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China doesn’t want to lead alone on climate policies, senior adviser warns

Exclusive: A top official in Beijing’s Cop delegation says China is committed to clean energy – but US’s absence is a problem China is committed to the energy transition needed to avert climate breakdown – but does not want to take the lead alone in the absence of the US, one of the country’s senior advisers has told the Guardian. Wang Yi said China would provide more money to vulnerable countries, but the EU’s climate commissioner has warned Beijing is not doing enough to cut emissions. Continue reading… Source link

Business

Hong Kong to set up firm to speed up San Tin Technopole, boost I&T industry

Hong Kong authorities will consider setting up a company to drive the development of a new innovation hub near the border, with the base focusing on prototyping, pilot production and small-scale manufacturing as strategic bets for the future. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong said on Thursday that the five-phase development of the San Tin Technopole would take 10 years to complete preliminarily, with the project expected to provide over 300,000 full-time jobs and… Source link

Business

Hong Kong firms pick Saudi Arabia over mainland China for expansion: HSBC

Hong Kong businesses are increasingly turning to Saudi Arabia as their top choice for supply chain diversification amid changing trade conditions, according to an HSBC survey. Nearly a fifth of Hong Kong businesses identified Saudi Arabia as their preferred market to expand production, followed by mainland China at 14 per cent, according to the survey released on Thursday. Interest was strongest among technology, media and telecommunications firms. Favourable policies bolstered the trend, the… Source link

China

Labrador lost on China beach found 1,500km away 3 months later, reunited with owner

A pet dog in China has been miraculously found 1,500km from home and reunited with her owner three months after she went missing. September the Labrador was lost on August 13, at a beach in Qingdao, in eastern China’s Shandong province. According to her owner, surnamed Gao, the dog walked out by herself while playing in her garden. By the time she noticed, September was already missing. She checked the surveillance footage from a nearby beer festival and discovered September walking away with… Source link

Technology

Chris McCausland: Seeing into the Future – an astonishing look at how tech is changing disabled people’s lives

Prepare to have your perspective shattered by the comedian’s visits to our US tech overlords. The upcoming advancements for those with disabilities are life-changing Washing machines liberated women to get soul-crushing jobs that ate up their free time. Social media gave the world one revolution – before it destabilised democracies everywhere else. Now AI is here, and its main job seems to be replacing screenwriters. It’s easy to fall into techno-pessimism, but new documentary Seeing into the Future (Sunday 23 November, 8pm, BBC Two) has a different angle. For disabled people, tech has already brought about life-changing advancements. And…

Business

Hong Kong Primary Three pupils’ English competency rebounds to record high 83.2%

The English competency level of Hong Kong’s Primary Three pupils has reached a record high in a citywide assessment by authorities, marking a recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Results for this year’s Territory-wide System Assessment, released on Thursday, showed that English proficiency for Primary Three, Primary Six and Form Three pupils has improved from last year, reversing a downward trend since the outbreak of the pandemic. Notably, 83.2 per cent of the city’s Primary Three pupils have… Source link

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China’s top science academy chief to promote plenum spirit at Hong Kong seminar

The president of mainland China’s premier science institution will host a seminar in Hong Kong next week to “study and implement” the spirit of the fourth plenum, which sets the tone for the ruling Communist Party’s Central Committee’s policymaking over the next five years. A Hong Kong government spokesman said on Thursday that the seminar, to be held next Tuesday, would promote the spirit of the fourth plenary session of the party’s 20th Central Committee among various sectors of the… Source link