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My Take, a popular and sometimes controversial daily column of the South China Morning Post, analyses a variety of hot-button issues concerning Hong Kong, mainland China and the region.
US President Donald Trump arrives in the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday before speaking on the Iran war. Photo: AP
United States

America has always been a rogue state

The United States has spent trillions of dollars on foreign wars, thanks in large part to the largesse of countries around the world that are willing to fund its ever-ballooning debt.

Africa

My Take | Why Beijing is now the only true partner of Africa and Latin America

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United States

My Take | Lunar mission gives a fresh perspective on a troubled world

South Korea

My Take | Iran has shown the West’s containment of China is a fool’s errand

Countries across the world will be wise to hedge their bets with Beijing as the war exposes US security ‘guarantees’ as burdens and liabilities for allies.

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Busan, South Korea, on October 30. Photo: Reuters/File Photo
Indonesia

My Take | Verdict finds what any parent knows: social media is designed to be addictive

Jurors also decided Meta and YouTube either knew or should have known their products posed a danger to children and did not do enough to warn of the risks.

United States

My Take | In China, AI is about job creation and quality, not mass retrenchments

Beijing aims at tech diffusion and minimising social disruptions, rather than competing for supremacy with the United States.

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Hong Kong courts

My Take | Mason’s legacy lies in the reputation he helped forge for Hong Kong’s final court

The death of the influential Australian jurist at the age of 100 prompts reflection on the continued value to the city of eminent justices from overseas.

Former Australian chief justice Anthony Mason, one of the first non-permanent judges to join the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. Photo: Handout
Mainland China

My Take | A humane Chinese AI versus a dog-eat-dog American AI

From killing jobs to killing people, the vision of artificial intelligence supremacy in the United States is truly terrifying.

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Hong Kong

My Take | Mandelson scandal could be the tipping point that costs Starmer his job

Episode has cost China not only a British politician prepared to work for better ties but also potentially a prime minister willing to do business with it.

Panama

My Take | An America in decline will keep losing wars to weaker foes – including in Iran

When battles become a matter of choice rather than necessity or survival, US leaders have a preternatural ability to choose badly and undermine their own country.

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This photo taken on March 3, 2026 shows a view of the damaged Golestan Palace in Tehran, Iran. The UNESCO World Heritage Site was partially damaged in air raids during US and Israeli strikes on Iran. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong

My Take | Freedom of press calls for faster route to Transport Department data

Restrictions on journalists who access details of vehicle owners may have been supported by the Court of First Instance, but the case revealed greater room for official improvement.

Hong Kong journalist and former RTHK producer Bao Choy was cleared in 2023 of making false statements in connection with her use of the vehicle registration database. Photo: Elson Li
Middle East

My Take | China always ends up winning when the United States goes to war (with others)

Iran may prove another costly mistake for Washington as its global standing sinks even further, however the conflict turns out.

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Mainland China

My Take | How unhinged Washington unleashes American craziness on the world

China now looks like a pretty good hedge when compared to the unqualified and unpredictable people who run the US today.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

My Take | Arrest shows that no one is above the law, not even a former British prince

While the monarchy’s future may depend on how King Charles handles the affair, every effort must be made to ensure the Epstein victims receive justice.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, is escorted by police after being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Photo: Reuters
United States

My Take | Why Western civilisation is incapable of saving Western society today

People who argue for the uniqueness and high moral standing of the West are actually weaponising it as an ideology against the non-Western cultures of the Global South.

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The US Capitol stands behind an American flag in Washington. File photo: Reuters
Mainland China

My Take | Forget Canada, the real 51st American state appears to be gullible Australia

Aside from the first island chain of encirclement against China, much of the other island ‘defence’ chains look more like vassalising the not so ‘lucky country’ among others in the South Pacific.

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Germany

My Take | China and the UN are not the problem in Ukraine and Palestine – the West is

Europe and America’s warmongering and genocide-enabling are at the roots of the world’s most dangerous geopolitical flashpoints.

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Australia

My Take | Social media’s ‘becoming Chinese’ trend can only be a force for good

Respectful experimentation with Chinese lifestyle habits can further understanding and engagement between people of different cultures.

A Lion Dance performance takes place at Trafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom, to celebrate Chinese New Year in January 2025. Photo: Calvin Luo
UAE

My Take | TikTok deal good for Chinese owners but terrible for users in the United States

The social media platform, now majority owned by Americans, will herald a new era of state control and corporate manipulation of US citizens.

United States

My Take | How to prevent war with China: return Taiwan to the mainland

Beijing has a far more legitimate claim over Taiwan than the US and Israel have over any strip of land in the western hemisphere and Palestine.

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European Union

My Take | Trump threatens Greenland but Nato chief says China is the real threat

EU and Nato ‘leaders’ can continue to act slavishly before the Americans. They are just making themselves irrelevant and despised.

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US President Donald Trump (right) speaks with Nato’s secretary-general Mark Rutte during a meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong society

My Take | Time to remove the differences in how Hong Kong treats same-sex relationships

Lack of legal recognition of ‘alternative relationships’ in most areas of law and policy brings anomalies, inconsistencies and uncertainties.

An LGBTQ couple holds hands during an event to raise awareness of gay rights in Hong Kong on May 25, 2019. File photo: AFP
Taiwan

My Take | Taiwan has just sold out TSMC and half its chips industry to the US

The so-called silicon shield is bust as there will not be much left of the island to defend after the forced relocation of a significant chunk of industrial base under new tariff deal.

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France

My Take | The days of EU and Nato may be numbered under von der Leyen and Kallas

Europe’s leaders continue to play supplicants to Trump, who may be an even bigger existential threat than Putin with his undisguised US imperialism.

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Hong Kong society

My Take | Native forest restoration project is literally, and figuratively, bearing fruit

The work done by Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden on Tai Mo Shan has been awarded top certification by an international body.

A view of the Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden. Photo: KFBG/Handout
Hong Kong courts

My Take | Eye-opening court judgment a snapshot of issues that have plagued city for years

Case involved a common but illegal practice in which developers collude with indigenous villagers to abuse the city’s ‘small-house’ policy.

The court delivered its written ruling on Tuesday. Photo: Sun Yeung
US-China relations

My Take | 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.

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Hong Kong

My Take | The real war on Christmas is not being waged by Hong Kong or mainland China

From Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans to contemporary liberals and “woke” ideologues, the West has a long tradition of trying to cancel the season.

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