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Taiwan has just sold out TSMC and half its chips industry to the US
The so-called silicon shield is bust as there will not be much left of the island to defend after the forced relocation of a significant chunk of industrial base under new tariff deal.
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Greenland’s stress test of Nato will ripple beyond the Arctic
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Why the US really wants Venezuela’s oil
18 Jan 2026 - 4:30PM
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Asian Angle
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China has a worthy blueprint to improve the UN. Why is the West ignoring it?
China’s Global Governance Initiative seeks to end ‘might is right’, but the West insists on viewing it through a dusty Cold War lens.
18 Jan 2026 - 10:30AM
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(From right) Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin on September 1, 2025. Photo: EPA
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In the tech race, Europe can choose a path that sidesteps US-China rivalry
To avoid technological marginalisation, Europe can play to its strengths by focusing on deployment standards instead of the US-China rivalry.
18 Jan 2026 - 8:03AM
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Hong Kong marathon provides winning formula with no finishing line in sight
Flagship running event that grows more popular by the year not only showcases Hong Kong, but also brings multiple rewards such as healthier lifestyles and community spirit.
17 Jan 2026 - 11:15PM
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Multilateral institutions’ critique of Trump’s actions is too muted
US funding of multinational bodies seems to be keeping their critique muted. The power of the purse should not ensure immunity from criticism.
17 Jan 2026 - 5:07PM
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US President Donald Trump dances at the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan, on January 13. Photo: Reuters
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To win the future, Southeast Asia must rewrite its industrial rule book
Success relies on five key pillars, including deeper regional coordination and targeted industrial upgrading.
17 Jan 2026 - 10:30AM
Hong Kong Opinion
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Thank you, David Webb, you made Hong Kong a better place
By exposing governance abuses and holding listed companies to account, the shareholder rights activist helped clean up the city’s investment environment.
17 Jan 2026 - 9:30AM
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Hong Kong needs to ask the hard questions about its net-zero challenge
Analytical depth in property developer Hang Lung’s net-zero report offers a glimpse of what the path to Hong Kong’s emissions goals might look like.
17 Jan 2026 - 5:30AM
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China Opinion
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Plight of Hebei’s freezing elderly shows urgent need for pension reform
The swarming sociability of family life is fading as one-person households and lonely deaths rise. Coping with loneliness is now a life skill.
16 Jan 2026 - 9:58PM
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Around the world, more people are growing up as only children; marrying late, if at all; having children late, if at all; and living alone in old age. Photo: Shutterstock
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China’s economy is struggling – even as its hi-tech sector booms
China’s pivot to a tech-driven economy is thrilling, but its success will be judged by how it improves people’s everyday lives.
16 Jan 2026 - 5:58PM
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From tea to TikTok: the middleman’s return is reshaping China trade
The old Canton system is re-emerging in a new guise as the likes of TikTok and Starbucks look to middlemen to navigate a divided global economy.
16 Jan 2026 - 9:30AM
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Too few Chinese finish secondary school to sustain growth
To shift to a new growth model, China must redirect its focus from skyscrapers and infrastructure to raising educational attainment.
16 Jan 2026 - 5:30AM
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World Opinion
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An internally split Europe can never fully engage China and Asia
The Brussels effect is real but so is Europe’s strategic subordination to the US. For China, and Asia, this means proceeding with pragmatism.
15 Jan 2026 - 8:30PM
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Investors are giving Trump a free pass
Markets, especially bond markets, are meant to be a disciplining force. Their inaction will only embolden Trump to act more recklessly.
15 Jan 2026 - 5:10PM
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Without pension reform, China is leaving its rural elderly out in the cold
What looks like a side-effect of ‘coal-to-gas’ heating programmes is really a structural issue: rural pensions are not enough to live on.
15 Jan 2026 - 9:30AM
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Why China now needs North Korea’s denuclearisation
As optimism grows over an end to the Ukraine war, a weakening of Moscow’s support for Pyongyang may give Beijing new leverage to stabilise the Korean peninsula.
13 Jan 2026 - 5:30AM
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they attend a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing, China, in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency on September 4. Photo: KCNA via Reuters
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Why US ops in Venezuela have shaken Asia-Pacific’s middle powers
Middle powers fear a return to ‘rules of the jungle’ geopolitics as rival powers carve out spheres of influence.
13 Jan 2026 - 1:31AM
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Hong Kong courts cross-border drivers – then traps them in licence queues
Overnight queues and a complicated application system open to abuse expose gaps between Hong Kong’s policy ambition and execution.
12 Jan 2026 - 9:30AM
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Hong Kong returning to surplus no excuse for splashing budget cash
Northern Metropolis ambitions and Tai Po fire recovery will test the city’s commitment to fiscal prudence.
11 Jan 2026 - 9:17PM
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Greenland’s stress test of Nato will ripple beyond the Arctic
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Why the US really wants Venezuela’s oil
18 Jan 2026 - 4:30PM
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China has a worthy blueprint to improve the UN. Why is the West ignoring it?
18 Jan 2026 - 10:30AM
Shaoshan Liu
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In the tech race, Europe can choose a path that sidesteps US-China rivalry
18 Jan 2026 - 8:03AM
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Hong Kong marathon provides winning formula with no finishing line in sight
17 Jan 2026 - 11:15PM
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Multilateral institutions’ critique of Trump’s actions is too muted
17 Jan 2026 - 5:07PM
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