Hong Kong Free Press
Activist Tam Tak-chi, also known as “Fast Beat,” was fined and jailed by the District Court in April 2022 for 40 months for 11 charges including uttering seditious words.
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This page is an archive of main headlines from China for 08.01.2025.
It displays 40 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
08.01.2025 ⇢ Day of Mountain Rescue at Heaven's Height
⌨State media maintained intense coverage of Tibet's Shigatse earthquake rescue efforts, with operational challenges at high altitudes emerging as central focus. Death toll stabilized at 126, with rescuers struggling against time and cold.
The government continued parallel narratives of Xi's anti-corruption campaign through coordinated messaging across state outlets, while economic reports revealed significant shifts: China's lithium reserves reached second globally, and car trade-in subsidies extended to 2025.
Hong Kong coverage highlighted legal system changes, with foreign judges excluded from Tam Tak-chi's sedition appeal and questions raised about Tiananmen vigil activists' trial fairness. Military developments surfaced with the death of a prominent drone scientist, while reports emerged of increased aerial confrontation risks with Philippines in South China Sea.
Scientific community developments showed continued brain drain, with mathematician Hu Yijuan joining the ongoing US exodus.
The government continued parallel narratives of Xi's anti-corruption campaign through coordinated messaging across state outlets, while economic reports revealed significant shifts: China's lithium reserves reached second globally, and car trade-in subsidies extended to 2025.
Hong Kong coverage highlighted legal system changes, with foreign judges excluded from Tam Tak-chi's sedition appeal and questions raised about Tiananmen vigil activists' trial fairness. Military developments surfaced with the death of a prominent drone scientist, while reports emerged of increased aerial confrontation risks with Philippines in South China Sea.
Scientific community developments showed continued brain drain, with mathematician Hu Yijuan joining the ongoing US exodus.
08.01.2025
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00:04⇢Tibet's Holy City Trembles: 126 Dead
⌨The newspapers extensively cover the devastating earthquake in Tibet's Shigatse region, with death toll now reaching 126 and 188 injured (BBC Chinese, China Daily, Global Times). State media emphasizes Xi's order for rescue operations (China Military Online, China Daily). In parallel, coverage continues of unemployment rate controversies (SCMP) while Hong Kong reports on Tam Tak-chi's sedition case proceeding without foreign judges (HKFP).
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中国中央电视台
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South China Morning Post
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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Hong Kong Free Press
The government on Tuesday introduced a string of measures it said would “enhance” the New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme, which was revived last March to attract capital and high earners to the city.
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经济观察网
2024年1月4日，昆山新莱洁净应用材料股份有限公司披露：公司实际控制人、董事长兼总经理李水波和郭红飞、朱孟勇、贾巧玲、方丰等4名高管收到江苏证监局下发的《行政处罚决定书》，因内幕交易新莱应材，被处以金额不等的罚款。
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Hong Kong Free Press
Passport holders from 54 countries and territories – including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan – require an ETA to enter the UK from Wednesday. Transit passengers are required to have a valid ETA, even if they do not intend to pass through UK border control.
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South China Morning Post
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Global Times
As respiratory diseases enter a peak period in winter, multiple foreign media outlets have been exaggerating reports of a surge ...
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South China Morning Post
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South China Morning Post
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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China Daily
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日喀则地震后，中国多地救援团队尝试赶往现场，由于当地气候环境复杂，救援难度大。作为旅游胜地，地震或将使得当地游客数量减少，多位从业者对BBC表示担忧。
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日喀则地震后，中国多地救援团队尝试赶往现场，由于当地气候环境复杂，救援难度大。作为旅游胜地，地震或将使得当地游客数量减少，多位从业者对BBC表示担忧。
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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The number of class-action lawsuits accepted by China’s courts has jumped in the last few months as the government seeks to boost confidence in the stock market
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Xinhua News Agency
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10:40⇢High Altitude Hampers Tibet Quake Rescue
⌨The newspapers continue coverage of the Shigatse earthquake aftermath, with focus shifting to rescue challenges in Tibet's high altitude and impact on local tourism (BBC Chinese). State media maintains extensive coverage of Xi's anti-corruption campaign (Beijing Daily, China Daily, Xinhua), while economic reporting highlights extension of car trade-in subsidies to 2025 (Caixin Chinese) and increase in class-action lawsuits against Chinese companies (Caixin Global).
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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Hong Kong Free Press
West Kowloon Cultural District Authority in 2023 said that a HK$21.6 billion government endowment was expected to run out by March, and proposed “making good use of its land resources” to shore up its finances.
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The disciplinary body of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has called for confidence and perseverance in the protracted war ...
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South China Morning Post
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China Daily
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Hong Kong Free Press
Chow Hang-tung maintained that the Alliance had been wrongfully accused of being a foreign agent and therefore the information request at the centre of the case had not been justified. “A deer cannot become a horse just because someone believes it to be,” she told the judges.
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South China Morning Post
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South China Morning Post
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South China Morning Post
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China on Wednesday continued its extensive disaster relief operations following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Dingri county in Xigaze city ...
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China Military Online
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China Daily
Steam rising from pots simmering over fires and the cold breath of people huddled together in front of tents at -16 C gave the semblance of life returning to normal in Dingri on Wednesday, a day after the county in Shigatse, Xizang autonomous region, was struck by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake.
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South China Morning Post
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Deutsche Welle 中文网
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China Daily
As 2025 gets underway, BRICS has continued its expansion, with Indonesia formally joining as its newest full member and eight other nations becoming partner countries.
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23:52⇢Anti-Graft Summit Meets as BRICS Grows
⌨The newspapers report heightened coverage of anti-corruption efforts following the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's meeting (Beijing Daily, China Military Online, Xinhua). BRICS expansion gains attention with Indonesia's formal membership and eight new partner countries (China Daily). In parallel, coverage continues of Tibet earthquake relief operations (Global Times), while COSCO responds to US military enterprise listing (Caixin Chinese), and BYD faces labor controversy in Brazil (SCMP).
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中国中央电视台
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