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China Conference: Southeast Asia

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China Conference: Southeast Asia
Insights and takeaways from China Conference: Southeast Asia, an annual flagship conference organised by the South China Morning Post.
Wang Qing, China’s ambassador to Asean, at the South China Morning Post’s China Conference: Southeast Asia 2026 on Tuesday. Photo: SCMP

Ambassador urges ‘shared prosperity’ in China-Asean ties as protectionism grows

Wang Qing says both sides should uphold multilateralism and oppose external interference, even as Asean members seek trade deals with US.

Indonesia on track for 10% growth by 2029, energy envoy Hashim says

Asean urged to rewrite trade rule book as US turns transactional

Indonesia

Indonesia’s economy tipped to gain from deeper mainland China, Hong Kong ties

Increased investments and lessons learned from improving capital markets could help Indonesia as it ‘opens shop’, insiders and observers say.

Residents stand on a skydeck at a main roundabout in Jakarta, Indonesia in August 2025. Photo: EPA
Asean

Indonesia eyes China partners to build ‘better than the EU standard’

Sovereign wealth fund Danantara targets waste-to-energy, smart grids, and data centres, leveraging a global tech leader for green and infrastructure growth.

Prabowo Subianto

Profits, not politics: Danantara Indonesia chief vows to keep fund professional

Chief Investment Officer Pandu Sjahrir is committed to operating the fund with transparency – even if he has to say no to the government.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong stepping up as global arbitration hub, deputy justice secretary says

Horace Cheung also confident of city’s investment prospects, while the Indonesian Law Policy Strategy Agency’s Andry Indrady cites Singapore’s strengths.

(From left) SCMP publisher Tammy Tam, Deputy Secretary for Justice Horace Cheung and Andry Indrady, head of the Law Policy Strategy Agency of Indonesia’s Ministry of Law at the China Conference: Southeast Asia 2026 in Jakarta. Photo: SCMP
Leung Chun-ying (CY Leung)

Indonesia hails ‘strong’ ties as Hong Kong’s CY Leung lauds ‘steady hands’

Indonesia’s top economic minister Airlangga Hartarto and Hong Kong’s Leung were speaking at the SCMP’s China Conference: Southeast Asia.

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Indonesia

Post signs pact with Indonesian business guild to hold events, dialogue

The two parties will advance a range of initiatives, including a China Conference: Southeast Asia in Jakarta in early 2026.

Video | Hong Kong to keep ‘one country, two systems’ model indefinitely, justice minister says

Paul Lam issues reassurance at China Conference: Southeast Asia 2025, citing 2022 speech by Xi Jinping

Hong Kong to keep ‘one country, two systems’ model indefinitely, justice minister says
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Asean

Tariffs, AI potential, cautious optimism on China: Southeast Asia’s path ahead

Asean must grow its global links and stand together to mitigate effects of external shocks, say panel speakers at ‘China Conference: Southeast Asia 2025’.

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Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (front row, centre), Hong Kong’s former chief executive Leung Chun-ying (front row, third from right) and other panel speakers at the “China Conference: Southeast Asia 2025” in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong economy

Malaysia reaffirms Hong Kong investment ties amid worries over Trump’s tactics

Tengku Zafrul Aziz, Malaysia’s trade minister, says Asean should continue to engage with Washington while also diversifying supply chains.

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek lowers cost of AI adoption for firms across Southeast Asia: experts

Many businesses in the region still must contend with a lack of AI talent and outdated digital infrastructure.

Asean

Malaysia’s trade minister calls on Asean, Hong Kong to shape the ‘Asian century’

Tengku Zafrul Aziz paints a picture of vast potential and hope in closing speech at forum in Kuala Lumpur.

Tengku Zafrul Aziz, Malaysia’s trade minister, delivers the closing speech during the “China Conference: Southeast Asia 2025” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday. Photo: Nora Tam
Semiconductors

Malaysia’s chip sector to benefit from ‘neutrality’ amid US-China tech war

Malaysia can help firms ‘serve the US, China and the rest of the world’, the head of the country’s semiconductor industry association says.

Wong Siew-hai, president of the Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association, speaks at a panel on advanced manufacturing at the SCMP’s China Conference: Southeast Asia 2025 event held in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Photo: Nora Tam
Asean

Are fragmented regulations holding back Southeast Asia’s EV ambitions?

The head of Chinese EV maker Xpeng says a lack of unified legal frameworks around tech like autonomous driving could discourage investment.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong to become Muslim-friendly city for Asean businesses, tourists: John Lee

Authorities have introduced incentives such as simplifying immigration requirements, offering more halal options, city leader says.

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Asean

Can Southeast Asia be part of a new world order amid US-China tug of war?

Panel speakers at ‘China Conference: Southeast Asia 2025’ note that region has been ‘Trump-proofing’ and Beijing stands to gain if it seizes the opportunity.

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(From left) Chan Heng-chee, Singapore’s ambassador-at-large; Frederick Ma, chairman of the board at FWD Group; Thitinan Pongsudhirak, professor of international relations at Chulalongkorn University; Asean Business Advisory Council chairman Nazir Razak; and Zuraidah Ibrahim, executive managing editor of the South China Morning Post, during the “China Conference: Southeast Asia 2025” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Monday. Photo: Nora Tam
Malaysia

China and Asean seek stronger ties amid US uncertainty

Trump 2.0 was the elephant in the room at SCMP’s ‘China Conference: Southeast Asia 2025’ in Kuala Lumpur, where participants promoted multilateralism.

Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong to keep ‘one country, two systems’ model indefinitely, minister says

Paul Lam issues reassurance at South China Morning Post’s China Conference: Southeast Asia 2025, cites 2022 speech by Xi Jinping.

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Anwar Ibrahim

‘Asean’s moment is now’: Malaysia’s Anwar on AI, tariff challenges

Malaysia’s PM in his speech at the ‘China Conference: Southeast Asia 2025’, organised by the Post, also speaks out against ‘economic coercion and unilateral actions’.

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Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivers his opening speech at the China Conference: Southeast Asia, organised by the Post. Photo: Nora Tam
Asean

‘Superconnector’ Hong Kong can share mainland expertise with Asean: CY Leung

At Post’s China Conference: Southeast Asia 2025, ex-city leader highlights potential for deeper economic cooperation between country and bloc.

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Leung Chun-ying, former chief executive of Hong Kong, delivers the opening keynote speech at the China Conference. Photo: Nora Tam

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Singapore

Exclusive | Singapore’s Shanmugam on US-China ties, ‘socialist’ policies and the wealth gap

In the first part of a wide-ranging exclusive interview with This Week in Asia, Singapore’s minister for home affairs and law talks China’s ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine, the necessity of staying neutral and the enduring nature of Singapore’s social compact.

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Hong Kong economy

Top graduates in Singapore, Malaysia eyeing Hong Kong career path: Paul Chan

Financial secretary reveals observation in blog post, notes most are interested in regional cooperation for a stab at growing economic pie.

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Financial Secretary Paul Chan meets university students in Malaysia. Photo: Handout
Asean

Editorial | Forget Hong Kong-Singapore rivalry hype, thriving Asia calls for collaboration

Speakers at Post’s ‘China Conference: Southeast Asia 2023’ stress how all countries in ‘region of tomorrow’ can feel the economic benefit.

A walkway gives pedestrians a grand view of Singapore’s Central Business District skyline. Singapore’s and Hong Kong’s potential shared economic future is a far bigger pond to swim in than their rivalry. Photo: EPA-EFE
Singapore

Hong Kong’s Paul Chan spotlights city’s ‘perfect’ liveability, low taxes

Hong Kong’s finance chief Paul Chan highlights city’s advantages like low taxes, ‘perfect’ liveability, and government-backed ecosystem for start-ups.

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China economy

Hong Kong a ‘super-connector’ for investors seeking to enter China, envoy says

Chinese envoy to Singapore Sun Haiyan said strong government coordination and policy stability ensured quick roll-outs of infrastructure and development projects in China.

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