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#ChinaCanvas Heavy snow blanketed Daqing, China’s Heilongjiang province, on Tuesday, turning a wetland into a vast white wonderland. Amid the frozen lake and patches of open water, flocks of whooper swans were seen resting and foraging — quietly building up their strength for the long journey south. ❄️🦢 #WhooperSwan

#ChinaDailyCartoon #Japan's growing appetite for military spending

Thirty-five listed companies and public sector organizations have been recognized by the #HongKong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) for raising their standards and excelling in corporate governance and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices. buff.ly/vjeqEfG

AC Milan's #EuropaLeague hopes suffered a blow after they slumped to a 2-0 home defeat by Ferencvaros on Thursday, while ‌Olympique de Marseille secured their first win of the campaign with a 1-0 victory at Bayer Leverkusen and Juventus beat AZ Alkmaar 2-1. buff.ly/9f0qlaJ

#China's top legislature on Friday adopted a law to combat cross-border corruption, providing strong legal support for investigating cross-border corruption cases. buff.ly/j24W4Wc

#HongKong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (#HKEX) posted record revenue and profit for the first nine months of 2026, driven by growth across multiple asset classes, although global uncertainty weighed on its third-quarter performance. buff.ly/XBy2YiU

Far more than just a tropical getaway of coconuts, sandy beaches and palm trees, #Hainan is rolling out the welcome mat for #HongKong and #Macao tourists, especially families. The island province is showcasing its lesser-known treasures, including restorative eco-sanctuaries, elite dive sites, and centuries-old fishing communities. buff.ly/bagPjQk

Dark skies are more than just a tourist attraction. They are vital to astronomical research and wildlife. Protecting them means striking a balance between environmental conservation and development. Across #China, efforts to preserve this resource are taking different forms. #environment bit.ly/3V4Z1Ej

Autumn paints #Beijing in a breathtaking palette of colors. Along the historic Beijing Central Axis, centuries-old architecture stands in beautiful harmony with golden foliage, creating a picture-perfect scene where history and #autumn charm meet. #ChinaTravel

When anthropomorphized companionship is packaged as a partner, #AI stops being a tool. Instead, it becomes the object of a relationship that demands users take responsibility for it — and that fosters an exclusive dependence, experts said. #China has already moved to address these risks.  buff.ly/LSZbyZI

#ChinaDailyCartoon: Chinese goods gain global popularity. #MadeInChina

Two of the city’s preeminent dance collectives — Hong Kong Dance Company and Hong Kong Ballet — have turned to Chinese heritage for their recent and upcoming shows, be it as ancient as the fourth-century Mogao Caves or has to do with relatively recent history, as in the case of ’70s martial-arts superstar Bruce Lee. #HongKong buff.ly/EKP5bF3

On Nov 6, the sculpture "Dancing Pumpkin" by the late internationally renowned artist Yayoi Kusama was installed at The Twins in Kai Tak, #HongKong. Standing about five meters high with a diameter of eight meters, it is the largest pumpkin sculpture the artist has ever created and represents the only permanent public display of the work across Asia. To celebrate its debut, the exhibition “Dancing Pumpkin: Hello Hong Kong!” kicked off the same day and will run until March 31, 2027. The show features prints from Kusama’s studio, alongside Hong Kong’s first Yayoi Kusama pop-up store. (Adam Lam/China Daily) #YayoiKusama

#China's second domestically built large cruise ship, Adora Flora City, was delivered in Shanghai on Friday. buff.ly/nnOEv0R

#GBAPulse From real-time life-saving bioprobes that can preempt heart attacks to cost-effective catalysts driving China’s hydrogen energy transition. Since moving to #HongKong SAR from France more than two decades ago, eminent scientist Lu Jian has drawn on his deep involvement in shaping the nation’s science and technology road maps to translate stellar academic breakthroughs into industrial impact in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. buff.ly/DL48KWZ

#GBAPulse Former #Macao legislator Au Kam-san was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison on Friday in Macao’s first national security trial at the Lower Court of the Court of First Instance. buff.ly/MzIYRmz

Overseas university leaders have expressed strong interest in establishing a presence in #HongKong’s #NorthernMetropolis university towns, but called for clearer guidance and frameworks on the roles that international partners can play. buff.ly/pNYEhLn

#GBAPulse The low-altitude economy is making big strides in #HongKong. Cross-jurisdiction routes have started in the Greater Bay Area with guidelines unlocking much of the city’s strengths and contributing to national development; such moves will go a long way to accelerating the sector’s commercialization. #LowAltitudeEconomy buff.ly/ll0TL3C

Chris Tang Ping-keung, the Hong Kong SAR's secretary for security, responded on Nov 5 to the High Court’s sentencing of Joshua Wong Chi-fung to 10 years’ imprisonment for the offense of “conspiracy to commit collusion with foreign countries or external elements to endanger national security”. He said Wong's sentencing followed fair and open judicial proceedings, which fully demonstrated that the rule of law consistently upheld by the courts of the HKSAR. He added that safeguarding national security is the constitutional duty of the HKSAR government, which will resolutely combat acts that endanger national security. #HongKong

#HongKong's food safety authority decided on Thursday to suspend the import of poultry meat and products from Rogaland County in Norway and the Scottish Borders of Scotland in Britain due to #H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks in these regions. #AvianInfluenza buff.ly/VjG8nbg