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Legco poll a chance for Hong Kong to show its resilience after Tai Po fire
The election is an opportunity for the city to display maturity in the face of loss and prove civic participation can coexist with national security and solidarity.
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Not just China: India also a piece of the US opioid puzzle
6 hours ago
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AI market will only have room for so many winners
4 Dec 2025 - 9:10PM
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Asia Opinion
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India and Japan show impact of Trump’s tariffs extend beyond trade
While Japan is grappling with acute policy dilemmas and AI bubble fears stalk markets, India seems relatively resilient and forward-looking.
4 Dec 2025 - 5:13PM
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Workers put switches and connectors on solar panels after they come out of automated framing at a ReNew solar panel manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Jaipur, India, on August 21, 2025. Photo: AP
Hong Kong Opinion
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Time for solidarity after Hong Kong blaze as Bar relaunches pro bono scheme
The Bar has a long history of offering free services, but the new scheme leverages NGO partnerships to ensure there is wider access to justice.
4 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
China Opinion
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How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry
A market once dominated by generics is now an AI-powered pharmaceutical hub drawing billion-dollar investments from the likes of Pfizer and GSK.
4 Dec 2025 - 10:51AM
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Why peeling back layers of strategic ambiguity will only hurt Japan
The Japanese prime minister’s remarks are merely ripples that will soon disappear, needlessly inviting the very conflict she says she wants to prevent.
4 Dec 2025 - 10:52AM
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China Opinion
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How yuan internationalisation is helping to close the climate finance gap
Through fast-growing markets for yuan-denominated bonds, China is showing it can support sustainability projects across the Global South.
3 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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China Opinion
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China’s shrinking credit reflects a financial reset, not a collapse
Beijing is moving away from the old growth model reliant on rising leverage, towards a framework that prizes risk management and data integrity.
3 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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Hong Kong will miss its most popular philosopher
Lee Tien-ming, who died last week, wrote for the curious and critical reader rather than fellow academics, and local literary fans embraced him.
3 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
China Opinion
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Why the real AI race is within China and not across the Pacific
Which vision of AI leadership within China wins out will be more impactful in shaping the future than a simple two-horse superpower race.
3 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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Semiconductor chips are processed at a factory in Binzhou, in eastern China’s Shandong province, on December 25, 2024. Photo: AFP
World Opinion
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‘America first’ can’t mean America alone if West hopes to counter China
Keeping US allies onside means rolling back tariffs and coming up with a long-term strategy, both of which are counter to Trump’s strengths.
2 Dec 2025 - 9:30PM
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China Opinion
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Battery revolution set to spark Global South’s century of prosperity
The rise of the sodium-ion battery promises to supercharge a green energy transition that will help level the global playing field.
2 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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Why Hong Kong universities are heading north for mainland Chinese collaborations
Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, which celebrates its 20th year, is a case study for why strategic cooperation is vital.
2 Dec 2025 - 9:40AM
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Why Hong Kong needs an inter-airport rail link with Shenzhen
The city risks becoming marginalised if it does not improve its connectivity with the Greater Bay Area and mainland high-speed rail networks.
2 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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Hong Kong’s Airport Express was a leap forward when it made its debut in 1998. Photo: Handout
Harry’s View
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Cartoonist Harry Harrison’s humorous takes on Hong Kong and beyond in November
Discover SCMP’s Harry’s View as our veteran cartoonist casts his satirical eye over the political, social and economic landscape.
1 Dec 2025 - 11:00PM
China Opinion
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How China could solve its consumption conundrum
Beijing’s priority should be bold short-term countercyclical action: issuing US$400 vouchers and stabilising the property sector.
1 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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In betting on Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong is really betting on itself
Hong Kong’s future may lie not in choosing between East and West, but in linking Asia with the Middle East and beyond.
30 Nov 2025 - 4:30PM
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Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po (left) visits the New Murabba Development Company under the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia with Murabba CEO Michael Dyke, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 30. Photo: Handout
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Tai Po fire tragedy brings out the true meaning of community
Our urge to fight the feelings of powerlessness amid devastation changes our priorities. That is the power we must harness as we rebuild not only homes but hope.
1 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
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World Opinion
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‘America first’ can’t mean America alone if West hopes to counter China
Keeping US allies onside means rolling back tariffs and coming up with a long-term strategy, both of which are counter to Trump’s strengths.
2 Dec 2025 - 9:30PM
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China Opinion
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How China could solve its consumption conundrum
Beijing’s priority should be bold short-term countercyclical action: issuing US$400 vouchers and stabilising the property sector.
1 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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Dong Lei
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Legco poll a chance for Hong Kong to show its resilience after Tai Po fire
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Rupert Stone
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Not just China: India also a piece of the US opioid puzzle
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Richard Harris
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AI market will only have room for so many winners
4 Dec 2025 - 9:10PM
Nicholas Spiro
Macroscope
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India and Japan show impact of Trump’s tariffs extend beyond trade
4 Dec 2025 - 5:13PM
Eva Sit
Legal Tales
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Time for solidarity after Hong Kong blaze as Bar relaunches pro bono scheme
4 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
Kamala Thiagarajan
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How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry
4 Dec 2025 - 10:51AM
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