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US Navy plans compact Silent Anvil torpedo as China’s submarine fleet surges

The weapon is expected to be air-launched and suitable for use across a range of platforms.

The proposed anti-submarine torpedo announcement comes as Beijing expands and modernises its undersea military capability. Photo: Getty Images

Politics

Trump threat to Taiwan’s Washington office sparks debate over island’s US policy

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25 dead after fire breaks out on foreign-flagged cargo ship in China’s Qingdao

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Hong Kong policy address to continue push helping local media go global

City leader to offer support for second straight year to assist local news companies in building global networks, source says.

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee attends a question-and-answer session on his policy address in the Legislative Council last year. Photo: Dickson Lee

Politics

Hong Kong’s first leader Tung Chee-hwa to be honoured with state funeral

City government coordinating arrangements to honour Tung as deputy national-level leader and his contributions to ‘one country, two systems’ framework.

Tung Chee-hwa poses for a portrait taken at the Office of Former Chief Executives in Mid-Levels in 2017. Photo: Antony Dickson
The late Tung Chee-hwa was chairman of shipping giant OOCL before taking office as Hong Kong’s chief executive in 1997. Photo: Ricky Chung.
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Senior Pentagon official for China to lead US delegation to Xiangshan Forum

Cynthia ‘Xanthi’ Carras to attend Beijing’s largest annual high-level security and defence conference.

The Pentagon, located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia, is home to the US Department of Defence. Photo: US Defence Department

Law and Crime

Wall Street Journal publisher convicted for blocking reporter’s bid to lead union

Court rules company broke labour laws by preventing Selina Cheng from running for chairmanship in Hong Kong Journalists Association election.

Hong Kong Journalists Association chairwoman Selina Cheng speaks to media outside the Eastern Court building after the ruling. Photo: Edmond So

Lifestyle

What drives 4 Shaw Prize laureates in pursuit of scientific discovery

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Four of this year’s Shaw Prize laureates: (from left) Ken’ichi Nomoto, Stanford Woosley, Camillo De Lellis and Emmanuel Candes.

China Economy

China says yuan’s global rise is ‘irreversible’ – and has a plan to back it up

From bilateral swaps to keeping premier tech firms on mainland exchanges, Beijing details the blueprint to build a financial powerhouse.

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Beijing is expanding payment networks, currency swaps and the digital yuan to make it easier to trade with the currency globally. Photo: Getty Images

Banking & Finance

Record China-US gap in bond yields unlikely to trigger capital flight: Marsh

Executives say dollar dominance remains intact as borrowers diversify funding and use offshore yuan bonds to help manage elevated US financing costs.

The spread between benchmark 10-year US Treasury bonds and equivalent Chinese sovereign bonds hit a record 3.17 percentage points this week. Photo: Reuters

Global Economy

China presses France to drop ‘protectionist’ anti-fast fashion law

Beijing is also holding talks with French companies over whether they received subsidies that may have partly benefited their Chinese operations.

Clothes from fast-fashion brand Shein hang at their office in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 15, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Military

Japan’s AI satellites and other space ambitions ‘a serious threat’, China warns

State broadcaster CCTV says satellite plan is a cornerstone of Tokyo’s broader space militarisation strategy.

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Japan's planned AI-equipped satellites would be capable of analysing surveillance intelligence in space. Illustration: Wikipedia

Health & Environment

Wildfires threaten Indonesia’s new capital as carrier ordered in

The president has ordered water-bombing drones and an aircraft carrier to Kalimantan as 400 hectares burn near Nusantara.

A firefighter sprays water to extinguish a wildfire in East Kalimantan province, Indonesia, in September. Photo: Reuters
An excavator digs a trench to create a boundary to prevent a wildfire from spreading in Central Kalimantan, Inonesia in August. Photo: AFP
A helicopter drops water on a wildfire in Central Java, Indonesia on Friday. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

China’s Xi Jinping to make first trip to India in 7 years for Brics summit

The visit is yet another stop in a busy month of diplomacy for the president, who will be in Washington in a fortnight.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to New Delhi for this weekend’s Brics summit. Photo: AP

Economy

Investment surge in Central Asia drives calls for Chinese yuan use

Use of the currency can cut risks and costs for infrastructure firms active in the mineral-rich region, according to speakers on an investment panel.

Use of the yuan in Southeast Asia and Africa proves the currency has a role where there is demand, according to speakers at a summit in Hong Kong on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Tech Trends

AI bottleneck-breaker: China’s Huawei touts high-speed optical module

Company claims it has the industry’s first 7.2-terabit-per-second NPO module, as firms race to set next-generation AI infrastructure standards.

A man walks by a Huawei store in Beijing on July 8, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Diplomacy

AfD party won big in Saxony-Anhalt. Will it affect Germany’s approach to China?

In the wake of a key state election, observers say Germany’s economic pressures will persist, no matter who is in power.

Beatrix von Storch of the far-right Alternative for Germany addresses a campaign rally ahead of the state election in the Marzahn-Hellersdorf borough of Berlin on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

Lifestyle

When Hong Kong films embraced sex, sugar’s link to dementia: 7 Lifestyle stories

From Hong Kong’s Category III era to a Korean auteur’s new masterpiece, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Amy Yip in a still from Sex and Zen (1991). Photo: Golden Harvest

Tech Trends

Apple enters a crowded foldable smartphone market in China – can it beat Huawei?

The new iPhone Duo flagship handset is trending on Weibo but faces fierce domestic competition and local hurdles.

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Apple’s foldable iPhone Duo is unveiled during Apple’s special event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park in Cupertino, California, United States, on Wednesday. Photo: EPA
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Once sidelined, China stands ready to broker fourth Trump-Kim handshake

Beijing seeks role as central player in Korean peninsula diplomacy but wants a guarantee Washington has clear goals, source says.

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meet inside the DMZ in June 2019. Trump says he is keen to meet Kim again. Photo: TNS
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