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Students on a university campus in Hong Kong in September 2025. Gen Z is entering the workforce just as AI begins to dismantle the traditional career ladder. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Gen Z is turning filial piety into a career path

Tough job and housing markets have graduates questioning whether the old bargain of hard work bringing progress and stability still applies.

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Macroscope | Trump’s Treasury threat will only accelerate the dollar’s decline

5 Sep 2026 - 4:30PMvideocam

Asian Angle | After Nepal-Tibet floods, recovery depends on grass-roots solidarity

5 Sep 2026 - 12:00PM

Asia Opinion

Being Chinese | A Singaporean in Guangzhou wonders: why do I feel so at home here?

Guangzhou set me at ease in a way other cities didn’t. I began to understand what it means to be descended from early Chinese migrants.

5 Sep 2026 - 9:30AM

The city skyline rises over a canal in an urban village in Guangzhou, in southern China’s Guangdong province, on April 16. Photo: AFP

World Opinion

Opinion | What Sputnik couldn’t do to American science, Beijing has

The US’ new tech strategy shows Washington is adopting the core lesson of China’s rise: tech leadership is a national security imperative.

5 Sep 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

World Opinion

As I see it | The US’ dangerous reversion to imperialism in Latin America

Washington aims not only to counter growing Chinese influence but to reestablish hegemonic control in the region.

4 Sep 2026 - 8:30PM

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China Opinion

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.

4 Sep 2026 - 5:25PM

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during the welcoming ceremony of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin on August 31, 2025. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | 3 easy wins to modernise Hong Kong’s education system

Reform must address AI-disrupted assessment, expand global learning in the curriculum, and offer alternative pathways beyond the DSE.

4 Sep 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

China Opinion

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.

4 Sep 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Hong Kong and a not-so-simple father-daughter conversation about Harvard

As higher education in the West gets caught up in political theatre, Hong Kong can capitalise on the international education market shift.

3 Sep 2026 - 9:54PM

Harvard University campus, January 2, 2024. Photo: AP

Asia Opinion

Macroscope | Asia is not on the edge of a new 1997-style financial crisis

While risks to Asia’s financial stability exist, they have nothing to do with the policy and structural weaknesses behind the 1997 crisis.

3 Sep 2026 - 4:30PMvideocam

A South Korean dealer looks at an electronic signboard showing the benchmark Kospi index at Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, on September 2. Photo: EPA

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | How Hong Kong can address its postal service’s losses

Regardless of which direction is chosen for the postal service, any reductions in staffing must be done with sensitivity and transparency.

3 Sep 2026 - 10:28AMvideocam

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | 3 key belt and road connectivities that Hong Kong drives

Hong Kong’s Belt and Road Office is focusing on strengthening links related to infrastructure, rules and standards, and people-to-people connections.

3 Sep 2026 - 5:30AM

China Opinion

Opinion | The significance of China’s joint air force drills with Egypt

As recent air drills in Egypt indicate, after decades of building economic interests abroad, China is developing the ability to put military power behind them.

2 Sep 2026 - 9:08PMvideocam

Illustration: Henry Wong

China Opinion

Opinion | 25 years on, the SCO’s pragmatic strategy is working better than ever

The SCO’s significance is practical: it gives those who do not want their future defined in Washington a forum to coordinate and hedge.

2 Sep 2026 - 5:26PMvideocam

Heads of state attend a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on September 1. Photo: Reuters

China Opinion

Opinion | China wants to lead a multipolar world. Now it must show how

To translate its well-articulated vision into practice, Beijing must flesh out concrete mechanics, starting with institutional design.

2 Sep 2026 - 10:16AMvideocam

Asia Opinion

Opinion | Nepal-China floods highlight a growing front of the climate change crisis

Rising sea levels, extreme weather and drought all remain concerns, but destabilised ice and snow at high altitudes is increasingly a threat.

2 Sep 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

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World Opinion

Being Chinese | A Chinese-American bride says yes to a lucky red dress

The cheongsam I wore to my wedding tea ceremony wasn’t just another outfit. It was my way of celebrating my father and my heritage.

30 Aug 2026 - 9:30AM

The Hong Kong Wedding Fair at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in 2025. Photo: Dickson Lee

Asia Opinion

Opinion | Why Nepal-China floods are more than a natural disaster

While the solidarity on display in the wake of the disaster is commendable, the tragedy must not be viewed as an unpredictable, unpreventable act of nature.

30 Aug 2026 - 5:54PMvideocam

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Don’t leave Hong Kong parents to their own devices on child social media use

While regulation of young people’s use of social media is gaining momentum worldwide, Hong Kong lags behind.

31 Aug 2026 - 9:30AM

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Why sustainability could be Hong Kong’s next mega-event advantage

By building green standards into event infrastructure, Hong Kong can stay competitive as an event host and irresistible to global organisers.

1 Sep 2026 - 10:31AMvideocam

Blackpink take to the stage at Hong Kong’s 50,000-seat Kai Tak Stadium on January 24. Photo: Jess Ma

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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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