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Chow Chung-yan
Executive Editor
Chow Chung-yan began his journalistic career at the South China Morning Post and rose to become Executive Editor in 2015, following stints at the City, China and Business desks. As the SCMP’s second-in-command, he is in charge of the China and US bureaus as well as the political economy, culture, print and digital teams.
He has been running the SCMP’s day-to-day operations since 2011. He led the newsroom’s organisational restructuring, streamlined its production workflows and set up dedicated teams for both the print and digital products to facilitate the newspaper’s digital transformation. He also assembled an award-winning infographics desk and spearheaded the redesign of the newspaper.
To strengthen the paper’s international coverage, he established the SCMP’s US operations in 2017 with...
Inflation, tariffs, mass deportations – the former and future US president will need to perform a second miracle to deliver on his promise.
With hindsight, the one country, two systems framework bears a certain resemblance to a Qianlong policy Deng and others studied in 1957.
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Lack of a level playing field is underlying issue of overcapacity, Berlin’s representative in Beijing said, in a wide-ranging interview.
Paris’ envoy to Beijing Bertrand Lortholary reflects on how the two countries have rebuilt their relationship after three difficult years of Covid-19.
Post executive editor Chow Chung-yan and managing editor Yonden Lhatoo unpack Beijing’s biggest annual plenary event.
‘New quality productive forces’, with its focus on science and technology, is seen as the answer to China’s economic woes, with the potential to transform society. However, outside the establishment, there is confusion and scepticism surrounding the puzzling catchphrase.
In an exclusive Post interview, Nicholas Burns describes why people-level connections are crucial, and a major win from the Xi-Biden summit.
For too long, Hong Kong’s education system has rewarded students for their ability to memorise facts. AI tools like ChatGPT will force educators to place a higher value on creativity and originality.
Entrepreneur ‘excited’ to see the city’s vibrancy after Covid-19 restrictions and is said to be looking forward to the holiday.
In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at the events that unfolded in 2022 and also looks ahead to what we can expect in 2023.
As he prepares for the next stage in his career, the former editor-in-chief reflects on a country, a city and a newsroom that have undergone major transformations.
China’s long-standing norms, including retirement age and balance of power at the top, are set aside as Xi Jinping seeks to restore party discipline.
Power grew out of the barrel of a gun for Mao, but the power that grew out of Trump’s Twitter account proved much more fickle, writes Chow Chung-yan.
Shenzhen’s transformation is the result of a talent scheme by a city government that has learnt to tango with the private sector.
Atlantic article that paints a picture of newsroom tension at the Post over its coverage of the Hong Kong protests fails the test of journalistic objectivity and rigour.
Focusing on Beijing’s mistakes may temporarily take the heat off the backs of Johnson, Trump and co., but it does not get them a Get Out Of Jail Free card.
Editor-in-chief of nationalistic tabloid says Western meddling has made de-escalation difficult but the city’s future is in its own hands.
The 91-year-old tycoon publishes a statement in newspapers that ‘the melon of Huangtai cannot bear the picking again’, a reference to a poem suggesting something has suffered so much that further attack would ruin it.
In a series of in-depth articles on the unrest rocking Hong Kong, the Post goes behind the headlines to look at the underlying issues, current state of affairs and where it is all heading. Here, we look at how Beijing fails to grasp the sentiment of the city.
Locking up troublemakers and throwing away the key would only breed revolutionaries. Instead, political reform that gives our young a sense of ownership must be part of the solution.
Sources say Hong Kong police critical to maintaining stability as short and longer term plans to be submitted to Beijing ‘soon’.
Our fixation with espionage tricks us into believing there is excitement in a mundane world. Most spies aren’t worth the cash spent on them – and even when the intelligence is worth having, it’s usually just ignored.
