.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told the military it needs to be more prepared for armed confrontation.

We work to protect humanity not endanger it, says bat specialist at lab in Wuhan where the virus was identified in February. Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo have suggested that the lab was in fact the origin of the pandemic.

The country’s leader wants to pivot away from the export-driven model to focus on developing the domestic hi-tech sector and consumer markets. Some analysts say it could be in preparation for decoupling from the US and even the world at large.

A Chinese surveying expedition hopes to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain this week. If all goes to plan, their efforts could help settle a disagreement about its exact height.

Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho has died at 98. He spurred the former Portuguese colony to surpass Las Vegas as the world’s biggest gambling hub.

Beijing appears likely to pass a controversial national security law for Hong Kong that democracy advocates say would undermine the city’s freedoms.

China said it will not set an economic growth target for 2020. It could be a bad sign for the world’s second-largest economy.