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Lai’s ‘hostile force’ claim is all about his secessionist agenda
The Taiwanese leader is ready to abuse both the island’s constitution and anti-infiltration law to challenge what is Beijing’s ultimate red line.
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Beijing is upset, but why is it limiting criticism of Hutchison’s Panama deal?
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How Hong Kong can dig itself out of recurring deficits
23 Mar 2025 - 4:30PM
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The gravity of ‘space oil’: understanding Hong Kong teens’ new drug of choice
We need to think beyond bans and crackdowns. With creativity, empathy and urgency, young people can be guided towards a healthier future.
23 Mar 2025 - 10:00AM
Displays warning about the dangers of “space oil” are seen at an MTR Station in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, last month. Photo: Jelly Tse
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Hong Kong’s sporting dream needs the support of private enterprise
Support from the government and sports associations must be combined with collaboration with big sporting corporations to tap their expertise.
23 Mar 2025 - 9:30AM
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Only a global ‘de-risking’ from the US can stop Trump’s trade war
A unified response is essential. Operating independently would only play to Trump’s advantage, and render nations vulnerable to his bullying.
23 Mar 2025 - 2:20PM
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China’s economic successes are reshaping the Western media narrative
Beijing’s economic strategy, technological prowess and climate policies are prompting a reassessment of the country’s media profile.
23 Mar 2025 - 5:30AM
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A journalist asks a question at a press conference attended by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress in Beijing on March 7. Photo: Xinhua
Asia Opinion
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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
Humans have perhaps five to 10 years before algorithms and plutonium could reduce us to skeletons and skulls.
22 Mar 2025 - 12:16PM
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In Singapore, my children are freer to be happy than I was in China
Having been through China’s pressure-cooker education system, I appreciate how Singapore balances Eastern discipline and Western creativity.
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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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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President Donald Trump smiles after signing three executive actions in the Oval Office on January 28, 2017, during his first term in office. Photo: AP
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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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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
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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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Hong Kong’s sporting dream needs the support of private enterprise
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