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The latest breaking news and stories on Canada, a country in North America known as a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, and world’s ninth largest economy. Also covering Canada’s relationship with the US and China, plus commentary and updates on Canada’s economy, politics, society and trade news.
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The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Half Marathon kicks off in 2025. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong transport

Letters | Hong Kong must build bridges for people, not just cars

Readers discuss the car-centric culture driving infrastructure projects, space mission outcomes, and the World Cup.

US-China relations

US and ‘Five Eyes’ allies warn of LinkedIn China spying threat

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United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA)

Canada and Mexico tell US they want free trade deal renewed

Science

Can China’s caesium-from-brine tech cut reliance on Canadian, Australian ores?

Research team lead says while China follows research on salt lake resource extraction, ‘most efforts focus on lithium and potassium’.

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The Tanco mine in Canada is among the major global commercial sources of caesium. China’s Sinomine Resources controls operations here. Photo: Handout
Gen Z

Birthday parties at premium gyms? How Gen Z ditched drinking for wellness

Millennials may have embraced athleisure, but wellness is an identity for Gen Z – and gyms are their social clubs.

Chinese tourists

Will the World Cup help Mexico dispel Chinese tourists’ safety fears?

A boost of visitor numbers for the tournament should also include travellers from China, though surveys show lingering safety concerns.

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Hong Kong society

Can Hongkong Post be saved or should it become a taxpayer-funded public service?

Observers say HK$4.6 billion rescue plan only buys time as officials must decide whether basic public services should override push for profit.

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The General Post Office in Central. Hongkong Post faces mounting losses as calls grow to end its self-financing model. Photo: Nora Tam
Technology

Opinion | For SpaceX, global dominance may not be written in the stars

Space is not an ordinary, commercial, open market but a strategic domain tied directly to sovereignty, security and industrial policy.

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International Property

Spain’s property market sees boost as Hongkongers, others, depart UK and Canada

As the cost of living rises, some Hongkongers living in the United Kingdom and Canada are set to move to Spain under the NLV scheme.

China-Canada relations

Canada might double exports to China, Wang Yi says during rare visit

Wang is on a three-day ⁠trip to Canada, the first such visit by a Chinese foreign minister in a decade.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in his office in Ottawa on Friday. Photo: AFP
Crime

Canadian poison seller Kenneth Law pleads guilty to aiding suicides

The former chef could face 10 to 20 years in prison but will not stand trial for murder.

York Regional Police Inspector Simon James speaks about Kenneth Law’s case during a news conference in Mississauga, Ontario, in August 2023. Photo: The Canadian Press via AP
2026 Xi-Trump summit

Xi Jinping meets foreign leaders: tracker, May 2026

World leaders are flocking to Beijing in search of trade deals, investments and greater market access in China.

US-China relations

China, US at ‘historical crossroads’, Beijing’s envoy tells New York gala event

Nixon, Bush and Rockefeller families are among evening’s honorees, along with former Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa.

Diplomacy

Opinion | Heroics will only turn middle power dreams into nightmares

Successful middle powers do not defy systemic pressures but recognise structural change early enough to avoid becoming trapped.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 20. He called for a “third path” and middle power resistance, receiving a standing ovation. Photo: EPA
China-Canada relations

Making partnerships great again? Carney pitches new US-Canada ties

Prime minister adopts conciliatory tone and emphasises Canada’s role in fuelling US economic growth.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in New York on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong courts

Legal Tales | The evolution of Hong Kong’s independent common law

A recent Court of Final Appeal ruling confirms that the city’s common law is its very own.

Hong Kong society

On This Day | Hong Kong ‘Happy Ghost’ actress Lo Ming-chu dies at 47 in 2016 – SCMP archive

Police say they found medication including diet pills in her flat in Bel-Air Residence on Hong Kong Island.

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South China Sea

As allies boost Taiwan Strait transits, why is the US going a different route?

Chinese think tank notes the changing risks: ‘China will inevitably respond, and that makes the overall situation appear more tense’.

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A Chinese think tank says a shift in US transits through Taiwan Strait is consistent with broader trends in China-US military interactions since their 2023 leadership summit. Photo:AP
US-China relations

China’s Wang Yi tells UN multilateralism must be protected in swipe at US

Beijing’s top diplomat says ‘world peace and security are in great jeopardy’ and that UN Charter should be safeguarded at all costs.

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Zijin Mining

China’s largest mining company poised for global top 3 status by 2028, says S&P

Ratings agency highlights Zijin’s project pipeline and cost discipline as the miner accelerates global expansion in copper and gold.

2026 Xi-Trump summit

Double standards? How North American conservatives viewed 2 China trips

The North American right cast Trump’s Beijing visit as ‘deal-making diplomacy’ while attacking the Canadian leader for ‘hedging with China’.

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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, pictured on May 14 at the welcoming ceremony for Trump’s recent visit to Beijing. Photo: Reuters
Fame and celebrity

Meet Donovan Colan, who plays Hunter Cooper in Your Friends & Neighbors

The rising star, who plays Jon Hamm’s son on the show and won an award for 2025’s The Dogs, went to the same art school as Timothée Chalamet and Jennifer Aniston.

Teenager Donovan Colan is already an award-winning actor. Photo: @donovan.colan/Instagram
Crime

Editorial | Hong Kong should spare no effort in fight against financial crime

The recent crackdown by law enforcement agencies from 10 jurisdictions on international scams shows the benefit of regional cooperation.

Business of climate change

Middle East tensions complicate Beijing’s push to curb China solar overcapacity

Energy-security fears are slowing Beijing’s solar capacity cuts, deepening a ‘fight to the death’ among manufacturers trapped in a price war.

South China Sea

Why the largest-ever US-Philippine drill, and Japan’s role, makes China uneasy

The scale of this year’s Balikatan exercise has been described as part of a trend that will ‘exacerbate regional instability’.

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Troops from New Zealand, the Philippines, the US and Australia pose for a photo after taking part in counter-landing live-fire drills during the Balikatan exercises on April 27. Photo: Reuters
Mark Carney

PM Carney says Alberta ‘essential’ to Canada, as separatist push advances

Premier Danielle Smith plans to hold a vote that will bring the oil-rich province closer to a referendum on independence.

Alberta separatists rally in Edmonton, Alberta, on May 4. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

China’s top diplomat to visit US and Canada to boost ties, pave way for Xi trip

Wang Yi set to chair UN Security Council meeting in New York this month before travelling to Ottawa for talks with Canadian counterpart.

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Diplomacy

Letters | Canada’s World Cup role offers model of cooperation in a fraught world

Readers highlight Canada’s open, responsible and respectful diplomacy, and warn against lifting Hong Kong’s ban on electric mobility devices.

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