The guest hosts were also joined by a Kaola live-streamer who spoke, and together they showed off products ranging from mixed nuts to ready-to-eat French fries. For viewers, captions appeared above the hosts’ heads summarising what was being expressed in sign language. Some local media dubbed it a “sign language recognition system”, but it did not appear to have been performing sophisticated real-time translation. Rather, the captions showed words and short phrases such as “tastes good” or “sweet” around thirty seconds after they were signed.

The 76-year-old tycoon has pleaded not guilty to two conspiracy charges of collusion with foreign forces under the Beijing-decreed national security law, and a third of conspiracy to print and distribute seditious publications.West Kowloon Court heard Lai sought a dialogue with frontline protesters and told Chan during the meeting to put him through to them. “He specifically asked me to see whether I could get in touch with ‘valiant’ leaders, as [he felt] the valiant camp had ruined the picture,” Chan recalled.

México sigue afinando los detalles para su participación en los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024, a menos de 100 días, en el Comité Olímpico trabajan para tener a la mejor delegación de deportistas participando en la cita olímpica. En medio de los anuncios de marcas que patrocinarán a los deportistas aztecas en el verano, la incógnita sobre quiénes serán los abanderados en la inauguración de los Olímpicos ha sido revelada.

Snooker’s world No 1 Ronnie O’Sullivan said he had no complaints with last month’s criticised exhibition event in Hong Kong, while China’s Ding Junhui expressed his interest in joining any future tournament in the city. The Hong Kong Snooker All-Star Challenge at Queen Elizabeth Stadium, which featured O’Sullivan and a host of other leading players, was marred by chaos that included fans paying HK$3,380 for top-level tickets that did not give them a view of the table.

Several home lockdowns due to Covid-19 last year didn’t cause China’s growth to falter, with GDP up and growth accelerating, the baijiu industry included. Although sales were impacted in the first half of 2020, the spirit’s revenue from the local market still increased by around HK$27 billion (US$3.5 billion) compared to 2019. Too good to drink? How rare whisky became the tipple to trade Valued at US$373 billion as of October 2021, Kweichow Moutai has retained its position as the world’s most valuable spirit brand.