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Cities across China have adorned major landmarks with national flags and vibrant floral displays to usher in the National Day holiday, transforming capital thoroughfares, historic squares, and scenic spots into festive showcases. China’s National Day, observed on October 1, commemorates the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, with this year marking…
HONG KONG, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Final Judging and Awards Presentation Ceremony of the “Hong Kong/Shanghai Co-operation Open Data Challenge (HSODC) 2026”, jointly steered by the Digital Policy Office (DPO) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Data, and curated by B4B (Hong Kong Big Data…
BEIJING, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A report from China Daily. Tourism industry representatives from Hainan, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan visited the Baihualing Tropical Rainforest Cultural Tourism Area in September 2026. A recent tourism exchange in Hainan highlighted a range of travel experiences that could appeal to Hong Kong visitors, from space-themed study tours…
Holidaymakers are combining the seven-day “Golden Week” beginning Oct. 1 with the Mid-Autumn Festival, which in 2026 fell on Sept. 25 for a 13-day break. Golden Week, the biggest autumn holiday break in China, is typically a gauge of household spending. Yet in 2026, it coincides with weak consumer demand, deflationary pressure and a years-old…
Classic rock fans, we’ve got big news. Rod Stewart has announced his final ever UK tour. Titled The Final Encore, it’ll stop by major British cities in April and May 2027. Sir Rod has said that the tour is ‘most definitely my last’ – and so, appropriately, it’ll see him play a solid number of…
For two years, large language model (LLM) specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov, 25, had been building an artificial intelligence (AI)-native platform for German medical practices to make healthcare more efficient. Cem Araz, a medical school graduate and founder of preventive health start-up heal.health, was also developing healthcare technology solutions and looking for ways to scale his ventures…
Manitoba is trying to position itself to capture a share of Ottawa’s commitment to increase defence spending — with the ultimate goal of becoming an aerospace and military hub. Manitoba is holding an invitation-only summit this week with aerospace and defence industry experts from the United Kingdom. Topics such as Arctic defence and sovereignty, supply…
Surat: Six traders from the city were allegedly duped of around Rs 5.5 lakh by a travel agent who promised to arrange a business trip to China and Hong Kong, including a visit to the Canton Fair, police said.On the basis of a complaint from Raghwendrasinh Puwar (30), an FIR was registered at Umra police…
Broadcaster Jung jun-ha faced an unexpected situation while traveling in Hong Kong when he had no cash and had to borrow money. On the 29th, a video titled “[먹어서 세계속으로] SIKSIN walks and dips into Hong Kong’s street food fight” was released on Jung jun-ha’s YouTube channel. That day, Jung jun-ha and chef Kwon Seong-jun…
The Maritime Safety Administration of south China’s Guangdong Province and the Marine Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Monday signed work arrangements to push forward cross-boundary individual yacht travel. That followed smooth implementation of the northbound travel of yachts from Hong Kong and Macao SARs to the nine Chinese mainland…