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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | How Hong Kong can keep the talking going when US-China officials don’t

Hong Kong can’t set the terms of the contest, but with Track 1.5 diplomacy, it can decide if it is the room in which competition is managed.

Opinion | Why Trump-Xi summit must put Korean peninsula back on the agenda

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Opinion | Success of Trump-Xi summit lies in what happens afterwards

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Hong Kong Opinion

The View | Why a hawkish US Fed won’t derail Hong Kong’s property recovery

Higher interest rates may dampen momentum, but solid demand, improving sentiment and effective policy execution will prove more decisive.

People walk past a real estate agency in Telford Plaza, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong on August 16. Photo: Karma Lo
People walk past a real estate agency in Telford Plaza, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong on August 16. Photo: Karma Lo

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Hong Kong’s 5-year plan could have been more ambitious

The series of anticipatory goals – only five out of 22 are binding – gives the impression of a cautious, not confident, government.

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Asia Opinion

Opinion | Pacific island states are trapped in Cold War 2.0

Geopolitically, it’s like a feudal hierarchy: small island nations as vassals, Australia and New Zealand as local lords and the US as king.

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Asia Opinion

Opinion | New North Korea-Russia bridge delivers a powerful message to China

The Yalu bridge remains unused years after completion – a reminder that despite economic reliance on Beijing, Pyongyang still decides where to invest its political attention.

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Illustration: Dennis Yip
Illustration: Dennis Yip

World Opinion

Opinion | Middle powers don’t have to wait for a Trump-Xi-Putin summit

Rather than waiting for great powers to reshape the world, middle powers can find agency by deepening connections between hubs of cooperation.

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | What Hong Kong cinema can take away from a popular Chinese war film

If productions need not be set in China to be seen as Chinese, why must Hong Kong films rely on language or place as proof of identity?

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China Opinion

Opinion | What China really means when it says it’s being ‘strategic’

Rather than geopolitical manoeuvring or calculation, this diplomatic label aims to convey seriousness, patience and a willingness to work for mutual long-term benefit.

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President Xi Jinping (right) pose for a photo alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Brics leaders at the Brics summit in New Delhi, India, on September 12. Photo: Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

World Opinion

Opinion | AI doesn’t just answer questions – it legitimises bad ones

Readily available AI analysis can give weak ideas credibility they have not earned. Decision-makers need to get the question right before reviewing the answer.

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Prompts are worth practising as they make all the difference when using AI. Photo: dpa
Prompts are worth practising as they make all the difference when using AI. Photo: dpa

Opinion

Opinion | Why the Global South keeps its doors wide open to Russia

Far from being isolated, Moscow’s relationships across the non-Western world are a geopolitical constant the West cannot break.

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | More than ever, Hong Kong’s global character is an asset to the nation

The city can bridge China and the world, adding value to every connection, but to deliver on this promise, it needs everyone on board.

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China Opinion

Being Chinese | The unspoken reason my Chinese friends choose America

When friends say they can just ‘exist’ in the US, they mean they can stop performing to the Confucian expectations that define Chinese life.

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A noodle restaurant along a largely deserted pavement in Arcadia, California. Outside the Confucian system, there is no perpetual appraisal of your earning power, your waistline or your marital status. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

World Opinion

Opinion | Why cities have the responsibility to demand nuclear disarmament

As cities are the main targets of nuclear weapons, they have a responsibility to speak out and encourage efforts to eliminate them.

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A woman walks past the Atomic Bomb Dome in the centre of Hiroshima in 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Photo: AFP
A woman walks past the Atomic Bomb Dome in the centre of Hiroshima in 2025, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong Opinion

As I see it | Why mainland Chinese despise the British – but Hongkongers don’t

Whereas Hong Kong people experienced a milder form of colonialism, mainland Chinese were subjected to the extremes of Western imperialism.

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Experimentation drives the Northern Metropolis – just as it did Shenzhen

As the flagship project of Hong Kong’s five-year plan, the cross-border hub is built to function as a sandbox – a special zone for bold policy and economic innovation.

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Will Hong Kong’s educators learn from sliding Pisa results?

With mathematics, reading and science scores at record lows in a decline going back to 2012, educators need to radically revamp their approach.

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A group of students walk across a courtyard at Lok Fu Plaza on June 24. Hong Kong secondary school students’ performance has fallen in an international assessment focused on three core subjects. Photo: Jelly Tse
A group of students walk across a courtyard at Lok Fu Plaza on June 24. Hong Kong secondary school students’ performance has fallen in an international assessment focused on three core subjects. Photo: Jelly Tse

China Opinion

The View | Why Shanghai offers hope for China’s ailing real estate market

Pockets of resilience and growth in the city’s property sector could be the prelude to a broader recovery across the country.

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | The classic Chinese parenting playbook won’t survive the AI age

Controlling and achievement-oriented parenting stifles creativity, autonomy and critical thinking – qualities that will be needed more than ever.

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Hong Kong’s contemporary artists deserve a bigger stage in its museums

Now that other Asian societies are taking their artists more seriously, it is time for M+ and HKMoA to give our living artists major solo exhibitions.

Visitors to the M+ museum on July 1. Both M+ and the Hong Kong Museum of Art have held group shows of Hong Kong art but these do not go deep enough to allow for a proper appreciation of each artist’s practice. Photo: Elson Li
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OPINION
Neville Lai

Opinion | How Hong Kong can keep the talking going when US-China officials don’t

Neville Lai
Kang Jun-young

Opinion | Why Trump-Xi summit must put Korean peninsula back on the agenda

Kang Jun-young
Nong Hong

Opinion | Success of Trump-Xi summit lies in what happens afterwards

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Nicholas Spiro

The View | Why a hawkish US Fed won’t derail Hong Kong’s property recovery

Nicholas Spiro
Alice Wu

Opinion | Hong Kong’s 5-year plan could have been more ambitious

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Alex Lo

Opinion | Pacific island states are trapped in Cold War 2.0

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!

SCMP managing editor Yonden Lhatoo sings a totally different tune to wish America a happy 250th anniversary.
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HELP, WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE

US-Israel war on Iran is as reckless and catastrophic as it is stupid and illegal
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