https://www.scmp.com/rss/329264/feed The latest stories on Deng Xiaoping, Chinese statesman, revolutionary, political theorist and former Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.<br /> en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Finbarr Bermingham Finbarr Bermingham The European Union unveiled a sweeping raft of policies on Wednesday aimed at kick-starting its sluggish industry and protecting its critical infrastructure. A common thread through each is that the screws will be turned ever tighter on Chinese firms in Europe. Combined, the proposals reveal anxiety over the bloc’s ability to compete with cut-price and increasingly high-quality Chinese products, the heightened security fears connected to Chinese investments, and a new-found urgency to do... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3345467/china-crosshairs-eu-launches-sweeping-plans-save-its-industrial-future?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3345467/china-crosshairs-eu-launches-sweeping-plans-save-its-industrial-future?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:28:14 +0000 Wang Xiangwei Wang Xiangwei As China’s leaders convene for the annual “two sessions” starting this week, the eyes of the world will be fixed on Beijing. This gathering is no ordinary policy meeting. Beyond setting the economic growth target for 2026, it will finalise the 15th five-year plan (2026–2030), a blueprint that will define the nation’s economic and social priorities for the second half of this decade. In an era of intensifying great-power competition, particularly with the United States, these decisions will shape... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3344883/now-time-china-show-its-serious-about-opening?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3344883/now-time-china-show-its-serious-about-opening?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Mar 2026 21:30:08 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial If cautious optimism is the prevailing sentiment in a troubled world, the city could not have wished for a more auspicious launch to the Year of the Horse than the race meeting at Sha Tin on the third day of the Lunar New Year. Amid a crowd of 92,612, the biggest since the Covid-19 pandemic, it was Hong Kong in exuberant and resilient form. Punters pressed against the rails in balmy weather and an estimated 20,395 mainland visitors helped pack the stands. Thoroughbreds charging down the straight... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3344128/record-post-covid-horse-race-attendance-kicks-auspicious-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3344128/record-post-covid-horse-race-attendance-kicks-auspicious-year?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:45:08 +0000 Jeffie Lam,Natalie Wong Jeffie Lam,Natalie Wong Hong Kong’s U-turn on its seat belt rule for buses is a sobering reminder to lawmakers that they must meet higher standards even under the “executive-led” governance model recently underlined by Beijing, according to several policy experts. They said some lawmakers had been complacent, prioritising speed over efficacy in policymaking in a “patriots-only” legislature with no opposition presence, and would have to share the responsibility for administrative missteps. Xia Baolong, director of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3342829/are-hong-kongs-lawmakers-also-blame-over-seat-belt-law-blunder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3342829/are-hong-kongs-lawmakers-also-blame-over-seat-belt-law-blunder?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Feb 2026 09:55:44 +0000 Grenville Cross Grenville Cross Former governor Chris Patten once said nobody ever profited from betting against Hong Kong. Anybody wagering against its “one country, two systems” policy will undoubtedly be out of pocket. Since 1997, the policy has been the city’s lodestar. While the post-reunification settlement was repeatedly challenged, most notably during the 2019 social unrest, Hong Kong has emerged stronger. The Basic Law sustained it throughout and Beijing’s support was unwavering. With national security legislation,... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3342131/those-betting-hong-kongs-bright-future-have-backed-winner?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3342131/those-betting-hong-kongs-bright-future-have-backed-winner?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Feb 2026 01:30:38 +0000 Jeffrey Wu Jeffrey Wu As global trade fragments and tariffs return, economic power is increasingly defined not by financial scale alone, but by productive strength. At the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, leaders spoke openly about a harsher world order. Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng warned that trade wars have no winners. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for a new security architecture amid rising protectionism. French President Emmanuel Macron described a world becoming more... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3341850/us-china-rivalry-great-powers-dont-make-things-wont-be-great-long?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3341850/us-china-rivalry-great-powers-dont-make-things-wont-be-great-long?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Feb 2026 21:30:08 +0000 Josephine Ma Josephine Ma Nie Weiping, a legendary Go master in China, died in Beijing at the age of 73 on Wednesday. Nie is best remembered for his dramatic victory in the first Japan-China Super Go in 1985. Few had hope that China would win because its players had long lagged behind Japanese competitors in the strategy board game. By the time it was Nie’s turn to play in Tokyo, Japan’s top player, Kobayashi Koichi, had already won six straight games against his Chinese counterparts. Nie was the only Chinese player left... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3340042/nie-weiping-chinese-go-master-known-dramatic-victory-over-japanese-rival-dies-73?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3340042/nie-weiping-chinese-go-master-known-dramatic-victory-over-japanese-rival-dies-73?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:57:06 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo Minxin Pei is one of America’s leading sinologists. His commentaries appear everywhere, including in this newspaper. In 2019, he was named the inaugural Library of Congress Chair on US-China Relations. He was also, until recently, the academic version of Gordon Chang, the incorrigible prognosticator who has been predicting the coming collapse of China ever since Chang published his book of the same title in 2001. And people wonder why American policymakers keep getting China wrong. In an opinion... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3337836/state-capacity-will-decide-who-winner-chinese-american-rivalry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3337836/state-capacity-will-decide-who-winner-chinese-american-rivalry?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:00:11 +0000 Michael Tai Michael Tai When President Xi Jinping hosted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin earlier this year, the choreography was familiar: smiles, handshakes and talk of a “multipolar world order”. Yet beneath the symbolism lies an imbalance impossible to miss. China radiated the poise of a civilisation sure of its trajectory; Russia exuded the defiance of a power seeking reassurance. The meeting, intended to display Eurasian unity, instead... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3334916/while-china-exudes-confidence-russia-held-back-yearning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3334916/while-china-exudes-confidence-russia-held-back-yearning?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Dec 2025 21:30:08 +0000 Holly Chik Holly Chik Hidden in the frozen highlands of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau – often called the “Third Pole” – lies an unexpected trove of biological innovation: animal poop. Chinese scientists have discovered that the faeces of yaks, Tibetan sheep, antelope and other native herbivores harbour thousands of previously unknown microbial species, some of which could be game changers for biotechnology. They include novel strains that have the potential to degrade cellulose – used for paper, cardboard and clothing –... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3334476/chinas-new-secret-weapon-biotech-race-tibet-animal-poop-stranger-germ?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3334476/chinas-new-secret-weapon-biotech-race-tibet-animal-poop-stranger-germ?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:00:09 +0000 Dong Lei Dong Lei Only fools fail to see how very brittle our world is. Technological upheaval, climate instability and geopolitical entropy have rendered the international order fragile. Institutional trust is eroding. In such a time, the wisest act may be restraint. Yet on November 7 in Brussels, the Taiwanese vice-president stood before a body that styles itself as the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) and laid out her views on the dangers of mainland China. Around the same time in Tokyo, Japan’s... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3333335/taiwan-must-exercise-restraint-not-engage-political-theatre?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3333335/taiwan-must-exercise-restraint-not-engage-political-theatre?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:30:10 +0000 Zongshuai Fan Zongshuai Fan Following the Communist Party of China’s fourth plenum, debate has intensified over the direction of the country’s economy, with manufacturing remaining a central pillar of Beijing’s ambitions for the coming decade. The Communist Party’s Central Committee’s recommendations for the 15th five-year plan, released on October 28, reaffirm China’s goal of achieving socialist modernisation by 2035, measured by gross domestic product (GDP) per capita – a vision outlined in the 14th five-year plan and... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3331792/why-manufacturing-still-key-chinas-development-goals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3331792/why-manufacturing-still-key-chinas-development-goals?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Nov 2025 08:30:14 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo On the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region in 2007, a celebratory special by state media included a brief history of the late Deng Xiaoping’s observations. “In June 1987, while analysing Inner Mongolia’s economic development, Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of China’s reform and opening-up, predicted that Inner Mongolia was likely to ‘take the lead’,” it read. Under a black and white photo, the text continued: “This was in January 1992, when he... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3331710/how-deng-xiaoping-secured-chinas-winning-hand-tech-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3331710/how-deng-xiaoping-secured-chinas-winning-hand-tech-war?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:30:09 +0000 Anthony Cheung Anthony Cheung Much to the relief of markets, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping finally met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea. The friendly meeting indicates both sides prefer a mode of “controlled” confrontation. The bilateral relationship remains confrontational, nonetheless. Some give and take on trade certainly helps to de-escalate tensions, but China has no illusions about the US’ fundamental hostility. Trump prides himself on his... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3330915/china-will-find-its-own-modernisation-path-not-us-terms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3330915/china-will-find-its-own-modernisation-path-not-us-terms?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Nov 2025 01:30:10 +0000 Ningrong Liu Ningrong Liu China’s 15th five-year plan is more than a policy blueprint; it is a pivotal turning point. This plan and the next one will define an era of innovation-led growth, solidifying China’s status as a major power and peer competitor to the United States. Since the reform and opening-up policy was launched, China’s economic development has had distinct phases. The 1978-1992 period marked the initial stage of opening up. Reform and opening-up was imperative in the wake of economic challenges after the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3330435/chinas-transition-global-powerhouse-hinges-more-innovation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3330435/chinas-transition-global-powerhouse-hinges-more-innovation?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:30:08 +0000 Andrew Sheng Andrew Sheng While in Hong Kong for a forum on navigating the tariff war, the consensus was that no one is immune to structural uncertainty where everything is happening at once and no one knows what exactly comes next. Navigation is about planning and executing a journey, but you need maps, compasses and points of reference to know where you are and where you are going. Journeys across time and space need sound navigation, especially in troubled waters. Sailing is all about teamwork, but with today’s rapid... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3328477/six-steps-navigate-us-china-tariff-war-and-ai-bubble?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3328477/six-steps-navigate-us-china-tariff-war-and-ai-bubble?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Oct 2025 21:30:07 +0000 Orange Wang,Wendy Wu Orange Wang,Wendy Wu Zheng Yongnian is a leading political scientist and government adviser in China. His academic work is mainly about contemporary politics, the country’s transformation and external relations. In his second in-depth interview with the Post, Zheng discusses AI governance and how China can consolidate its narrative amid growing geopolitical risks. This interview first appeared in SCMP Plus. For other interviews in the Open Questions series, click here. For many years, you have called for the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3325111/zheng-yongnian-why-china-must-look-beyond-west-build-better-ai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3325111/zheng-yongnian-why-china-must-look-beyond-west-build-better-ai?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Sep 2025 22:00:15 +0000 Orange Wang,Wendy Wu Orange Wang,Wendy Wu Zheng Yongnian is a government adviser and leading political scientist in China. His publications include the book Reconstructing Chinese Knowledge in the AI Era. In this interview, he talks about rebuilding a Chinese knowledge system and the risk that artificial intelligence may worsen dependence on Western theories. Open Questions also spoke to Zheng earlier this year. SCMP Plus readers get early access to articles in the Open Questions series. This article will be available to regular SCMP... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3325132/ai-risks-creating-artificial-ignorance-zheng-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3325132/ai-risks-creating-artificial-ignorance-zheng-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Sep 2025 06:00:14 +0000 Winston Mok Winston Mok Silicon Valley is dominated by tech leaders of Indian origin. While Chinese tech companies have achieved global dominance across multiple sectors, why are India-based tech firms – other than in select areas such as software outsourcing – less influential? Why does Indian talent seem to flourish more outside India? Silicon Valley has risen to third place in the innovation cluster rankings of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), long dominated by East Asia. This year, the Greater... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3324732/together-china-and-india-can-be-tech-innovation-force?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3324732/together-china-and-india-can-be-tech-innovation-force?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:30:08 +0000 Carl Zhang Carl Zhang Chinese military parades are known for their spectacular goose-stepping and formations, but they also provide important hints about the structure of the People’s Liberation Army and its new weapons. The history of these parades highlights how the PLA has evolved from being a guerrilla force that relied on captured foreign weapons to a modern force that aims to compete with the US in terms of combat ability and advanced equipment. Mao Zedong 1949-1959 The first of these parades was held on... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3323814/how-chinas-military-parades-evolved-over-years-guerrilla-warfare-hi-tech?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3323814/how-chinas-military-parades-evolved-over-years-guerrilla-warfare-hi-tech?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Aug 2025 09:01:18 +0000 Zhou Xin Zhou Xin In economic policy documents, Beijing’s leadership used the term “involution”, neijuan in Chinese, in efforts to combat excessive competition in market segments such as photovoltaics and lithium batteries. The authorities, who criticised the domestic dumping of products, have directed local governments to behave and stop offering unreasonable incentives that would lure enterprises into highly competitive segments. The potential worst-case scenario for continued involution would be to drive many... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3322265/chinas-involution-problem-not-just-about-supply-also-demand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3322265/chinas-involution-problem-not-just-about-supply-also-demand?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Aug 2025 23:00:07 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Hong Kong’s horse racing season has ended on a high, with a capacity 20,000 crowd enjoying a party atmosphere at Happy Valley last week. The season has been successful. Wagering turnover bounced back from last season’s decline to increase 3 per cent to almost HK$139 billion. But the bigger achievement lies in the rebranding of racing, to make it about more than just betting on the races. The aim is to provide world-class sport and entertainment, attracting tourists and a younger crowd. The... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3318878/rebranding-horse-racing-bearing-fruit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3318878/rebranding-horse-racing-bearing-fruit?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Jul 2025 22:30:09 +0000 Wang Xiangwei Wang Xiangwei Jiang Enzhu, the first head of the central government’s liaison office in post-handover Hong Kong, famously likened understanding the city to reading a challenging book – one that demands serious attention and effort. At the time, his words served as a cautionary note to mainland officials. Now, Hong Kong having marked the 28th anniversary of its return to Chinese sovereignty, Jiang’s analogy remains apt, though with a significant caveat. The city may still be a book that is difficult to... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3316827/hong-kong-needs-better-understand-and-balance-one-country-two-systems?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3316827/hong-kong-needs-better-understand-and-balance-one-country-two-systems?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Jul 2025 21:30:09 +0000 Jean Iau Jean Iau Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew recognised early on that China demanded respect and equality in diplomacy – a posture that earned him Beijing’s enduring trust, according to veteran newspaper editor Cheong Yip Seng. In his newly released memoir Ink and Influence: An OB Markers Sequel, Cheong reflects on Lee’s deft handling of China relations, drawn from personal experience covering his landmark 1976 visit to Beijing and later working closely with him as editor-in-chief of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3316709/how-singapores-lee-kuan-yew-treated-china-respect-he-wasnt-west?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3316709/how-singapores-lee-kuan-yew-treated-china-respect-he-wasnt-west?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:18 +0000 Enoch Yiu Enoch Yiu More than a decade after Club Bboss was closed, a new nightspot has launched on the same site where the once-glamorous establishment operated for 28 years, with the goal of attracting tourists and young revellers eager for a glimpse of Hong Kong’s 1980s clubbing heyday. The new spot – known as Big Boss Generation (BBG) – opened for business on Saturday in the old club’s 56,000 sq ft site at the New Mandarin Plaza in Tsim Sha Tsui East. It will use the former occupant’s old Chinese name, which... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3314464/hong-kongs-1980s-nightlife-culture-makes-dazzling-return-site-old-club-bboss?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3314464/hong-kongs-1980s-nightlife-culture-makes-dazzling-return-site-old-club-bboss?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Jun 2025 11:56:01 +0000 Dennis Wilder Dennis Wilder Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to speak to US President Donald Trump directly last week, the first such call in four months, spoke volumes about the importance to Xi of finding a way through the morass of Sino-US relations. Xi’s decision ran counter to the long-standing Chinese diplomatic approach during Sino-US tensions of the Chinese president refusing calls from the US president despite persistent entreaties. The White House had repeatedly predicted a Xi-Trump phone call only to fall... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3313551/why-xis-decision-talk-trump-during-trade-crisis-speaks-volumes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3313551/why-xis-decision-talk-trump-during-trade-crisis-speaks-volumes?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Jun 2025 12:30:07 +0000 Wang Xiangwei Wang Xiangwei As someone born in the 1960s in China, one of the earliest lessons our generation learned in school was to be vigilant about the perceived dangers of American conspiracies and attempts aimed at subverting and overthrowing the Communist Party through peaceful means. Through classroom teachings, propaganda films and slogans plastered prominently along the streets, we were repeatedly exposed to Chairman Mao Zedong’s warnings about the threat of “peaceful evolution”, encapsulated in his assertion... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3313380/thanks-trump-us-threat-peaceful-evolution-recedes-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3313380/thanks-trump-us-threat-peaceful-evolution-recedes-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Jun 2025 12:30:07 +0000 An excerpt An excerpt Wang Gungwu – one of Asia’s most respected historians and a pioneering scholar of the Chinese diaspora – explores in Roads to Chinese Modernity: Civilisation and National Culture how China evolved into a modern nation navigating reform and globalisation. In this excerpt, Wang traces how, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, reformers and revolutionaries such as Kang You-wei, Liang Qichao and Sun Yat-sen began rallying support from overseas Chinese communities. Once dismissed as disloyal... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3313427/how-chinas-diaspora-became-both-asset-and-source-anxiety?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3313427/how-chinas-diaspora-became-both-asset-and-source-anxiety?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Jun 2025 05:30:08 +0000 An excerpt An excerpt Renowned historian Wang Gungwu’s Roads to Chinese Modernity: Civilisation and National Culture traces China’s transformation from an ancient civilisation into a modern nation-state shaped by revolution, reform and global engagement. Drawing on decades of scholarship and his unique perspective as an overseas Chinese intellectual, Wang reflects in this excerpt on Deng Xiaoping’s legacy and the enduring challenge facing China’s leaders today: how to build a modern national culture that embraces... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3313415/why-chinas-leaders-still-seek-culture-both-modern-and-distinctly-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3313415/why-chinas-leaders-still-seek-culture-both-modern-and-distinctly-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Jun 2025 05:00:18 +0000 Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa Hesitation is no longer an option. China and the European Union must redefine their partnership now or accept lasting estrangement. Donald Trump’s return as US president has thrown the global order into flux, pulling Europe closer to China – but that opening will not last indefinitely. For years, China spoke of win-win cooperation while sidestepping the issues straining relations. Brussels’ concerns grew as Beijing dismissed them: non-reciprocal market access, weighty trade imbalances, a rising... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3311085/if-china-wants-eu-partner-it-must-offer-concrete-cooperation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3311085/if-china-wants-eu-partner-it-must-offer-concrete-cooperation?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 May 2025 12:30:08 +0000 Andrew Mertha Andrew Mertha Trying to predict any country’s international behaviour is fraught with challenges. That is even more the case when that country’s political system is opaque, as is China’s. We depend on clues, turns of phrases drawn from leaders’ speeches, shards of evidence gleaned from people on the ground, and various theories (or biases in disguise). We have spent much time analysing China’s geostrategic ambitions. Much ink has been spilled on the Thucydides Trap, the notion of “peak power” or the radical... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3309241/why-china-has-refused-back-down-face-trumps-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3309241/why-china-has-refused-back-down-face-trumps-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 May 2025 21:30:08 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Hong Kong’s bet that horse racing and other sports can help the city become a premier destination for high-end travellers appears to be paying off. Recent success at the track and with overseas outreach should spur authorities to keep drawing visitors. Nearly 10,000 tourists, a record turnout, were in the stands at Sha Tin Racecourse for FWD Champions Day on Sunday. The Jockey Club said the nearly 42,000-strong crowd was 37.5 per cent larger than the previous year. More than 8,000 visitors were... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3308907/horse-racing-proves-clear-winner-hong-kong-tourism-stakes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3308907/horse-racing-proves-clear-winner-hong-kong-tourism-stakes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 May 2025 22:15:07 +0000 Jane Cai,Meredith Chen Jane Cai,Meredith Chen China’s economic leapfrog into global second place, along with its eradication of extreme poverty, has been achieved through an array of plans covering the long and short term, while ranging from specific industries to the country as a whole. The best known of these blueprints is the five-year plan for national economic and social development, which sheds light on Beijing’s priorities for the medium term and features some quantifiable and comprehensive goalposts. This is the last year of China’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3308784/how-did-chinas-5-year-plans-deliver-economic-miracle-and-whats-next?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3308784/how-did-chinas-5-year-plans-deliver-economic-miracle-and-whats-next?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 May 2025 08:00:09 +0000 Accelerating cross-border integration has opened up new horizons for Hong Kong to work closer with the mainland. Having forged good ties with various authorities over the past few years, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has further reinforced mainland foundations with a fruitful visit to Zhejiang. A closer relationship with those over the border under the “one country, two systems” principle has been a long-standing priority, with cooperation mechanisms already established with Guangdong,... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3307999/zhejiang-mission-john-lee-another-feather-integration-cap-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3307999/zhejiang-mission-john-lee-another-feather-integration-cap-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:15:08 +0000 The Cultural Revolution was one of the most turbulent and radical periods in modern Chinese history. Its goal was to reassert Mao Zedong’s control and preserve communist ideology by purging “capitalist” and “traditional” elements from Chinese society. US President Donald Trump is in the early stages of unleashing his own cultural revolution in his attempt to “Make America Great Again”. Mao targeted those he saw as counter-revolutionaries, including party officials, intellectuals and capitalist... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3305887/maga-and-alarming-parallels-chinas-cultural-revolution?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3305887/maga-and-alarming-parallels-chinas-cultural-revolution?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:30:07 +0000 Bernard Cohen Bernard Cohen Long before the current manifestations of the metaverse, there was Second Life. Established as a virtual and collaborative space in 2003, Second Life had millions of visitors and, according to its developers, Linden Lab, an economy running into billions of US dollars. Since 2019 it has even had its own currency, the Linden Dollar. In Second Life’s heyday, around 2006, films launched, law schools ran courses, multinational corporations opened branches, huge events took place, commercial and... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3295938/inside-beijing-based-artist-cao-feis-virtual-worlds-my-city-yours-exhibition-sydney?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3295938/inside-beijing-based-artist-cao-feis-virtual-worlds-my-city-yours-exhibition-sydney?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:15:08 +0000 The death of former American president Jimmy Carter, who oversaw as Washington switched its diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, marked the end of an era for US-China relations. He was probably the last of a sort of China-friendly American politician who, along with his adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, achieved what Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger started but were unable to finish. In one of the most dramatic moments in his one-term presidency, Carter declared in a televised address to... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3292938/how-old-friend-jimmy-carter-opened-door-china-and-how-beijing-can-repay-favour?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3292938/how-old-friend-jimmy-carter-opened-door-china-and-how-beijing-can-repay-favour?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Dec 2024 10:59:25 +0000 The Musk-Ramaswamy duet is gearing up for one of the most ambitious reform projects in US political history. Appointed to president-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency, their mission is to overhaul the government, make it smaller, streamline bureaucracy and ultimately transform the way America operates. It’s a grand vision to tackle some of the country’s most entrenched problems. There might be a lesson or two to be learned from China’s rich history of reformers.... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3290381/what-elon-musk-and-vivek-ramaswamy-can-learn-chinas-reformers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3290381/what-elon-musk-and-vivek-ramaswamy-can-learn-chinas-reformers?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Dec 2024 01:30:07 +0000 Some 25 years before Deng Xiaoping first proposed “one country, two systems” as a creative political solution to facilitate Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau’s return to China, Mao Zedong tasked him with finding an answer to the Tibet issue. It was 1957, six years after Beijing and Lhasa signed the Seventeen-Point Agreement that confirmed Tibet as part of the People’s Republic of China and its autonomous status. Tensions started to flare between the two sides shortly afterwards. The central leadership... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3276947/how-deng-xiaopings-one-country-two-systems-dates-back-1957-tibet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3276947/how-deng-xiaopings-one-country-two-systems-dates-back-1957-tibet?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Sep 2024 01:30:08 +0000 Some 25 years before Deng Xiaoping first proposed “one country, two systems” as a creative political solution to facilitate Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau’s return to China, Mao Zedong tasked him with finding an answer to the Tibet issue. It was 1957, six years after Beijing and Lhasa signed the Seventeen-Point Agreement that confirmed Tibet as part of the People’s Republic of China and its autonomous status. Tensions started to flare between the two sides shortly afterwards. The central leadership... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3276952/how-deng-xiaopings-one-country-two-systems-dates-back-1957?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3276952/how-deng-xiaopings-one-country-two-systems-dates-back-1957?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Sep 2024 04:42:14 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Since the death of Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping in 1997, China has been holding high-profile events to commemorate his birthday every 10 years. In 2004, China went big to mark the centenary of Deng’s birthday, including the unveiling of a bronze statue in his hometown of Guang’an, a grand concert by 200 pianists in... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3276794/china-celebrates-deng-xiaoping-how-has-true-heir-xi-jinping-taken-reins?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3276794/china-celebrates-deng-xiaoping-how-has-true-heir-xi-jinping-taken-reins?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Sep 2024 06:00:10 +0000 What would Deng Xiaoping think of China if he were alive today? That question has lingered in my mind ever since I joined tens of millions of Chinese on August 22 in marking his 120th birth anniversary. The question is as relevant and important as it is sentimental and rhetorical. Today’s Chinese owe so much to the diminutive reformist leader who ended China’s self-imposed isolation and unleashed reforms in the late 1970s to allow private entrepreneurship to flourish and open up the country to... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3276103/if-deng-xiaoping-were-alive-he-would-worry-about-chinas-shifting-priorities?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3276103/if-deng-xiaoping-were-alive-he-would-worry-about-chinas-shifting-priorities?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Sep 2024 01:30:11 +0000 What would Deng Xiaoping think of China if he were alive today? That question has lingered in my mind ever since I joined tens of millions of Chinese on August 22 in marking his 120th birth anniversary. The question is as relevant and important as it is sentimental and rhetorical. Today’s Chinese owe so much to the diminutive reformist leader who ended China’s self-imposed isolation and unleashed reforms in the late 1970s to allow private entrepreneurship to flourish and open up the country to... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3276517/if-deng-xiaoping-were-alive-he-would-worry-about-chinas-shifting-priorities?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3276517/if-deng-xiaoping-were-alive-he-would-worry-about-chinas-shifting-priorities?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Aug 2024 04:56:36 +0000 Kahon Chan,Willa Wu,Denise Tsang Kahon Chan,Willa Wu,Denise Tsang As China commemorates the 120th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping’s birth, the Post examines his legacy across generations. In the final of a three-part series, we look at Deng’s vision for Hong Kong and how much of it has been realised. Here is part one and two. In late 1991, Hong Kong businessman Frederick Ma Si-hang desperately wanted to sell his company’s stake in a luxury hotel in Beijing for some much-needed cash. But Jin Guang New World Hotel in Beijing charged only US$20 per room a night amid... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3275682/deng-xiaopings-legacy-hong-kong-unfinished-business-one-country-two-systems?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3275682/deng-xiaopings-legacy-hong-kong-unfinished-business-one-country-two-systems?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Aug 2024 03:00:17 +0000 The Chinese military has pledged to stay alert to potential risks and is focused on making sure it can “win against strong enemies”, during the commemorations to mark Deng Xiaoping’s 120th anniversary. At one such event on Thursday, President Xi Jinping told the military to improve its “strategic ability to defend national sovereignty, security and development interests”. Xi said Deng had highlighted the need to build the People’s Liberation Army into a strong, modernised and well-organised... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3275713/chinas-military-focuses-beating-strong-enemies-deng-xiaoping-commemorations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3275713/chinas-military-focuses-beating-strong-enemies-deng-xiaoping-commemorations?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:43:20 +0000 The topics we covered this week in the Daily Pulse paint a picture of a country on the cusp of changes yet firmly tethered to its history. The week started with China playing conflict mediator in Myanmar, followed by Beijing reaffirming solidarity with socialist ally Vietnam. The economy came into focus in the past two days, with Europe’s revised tariffs looming over China’s exports of electric vehicles and Beijing’s efforts to revive the economy, which has been dogged by low consumer confidence... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3275581/china-marks-dengs-120th-collisions-south-china-sea-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3275581/china-marks-dengs-120th-collisions-south-china-sea-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:00:31 +0000 As China commemorates the 120th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping’s birth, the Post examines his legacy across generations. In the second instalment of a three-part series, we look at the impact of his policies – from the factories to the countryside. A year after Deng Xiaoping stepped down as China’s paramount leader, Mindy Guo took a risk and left her secure job in the “iron rice bowl”. It was November 1990 and the 21-year-old had been working for a state-owned enterprise in Beijing. She moved... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3275485/millions-benefited-why-generations-see-deng-xiaoping-architect-modern-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3275485/millions-benefited-why-generations-see-deng-xiaoping-architect-modern-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Aug 2024 22:00:20 +0000 The best way to commemorate Communist Party patriarch Deng Xiaoping is to persevere to realise the mission of national rejuvenation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, the 120th anniversary of the late leader’s birth. Paying tribute to Deng’s political legacy while also identifying with it, Xi called on the country to rally behind his own policies on establishing a modern economic system, promoting hi-tech self-reliance, and safeguarding national sovereignty and development... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3275532/honour-reformer-deng-xiaoping-realising-chinas-revival-xi-jinping-urges-nation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3275532/honour-reformer-deng-xiaoping-realising-chinas-revival-xi-jinping-urges-nation?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:29:17 +0000 This week marks the 120th birthday of Deng Xiaoping, architect of China’s reform and opening up. It is also a major milestone in commemorating his contributions to China’s rejuvenation. China’s transformation over the last four decades since its reform and opening up in the late 1970s is a highly unusual phenomenon. China’s gross domestic product grew from US$150 billion in 1978 to about US$17.8 trillion by 2023, making it the world’s second largest economy. Per capita GDP jumped from US$157 in... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3275315/seeds-deng-xiaopings-legacy-have-yielded-remarkable-progress?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3275315/seeds-deng-xiaopings-legacy-have-yielded-remarkable-progress?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Aug 2024 08:30:11 +0000 Haining Gao Haining Gao / https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3275178/deng-xiaoping-120th-birthaversary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3275178/deng-xiaoping-120th-birthaversary?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:00:10 +0000