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Southeast Asia’s new arms race undermines its regional strengths
As Asean members modernise their militaries, the bloc could be sacrificing its cherished norms of stability and consensus.
22 Mar 2025 - 4:30PM
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A nuclear war started by AI sounds like science fiction. It isn’t
22 Mar 2025 - 12:16PM
Being Chinese
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In Singapore, my children are freer to be happy than I was in China
22 Mar 2025 - 9:30AM
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Could the start of China’s Warring States Period have lessons for today?
The downfall of Zhi Bo in the ancient state of Jin is a study in the abuse of power and hubris that still echoes through history.
22 Mar 2025 - 9:00AM
The war in Gaza has highlighted some of the UN’s failings. Photo: AP
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Asia is ground zero for the impact of global glacier loss
Other mountain ranges are losing their glaciers faster but Asia’s critically dependent economy and people put it on the front line.
22 Mar 2025 - 5:30AM
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The West just ain’t what it used to be – and we all should welcome it
Europe is breaking away from America, and an Anglosphere may finally emerge from the US shadow out of necessity and self-preservation.
21 Mar 2025 - 9:00PM
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‘America first’? Donald Trump’s real agenda is ‘Trump first’
Trump’s unspoken agenda includes granting tax benefits to wealthy households like his own, and replacing tax revenue with tariff revenue.
21 Mar 2025 - 8:30PM
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Donald Trump takes the oath of office during the presidential inauguration in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington on January 20. Photo: AP
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Like the Cheshire Cat, US reciprocal tariffs are hard to pin down
The countdown to April 2 begins. Amid the gargantuan complexity of tariff calculations, US clarifications only serve to obfuscate.
21 Mar 2025 - 4:30PM
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The decline of the American empire: how Trumpism threatens democracy worldwide
The United States once championed democracy. Now it is retreating behind militarism, demagoguery and despotism.
21 Mar 2025 - 2:00PM
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Hong Kong Opinion
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Why Hong Kong must persevere with reforming civil servants’ pay
The pay scales, which include automatic annual increments, are a misalignment between compensation and output that undermines efficiency.
21 Mar 2025 - 9:30AM
Asia Opinion
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In revamping ties with China, is Modi making up for lost time?
With a more transactional US administration in power, India is cautious about bearing the costs and pressures of confronting China alone.
21 Mar 2025 - 6:54AM
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A ‘toxic masculinity’ explanation of Donald Trump’s foreign policy
In his relations with other nations, the US president exhibits the same pattern of abuse of power as his alleged treatment of women.
20 Mar 2025 - 9:00PM
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Why China and Europe are competing to woo Central Asia
Both powers are interested in the region’s resources, from natural gas to uranium, and the potential of the trans-Caspian transport route.
20 Mar 2025 - 8:30PM
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The rise of China and the retreat of the US: a new global empire takes shape
With the US putting up walls of protectionism and denial, the 21st century belongs to a resilient, dynamic Chinese empire.
21 Mar 2025 - 2:07PM
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Why Europe and China are no safe havens from Trump’s chaos
Just because the US is no longer the darling of markets does not mean the likes of Europe or China are safe bets.
20 Mar 2025 - 4:30PM
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A vendor displays a gold ornament at a jewellery shop in Bangalore, India, on March 19. Gold prices have been soaring worldwide, fuelled by growing risk aversion. Photo: EPA-EFE
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China’s youth must be taught bad behaviour will not be tolerated
The uproar over Haidilao’s initially lackadaisical response to teens peeing in a hotpot shows the need for tougher enforcement of proper public conduct.
20 Mar 2025 - 9:30AM
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As China modernises its navy, the US races to stay ahead
As the US focuses on shipbuilding to operate among rivals in the Pacific and Arctic, it must overcome financial and technological hurdles.
20 Mar 2025 - 5:30AM
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Hong Kong is right to get out of way of women who do want children
The proposal to lift the 10-year cap on embryo storage must come with more measures to make it easier to both give birth and raise a family.
17 Mar 2025 - 11:44AM
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A woman takes care with her newborn baby at Yaumatei Maternal and Child Health Centre in Yau Ma Tei on February 18. Photo: Sam Tsang
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What was unsaid at China’s ‘two sessions’ and why it matters
Having recognised the limits of its economic model, Beijing is attempting a recalibration that will be highly consequential for its competition with the US.
19 Mar 2025 - 5:30AM
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Cantonese opera need not be popular to be part of Hong Kong heritage
Preserving the theatre means preserving a piece of the city’s cultural identity, affirming Cantonese opera as part of our heritage.
19 Mar 2025 - 11:05AM
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When will US academia and business speak up against Trump?
When the basic institutions of a democracy come under attack, those leading major universities and firms have a duty to act in their defence.
19 Mar 2025 - 4:30PM
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Anthony Rowley
Macroscope
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Southeast Asia’s new arms race undermines its regional strengths
22 Mar 2025 - 4:30PM
Sundeep Waslekar
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A nuclear war started by AI sounds like science fiction. It isn’t
22 Mar 2025 - 12:16PM
Audrey Jiajia Li
Being Chinese
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In Singapore, my children are freer to be happy than I was in China
22 Mar 2025 - 9:30AM
Chow Chung-yan
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Could the start of China’s Warring States Period have lessons for today?
22 Mar 2025 - 9:00AM
John Pomeroy
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Asia is ground zero for the impact of global glacier loss
22 Mar 2025 - 5:30AM
Alex Lo
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The West just ain’t what it used to be – and we all should welcome it
21 Mar 2025 - 9:00PM
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