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China’s birth rate plunged last year to its lowest level on record, official data showed on Monday, as its population shrank for a fourth straight year despite efforts to curb the decline.

Women push baby strollers as they walk along a street in Beijing on January 4, 2026. Photo: Adek Berry.

It is now threatened with a demographic crisis after its birth rate hal...


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Two more college student unions at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s have ceased operations, leaving behind only two other registered student unions representing colleges at the university.

Students at Chinese University of Hong Kong. Photo: GovHK.

The Chung Chi College Student Union (CCSU)


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China’s economy grew at one of the slowest rates in decades last year, according to official data released Monday, as officials struggle to overcome persistently low consumer spending and a debt crisis in the country’s property sector.

People walk out from a mall in Beijing on January 18, 2026. Photo: Wang Zhao/AFP.

While the five percent expansion was in line w...


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Hong Kong police will expand the use of drones for crime prevention to areas including The Peak, Cheung Chau and Lamma Island as part of a pilot scheme.

A sign in Lamma Island warning of police drones in operation pictured on January 19, 2026. Photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP.

Speaking to reporters, superintendent Tango Ko of the force’s Major Events Bureau said the secon...


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China’s foreign ministry in Hong Kong has condemned US lawmakers’ calls for Washington to strip the city’s trade offices of their privileges, slamming the move as evidence of “deep-seated ideological bias.”

The US Congress. File photo: Wikimedia Commons.

The Commissioner’s Office of the Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong’s comments in a Saturday


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