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The Thai influencer bringing viral warfare to Cambodia’s border
Gun Jompalang is a self-styled ‘justice crusader’ with over 9 million followers but no commander. He’s not a soldier, but he is waging war.
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As I see it
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Politicisation of Hong Kong’s fire tragedy in Western media a new low
6 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
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Welcome to a world where wars don’t end and sanctions don’t work
6 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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World Opinion
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Age of AI holds both promise and peril
Whether AI delivers widespread well-being or further slavery is a political question that must be answered with sound governance.
5 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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A child observes an industrial robot dog at the ZCP Future Mobility exhibition at Zero Carbon Park in Kowloon Bay on November 1. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Why Gulf region’s dreams of aviation domination are built on sand
While Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Istanbul’s plans are already aggressively ambitious, Saudi Arabia’s extravagant vision seems like something from fantasyland.
5 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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Legco poll a chance for Hong Kong to show its resilience after Tai Po fire
The election is an opportunity for the city to display maturity in the face of loss and prove civic participation can coexist with national security and solidarity.
5 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
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Not just China: India also a piece of the US opioid puzzle
Like China, India has a large pharmaceutical sector that provides precursor chemicals. But it lacks China’s drug policy control.
5 Dec 2025 - 8:16AM
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Tricia Theriault, from New Hampshire, reacts during the Fourth Annual National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day event in Times Square, New York City, US, on August 21. Photo: Reuters
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AI market will only have room for so many winners
There is not enough room in the market for all those raising billions to invest in AI, and there will inevitably be more losers than winners.
4 Dec 2025 - 9:10PM
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India and Japan show impact of Trump’s tariffs extend beyond trade
While Japan is grappling with acute policy dilemmas and AI bubble fears stalk markets, India seems relatively resilient and forward-looking.
4 Dec 2025 - 5:13PM
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Hong Kong Opinion
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Time for solidarity after Hong Kong blaze as Bar relaunches pro bono scheme
The Bar has a long history of offering free services, but the new scheme leverages NGO partnerships to ensure there is wider access to justice.
4 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
China Opinion
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How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry
A market once dominated by generics is now an AI-powered pharmaceutical hub drawing billion-dollar investments from the likes of Pfizer and GSK.
4 Dec 2025 - 10:51AM
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A worker checks the position of a feeding tray in a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility at the Hengrui Biomedical Industrial Park in Lianyungang in Jiangsu province, on December 13, 2021. Photo: Getty Images
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Why peeling back layers of strategic ambiguity will only hurt Japan
The Japanese prime minister’s remarks are merely ripples that will soon disappear, needlessly inviting the very conflict she says she wants to prevent.
4 Dec 2025 - 10:52AM
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How yuan internationalisation is helping to close the climate finance gap
Through fast-growing markets for yuan-denominated bonds, China is showing it can support sustainability projects across the Global South.
3 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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China’s shrinking credit reflects a financial reset, not a collapse
Beijing is moving away from the old growth model reliant on rising leverage, towards a framework that prizes risk management and data integrity.
3 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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Hong Kong will miss its most popular philosopher
Lee Tien-ming, who died last week, wrote for the curious and critical reader rather than fellow academics, and local literary fans embraced him.
3 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
The library at Chinese University of Hong Kong in Sha Tin, seen on June 20. Lee Tien-ming was one of the university’s most popular lecturers, spending his entire career there. Photo: Jelly Tse
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Why the real AI race is within China and not across the Pacific
Which vision of AI leadership within China wins out will be more impactful in shaping the future than a simple two-horse superpower race.
3 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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World Opinion
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‘America first’ can’t mean America alone if West hopes to counter China
Keeping US allies onside means rolling back tariffs and coming up with a long-term strategy, both of which are counter to Trump’s strengths.
2 Dec 2025 - 9:30PM
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In betting on Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong is really betting on itself
Hong Kong’s future may lie not in choosing between East and West, but in linking Asia with the Middle East and beyond.
30 Nov 2025 - 4:30PM
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Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po (left) visits the New Murabba Development Company under the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia with Murabba CEO Michael Dyke, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 30. Photo: Handout
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Tai Po fire tragedy brings out the true meaning of community
Our urge to fight the feelings of powerlessness amid devastation changes our priorities. That is the power we must harness as we rebuild not only homes but hope.
1 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
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World Opinion
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‘America first’ can’t mean America alone if West hopes to counter China
Keeping US allies onside means rolling back tariffs and coming up with a long-term strategy, both of which are counter to Trump’s strengths.
2 Dec 2025 - 9:30PM
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How China could solve its consumption conundrum
Beijing’s priority should be bold short-term countercyclical action: issuing US$400 vouchers and stabilising the property sector.
1 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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The Thai influencer bringing viral warfare to Cambodia’s border
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Politicisation of Hong Kong’s fire tragedy in Western media a new low
6 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
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Welcome to a world where wars don’t end and sanctions don’t work
6 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
Andrew Sheng
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Age of AI holds both promise and peril
5 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
David Dodwell
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Why Gulf region’s dreams of aviation domination are built on sand
5 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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Legco poll a chance for Hong Kong to show its resilience after Tai Po fire
5 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
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