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Huawei
Huawei’s founder makes subtle dig at lofty pursuits in AI by the US
Ren’s subtle dig at the US approach to AI reflects the strategy behind Huawei’s own AI investments.
5 Dec 2025 - 10:10PM
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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Hong Kong’s religious communities unite in prayer to mourn Tai Po fire victims
5 Dec 2025 - 7:29PM
Extreme weather
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‘Please help us’ appeal from Indonesia flood survivor
5 Dec 2025 - 6:09PM
Hong Kong
Hong Kong fire: dead Indonesian helper found huddled with ward hailed as selfless
Her grieving husband says his wife would have survived had she fled first, as the flat where she worked was on the fourth floor.
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Tourism
Bali mulls Airbnb ban to put a lid on revenue leak, overtourism
Airbnbs have emerged as a cheaper alternative to the sprawling resorts that dot the island, eroding tax revenue from hotels.
5 Dec 2025 - 3:41PM
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China exports
Waste to wealth: why China is building incinerators around the world
China’s economic slowdown has left its waste-to-energy sector without enough trash to burn. So, companies are heading overseas.
5 Dec 2025 - 1:55PM
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SCMP Highlights
Chinese boy lost after US detention, helper’s last call in fire: weekly roundup
From the Japanese PM’s latest remarks on Taiwan to a US ambassador coming under fire in Singapore, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.
5 Dec 2025 - 1:22PM
Mainland China
Chinese executive named as suspect in Indonesia radioactive contamination probe
PT Peter Metal director Lin Jingzhang faces investigation after domestic scrap caused caesium-137 contamination and US export recalls.
5 Dec 2025 - 3:15AM
China trade
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As China’s companies become industry leaders, where in the world are they going?
Across numerous sectors, China’s firms are setting up shop worldwide – and gaining ground on their well-entrenched competitors.
5 Dec 2025 - 5:58PM
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Natural disasters
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Indonesian mother and child cling to tree to survive floods
Widespread floods have devastated vast regions of Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing more than 750 people and displacing thousands.
4 Dec 2025 - 3:27PM
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Tourism
Oxford slammed for not naming Indonesian researchers in rare flower find
After an uproar over the perceived snub, the university named the Indonesian researchers involved in Rafflesia’s rediscovery on social media.
5 Dec 2025 - 7:39AM
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Climate change
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Asia’s floods a deadly reminder of need to combat growing climate threat
Devastating flooding and landslides have focused attention on disaster preparedness efforts as rising temperatures threaten the region.
4 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
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Domestic helpers deserve praise for heroism in Tai Po fire
Hong Kong’s domestic helpers should get equal attention for their recent heroism and daily efforts that help hold the community together.
4 Dec 2025 - 6:45AM
Aviation
‘We side with Indonesia’: ex-minister rejects claims of China bias
Luhut Pandjaitan says China’s technological prowess and deep pockets made it an ideal partner for propelling Indonesia’s economy.
3 Dec 2025 - 7:29PM
Extreme weather
Asia’s floods kill over 1,000, lay bare human cost of climate inaction
From Indonesia’s deadliest disaster since 2018 to a state of emergency in Sri Lanka, Asia reels from a week of climate-fuelled destruction.
3 Dec 2025 - 5:45PM
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Extreme weather
Indonesia’s cyclone tragedy exposes lethal cost of forest destruction
Green groups say plantations and mines have degraded Sumatra’s land, amplifying a disaster that killed more than 700 and displaced thousands.
4 Dec 2025 - 3:26PM
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South China Sea
‘Strategic’: why are drones taking off among South China Sea claimant states?
Experts weigh the merits and limits of growing pivot in the region to uncrewed aircraft and the potential for 24/7 patrols.
3 Dec 2025 - 11:19AM
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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Judge-led panel to probe deadly blaze as Hong Kong goes ahead with election
Death toll from Wang Fuk Court inferno rises to 156 after five more bodies found.
3 Dec 2025 - 1:36AM
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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
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Bodies of helper, woman she cared for found in same room at Hong Kong fire site
It took four days before a DNA test confirmed the identity of the helper’s remains.
3 Dec 2025 - 3:36PM
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Indonesian flood survivor returns to ruined home
Separate weather systems brought torrential, extended rainfall to the entire island of Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia in late November 2025.
2 Dec 2025 - 4:19PM
Hong Kong
‘She asked me to forgive her’: Indonesian helper in Tai Po fire makes last call
Erawati leaves behind a six-year-old son who cannot understand why ‘mummy doesn’t call any more’.
2 Dec 2025 - 6:23PM
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SCMP Highlights
‘Schrodinger’s Pakistan’, Chinese travellers eye Singapore: 7 Asia highlights
From election loss for Malaysia’s Anwar to Pakistan’s young feeling sidelined, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.
2 Dec 2025 - 1:55PM
Sri Lanka
Soldiers deployed in Sri Lanka, Indonesia as Asian flood toll tops 1,000
Indonesia sent three warships carrying aid while Sri Lanka used military helicopters to reach people stranded by flooding.
2 Dec 2025 - 4:21PM
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India
India’s looming BrahMos missile deal with Indonesia challenges US-China binary
New Delhi is emerging as a serious alternative security partner for Southeast Asia, offering hi-tech arms without ‘hegemonic baggage’.
1 Dec 2025 - 3:51PM
Extreme weather
Flood death tolls rise in Indonesia, Sri Lanka as aid trickles in
Flooding has killed hundreds in both countries and displaced thousands, as damaged roads and downed power lines hamper rescue efforts.
1 Dec 2025 - 4:40PM
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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Portraits of courage: helpers who stayed with their wards during Hong Kong fire
More than 200 domestic helpers worked in Wang Fuk Court, with nearly 80 missing and many more displaced along with employers.
30 Nov 2025 - 12:01AM
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Thailand
Death toll climbs above 370 in flood-hit Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia
‘This is the worst flood ever in our village. There were floods before … but it wasn’t like this’.
29 Nov 2025 - 8:01PM
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China-Africa relations
China set to benefit as South Africa looks to diversify away from US
As ties with Washington deteriorate, Pretoria is ‘determined to pursue economic diplomacy’ as it pursues new markets in Asia and Europe.
29 Nov 2025 - 4:00PM
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