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Why Hong Kong’s student housing market faces race against time
Suitable sites for conversion to student housing are dwindling while questions about scalability and liquidity are coming into sharper focus.
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Hong Kong’s lawmakers don’t need to be coddled
27 Jul 2026 - 9:30AM
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The one voice Hong Kong can’t ignore on ride-hailing? The public
27 Jul 2026 - 5:30AM
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My Take
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The West should stop blaming China for its economic woes
US is so deindustrialised and EU so uncompetitive that they will not be able to meet the demands of Chinese consumers if the mainland market is flung open to them.
27 Jul 2026 - 5:02AM
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A humanoid robot by Agibot is pictured during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 18, 2026. Photo: AFP
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America’s North Korea strategy needs a dose of reality
Washington’s dogged insistence on denuclearisation first has led to a prolonged deadlock that has only widened Pyongyang’s options.
26 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM
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How China aims to turn household savings into a tech financing machine
The old chain of savings flowing into bank deposits is being replaced by one where they are sent into capital markets and tech investment.
26 Jul 2026 - 5:36PM
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Asian Angle
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Decades of talk, zero barrels stored: why can’t Asean stockpile oil?
The Iran war energy crisis revived Asean’s joint reserve plans. To avoid another shelved ambition, the bloc needs swift, binding action.
26 Jul 2026 - 2:30PM
Southeast Asia is projected to account for one-fifth of global energy demand growth through 2035. Photo: Reuters
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4 ways Hong Kong can shape its future – and the world’s
By focusing on its foundational and emerging strengths, as well as its global potential, the city can adapt to a world in flux.
26 Jul 2026 - 9:30AM
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World Opinion
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The West is debating AI’s future with half the world absent
Any meaningful debate must include China, where the AI experiment is also running, at greater speed and scale and with different results.
26 Jul 2026 - 5:30AM
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Judge’s actions could harm public confidence in Hong Kong’s system of justice
Justice Wilson Chan has been found to have extensively and improperly copied legal arguments in a ruling. And it is not the first time he has done so.
25 Jul 2026 - 11:18PM
World Opinion
Macroscope
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Who pays when overheated roads melt and rails buckle?
Costs are mounting from the damage caused by extreme weather on roads, railways, bridges and other basic infrastructure.
25 Jul 2026 - 4:30PM
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Melting asphalt, like this seen in India in the 2015 heatwave, is now increasingly common. Photo: EPA
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Asian Angle
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Cambodia’s war on scammers needs a blueprint built to last
Rounding up foot soldiers is easy. The hard part is tracing cash, exposing high-level enablers and protecting coerced victims.
25 Jul 2026 - 12:00PM
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China Opinion
Being Chinese
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The self-sacrificing Chinese mother I never wanted to become
By always stepping in, I enabled my husband to step back. But the consequences of years of unequal parenting became impossible to ignore.
25 Jul 2026 - 9:30AM
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China’s AI vision gives the Global South a seat at the table
A new global AI body gives Beijing the platform to push for affordable access and technological autonomy, framing AI as a public good.
25 Jul 2026 - 5:30AM
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As I see it
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How the death of Argos, Odysseus’ faithful dog, still haunts us
The quiet, devastating reunion of master and dog, recently given the Hollywood treatment, remains one of the most poignant scenes in Western literature.
24 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM
Though Odysseus was moved by the reunion, he was in disguise and could offer no comfort to Argos. Photo by: Ivy Close Images / Universal Images Group via Getty Images
World Opinion
Outside In
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Why Donald Trump may regret reheating his global trade war
Over the coming months, efforts to China-proof supply chains are likely to drive US foreign policy. Success, however, is unlikely to follow.
24 Jul 2026 - 8:49PM
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Hong Kong must wake up to the cold hard geopolitics of AI
With AI increasingly being treated as a strategic asset, the city should ensure it has access to the technologies shaping the global finance.
24 Jul 2026 - 9:30AM
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Is Hong Kong doing enough to lose its top spot for expensive housing?
For all the city’s recent successes, the benefits are not translating to more affordable lives for many Hongkongers.
20 Jul 2026 - 9:30AM
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The monthly rent for this cage home in Sham Shui Po, measuring less than 20 sq ft in size, was HK$2,500 in 2024. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Can Russia and China ever have a truly equal relationship?
In a partnership in which one side relies on the other for both export revenues and critical imports, the notion of equality is questionable.
19 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM
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Why China is untangling its banks from the property wreckage
Authorities are rewiring financial architecture to address the systemic risk, breaking the deep structural ties between property and banking.
19 Jul 2026 - 5:28PM
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Churches must ensure that complaints of sexual abuse are taken seriously
As the city prepares for a sex crime legislation overhaul, every community sector should work to ensure that people are free from harassment.
18 Jul 2026 - 10:28PM
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Hong Kong’s lawmakers don’t need to be coddled
27 Jul 2026 - 9:30AM
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The one voice Hong Kong can’t ignore on ride-hailing? The public
27 Jul 2026 - 5:30AM
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The West should stop blaming China for its economic woes
27 Jul 2026 - 5:02AM
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America’s North Korea strategy needs a dose of reality
26 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM
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How China aims to turn household savings into a tech financing machine
26 Jul 2026 - 5:36PM
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