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A man sits alone on the Sai Ying Pun waterfront with the Hong Kong skyline in the background on May 5. Photo: Karma Lo

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Investing in Hong Kong’s mental health makes good economic sense

Mental well-being is more than a public health concern. Evidence shows investing in mental health generates robust economic returns.

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Opinion | When Tung became Hong Kong’s first chief executive, there was no handbook

5 hours agovideocam

Opinion | Whatever Trump claims, weaponisation of space makes losers of us all

1 Oct 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam

China Opinion

Macroscope | Wall Street’s bearish view of China stocks misses key points

Investors should look to sectors that benefit from policy support while remaining sceptical about US banks’ predictions.

1 Oct 2026 - 5:23PMvideocam

Investors wait for China’s stock market to open in front of an electronic board at a brokerage house in Beijing on September 16. Photo: Reuters

China Opinion

Opinion | How China became the world’s gold superpower

Beijing built its dominance through innovation and meticulous planning, not superior natural reserves.

1 Oct 2026 - 9:00AM

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | How Hong Kong’s foreign carer scheme aims to get ahead of ageing city

The pilot scheme to bring in specially qualified carers will upset the market equilibrium, but the shake-up will be to Hong Kong’s benefit.

1 Oct 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

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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.

30 Sep 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam

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

Asia Opinion

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

Riyadh’s choice is practical, not ideological. Countries seeking payment diversification aren’t abandoning the dollar – they want efficient, cost-effective alternatives.

30 Sep 2026 - 4:30PM

Hong Kong Opinion

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

Economies competing in an AI-driven future will need more highly skilled workers, not fewer. Low fertility is not only a social challenge – it’s an economic threat.

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

Illustration: Henry Wong

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

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

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

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

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

An AI billboard at the Chinese International Supply Chain Expo on June 26 in Beijing, China. Rather than abandon its role as the “world’s factory”, China is becoming a global hub for industrial innovation and development. Photo: Getty Images

Other Sport

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

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

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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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