• HKFP 2024 Reader Survey Results

    HKFP wishes to thank readers who took part in our 2024 Reader Survey. We received 315 responses – each of which will help us shape and prioritise our news coverage, and guide how we invest our limited resources. Answers to our open, qualitative questions represented a reassuring vote of confidence in our newsroom and understanding […]

  • Chinas State Council Appoints New Officials

    Chinas State Council announced the appointment of several new officials on Thursday. Long Teng was appointed vice minister of science and technology. He will no longer serve as president of the Beijing Institute of Technology. Liu Zhongyi and Hu Binchen were appointed assistant ministers of pub ..

  • APPSC AMVI 2023 exam results out; download your marksheet here

    Candidates who appeared for the exam can download their results from the official website psc.ap.gov.in.

  • United States, China expected to win most medals at Paris Olympics

    The Paris Olympics open in 100 days and the United States and China are expected to finish 1-2 in the overall and gold-medal count. The United States is projected to win 123 medals overall, including 39 golds. China is projected to win 35 gold and 89 overall. This forecast is done by Nielsen’s Gracenote Sports, which supplies statistical analysis for sports leagues around the world. It also tracks major competitions involving Olympic sports leading up to the Games.

  • China Slams Biden Administration Plan to Investigate Its Shipbuilding Industry

    China’s government blasted a Biden administration plan to launch a formal review of its maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sector, calling the investigation a mistake “based on the need of domestic politics.”

  • China's Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High In 2023

    China's Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High In 2023 By Tom Kool of OilPrice.com China’s crude oil imports hit a record high in 2023, rising by 10% year-over-year and breaking the previous record from 2020 when the world’s top crude oil importer took advantage of the price crash to gorge on cheap crude. Last year, China’s crude oil imports averaged 11.3 million barrels per day (bpd), up by 10% compared to 2022, according to Chinese customs data compiled by Bloomberg and the U.S....

  • China's state planner warns intensified EV price war on oversupply

    China's state planner expects an intensified price war among automakers of electric cars and plug-in hybrids this year because of overhanging supply, among other issues, the government body said in a statement on Monday. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) expected more than 110 new energy vehicle models among a total of 150 new cars launched this year, intensifying competition. NDRC also estimated the market demand for new energy vehicles, including EVs and plug-in hybrids, to...

  • Chinese professor of Japanese university missing in China since Feb 2023

    A Chinese professor of Japan's Asia University has become unreachable in China since February last year after he temporarily returned to his home country, sources familiar with bilateral relations said Sunday. Fan Yuntao, 61, was contacted by Chinese authorities before he disappeared, the sources said, adding he may have been

  • China's highflying EV industry is going global. Why that has Tesla and other carmakers worried

    The U.S.-China rivalry has a new flashpoint in the battle for technology supremacy: electric cars. So far, the U.S. is losing. Last year, China became the world’s foremost auto exporter, according to the China Passenger Car Assn., surpassing Japan with more than 5 million sales overseas. New energy vehicles accounted for about 25% of those exports, and more than half of those were created by Chinese brands, a shift from the traditional assembly role China has played for foreign automakers. “The...

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    China unveils highest-level Chu state tomb excavated to date

    HEFEI, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The Wuwangdun tomb excavated in east China's

  • Why it’s so hard for China’s chip industry to become self-sufficient

    This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. I don’t know about you, but I only learned last week that there’s something connecting MSG and computer chips. Inside most laptop and data center chips today, there’s a tiny component called…

  • [Photo Story] Penn State Wrestling’s 2023-24 Season

    Let's take a look back at some of our favorite photos from the Nittany Lions' historic season.