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China Opinion

Opinion | China is leveraging its diaspora to boost the economy, unlike India

While Beijing has turned its diaspora into an extension of its domestic economy, New Delhi has largely allowed its diaspora to strengthen other economies.

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Opinion | Bad money decisions are coming home to roost for the US and Japan

23 Sep 2026 - 8:30PM

Opinion | Hong Kong needs social science to help deliver on its 5-year plan

23 Sep 2026 - 4:30PMvideocam

China Opinion

As I see it | Taiwan might as well give up now

If Washington can’t or won’t defend the island, Taipei has no choice but to settle with Beijing.

23 Sep 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

A mannequin points a model gun from inside a bunker past Shihyu, towards the skyline of Xiamen, a coastal city in mainland China, in Lieyu, Kinmen, Taiwan, in 2021. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | The question Hong Kong charities must answer

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust’s impact report could help push the city’s NGOs towards a more serious culture of accountability.

23 Sep 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

China Opinion

Opinion | Xi and Trump face their greatest challenge yet: building US-China trust

AI is the test case. A foundational agreement will prove trust is possible – otherwise, mistrust will harden and the detente will dissolve.

22 Sep 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Hong Kong lacks a climate narrative to unify its efforts

Hong Kong does not mention ‘climate change’ in its five-year plan, yet it already has many ingredients of climate leadership.

22 Sep 2026 - 4:30PMvideocam

People enjoy the waterfront at the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong, on September 7. Photo: Sam Tsang

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.

22 Sep 2026 - 9:30AM

Asia Opinion

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

US and Chinese indifference risks reinforcing North Korea’s calculation that the world will settle for merely managing its nuclear threat.

22 Sep 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

China Opinion

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

The real value of the Washington meeting between the presidents of the US and China is whether its understandings survive the next bilateral dispute.

22 Sep 2026 - 1:30PMvideocam

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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.

21 Sep 2026 - 4:30PM

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.

21 Sep 2026 - 11:27AMvideocam

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.

21 Sep 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

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.

20 Sep 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam

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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.

20 Sep 2026 - 4:30PMvideocam

People pass a themed installation at a business district in Shenzhen on August 10. Moscow has suggested that Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold a trilateral meeting at the Apec summit. Photo: Xinhua

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?

20 Sep 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

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.

20 Sep 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

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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.

14 Sep 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

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.

14 Sep 2026 - 4:30PM

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.

15 Sep 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

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.

12 Sep 2026 - 4:30PM

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 | China is leveraging its diaspora to boost the economy, unlike India

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Opinion | Bad money decisions are coming home to roost for the US and Japan

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23 Sep 2026 - 8:30PM

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Opinion | Hong Kong needs social science to help deliver on its 5-year plan

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As I see it | Taiwan might as well give up now

Alex Lo

23 Sep 2026 - 9:30AM

Opinion | The question Hong Kong charities must answer

Vera Yuen

23 Sep 2026 - 5:30AM

Opinion | Xi and Trump face their greatest challenge yet: building US-China trust

Dong Lei

22 Sep 2026 - 8:30PM

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!

SCMP managing editor Yonden Lhatoo sings a totally different tune to wish America a happy 250th anniversary.

HELP, WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE

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

THEY WON’T EVEN LET US MOURN IN PEACE!

Yonden Lhatoo has a go at those who are politicising Hong Kong’s fire tragedy

Super stupid behaviour during a super typhoon

Super stupid behaviour during a super typhoon in Hong Kong

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