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Hong Kong tests student housing land sales as office market slowdown curbs tenders
Hong Kong is testing purpose-built student housing as an alternative land-sale model, as weak demand for commercial sites pushes the government to explore uses that can still attract investor interest. The Development Bureau on Tuesday invited expressions of interest (EOI) for student hostel development on three commercially zoned sites in Kai Tak, Siu Lek Yuen in Sha Tin, and Tung Chung East, marking the first time the government had proposed selling land through open tender with use restricted...

Asthma has no cure. For some, the risk is written in this gene, China team finds
People carrying a specific gene mutation could have a significantly higher risk of developing the respiratory condition asthma, according to Chinese scientists who have created a detailed immune cell atlas. The team has mapped how genetic variations influence immune cell function and disease development, creating a tool to help researchers understand how particular gene variations make people more likely to develop certain diseases and potentially guide the development of precise treatments,...

Nearly all residents in historic China village act in local TV miniseries; even livestock are hired
A Chinese village with 600 years of history has become a miniseries filming hub, with nearly all its villagers and livestock taking part. The “cast” even includes a donkey which is paid 500 yuan (US$70) a day. Yuanqiao village, which is administered by Dengfeng in Henan province, central China, shot to fame on social media because many television miniseries have been made there, the Dahe News reported. Miniseries have become popular in China in recent years. According to the China internet...

China doubling down on consumption as route out of export reliance: ex-PBOC official
China is pushing consumption to grow faster than overall economic expansion as the nation accelerates a shift to domestic demand-driven growth amid external criticism over trade imbalances, a former deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China said at the World Economic Forum. “The policy says consumption growth [should be] stronger than GDP growth … [and] income growth will be higher than GDP growth,” Zhu Min said in Davos, Switzerland, explaining that this is the key performance indicator for...

Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil activist admits subversion, 2 deny national security charges

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