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The Sunny Side of the Street: Anthony Wong stars in refugee drama
scmp.com > lifestyle > entertainment > article...Yat's estranged son Hong (Endy Chow Kwok-yin), now a policeman, remains bitter about having had to live his entire childhood back in China without... ...The film is the absorbing, if somewhat contrived, first feature of Hong Kong-based Malaysian writer-director Lau Kok-rui. ... ...by Ahmed (Inderjeet Singh) -- a Pakistani asylum seeker who has long struggled to provide for his wife (Kiranjeet Gill) and 10-year-old, Hong Kong-born... ...son, Hassan (Sahal Zaman)....

Hong Kong and China fencers to battle it out for Paris Olympics spot
scmp.com > sport > hong-kong > article...Asian fencers have traditionally dominated the discipline, with three teams from the region, China, South Korea and Hong Kong, all reaching the previous... ...Fencers from Hong Kong and China begin their bids in April to qualify for the women's épée at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and it could come down to... ...vice-president of the Hong Kong Fencing Association, said.... ...In Tokyo, Sun Yiwen of China clinched the individual gold medal, while South Korea snatched a team silver after losing to Estonia in the final....

What Chinese artists think of art censorship examined in Hong Kong show
scmp.com > lifestyle > arts-culture > article...In part one of The Second Interrogation (2023), the new video from Beijing-based artist Wang Tuo on show at Blindspot Gallery in Hong Kong, an artist... ...Mimi Chun, the gallery owner, asked Wang during the opening, "So which type are you?" That's for the audience to decide, Wang replied.... ...opened fire at protesters in Beijing on the night of June 3, 1989, beginning in Tiananmen Square.... ...Poet , To Drag at the Backstage of Wonderland, and Writer in Winter Bar....

China's new ambassador to North Korea takes up post
scmp.com > news > china > diplomacy > article...and cooperation between China and North Korea," Mao Ning, a spokeswoman for the Chinese foreign ministry, said.... ...Wang Yajun was appointed more than two years ago, but the Chinese foreign ministry only confirmed his arrival in Pyongyang on Monday.... ...He was appointed as deputy director of the Chinese Communist Party's International Liaison Department -- which handles relations with other Communist... ...He spent years in administrative and research jobs at China Foreign Affairs University, an institution affiliated to the foreign ministry, and in...

Alibaba soars 13 per cent as tech stocks rally in Hong Kong on business revamp
scmp.com > business > banking-finance > article...Hong Kong stocks jumped as Alibaba Group Holding powered a rally in Chinese technology companies after the e-commerce market leader unveiled a business... ...Alibaba Group soared 13.6 per cent to HK$95.70 for the stock's biggest advance since a 21 per cent advance on November 4.... ...profits," said Wang Qi, CEO of MegaTrust Investment in Hong Kong.... ...Alibaba Health Information jumped 7 per cent to HK$6.42 and JD.com advanced 3.6 per cent to HK$161.70, while Tencent Holdings gained 2.1 per cent...

Netflix drama Copycat Killer: Taiwanese whodunit about a media ...
scmp.com > lifestyle > entertainment > article...The cast includes familiar faces from big and small screens, among them Wu Kang-ren, Cammy Chiang Yi-jung and Ruby Lin Hsin-ru, who all featured... ...Adapted from a novel by prolific Japanese author Miyuki Miyabe, the show is produced by Greener Grass Production, the team behind The Victims" Game... ...Tou Chung-hua, Alice Ko Chia-yen, Hsia Teng-hung and Fandy Fan Shao-hsun also star.... ...Chang Jung-chi, who directed Fan in the 2019 basketball drama We Are Champions , co-directs the series with Henri Chang Heng-ju....

Hong Kong customs seizes electronic goods worth HK$30 million, bound for mainland China, in city's largest smuggling case at land border in 5 years...
scmp.com > news > hong-kong > law-and-crime > article...Shenzhen at the Man Kam To control point.... ...Electronic goods worth HK$30 million (US$3.8 million) were confiscated from a truck heading to mainland China at a Hong Kong checkpoint earlier this... ...28 boxes of lobsters worth HK$560,000 seized in Hong Kong but suspects escape Senior Inspector Wong Chi-man of customs" cargo and vehicle processing... ...Senior Inspector Cheung Yip-tai of customs" syndicated crimes investigation bureau said a follow-up investigation showed the consignor was a non-registered...

President Biden plans to visit Northern Ireland amid increased terror threat
scmp.com > news > world > united-states-canada > article...Ireland secretary, Chris Heaton-Harris.... ...Belfast by President Joe Biden.... ..."Brexit" created new trade barriers between Northern Ireland, a plurality Catholic part of UK, and the rest of Britain.... ...But hostilities have simmered since, with Britain's decision to exit the European Union three years ago worsening tensions....

Divorce Attorney Shin midseason recap: engaging legal K-drama on Netflix
scmp.com > lifestyle > article...Sung-han, his office manager Jang Hyeong-geun (Kim Sung-kyun) and Jo Jeong-sik (Jung Moon-sung), the property agent working below their law firm... ...The Cho Seung-woo vehicle Divorce Attorney Shin , in which the Stranger star plays piano prodigy-turned-divorce lawyer Shin Sung-han, has displayed... ...Chun-seok appears in his office after having received his card from Jin Yeong-ju (Noh Susanna) from the powerful Keumhwa Law Firm that represents... ...Chun-seok is married to the much younger Vietnamese woman Dinh Thi Hoa (Kim Huong Ji-yun), who is seeking a divorce and custody of their child, claiming...

Is Alibaba's US$34 billion stock rally justified? Here's what some analysts say
scmp.com > business > article...Is the US$32 billion overnight gain in market value in New York, and HK$21 billion (US$2.7 billion) in Hong Kong, justified?... ...Investors persevering with Alibaba Group were richly rewarded after the stock logged the biggest gain since November.... ...[Alibaba is the owner of the South China Morning Post]. Brock Silvers, Kaiyuan Capital: Beijing's hidden hand?... ..."Alibaba's break-up appears to have been orchestrated by Beijing, along with Jack Ma's sudden reappearance," managing director Silvers said....