South China Morning Post SCMP 南華早報

2023-05-28 16:32:39 Thailand says 1 million Chinese tourists visited from January to mid-May

About 274,000 Chinese visitors headed to the Southeast Asian country last year, compared with 11 million in pre-pandemic 2019.

Sun, 28 May 2023 21:32:09 +0800
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2023-05-28 16:09:42 Smooth launch for Hong Kong’s new electronic toll system at Lion Rock Tunnel, but official warns real test will be Monday’s peak-hour traffic

Road tunnel begins only accepting payments through HKeToll system, requiring drivers to pay flat rate of HK$8 through detection tags.

Sun, 28 May 2023 21:09:09 +0800
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2023-05-28 15:55:54 US teens facing criminal charges after flatulence prank sends classmates to hospital

Two students have been charged with possession of a prohibited weapon after flatulence odour permeated their school; they could be put behind bars for 10 years.

Sun, 28 May 2023 20:55:23 +0800
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2023-05-28 15:55:52 How will talent dividend keep China competitive as its population shrinks and ages?

Chinese authorities, playing down the disappearance of the demographic dividend that powered decades of rapid economic development, have stressed that China’s talent pool is booming.

Sun, 28 May 2023 08:00:10 +0800
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2023-05-28 15:30:56 Chinese city names and shames big debtors in public demand for repayment

Wuhan’s finance bureau says more than 250 entities, including SOEs, have failed to pay back millions owed to the local government.

Sun, 28 May 2023 20:30:42 +0800
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2023-05-28 15:26:48 Hong Kong motorists’ group calls for more vehicles to be allowed to enter mainland China daily under new scheme

Mainland China boosts capacity to inspect vehicles of Hong Kong drivers wanting to travel to Guangdong.

Sun, 28 May 2023 20:26:29 +0800
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2023-05-28 14:15:00 UK aims to deter Albanian refugees with ‘make clear the perils’ ad campaign

Critics said ‘PR spin’ would not deter people ‘who have experienced some of worst things imaginable’. Albanians are the most common nationality applying for asylum, with most arriving by boat across the Channel.

Sun, 28 May 2023 19:14:42 +0800
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2023-05-28 14:05:17 Hong Kong to sizzle in coming days, with mercury to hit 38 degrees Celsius in some areas as Super Typhoon Mawar approaches northern Philippines

Subsiding air from Super Typhoon Mawar to cause sweltering temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to city’s weather forecaster.

Sun, 28 May 2023 19:04:42 +0800
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2023-05-28 14:03:11 China Southern Airlines suspends Singapore ground staff over verbal abuse complaint, days after Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific scandal

According to video recorded by passenger, man in uniform behind the check-in desk said in Mandarin ‘If you want to be a dog, I can treat you like one’.

Sun, 28 May 2023 19:03:00 +0800
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2023-05-28 13:14:44 Meet the tiny jumping spider that walks like a feisty ant to evade predators

Siler collingwoodi evades spider-eating spiders but does not fool all hunters, Peking University researchers find.

Sun, 28 May 2023 18:00:17 +0800
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