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A noodle restaurant along a largely deserted pavement in Arcadia, California. Outside the Confucian system, there is no perpetual appraisal of your earning power, your waistline or your marital status. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
Chinese culture

Being Chinese | The unspoken reason my Chinese friends choose America

When friends say they can just ‘exist’ in the US, they mean they can stop performing to the Confucian expectations that define Chinese life.

Hong Kong’s first 5-year plan

Opinion | Experimentation drives the Northern Metropolis – just as it did Shenzhen

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2026 China-Nepal flash floods

Opinion | What the China-Nepal floods teach us about crisis communication

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China society

Opinion | Why women in China are still at risk of abduction and forced marriage

The latest incident has exposed many failings in local authorities’ work in a country where a mindset of favouring sons over daughters still exists.

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A wedding takes place in Kaizhou city, Chongqing, in 2014. As long as a preference for sons exists, daughters will continue to be seen as good for little more than marrying a man and bearing his children. Photo: Shutterstock
A wedding takes place in Kaizhou city, Chongqing, in 2014. As long as a preference for sons exists, daughters will continue to be seen as good for little more than marrying a man and bearing his children. Photo: Shutterstock
China manufacturing

Opinion | Why more export controls won’t stop China’s industrial engine

Beyond cutting-edge tech, Beijing’s true manufacturing strength lies in its unmatched ability to scale the mature technologies that drive the modern economy.

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Asean

Opinion | As the global order fragments, at least Asean is still talking

A modest lesson in a multipolar world is that sometimes the achievement is simply that disagreement does not end the conversation.

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United States

Opinion | The world is not so much embracing China as recoiling from Trump’s US

The US is haemorrhaging goodwill around the world, but China will have to build up its own trustworthiness and credibility to win hearts and minds.

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US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, en route to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on August 21. Photo: Reuters
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, en route to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on August 21. Photo: Reuters
China economy

Opinion | Western businesses need to crack the new CIA: China, India and Asean

The businesses that adapt early to engage China, India and Asean will help draft Asia’s next chapter and profit from it.

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Hong Kong economy

Opinion | National security will always remain Hong Kong’s top priority

Whether under British rule or modern superpower competition, Hong Kong’s value as a strategic gateway makes it a vital security asset.

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Education

Opinion | The classic Chinese parenting playbook won’t survive the AI age

Controlling and achievement-oriented parenting stifles creativity, autonomy and critical thinking – qualities that will be needed more than ever.

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China technology

Opinion | China’s J-10CE has foreign buyers, but not yet a market

In service in Pakistan and Uzbekistan and on Bangladesh’s radar, the fighter jet is not yet a threat to Western market dominance.

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A model of a J-10C fighter jet displayed at the 55th Paris Air Show in Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France, on June 18, 2025. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images
A model of a J-10C fighter jet displayed at the 55th Paris Air Show in Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France, on June 18, 2025. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images
China property

The View | Why Shanghai offers hope for China’s ailing real estate market

Pockets of resilience and growth in the city’s property sector could be the prelude to a broader recovery across the country.

Hong Kong society

Opinion | How the 5-year plan can serve the nation and deliver for Hong Kong

The city’s new development road map mirrors national priorities, leveraging deeper integration to drive national progress while securing local livelihoods.

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China property

Opinion | Beijing can rewrite China’s property rules, but it can’t undo the damage

A narrower supply pipeline, industry consolidation and years of balance-sheet repair are inevitable as China seeks stability, rather than a perpetual housing boom.

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China economy

Opinion | Why China is steering clear of the US’ ‘exorbitant privilege’ model

Beijing is decoupling the internationalisation of the yuan as a transactional currency from the role of an unconstrained global reserve store of value.

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An employee counts 100-yuan notes at a bank in Beijing in November 2024. Photo: AFP
An employee counts 100-yuan notes at a bank in Beijing in November 2024. Photo: AFP
China manufacturing

Opinion | As Chinese manufacturers go global, their labour practices must keep pace

A compliance case involving a key Chinese auto supplier highlights a growing vulnerability ambitious manufacturers can no longer ignore.

US-China relations

Opinion | The false dichotomy in America’s science and tech policy on China

It’s not engagement vs security. The challenge is smart openness: protecting what matters without hurting a great US scientific strength.

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Banking & finance

Opinion | Virtuous circle of AI titans’ investments could well turn vicious

It’s time to ask how much of the industry’s extraordinary growth is being financed by the same companies benefiting from it.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introducing Vera Rubin, a next-generation AI data centre platform, and Rubin Ultra, a next-generation AI GPU architecture, at a conference in San Jose, California, on March 16. He disagrees that Nvidia’s deals are circular. Photo: AFP
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introducing Vera Rubin, a next-generation AI data centre platform, and Rubin Ultra, a next-generation AI GPU architecture, at a conference in San Jose, California, on March 16. He disagrees that Nvidia’s deals are circular. Photo: AFP
China property

The View | Why China’s new housing presale rules are still a source of risk

Beijing is putting homebuyers first, but only by transferring financial risks to to developers already under severe strain.

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US-China relations

Opinion | Heading to America to bridge the gap in US-China relations

In a year-long research across America, I hope to map where superpower friction ends, and where shared interest must begin.

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China property

Opinion | Why China won’t ban housing presales outright

Popular as the move might be, Beijing is trying to unwind the debt-fuelled property growth model without inviting another financial crisis.

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A man walks past unfinished residential buildings developed by China Evergrande Group in the outskirts of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, on February 1, 2024. Photo: Reuters
China's population

My Take | Why China’s shrinking population may be a blessing, not a curse

Research co-authored by Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu finds labour shortages can spur, rather than slow down, productivity and growth.

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Children experience an intelligent assisted travel robot at the 2026 China International Big Data Industry Expo on August 29 in Guiyang, China. Photo: Xinhua
Children experience an intelligent assisted travel robot at the 2026 China International Big Data Industry Expo on August 29 in Guiyang, China. Photo: Xinhua
Climate change

Opinion | Is air conditioning Hong Kong’s only weapon against hotter summers?

In Hong Kong, air conditioning is ubiquitous but conventional models harm the environment. More responsible solutions are needed.

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China-India relations

Opinion | China and India have an opening to build a durable relationship

India has no interest in endless confrontation, and Beijing has every reason to prefer a predictable India to another unresolved front.

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Robotics

Opinion | China’s robot revolution may not arrive in the way you expect

Electric vehicles generally travel abroad as finished, branded products. Chinese robotics could spread differently.

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A UBTech humanoid robot picks up an object during a demonstration simulating a factory’s assembly line, in the Beijing Robotics Industrial Park in Beijing E-Town in 2025. Photo: Reuters
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