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My Take
My Take, a popular and sometimes controversial daily column of the South China Morning Post, analyses a variety of hot-button issues concerning Hong Kong, mainland China and the region.
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Cryptocurrency

My Take | Hong Kong’s stablecoin ambitions offer Chinese yuan a way into the crypto world

Beijing’s tolerance of and supportive attitude towards Hong Kong’s stablecoin ambitions is interesting to observe.

China technology

My Take | Springtime for China’s engineers and scientists. In US, not so much

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Taiwan

My Take | Taiwan’s Lai does not have the cards with Washington or Beijing

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Israel-Gaza war

My Take | European Union has finally shed crocodile tears for Palestinians

Rounds of Western criticism are little more than a slap on the wrist for Israel when the latter’s genocidal intent in Gaza can no longer be ignored.

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A Palestinian carries a box containing food after aid packages were delivered in Rafah on Tuesday. Photo: AP
US-China relations

My Take | American financial exploitation vs Chinese financial repression

The superpowers’ rivalry is not so much about competing social-economic systems, but two different versions of capitalism.

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United States

My Take | US kicking out foreign students to the benefit of China and others

Hong Kong and the mainland are among those hoping to lure refugees from Harvard and other top universities scared away by Trump crackdown.

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Britain

My Take | Hongkongers in the UK deserve to be supported, not let down

The British government should clarify the position of BN(O) visa holders and exclude them from the impact of a campaign to cut immigration.

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The Embankment in London is a popular for sightseers in the British capital. Photo: AFP
United States

My Take | Trump drums up a fake genocide while sponsoring real one in Gaza

US president tries to confront South African counterpart in Oval Office with unsubstantiated allegations of atrocities against white farmers.

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Asean

My Take | Closer Asean ties can help China counter US militarisation of region

However, Beijing’s foreign policy and economic agenda are at cross purposes, with nations in the bloc suffering from chronic trade deficits.

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Donald Trump

My Take | US presidents often hide the true state of their health from the public

Revelations of Biden’s mental decline and advanced prostate cancer latest example of White House dishonesty based on the constitution.

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Former US president Joe Biden. Photo: TNS
US-China relations

My Take | US should change the opioid crisis narrative if it wants China’s full support

While exerting pressure abroad, Trump should ensure resources at home that ease fentanyl crisis are not affected by his budget cuts.

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In his first term, US President Donald Trump signed a presidential public health emergency declaration on the nation’s opioid crisis. In his second, he has cited fentanyl as a factor in the tariff debate. Photo: Reuters
Libya

My Take | The world’s biggest rogue state looks to sanction little Hong Kong

As it targets the city’s judiciary, the US has paralysed the work of the ICC while planning for the ethnic cleansing and displacement of Gazans.

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US-China relations

My Take | Unlike Plaza Accord, Mar-a-Lago deal would speed up US decline

Weakening the dollar to rebuild domestic manufacturing and exports is a pipe dream, but that will not stop ‘brains’ behind tariffs from trying.

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US-China relations

My Take | China and US manage to avoid a lose-lose trade war, for time being

Trump will probably sign some modest deals, and maybe with Beijing, but it could have been done without threatening to destroy world trade.

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Chinese and US flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, China. File photo: Reuters
Palestinian Territories

My Take | The Western world has already dug its own grave in Gaza war

By enabling Israel to unleash its genocidal impulse, most leaders of developed nations have crossed a moral red line that cannot be undone.

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Smoke rises from Gaza, as seen from Israel, May 6, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Canada

My Take | Alberta throws down gauntlet on becoming an energy superpower

Separation threat to Canada from resource-rich province comes when unity and wealth needed to protect against global dangers and Trump.

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South China Sea

Editorial | It seems Donald Trump has just ended Nato with stance on force

If attack on alliance member is one against all, what happens now he has refused to rule out aggression to annex Canada and Greenland?

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My Take | Retired Cardinal Joseph Zen is more welcome in Hong Kong than Rome

Suggestions that the former Catholic leader should ‘defect’ to the Vatican fail to take into account the political realities of both cities.

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Retired Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen attends a mass at the Holy Cross Church in Hong Kong on May 24, 2022. Photo: AP
Hong Kong

My Take | Rights of all have to be respected following transgender decisions

In Britain, calm is required as the implications of a landmark legal ruling are worked out – and in Hong Kong an activist continues to seek clarity.

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Taiwan

My Take | Western media ignore crackdown on opposition in Taiwan by Lai

Mainstream reporting targets illiberal regimes in Europe, but favours the island leader and his pro-US, independence-seeking government.

Mainland China

My Take | Canada cannot decouple from China or de-risk from the US

Winning a full-term premiership is the easy part for Mark Carney, who must now lead a country squeezed between two rival superpowers.

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Canada’s Liberal Leader and Prime Minister-elect Mark Carney in Ottawa on March 9, 2025. Photo: AFP via Getty Images
Electric & new energy vehicles

My Take | China’s ambitions in electric vehicles go beyond making lots of cars

To become a powerful car nation, China must lead in smart automotive technologies, China’s former industry minister argues.

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An actor in a fantasy costume poses in front of a BYD model L car during the Shanghai Auto Show. Photo: EPA-EFE
US-China relations

My Take | Tariffs caused many sad endings during the 1930s

Not long ago, not far away, another powerful country resorted to tariffs to beat up the world, ending in mutual destruction.

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My Take | We are witnessing the end of the United States as we know it

Far from being the guarantor of global liberty, prosperity and security, America has become a threat to all three pillars of human civilisation.

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Mainland China

My Take | When it comes to a ‘civilisational state’ is there really such a thing?

Former Reddit CEO Yishan Wong poses some intriguing questions about being Chinese, though his conclusions seem quite off the mark.

A ceremony is held at the Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing in July, 2024. A recent high-level training session focused on unified historical narratives for museums. Photo: Xinhua
China economy

My Take | Could China ever learn to live with GDP growth of less than 5 per cent?

Three Chinese economists argue rigid growth target causes local governments to misallocate resources and take on excessive debt.

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Central growth targets play a crucial role in shaping China’s economic trajectory and contribute to the spectacular infrastructure of many of its cities. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong

My Take | Wise pope tamed retired Hong Kong bishop and reached out to Beijing

Francis sidelined Cardinal Joseph Zen, restraining his anti-communist opposition to stabilise relations between China and the Vatican.

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My Take | Can US tariffs really choke the life out of Hong Kong?

The US is after Hong Kong’s survival, top Beijing official says. But the free port and trading hub must weather the storm with vigilance.

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