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President Xi Jinping, second left, and his wife Peng Liyuan pose with US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump at the White House ahead of a state dinner in Washington on September 24. Photo: Reuters

China Opinion

Opinion | US-China conflict doesn’t have to become a self-fulfilling prophecy

Power shifts are dangerous, but their outcomes are not predetermined. The US and China have every opportunity to avoid conflict.

53 minutes agovideocam

Opinion | Saudi Arabia’s mBridge exit shows the limits of financial de-dollarisation

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Opinion | Raising Hong Kong’s birth rate is an economic imperative

30 Sep 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

World Opinion

Opinion | America’s foreign policy of coercion must end

Trump’s routine use of threats and ultimatums in place of diplomacy may yield immediate gains, but it inflicts lasting damage to America’s global standing.

30 Sep 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

US President Donald Trump speaking on the South Lawn, at the White House in Washington, on August 19. Photo: Reuters

China Opinion

Opinion | What trap? US-China relations show conflict is far from inevitable

The Thucydides Trap that has dominated debate for a decade is a poor fit for reality. Beijing and Washington are both showing they can share the stage without drifting into war.

29 Sep 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam

World Opinion

As I see it | It’s the end of the world – and I don’t feel fine

Three authors warn that America’s techno-fascists are about to bring on the apocalypse for all of us.

29 Sep 2026 - 4:30PMvideocam

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China Opinion

Opinion | How China’s new Pinglu Canal will transform Asia

The game-changing canal is a physical response to an economic reality: Asia’s growth is becoming more regional and more connected.

29 Sep 2026 - 10:17AMvideocam

A ferry ticket in Qinzhou, south China’s Guangxi, on September 16, when China officially opened the Pinglu Canal connecting its landlocked southwest to the coast and overseas markets. Photo: Xinhua

China Opinion

Opinion | In the US-China AI race, the real fight is keeping humans in control

A crisis hotline is a start, but the deeper task is setting clear boundaries between human authority and machine autonomy – while we still hold the reins.

29 Sep 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

China Opinion

Opinion | China is no longer just the world’s factory. It’s the HQ

Manufacturing capacity is moving overseas but China, as a global hub for innovation and development, remains the ‘industrial brain’.

28 Sep 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam

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Opinion | The worst Asian Games ever? Japan has failed to raise the bar in Nagoya

Three years on from a celebrated edition in Hangzhou, athletes have been left bemoaning a ‘sad and mediocre’ experience.

28 Sep 2026 - 6:36PM

Sparse crowds of spectators watching the athletics programme on Sunday as the Asian Games cauldron is seen in the foreground. Photo: AFP

Asia Opinion

The View | How transparency drives property investment in Hong Kong and mainland China

As investors pile into alternative property sectors and seek more exposure to listed real estate, transparency becomes more important.

28 Sep 2026 - 6:29PMvideocam

People visit an Apple store in a mall in Beijing on September 23. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | How Hong Kong is trying a new solution to its land value problem

After decades of lucrative land sales, can the city finally build a system in which the land itself creates economic value?

28 Sep 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

China Opinion

Opinion | The US-China relationship has stabilised but on Beijing’s terms

Managed rivalry is not peace; it is a rules-based pause with China largely writing the rules. The test is whether the US can live with it.

28 Sep 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

China Opinion

My Take | How Beijing is neutralising Washington’s sanctions machine

As alternative networks like China’s CIPS gain traction, the multilateral pushback is steadily eroding US financial dominance.

27 Sep 2026 - 8:30PM

Iranians walk past an anti-Trump billboard on a street in Tehran on September 23. In a speech at the UN General Assembly, US President Donald Trump asked aloud whether he should “annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly”. Photo: EPA

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | A Hong Kong professor’s sexist views have been laid bare. That’s good

Students speaking up against an academic’s reductionist analysis of love and marriage is a welcome sight – better yet if it sparks a broader, needed debate.

27 Sep 2026 - 4:30PM

Chinese University associate professor Terence Chong advised young women not to pursue a PhD, and instead invest in their looks, in a talk at a university event last week. Photo: Jelly Tse

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | To understand where Hong Kong is going, start with Tung Chee-hwa

To understand Tung is to understand the historical moment in which he stood; Hong Kong’s post-1997 journey started there.

27 Sep 2026 - 9:30AM

China Opinion

Opinion | How China is seeking to transform the meaning of great power

By promoting a more just world order, Beijing hopes to exercise influence without making domination the organising principle of international relations.

27 Sep 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

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China Opinion

Being Chinese | What’s so Chinese about US Open tennis players like Zheng Qinwen?

From afar, Chinese tennis stars can appear as a cohort, their names accompanied by the same flag. Up close, they’re nothing like one another.

26 Sep 2026 - 9:30AM

China’s Zheng Qinwen plays a match during the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre on September 7. Photo: CSM via Zuma Press Wire/dpa

Asia Opinion

Opinion | How Chinese firms can avoid a Europe-style backlash in Southeast Asia

If Beijing’s tech expansion ends up undercutting local economies, Asean partners will soon ask whose prosperity it actually serves.

26 Sep 2026 - 4:30PMvideocam

Asia Opinion

The View | How transparency drives property investment in Hong Kong and mainland China

As investors pile into alternative property sectors and seek more exposure to listed real estate, transparency becomes more important.

28 Sep 2026 - 6:29PMvideocam

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | A Hong Kong professor’s sexist views have been laid bare. That’s good

Students speaking up against an academic’s reductionist analysis of love and marriage is a welcome sight – better yet if it sparks a broader, needed debate.

27 Sep 2026 - 4:30PM

Chinese University associate professor Terence Chong advised young women not to pursue a PhD, and instead invest in their looks, in a talk at a university event last week. Photo: Jelly Tse

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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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