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US-China relations
China heads into 2026 with economic strains, uneasy US rivalry: Asia Society
Report says Beijing must juggle control and growth as debt, demographics and US tech tensions shape the year ahead.
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Accidents and disasters in China
12 killed after fire hits residential building in southern China’s Shantou city
10 Dec 2025 - 9:15PM
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China’s Communist Party
China’s post-90s shun liberal democracy despite boom years, study finds
10 Dec 2025 - 6:32PM
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Taiwan
Eyeing mainland China, Taiwan passes stiffer penalties for undersea cable damage
Island’s legislature moves to deter rise in intentional sabotage, which now carries a prison sentence of up to seven years.
9 Dec 2025 - 10:22PM
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Han Kuo-yu, Taiwan’s legislative speaker, oversees proceedings related to the amended laws in Taipei on Tuesday. Photo: CNA
China’s Communist Party
Former Chinese senior banker executed for taking US$155 million in bribes
Bai is the second senior figure from Huarong to be put to death for corruption following the execution of Lai Xiaomin in 2021.
9 Dec 2025 - 9:48PM
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Corruption in China
Former chief of China’s food and drug watchdog ousted from Communist Party
Bi Jingquan, who received an international award for promoting innovation, has also been removed from public office over corruption charges.
9 Dec 2025 - 4:00PM
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Taiwan
Taiwan RedNote ban backfires, driving mainland Chinese app’s top download rise
Many users and opposition politicians accuse Taiwan’s ruling party of overreach and damaging island’s reputation for open internet access.
9 Dec 2025 - 8:05PM
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Many of RedNote’s more than 3 million active users in Taiwan are young women who rely on the platform for beauty, fashion, travel and lifestyle content. Photo: Shutterstock
Accidents and disasters in China
Chinese court orders Malaysia Airlines to pay families of 8 MH370 victims
The airline must pay over US$410,000 per passenger in China’s first formal compensation ruling on flight that vanished 11 years ago.
8 Dec 2025 - 10:29PM
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China’s Communist Party
China’s security chief hints at US decline, says tech theft is a major concern
State Security Minister Chen Yixin says ‘unipolar hegemony’ is on the wane in article for party newspaper that does not directly mention US.
8 Dec 2025 - 9:25PM
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Taiwan
Chinese coastguard conducts first drill in Taiwan Strait’s key choke point
‘Unprecedented’ exercise simulating rescue mission involving a fire aboard a cargo vessel centres on shallow, treacherous Taiwan Shoal.
8 Dec 2025 - 8:00AM
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Women and gender
‘Virginity battle’: Chinese women caught between old and new sexual values
Research by Liu Jieyu examining three generations in China finds traditional ideas still play a key role in sexual relations and family life.
7 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
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A couple poses for wedding photos outside the Forbidden City in Beijing, China on February 11. Photo: AFP
Taiwan
Lifeline or rubbish? Taiwan updates disaster and conflict survival guide
‘Little orange book’ sent to nearly 10 million households advises on survival response, but many question its cost and value.
6 Dec 2025 - 4:14PM
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China’s Communist Party
Official Chinese media calls for end to name-and-shame campaign against cadres
Series of commentaries says insulting officials will backfire and more effort must be made to tackle reasons for perceived poor performance.
6 Dec 2025 - 2:56PM
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China’s military drills
PLA holds urban warfare drill as Taipei looks to boost ‘asymmetric capabilities’
State television report showing operation in war-torn city airs soon after Taiwanese leader proposed extra US$40 billion in defence spending.
5 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM
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Taiwan
Taiwan blocks mainland Chinese platform RedNote citing ‘high fraud risk’
Island’s digital affairs ministry says five Chinese apps collect sensitive data, access biometric functions and ‘extract system information’.
5 Dec 2025 - 10:13PM
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Taiwan authorities have announced an internet shutdown and access restriction order for RedNote, tentatively for one year. The app is also known as Xiaohongshu or “little red book”. Photo: Reuters
Aviation accidents
Chinese families ‘hope truth will come out’ when search for flight MH370 resumes
Relatives still waiting for answers 11 years after plane disappeared welcome news that the search will continue later this month.
4 Dec 2025 - 3:29PM
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China’s Communist Party
China urged to boost innovation to drive development at home and abroad
Speakers at a conference pointed to the country’s advances in a number of fields, with one saying it could help support the Global South.
4 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM
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China’s Communist Party
Fireworks shop owner dies from pesticide after reporting officials: Chinese media
Hunan-based man recently published a video of himself drinking the substance and authorities vow to deal with the incident ‘without mercy’.
3 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
Shandong-based news outlet the Qilu Evening News reported on Monday that the blast occurred on Sunday. Photo: Handout
Law
China’s move to seal records of offences like drug use sparks public backlash
New rule takes effect on January 1 and means the offences will no longer be attached to a person’s identity information.
3 Dec 2025 - 2:11PM
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China military reform
Chinese military issues new rules to ‘prioritise strict political discipline’
Effective in January, latest revisions come amid Beijing’s anti-corruption campaign that has led to recent downfall of several top generals.
3 Dec 2025 - 12:00PM
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US-China relations
Trump wants a sovereign wealth fund to compete with China. Big questions remain
Ten months after it was proposed as a key tool to compete with China, there are still few clues about how it can be structured and managed.
3 Dec 2025 - 5:57AM
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China’s Communist Party
China looks to AI and big data to guard against Western values
President tells Politburo that new technology should be applied to promote socialist ideology.
2 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
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China needs to have an “independent and controllable” foundation to train AI models, according to a senior Beijing ideology official. Photo: Shutterstock
Taiwan
Taiwan opposition blocks US$40 billion defence budget, prompting DPP protests
KMT and TPP say William Lai’s government is seeking a ‘blank cheque’ and demand details of procurement plans before proposal can be reviewed.
2 Dec 2025 - 8:26PM
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US-China relations
Soybean pain, Xi-Trump talks, ICE death, Hasan Piker: 7 US-China relations reads
From a US influencer’s China controversy to trade war updates, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in November 2025.
2 Dec 2025 - 12:04AM
Taiwan
Will the St Vincent election cost Taiwan another Caribbean ally?
Taiwan downplays concerns that Kingstown could flip ties to Beijing while eyeing polls in Honduras, where Taipei-friendly candidates lead.
1 Dec 2025 - 8:38PM
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