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Black Myth: Wukong, more than an action role-playing game

THE ACCLAIMED ACTION role-playing game 'Black Myth: Wukong' quickly topped the sales charts on many gaming platforms and set a record of over 3 million concurrent users on Steam. It is worth mentioning that 'Black Myth: Wukong' has not only won the hearts of gamers at home and abroad, but even people who are not…

October 25, 20240Comments ByEmily Zhou

Chinese food Culture

Pastry lovers indulge in Chinese bakery chain’s delicacies

CHINESE POPULAR BAKERY chain Baoshifu (鮑師傅), also known as Bao's Pastry, has lured foodies into indulging themselves with palm-sized cakes and pastry delicacies. Founded by pastry master Bao Caisheng (鮑才勝), Bao’s Pastry signature delicacies include pork meat floss cakes (肉鬆小貝) and fluffy cakes with milky cream. Fluffy cakes are wrapped with meat floss, plus rich…

October 25, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

News

US sees largest fossil fuel increase in history

THE RECORD BOOM in oil production in the United States is something to be proud of, Kamala Harris believes, echoing her rival Donald Trump. Production hit an all-time high of 12.9 million barrels a day during her period as Vice President—and this fact has become a proud boast she churns out regularly. “We have had…

October 24, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news

Global wind farm growth goes into reverse, except in China: new study

THE EFFORTS OF a single country are keeping the world's wind-power farms in growth mode, new data reveals. Without China, "wind farm installations may actually fall slightly this year," BloombergNEF reported yesterday. More than 130 nations last year agreed to triple clean power capacity by the end of the decade, but China is one of…

October 24, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News News

Hong Kong sets sights on health and medical innovation hub

Hong Kong’s health authorities have set their sights to revamp incumbent mechanism of registering new medicine and medical devices, transforming Hong Kong into a global health and medical innovation hub. Delivering a keynote speech on the second day of HKBIO 2024 conference, Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau said the city has strived to become an…

October 21, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

Hong Kong News News

Shanghai’s Fudan University strives to enhance biotech innovation and groom talents

Shanghai-based Fudan University has accelerated its efforts on biotech scientific exploration and decoding of life sciences to enhance precision medicine and healthcare management, as well as grooming more top-notch talents. Delivering a keynote speech on the closing day of the BIOHK 2024 conference, Fudan University’s President Jin Li (金力校長) said that the institution has been…

October 21, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

Hong Kong News News

Biotech enterprises and start-ups thrive in Hong Kong

Hong Kong's government has accentuated support to the research and development (R&D) in life and health technology and fostered more businesses and start-ups from around the world to invest in the city. Speaking to biotech firms and venture capitals’ top management, executives and investors on the third day of BIOHK 2024 conference, Dr Cathy Lui…

October 21, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

Culture News

China has quietly launched the world’s biggest innovation contest

THE NEXT EDISON (or Elon) may well be in China this week. The world's largest competition for young inventors has been underway in the country—and came to a climax last night (Tuesday 15 Oct 2024). Hundreds of finalists were in Shanghai for the finals of the China International College Students' Innovation Competition. It's a big…

October 15, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News News

Sports tourism poised to inject fresh vibrancy to Hong Kong

HONG KONG CAN embrace tourism and entertainment activities with mega-sized sports events to woo more global tourist arrivals amid the grand opening of the Kai Tak Sports Park, and the co-hosting of the 2025 National Games, the sports sector’s leaders and think tank Our Hong Kong Foundation said last week. The Kai Tak Sports Park…

October 14, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

Chinese history Culture Features Opinion

The extraordinary ‘warring states’ history of the global west

Yes, the west IS addicted to war. We may think that all nations or regions have a similar propensity to conflict - think of China's "warring states" period. But when we consider history, we find that the global west actually has a significantly higher propensity to take up arms against whoever it wants to. Richard…

October 3, 20240Comments ByRichard Cullen

Black Myth: Wukong, more than an action role-playing game

Pastry lovers indulge in Chinese bakery chain’s delicacies

US sees largest fossil fuel increase in history

Global wind farm growth goes into reverse, except in China: new study

Hong Kong sets sights on health and medical innovation hub

Shanghai’s Fudan University strives to enhance biotech innovation and groom talents

Biotech enterprises and start-ups thrive in Hong Kong

China has quietly launched the world’s biggest innovation contest

Sports tourism poised to inject fresh vibrancy to Hong Kong

The extraordinary ‘warring states’ history of the global west

Hong Kong comic book artists take wing to show off their art

After the rain, the world looks different: thoughts on Trump’s return

US thinks China’s culture is a mirror of its own. It isn’t