SCMP Editorial

British Prime Minister Theresa May. Photo: Reuters

World

Britain should pause and step away from no-deal Brexit

14 Dec 2018 - 9:13pm 4

Azizul Suffiad, commissioner on interception of communications and surveillance. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Hong Kong

Those who enforce the law must be trained

14 Dec 2018 - 9:13pm

Isolating firms such as Huawei and ZTE will only fragment 5G standards and services. Photo: Reuters

United States

World will be worse off if US tries to kill Chinese telecoms giants

13 Dec 2018 - 11:11pm 12

With one in three people aged 65 or above by 2043, it seems only natural more people will come down with cancer or some other disease. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Hong Kong

Healthy lifestyles help in Hong Kong cancer fight

13 Dec 2018 - 11:11pm

Huawei executive Sabrina Meng Wanzhou’s arrest at Vancouver airport on December 1 came while President Xi Jinping and Donald Trump were holding crucial talks on the trade war. Photo: Handout

United States

Canada caught in crossfire as Trump mixes business with politics

12 Dec 2018 - 10:08pm 13

The Hong Kong government has rolled out new measures to increase supply and make flats more affordable to locals. Photo: Edward Wong

Hong Kong

Government must be ready to act on property market

12 Dec 2018 - 10:08pm 10

Germany’s Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has led governments at local and state levels and having risen through the ranks of her party. Photo: AFP

World

Germany’s likely new leader will have to walk a tightrope

11 Dec 2018 - 11:21pm 1

Serious thought must be given to preventing road accidents

Hong Kong

Serious thought must be given to preventing road accidents

11 Dec 2018 - 11:21pm 12

Former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho Chi-ping faces the prospect of a long jail sentence. Photo: SCMP

Hong Kong

Patrick Ho case should serve as a lesson for Chinese firms doing business abroad

10 Dec 2018 - 11:16pm 17

Hong Kong trails behind many places in terms of food safety. Photo: SCMP

Hong Kong

Centre for Food Safety must up its game

10 Dec 2018 - 11:16pm

An elderly woman pushes a trolley full of cardboard in Causeway Bay. More than 1.37 million Hongkongers live below the poverty line. Photo: Fung Chang

Insight & Opinion

New thinking needed to level playing field for those living in poverty

9 Dec 2018 - 11:13pm 4

Volunteers take part in a beach clean-up on Hong Kong’s Lamma Island earlier this year. Irresponsible use and disposal of plastic materials is damaging environments around the world. Photo: AFP

Insight & Opinion

Cut down on plastic use, not just for the sake of animals

9 Dec 2018 - 4:39pm 1

Ukrainian navy sailor Yuri Budzylo sits inside a defendants’ cage as he attends a court hearing, after he was detained by members of Russia's FSB security service, in Simferopol, Crimea on November 27. Photo: Reuters

Insight & Opinion

Russia-Ukraine conflict requires restraint

9 Dec 2018 - 11:13pm

A demonstrator uses a slingshot to throw projectiles at police during a protest against rising oil prices and living costs in Paris on December 1. Photo: AFP

Insight & Opinion

Macron’s challenges extend beyond France

8 Dec 2018 - 10:51pm 4

The seizure of the Huawei executive could not have come at a worse time, and it is essential the truce between Washington and Beijing holds. Photo: Reuters

Asia

Focus should remain on talks in trade war despite Meng arrest

12 Dec 2018 - 8:51pm 5

The MTR scandal has not only damaged Hong Kong’s international image, but also confidence in the safety of public works. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong

Work in MTR scandal must instil public confidence

7 Dec 2018 - 9:53pm 5

Voters in Taiwan have rejected reform of the civil code to allow same-sex unions. Photo: AP

Hong Kong

Battle of hearts and minds has yet to be won on gay marriage

6 Dec 2018 - 11:33pm 20

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s legislature must avoid a return to the dark days

6 Dec 2018 - 11:33pm 6

Legislator Eddie Chu Hoi-dick. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Hong Kong

Rapid legal review required after village election ban for lawmaker

5 Dec 2018 - 9:48pm 2

Given the ability of chemists to reinvent dangerous psychoactive substances like fentanyl, China faces a battle to make meaningful inroads into the growing trade. Photo: AFP

United States

War against synthetic opioids must be won

5 Dec 2018 - 9:48pm 3

Even if all the current cryptocurrencies go under, blockchain is still a valid technology for finance and trade. Photo: Bloomberg

Hong Kong

The technology behind bitcoin will survive, even if the currency does not

4 Dec 2018 - 10:18pm 2

Personal credit details relating to Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam were accessed by a local newspaper in the latest security breach. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hong Kong

Data leaks show need for greater vigilance

4 Dec 2018 - 10:18pm 1

The G20 communique tackled some important issues that go to the heart of the US-China dispute. Photo: EPA-EFE

World

G20 has quietly but surely tackled important issues that go to heart of China-US dispute

3 Dec 2018 - 11:32pm 3

George H.W. Bush’s kinder and gentler style of politics and diplomacy are what he is remembered for. Photo: AP

United States

The days of Bush are what China needs

3 Dec 2018 - 11:32pm 3

The Consumer Council has just reprimanded Pretty Beauty Centre for unscrupulous sales tactics after receiving 82 complaints involving about HK$2.4 million. Photo: Dickson Lee

Insight & Opinion

Pressure mounts for cooling-off period

2 Dec 2018 - 11:10pm 1

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping attend a working dinner after the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 1. Photo: Reuters

Insight & Opinion

Xi and Trump have a meeting of minds, but hard work starts now

4 Dec 2018 - 4:09pm 10

Firemen tackling a blaze at a blast site near Shenghua chemical plant in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei province, China, on November 28. Photo: EPA-EFE

Asia

Mainland China must better enforce existing rules for workplace safety

1 Dec 2018 - 9:29pm 4

After the moon, Mars is being targeted for manned missions in the coming decades, mainly by China and the US. Photo: AFP/Nasa

World

Work together on a mission to Mars

1 Dec 2018 - 9:29pm 1

Police said the accident happened near the end of the coach driver’s 12-hour shift, raising questions over whether he was overworked and exhausted. Photo: Felix Wong

Hong Kong

Lessons have to be learned from yet another Hong Kong bus tragedy

30 Nov 2018 - 9:12pm 13

Tourists view mass graves of victims who died during the Khmer Rouge regime at the Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: EPA-EFE

Asia

Cambodia must come to terms with its dark past

30 Nov 2018 - 9:12pm 3

The US needs to invite more Chinese government advisers to the US and vice versa. Photo: AP

United States

US must see common sense on visa strikes against China advisers

29 Nov 2018 - 10:36pm 7

The latest flu jab incident underlines why measures must be taken to ensure faith is not lost in a system aimed at preventing mass outbreaks. Photo: AP

Hong Kong

Hong Kong needs to improve the administration of its vaccines

29 Nov 2018 - 10:36pm 2

Chinese scientist He Jiankui is proud that he has created the world’s first genetically edited babies. Photo: Sam Tsang

Asia

Ethics and safety are key with probe into claims of gene editing

28 Nov 2018 - 10:10pm 4

American evangelical missionary John Chau. Photo: Handout

United States

Time to reflect after killing of missionary

28 Nov 2018 - 10:20pm 9

China has brushed aside American claims that the “Belt and Road Initiative” was a debt trap for nations. Photo: AP

Asia

Beijing needs to take belt and road worries of nations on board

27 Nov 2018 - 10:11pm 5

The right to protest is guaranteed by Hong Kong’s Basic Law. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong

Protests require give and take on all sides

27 Nov 2018 - 10:11pm

The fall of Kaohsiung to the KMT mayoral candidate Han Kuo-yu was especially bitter for the ruling DPP. Photo: Reuters/Tyrone Siu

Insight & Opinion

Livelihoods the real winner in Taiwan polls, not ideology

26 Nov 2018 - 11:23pm

Defeated Lee Cheuk-yan shakes hands with by-election winner Rebecca Chan Hoi-yan as fellow loser Frederick Fung Kin-kee looks on. Photo: Sam Tsang

Insight & Opinion

Pan-democrats in need of rethink after poll loss

26 Nov 2018 - 11:23pm 2

Yoshitaka Sakurada, minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the government's cybersecurity strategy chief, has drawn criticism after admitting he has not used a computer in his professional life. Photo: Kyodo

Insight & Opinion

Time to get serious about cybersecurity

25 Nov 2018 - 11:23pm 1

Shenzhen, in mainland China’s Guangdong Province, seen from across the Kam Tin River in Nam Seng Wai, in Hong Kong. Photo: EPA

Insight & Opinion

Promote benefits of integration with mainland

25 Nov 2018 - 11:23pm 20

Hong Kong skyline including the Legislative Council complex. Photo: Martin Chan

Insight & Opinion

By-election voters must rise above political apathy

24 Nov 2018 - 10:46pm 2

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, right, proposes a toast to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a state banquet in Manila. Photo AP

Insight & Opinion

Disputes put aside as China signs deals with its neighbours

24 Nov 2018 - 10:35pm 13

British Prime Minister Theresa May. Photo: Reuters

World

MPs must vote for Brexit deal to avoid nightmare scenario

23 Nov 2018 - 8:29pm 13

D&G co-founder Stefano Gabbana should have been aware of the power of Chinese consumers, who have a record of punishing companies, particularly foreign ones, that offend, with boycotts. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong

D&G has to learn from lack of style

23 Nov 2018 - 8:29pm 7

Hong Kong port call by aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan is welcome as Washington’s trade war against China rages. Photo: Roy Issa

United States

US Navy visit raises hopes of calm waters before Xi-Trump talks

22 Nov 2018 - 9:59pm 3

The implementation of an anti-tobacco law in 2015 is credited with a slight drop in Beijing’s adult smoking population to 22.3 per cent. Photo: AFP

Asia

Beijing needs to kick habit of relying on tobacco cash

22 Nov 2018 - 9:59pm 3

Taiwan’s leader Tsai Ing-wen. Photo: Reuters

Asia

Tsai the loser in row over independence push at film awards

21 Nov 2018 - 10:30pm 27