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An aerial view of the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park in the Lok Ma Chau Loop on September 14. Photo: Karma Lo

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Northern Metropolis needs stronger heart to achieve Hong Kong’s goals

The more important a project is to Hong Kong’s future, the more willing we should be to compare alternatives to ensure its success.

Opinion | Don’t subject Hong Kong’s private sports clubs to dubious lease changes

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Opinion | Low-hanging fruit for Xi and Trump to pluck at Shenzhen Apec summit

World Opinion

Opinion | In US or China, firms need AI they can independently verify and trust

Banks, hospitals and factories refuse AI they cannot check. AI labs must invite external audits and accept binding commercial liability.

A visitor shakes hands with a robot at the AI Everything Abu Dhabi conference and exhibition in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on October 6. Photo: EPA
A visitor shakes hands with a robot at the AI Everything Abu Dhabi conference and exhibition in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on October 6. Photo: EPA

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | As an ageing mainland China takes to AI, Hong Kong must catch up

By transforming from manual middleman to AI ‘superconnector’ for global supply chains, Hong Kong can co-pilot the next era of world trade.

World Opinion

As I see it | Will AI save us or kill us all?

In a world where populations are shrinking fast, AI could more than make up for losses in human labour and productivity.

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China Opinion

Opinion | How China and Asean are building a stronger strategic partnership

China and Asean have jointly nurtured one of the world’s most dynamic, fruitful and substantive dialogue partnerships over the past five years.

Chinese President Xi Jinping chairs the Asean-China special summit to sommemorate the 30th anniversary of Asean-China dialogue relations via video link in Beijing, China, on November 22, 2021. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping chairs the Asean-China special summit to sommemorate the 30th anniversary of Asean-China dialogue relations via video link in Beijing, China, on November 22, 2021. Photo: Xinhua

World Opinion

Opinion | Europe urgently needs solidarity on China

EU states have learnt not to pick fights with China. They should see their most vital trade weapon is not the ‘kill switch’, but solidarity.

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World Opinion

Opinion | China’s new industrial strategy in Africa has global implications

The shift in economic geography from mining to manufacturing is especially evident in East Africa’s Kenya and Tanzania.

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | How employers must respond to Gen Z’s ‘job dropping’

Gen Z employees in particular are turning down promotions, not for a lack of ambition but because they prioritise professional satisfaction.

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Asia Opinion

Opinion | In Vietnam, ‘China plus one’ still needs Chinese input

As global companies try to move production outside China, Chinese businesses and components often move with it.

Workers assemble electric cars at a factory in Hai Phong, Vietnam, on September 29, 2023. Photo: AP
Workers assemble electric cars at a factory in Hai Phong, Vietnam, on September 29, 2023. Photo: AP

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Britain must stop moving the goalposts for Hongkongers on BN(O) scheme

That the five-year settlement remains unchanged under new, stricter immigration rules should never have been in question.

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | To be Asia’s events capital, Hong Kong must offer ticketing that works

The city’s ticket market is dysfunctional, with fraud, bots, scalping and unclear information making ticket-buying deeply frustrating.

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Top talent should not only study in Hong Kong but also stay on to work

Hong Kong’s universities remain highly ranked despite facing funding cuts from the government. Now, ensuring talented graduates stay in the city must be a focus.

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Students and staff at City University of Hong Kong's main entrance in Kowloon Tong on September 8. Photo: Silvia Siu

China Opinion

Opinion | China’s focus on getting its house in order offers lessons in governance

China’s system lacks Western-style institutional safeguards but its commitment to internal reform and self-correction shouldn’t be dismissed.

Illustration: Huy Truong
Illustration: Huy Truong

China Opinion

My Take | Taiwan doth complain too much about Beijing

Despite being invited to join the Apec leaders’ summit in Shenzhen, Taipei says the mainland has breached protocol.

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Hong Kong must show real remorse for the Tai Po fire tragedy

A bow and a resignation are not enough. The government must deliver long-overdue reforms, support survivors and take genuine responsibility.

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | To be Asia’s events capital, Hong Kong must offer ticketing that works

The city’s ticket market is dysfunctional, with fraud, bots, scalping and unclear information making ticket-buying deeply frustrating.

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The Weeknd fans with their tickets at a mall outside Kai Tak Stadium ahead of the Canadian singer's concert in Hong Kong on October 30. Photo: Sun Yeung
The Weeknd fans with their tickets at a mall outside Kai Tak Stadium ahead of the Canadian singer's concert in Hong Kong on October 30. Photo: Sun Yeung

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Top talent should not only study in Hong Kong but also stay on to work

Hong Kong’s universities remain highly ranked despite facing funding cuts from the government. Now, ensuring talented graduates stay in the city must be a focus.

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Hong Kong must show real remorse for the Tai Po fire tragedy

A bow and a resignation are not enough. The government must deliver long-overdue reforms, support survivors and take genuine responsibility.

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Asia Opinion

Being Chinese | I’ll never know the war horrors my Singaporean grandparents survived

One said nothing; the other spoke of miracles. In their own ways, my grandparents spared me the Chinese Singaporean wartime experience.

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Statues of Sikh guards stand by a Chinese grave at Bukit Brown, one of Singapore’s oldest cemeteries, in 2011. Bukit Brown was a battle site and a burial ground during the Japanese invasion and occupation of Singapore. Photo: AFP
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OPINION
Francis Neoton Cheung

Opinion | Northern Metropolis needs stronger heart to achieve Hong Kong’s goals

Francis Neoton Cheung
Mike Rowse

Opinion | Don’t subject Hong Kong’s private sports clubs to dubious lease changes

Mike Rowse
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Brian Y. S. Wong

Opinion | Low-hanging fruit for Xi and Trump to pluck at Shenzhen Apec summit

Brian Y. S. Wong
Ruby Tong

Opinion | In US or China, firms need AI they can independently verify and trust

Ruby Tong
Jawahar Panjabi

Opinion | As an ageing mainland China takes to AI, Hong Kong must catch up

Jawahar Panjabi
Alex Lo

As I see it | Will AI save us or kill us all?

Alex Lo
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