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Asia needs AI talent to fuel its future growth
As governments around the region take steps to upskill workers for an AI-driven world, companies must also do their part.
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My Take
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Eye-opening court judgment a snapshot of issues that have plagued city for years
27 Dec 2025 - 10:30PM
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Can AI deliver the economic goods and high returns? Don’t count on it
27 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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Being Chinese
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In both China and the West, the art of parenting involves letting go
Grandpa, very much in the traditional mould, believed in toughening children up for the world. Mum, raising her only child, was not impressed.
27 Dec 2025 - 3:51PM
A child rides a bicycle towards the Hong Kong skyline in 2011. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong Opinion
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Hong Kong should offer an international DSE to boost education hub goal
Growing mainland demand and a falling local birth rate add to the need for a unified, secure and globally accessible DSE pathway.
27 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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State capacity will decide who is the winner in Chinese-American rivalry
A degraded government in Washington today is a far cry from its once-feared global leadership.
26 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
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To harness crypto ingenuity, financial threat must first be neutralised
Future of money must be shaped by competition between private ingenuity and public purpose, not by rent seeking and speculative bubbles.
26 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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Asia Opinion
Outside In
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As the US pursues unilateralism, China faces challenging task as Apec host
China’s return as Apec chair is an opportunity to show that both the organisation and its message of multilateralism are as relevant as ever.
26 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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West is getting on the same page as China for children’s social media use
Governments face the same problem: how to let young people grow up in a connected world, around products not designed with their well-being in mind.
26 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
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China Opinion
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Why Wall Street remains bullish on China amid economic slowdown
Just because fund managers were too bearish on China doesn’t mean their concerns were misplaced – economic fundamentals matter.
26 Dec 2025 - 7:50AM
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Hong Kong’s new legislators must strengthen child protection laws
The city’s children need better legal protection from cruelty, sexual grooming and internet advances.
25 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
There is a pressing need to criminalise the sexual grooming of children on the internet, along with sexual messaging. Photo: Shutterstock
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Seoul holds the key to US-North Korea denuclearisation talks
South Korea is taking steps to cool tensions – from moving to opening joint military drills to consultations to easing up on immediate denuclearisation demands.
25 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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China Opinion
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China is now the good guy in climate change
The US is playing down global warming and pushing its oil and gas on the world while China is helping others to adopt renewables.
24 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
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US and China must get serious about AI risk
It would be irresponsible for Washington and Beijing to race ahead without engaging each other on the dangers – or the immense opportunities – AI presents.
24 Dec 2025 - 8:23AM
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Can Belarus balance relations with Russia, China and the US?
Minsk aims to rebalance its foreign policy towards Beijing and Washington but geopolitical realities prevent a full break from Russia.
23 Dec 2025 - 9:34PM
In this photo released by the Belarusian Presidential Press Service, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (second right) greets Keith Kellogg, the US Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia (left) before their meeting in Minsk, Belarus, on June 21. Photo: Handout via AP
World Opinion
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How the West’s sanctions against Russia are fuelling a protracted war
For hubs of transit trade from Armenia to the UAE, economic self-interest is best served by having sanctions on Russia in place indefinitely.
23 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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Forget the US dollar. Watch water and energy resources instead
In our increasingly hi-tech-based economy and financial systems, energy and water resources will be macroeconomically critical.
23 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
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Fix housing to help young Hongkongers feel they belong here
If taken seriously, housing policy can restore trust in institutions and the foundations of civic life that elections alone cannot.
19 Dec 2025 - 11:13AM
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Eligible applicants begin selecting flats under the Housing Authority’s Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme at the sales office in Kwun Tong on November 26. Photo: Karma Lo
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Greed and pork barrel politics fuel the Philippines’ fatal floods
Filipinos are paying the ultimate price for a system that favours corrupt lawmakers’ pet projects over scientifically sound flood control.
20 Dec 2025 - 12:00PM
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World Opinion
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How Trump is hastening the end of American hegemony
Although the US economy is growing and inflation remains low, the uncertainty sowed by the president’s policies will have sobering long-term consequences.
21 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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Frenzy around Hong Kong Palace Museum’s Egyptian show offers food for thought
The episode is a reminder to all of us to give our policies and plans time to bear fruit, allowing room for creative thinking and recovery from mistakes.
22 Dec 2025 - 6:30AM
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Patrick Winter
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Asia needs AI talent to fuel its future growth
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Cliff Buddle
My Take
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Eye-opening court judgment a snapshot of issues that have plagued city for years
27 Dec 2025 - 10:30PM
Anthony Rowley
Macroscope
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Can AI deliver the economic goods and high returns? Don’t count on it
27 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
Louis Wang
Being Chinese
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In both China and the West, the art of parenting involves letting go
27 Dec 2025 - 3:51PM
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Victor Kwok
Opinion
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Hong Kong should offer an international DSE to boost education hub goal
27 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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State capacity will decide who is the winner in Chinese-American rivalry
26 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
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