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Online platforms style themselves as offering financial products similar to stocks or futures, but they are a form of gambling. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Hongkongers should beware of prediction markets

Concerns including the potential for insider trading and contractual disputes make prediction markets a dangerous bet.

China economy

Opinion | When and how will China ease capital controls?

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US-China relations

Opinion | Will US-China economic ties become self-reinforcing cycle of suspicion?

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China exports

Beijing asserts control over China’s offshore tech transfers with landmark law

Beijing’s ‘milestone’ mandate seen authorising retaliatory responses to trade barriers while restricting research leaks.

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A guard stands at attention outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China has enacted a sweeping overseas investment law. Photo: TNS
South Korea

South Korea ‘fake news’ law triggers free speech, censorship fears

The scope extends beyond social media to malicious reviews and defamatory posts on online communities, delivery apps and shopping platforms.

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Britain

UK may intervene in Paramount’s US$110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery

The culture chief said the deal, approved by the US and China, could have an impact on news, children’s TV and streaming services in Britain.

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Hong Kong society

Opinion | More transparency and accountability good for Hong Kong’s Medical Council

Having more lay members in the watchdog and public disclosures of time frames in handling complaints are welcome reforms.

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau seen at the government headquarters in Hong Kong on June 26. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong society

Financial products or illicit gambling? Can Hong Kong regulate prediction markets?

Interactive Brokers’ offering in city puts legality of prediction markets in question as regulator stresses case-by-case approach.

Australia

Australia PM: ‘too many children on social media’, ban too easy to avoid

According to a British ‌study, 85 per cent of Australians aged 12 to 15 were still using social media three months after the ban took effect.

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Hong Kong society

Prediction markets: Hong Kong ban alone will not solve risks, legal experts say

Law enforcement agencies would face challenges in gathering evidence and prosecuting cases, lawyers say.

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Polymarket is one of the largest prediction market platforms. Photo: TNS
Artificial intelligence

AI agents get ‘digital ID cards’ under China’s first connectivity standard

Country’s new AI agent framework aims to cut costs and enhance security to boost enterprise adoption.

The new guideline is China’s first national standard focused on AI agent connectivity. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong politics

Exclusive | Hong Kong’s own drug regulator pushes ahead with hiring, seeks WHO recognition

Health chief says the city is aiming to approve drugs independently by 2030 as it builds capacity and courts global pharmaceutical companies.

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China’s private sector

China’s Trip.com faces revenue slowdown, warns of ‘significant fine’ from probe

Country’s top travel site signals turbulence ahead amid rising energy costs, geopolitical tensions and mounting regulatory pressure.

Banking & finance

Bank of China accused of exploiting tax preferences to avoid paying US$348m

The bank channelled funds through affiliates and mass employee investors to pass off private funds as public, China’s top auditor says.

The Bank of China building in Shanghai. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong can take the regulatory high road amid US-China AI decoupling

As a global ‘sovereign AI premium’ emerges and US weaponisation of AI models triggers panic, Hong Kong can bridge diverging AI ecosystems.

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Anthropic’s US-ordered shutdown of AI models showed a nation’s digital ecosystem could be paralysed overnight by foreign regulatory caprice. Photo: Reuters illustration
The Philippines

After Philippines’ worst school shooting, a familiar hunt for easy answers

The Tacloban attack has reignited a debate over youth radicalisation online, but experts warn blanket bans ignore the real issue.

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China's economic recovery

Beijing’s plan to revive foreign direct investment

SCMP Plus annotates 15-point plan released by the central government aimed at attracting foreign investment and reversing a decline in capital inflows.

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Accounting and auditing

Auditors face harsher penalties as China intensifies anti-fraud campaign

Beijing’s draft amendment toughens rules and extends liability, after PwC’s Evergrande penalties underscore audit failures.

A draft amendment to the Certified Public Accountants Law is set for a second reading at the 23rd session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress. Photo: Xinhua
Banking & finance

Editorial | Hong Kong and Shanghai extend the yuan’s international reach

As Beijing tightens compliance, the country’s finance hubs can safely and efficiently promote the trade of Chinese treasury futures.

Hong Kong economy

Editorial | As Hong Kong’s internet cafes enjoy a revival, safety must be a priority

With online gaming hubs offering overnight accommodation, more rigorous regulation of the sector is warranted.

Artificial intelligence

Outside In | AI’s looming impact on jobs warrants some brakes on development

Just as drugs can’t go to market without thorough testing, the uncertainty surrounding the effect of AI means it must face globally agreed regulations.

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A staff member collects data on a robot’s movements as it works in a simulated supermarket at the embodied intelligence robot data and training base of the Beijing Innovation Centre of Humanoid Robotics in Beijing on June 12. Photo: Xinhua
China consumption

‘People are more cautious’: has China lost its appetite for shopping festivals?

The shopping bonanza used to see mountains of packages pile up on street corners, but orders have dwindled amid China’s economic slowdown.

Staff members sort mounds of parcels for delivery at a fulfillment centre in east China’s Shandong province ahead of the “618” shopping festival. Photo: Xinhua
Food delivery apps

China proposes ban on ‘irrational’ food-delivery subsidies to end price wars

Regulators target predatory pricing and merchant coercion, with new rules requiring that tech giants disclose subsidy data and not disrupt the market.

US-China trade war

China vows new legal shield that could counter US sanctions and protect finance

‘We don’t stir up trouble,’ He Lifeng says as first vice-premier to attend annual Lujiazui Forum since 2019, ‘but we’re absolutely not afraid of it’.

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Mainland China

Video | Sam’s Club executives summoned over food safety in China

Members-only food chain has faced complaints in China about rats and maggots found in its products.

General view of Sam’s Club in Shenzhen. State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) summoned the representatives of Sam’s Club for an "accountability interview" in response to “frequent food safety issues”. 15JUN26 SCMP/ Sam Tsang
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Britain

UK bans under 16s from social media apps including TikTok, YouTube

The move makes the UK part of a growing global movement to tighten online safety for children.

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Students from Ricards Lodge and Rutlish High Schools in Wimbledon, the UK, look at their mobile phones during an interview and discussion about their thoughts on a social media ban for under 16s. Photo: Reuters
China consumption

China summons executives of Walmart-owned Sam’s Club over ‘food-safety issues’

Members-only supermarket chain urged to ‘strictly fulfil’ its corporate responsibilities.

China economy

Opinion | Why Shein’s French fines are a warning to Chinese firms going global

Chinese firms going global can’t just enter foreign markets – they must also work to earn the trust required to stay there.

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