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POLITICSOct 8Man arrested after red paint splashed at joint office of ‘unhelpful’ lawmakersHong Kong police have arrested a man for allegedly splashing red paint at the joint office of two lawmakers whom he accused of being unhelpful. A source said on Thursday that police had arrested the 66-year-old man over the incident at the office shared by Kowloon East lawmaker Bill Tang Ka-piu and insurance sector legislator Chan Pui-leung. The force said it received a report at 6.40am from a security guard at Sau Mau Ping Estate that red paint had been splashed at an office in the estate’s Sau...South China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 8Why China’s new air force base in Laos could rattle VietnamA newly opened China-backed air force training centre in Laos could unsettle Vietnam, even as it aims to modernise Vientiane’s military and balance defence ties among Beijing, Moscow and Hanoi, observers say. China’s National Defence Ministry said last Tuesday that the joint support and training facility at Ban Keun Airport in the Laotian capital would strengthen the expertise of local air force pilots and was “not directed against any third party”. “The establishment and operation of the two...South China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 8South Korea pledges legal action over alleged fuel exports to RussiaUkrainian reports of South Korean fuel exports to Russia come amid strained tensions between Seoul and Kyiv.Al Jazeera [en]
BUSINESSOct 8EU and China open crunch trade talks in Beijing on hybrid car exportsEuropean Union trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic arrives in Beijing on Thursday for two days of high-stakes talks with China, with Brussels seeking a pilot agreement to curb the surge in Chinese hybrid-car exports and reduce a trade deficit now running at around €1 billion per day.RFI [en]
BUSINESSOct 8Can Europe finally get tough on China?Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is kicking off his visit to China today — and the stakes are high. On today’s show, Zoya Sheftalovich and Sarah Wheaton discuss the most important topic on the agenda: Europe’s trade deficit with China. France and Germany are finally on the same page and want Brussels to get tougher on […]Politico Europe
BUSINESSOct 8EU sends envoy to Beijing as rising exports from China raise economic anxietyThe European Union is bracing for a confrontation with China as a trade deficit exceeding $1 billion a day heightens anxiety over potential job losses and pushes the bloc’s political leaders to take a more aggressive approach toward its second-largest trading partnerThe Independent World
MILITARYOct 8US wraps up military mission in Iraq, giving Baghdad room to strengthen China tiesThe US has ended its military mission in Iraq, a move analysts said could give Baghdad more room for diversified partnerships and indirectly benefit China’s energy and commercial interests. But they cautioned that the shift was unlikely to create a power vacuum for Beijing to fill, with China lacking both the ambition and capacity to take on the US security role. The United States formally ended its Operation Inherent Resolve mission in Iraq on September 30, completing a withdrawal agreed on in...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 8As China and the EU begin crunch trade talks, optimism is in short supplyAs China and the European Union began a fresh round of trade talks in Beijing on Thursday, observers on both sides appeared to agree on one thing: a big breakthrough was unlikely. Chinese firms based in Europe said they hoped the talks could achieve some “limited progress” to help stabilise the trade relationship, while European analysts remained cautious about the potential outcome. “They’re bound to get some results,” said a Chinese source with knowledge of the talks, adding that EU Trade...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 8US bars Fiji-based man over corruption tied to ChinaThe State Department has accused the man of paying bribes to Fijian citizens to advance Chinese interests.Al Jazeera [en]
WORLDOct 8Helper arrested for allegedly slapping 5-year-old boy after he refuses to eatHong Kong police have arrested a foreign domestic helper for allegedly slapping a five-year-old boy who refused to eat his meal at a Kowloon City flat. Police received a report at about 11.57pm on Wednesday from the boy’s mother, who said her son had been ill-treated by her 37-year-old Filipino helper at their home at 97 Hau Wong Road. Police said the woman checked the flat’s CCTV footage after her son told her he had been slapped by the helper when she returned home. The footage showed the...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 8Japan Today Spotlight #83 | Why are foreign business owners leaving Japan?Japan has dramatically tightened its business manager visa requirements, raising the minimum capital requirement from ¥5 million to ¥30 million and introducing stricter conditions for foreign entrepreneurs. The…Japan Today
BUSINESSOct 8China boss gifts top employees new BMWs to protect them from harsh weather commutesA restaurant boss in China has received widespread online admiration for gifting brand-new BMWs to her top-performing employees because she hated seeing them brave harsh weather on electric bikes during their commutes. Ma Yanli, owner of a beef hotpot chain headquartered in Jiaozuo, in central Henan province, took some of her workers to collect their new BMWs on September 24. The cars, each priced at 300,000 yuan (US$45,000), had been bought by Ma two weeks earlier with full payment, Henan TV...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 8Will Huanggang Port opening boost spending at Shenzhen’s border retail shops?Retail businesses in Shenzhen are gearing up for the imminent opening of the revamped Huanggang Port at the border Hong Kong shares with mainland China, but some fear the area still lacks commercial appeal to make travellers stay. After six years of redevelopment, the expanded checkpoint is due to open on October 12, according to a source. It will adopt the “joint inspection” model for immigration clearance, which is expected to cut the previous clearance time from about 30 minutes to five...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 8The ‘G2’ illusion? After Xi-Trump summit, China wants equality while the US seeks dealsWashington and Beijing may have signed an agreement built around “reciprocity”. But a more consequential question remains unresolved: does it mean equal status for Beijing? Countries without a seat at the table are watching that ambiguity closely. The spectacle of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington – the tarmac greeting, the flyovers, the state dinner – has been interpreted less as courtesy than as a statement of rank. Some argue that China is no longer being treated as...South China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 8Army activates sustainment brigade as part of Pacific restructuringThe change will bring some additional soldiers to Okinawa, Japan.Defense One
DISASTEROct 8Boy, 13, rescued after climbing onto air-conditioning unit to escape fire in flatHong Kong firefighters have rescued a 13-year-old boy who climbed out a window onto the air-conditioning unit to escape a fire that broke out in his flat, while his mother has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect. Police received reports at 7.54pm on Wednesday that a fire had broken out in a flat at Tsui To House, one of the blocks of Tsui Ping (North) Estate in Kwun Tong. Online footage showed the boy, wearing only his underwear, climbing out of a window and onto the condenser unit as...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 8Protect the middle? Why Southeast Asia should care about a vulnerable classAs households across Southeast Asia face rising prices, higher borrowing costs and insecure jobs, analysts say governments should do more to protect a middle class that drives consumer spending but can fall between the cracks of social protection systems designed primarily for poorer households. The issue has come into sharper focus in the Philippines, where the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) urged the government in September to provide targeted support for the middle class to protect...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 8Beyond the summit: how US-China relations could still unravelThis year’s Chinese National Day reception in Washington felt noticeably jollier than those I have attended in recent years. The mood was more relaxed and Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng’s opening speech was upbeat. He even joked about the panda ambassadors at his own expense. The cheerful tone followed President Xi Jinping’s short but successful state visit to the US, during which his counterpart, President Donald Trump, gave him an unprecedented high-level reception that would have flattered even...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 8Mainland Chinese arrivals to Hong Kong beat ‘golden week’ forecast in just 6 daysMainland Chinese visitor arrivals in Hong Kong exceeded the government’s forecast for the entire National Day “golden week” holiday in the first six days, as major shopping centres and hotel operators reported brisk business. The city recorded 1.3 million mainland visitor arrivals over the first six days of the week-long break, up by 11.6 per cent from the same period last year and surpassing the government’s forecast of 1.29 million for the entire holiday, according to Immigration Department...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECHOct 8China races to build AI data centres across energy-rich hinterlandBeijing is rolling out computing infrastructure at breakneck speed in Inner MongoliaFinancial Times
MILITARYOct 8Japan explores ‘ownership’ of nuclear submarines as regional rivalries worsenJapan is expected to float the idea of acquiring a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines in revised security documents to be released later this year, with analysts suggesting that Tokyo’s initial aim is to promote discussion of the issue and overcome the public’s concerns. Analysts acknowledge there will inevitably be pushback from some sectors of Japan – the only nation to have suffered a nuclear attack – but say there is a growing recognition that regional rivalries are worsening and Japan...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 7EU-China trade talks begin in Beijing amid escalating pressureTalks will focus on the €1bn daily deficit and rare earth export restrictions.Al Jazeera [en]
CYBEROct 7‘China already has spies’ at US AI labs, claims ex-Anthropic researcherFormer Anthropic and OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon said he was 90 per cent certain that China already had spies inside both US artificial intelligence (AI) companies, without providing evidence. Coxon made the allegation in an interview with entrepreneur Patrick Bet-David on the PBD Podcast, arguing that China could steal advances from leading US AI labs and quickly close any technological gap. “Right now, if we just stopped, they would try and catch up. But I think one really important thing...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 7Samsung forecasts record third-quarter profit of $80 billion on the back of AI boomSamsung Electronics reported preliminary third-quarter earnings on Thursday, with operating profit forecast to top 100 trillion won for the first time.CNBC
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