China’s national development most acutely felt in Hong Kong and Macau, forum hears

South China Morning Post - Nov 9, 2026

China’s global policies could offer an alternative to Western approaches to tackling international challenges, speakers at a forum in Macau have said, noting that the nation’s development and achievements are most acutely felt in that city and in Hong Kong. At the second edition of the International Forum on Mutual Learning among Civilisations, which opened on Monday in Macau, speakers also said that lessons from history could inspire new approaches to modern problems. “China’s global policy is...

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