An AI-generated anti-drug video from Hong Kong’s Correctional Services Department is facing backlash for allegedly making substances look too appealing. The video was released by authorities on 26 June for International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The BBC’s Chinese service reporter Martin Yip explains how the controversy unfolded. Source link
Zhang Yadi, 23, also known as Tara, is supposed to be studying at a prestigious university in the UK. Instead she is believed to be in detention in China. In one of her last posts on the social media platform “X”, she wished the Dalai Lama a happy 90th birthday. She had also helped edit…
The BBC joined US, Japanese and Australian troops in remote North Queensland, where they trained together in some of Australia’s toughest terrain. But why were these exercises taking place in Australia – a country not at war, thousands of kilometres from today’s major conflicts? Our Australia correspondent Katy Watson explains. Source link
The rise of the NSE, meanwhile, mirrors the explosion of retail investing in India, as millions of mom-and-pop investors entered the stock market during the pandemic. Fuelled by cheap mobile data and rising smartphone use, the number of online trading accounts surged from about 30 million to more than 200 million. Its listing, long delayed…
Guo Wengui, who was once believed to be one of China’s richest businessmen, has been sentenced to 30 years in jail in the US for running a billion dollar scam. The former property tycoon had fled China to the US in 2017, where he reinvented himself as a Communist Party critic and built a loyal…
“Back then, a lot of people cut down their rubber trees or oil palms to grow durians. A lot of the trees [planted then] are now starting to bear fruit,” says Lu Yuee Thing, the owner of several durian farms near the Malaysian town of Raub. Over the last decade, Malaysia’s durian exports, to China…
A leading journalists’ body in India has condemned what it says is the denial of voting and passport rights to a former editor. R Rajagopal, who worked at The Telegraph newspaper, says, external his passport renewal was held up after his name was removed from the electoral roll in West Bengal during a controversial voter…
South Korea has unveiled plans for about $1tn (£760bn) of investments to build out the country’s chip manufacturing and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in the coming years. It is part of the country’s so-called Three Mega Projects to develop new chip production hubs, data centres and robotics technology. The plan is aimed at rejuvenating the…
Kabul, in turn, has previously accused Islamabad of carrying out unprovoked attacks in which civilians were killed – though Pakistan says it only targets militants. The two countries had agreed to a ceasefire last October following weeks of deadly clashes. As with past internationally-mediated truce deals, however, that ceasefire has since fallen apart. The BBC…
Hong Myung-bo has resigned as head coach of South Korea’s men’s national football team after they failed to advance to the World Cup knockout stage. The team had hoped they could still qualify for the next round of the tournament as one of the best third-placed teams, but that hope was quashed on Saturday. The…