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An expanded visa-free entry policy has provided a much-needed boost to China’s overseas tourism. Photo: Xinhua

China travel

China’s visa-free policy pays dividends as overseas entries soar in 2025

China’s major cities have reported enormous increases in visitors from abroad, many entering under a popular visa exemption scheme.

7 Jul 2025 - 9:00PM

Asean

Eating plastic: the hidden cost of convenience in Southeast Asia

7 Jul 2025 - 7:37PM

Asean

Trump’s Vietnam tariff pact challenges Asean unity in key summit

7 Jul 2025 - 4:02PM

Thailand

Fake it ‘til you make it? Inside Southeast Asia’s booming counterfeit economy

Fake goods are still readily available across the region, despite Thailand and Vietnam’s best efforts, as Washington’s tariff deadline looms.

7 Jul 2025 - 2:51PM

A Thai customs officer shows confiscated counterfeit Rolex watches in Bangkok. Photo: AFP

Singapore

Opinion | Singapore can play a greater role in shaping post-unipolar world

If it chooses to embrace its strengths, Singapore is one of the few actors trusted enough to lay the foundation for a more just global order.

6 Jul 2025 - 8:15PMvideocam

Hong Kong tourism

Why Hong Kong is a fledgling hub for pre-owned Hermes bags and other luxury goods

Industry players say city is popular among Indian and Filipino merchandisers due to its reputation for authentic goods, tax-free status.

6 Jul 2025 - 5:12PM

US-Asean relations

Asian Angle | What the Vietnam war can teach us about Trump’s Asia policy

The Vietnam war ended 50 years ago. Its complex legacy offers context for Donald Trump’s global trade and security shake-up.

5 Jul 2025 - 11:00AMvideocam

Huey helicopters carrying US troops land in Vietnam in August 1965. Photo: AP

China economy

Opinion | Chinese companies must now focus on wooing consumers at home

Re-routing exports away from the US offers only brief relief; the playbook must now start at home, with China’s vast market.

5 Jul 2025 - 9:30AMvideocam

Crime

Chinese model lured to Myanmar with scam job rescued after sister raises alarm

25-year-old missing since June 9 was rescued on Friday, prompting new warning from Chinese embassy in Thailand about high-paying job offers.

5 Jul 2025 - 3:15AMvideocam

SCMP Highlights

China nears Airbus deal, famous Hong Kong restaurant chain closes: 7 highlights

From Beijing’s grand military parade to Hong Kong train driver’s antics going viral, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

4 Jul 2025 - 12:50PM

Asean

Opinion | How Asian businesses can compete with China’s apex predators

China’s growing supply chains offer short-term opportunities but Asia must quickly learn from how it tests and strategically nurtures firms.

4 Jul 2025 - 10:50AMvideocam

A costumed actor poses in front of a car at the BYD booth during the Shanghai Auto show in in China on April 25. Photo: EPA-EFE

Asean

Can Rubio’s Asia tour ease region’s anxiety over looming US tariffs?

US secretary of state’s presence may offer symbolic reassurance but little else as deadline nears for trade talks, observers say.

3 Jul 2025 - 5:02PMvideocam

Singapore

‘3 is better than 2’: could Indonesia have a role in Johor-Singapore trade zone?

Singapore Trade Minister Gan Kim Yong raises the possibility at a forum of bringing Indonesia ‘to this equation’, pointing to the Batam, Bintan and Karimun island grouping.

3 Jul 2025 - 11:00PM

Digital currencies

Opinion | How Hong Kong can win race to become world’s tokenisation hub

The question is not whether tokenisation will reshape finance but who will shape it. Hong Kong’s strategy sets it apart from the pack.

3 Jul 2025 - 9:30AM

A woman walks past a currency exchange shop in Causeway Bay with a bank vault painted on its gate on May 5, 2024. Photo: Jelly Tse

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong should tap space economy, attract more top-end gatherings: Regina Ip

Ip’s party also calls for fund to train musicians for overseas competitions and salary tax exemptions for mums with two or more children.

3 Jul 2025 - 12:57AM

Lawmaker Regina Ip’s party has made submissions to Chief Executive John Lee ahead of his third policy address. Photo: Jonathan Wong

China's economic recovery

China mostly unscathed by turbulent 6 months, but 2025 still an uphill climb

Analysts said Beijing has a number of challenges to reckon with this year, but largely agreed the country can still meet its economic growth target.

2 Jul 2025 - 7:13AMvideocam

China-Singapore relations

Editorial | China-Singapore relations a steadying force amid global uncertainty

Singapore leader’s visit to Beijing signals a healthy appreciation by both countries of the need to enhance mutual trust and cooperation.

2 Jul 2025 - 6:45AM

The Philippines

Philippines eyes multirole fighter jets for ‘credible deterrence’ against China

Air force chief says more advanced platforms needed to meet defence goals, as country weighs choice between F-16s and Gripen.

1 Jul 2025 - 10:46PM

A US F-16 fighter jet lands at an air base in Gwangju, South Korea in April. The Philippines is considering whether to buy the F-16 or Sweden’s Gripen to boost its air force. Photo: EPA-EFE/Yonhap

Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s plug-in hybrid exports spike in wake of EU tariff exemption

Plug-in hybrids are exempt from European Union duties on Chinese electric vehicles. China’s auto giants have been quick to take advantage.

25 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM

HKEX

China’s Anjoy Foods eyes Southeast Asia and Europe after Hong Kong listing

Frozen food supplier is expected to raise as much as US$336.3 million by floating just under 40 million shares in Hong Kong.

25 Jun 2025 - 11:33AM

Canada

Canada raises defence spending to hit Nato targets amid tariff row: Carney

The new spending comes as Prime Minister Mark Carney tries to reach a deal with the White House to lower or remove tariffs on Canadian goods.

22 Jun 2025 - 8:05PM

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a news conference in the Foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Friday. Photo: dpa

Israel-Gaza war

Greta Thunberg, once unpopular on Chinese social media, rises in esteem on Gaza

The activist receives support on Chinese social media after Israeli forces board her ship bearing aid to Gaza and she is deported.

18 Jun 2025 - 1:05AM

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg talks to journalists as she arrives at Arlanda airport outside Stockholm, Sweden, having been deported there by Israel. on June 10. Photo: TT News Agency via Reuters

US-China trade war

China grants export permits to rare earth giant for US, Europe shipments

The announcement came as trade talks wrapped up in London, with critical minerals high on agenda.

11 Jun 2025 - 7:30PM

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV maker Leapmotor jumps into Hong Kong market

Beachhead in city will reach global consumers and help international investors better understand the company, founder and CEO says.

11 Jun 2025 - 6:33PM

SCMP Highlights

‘Gunpowder’ price wars, Japan’s US$7,000 single-seat car: 7 EV reads

From Xiaomi’s electric car unit’s potential profit to fears of an Evergrande-style collapse, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.

11 Jun 2025 - 12:34PM

Japanese start-up KG Motors has developed a battery-powered one-seater that looks like a futuristic golf cart. Photo: Handout

Israel-Gaza war

Convoy sets off for Gaza from North Africa to protest Israel’s blockade

Tunisian-led aid convoy seeks ‘the immediate lifting of the unjust siege’ on Gaza.

10 Jun 2025 - 10:47AM

People cheer as a convoy of buses made up of activists, lawyers and medical professionals from North Africa depart from Tunisia to Gaza. Photo: AP

Mainland China

Democracies sometimes use foreign meddling as an ‘alibi’: think tank

Report warns against overemphasising external threats, urges focus on internal failures and citizen trust.

9 Jun 2025 - 2:37PM

Israel-Gaza war

Greta Thunberg arrives at Israeli port after Gaza-bound aid boat was detained

Accompanied by Israeli navy, boat arrived in port of Ashdod. Thunberg and 11 others expected to be held at detention facility then deported.

10 Jun 2025 - 4:18AM

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