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A participant addresses employees of German car maker Volkswagen during a rally by German trade union IG Metall to protest against restructuring and mass job cut plans, at the VW plant in Zwickau, eastern Germany, on July 9. Photo: AFP

China Opinion

Opinion | As the EU erects barriers, China’s trade tilts south and east

Europe’s importance in China’s trade calculations is shrinking as Beijing prioritises the Global South, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

20 Jul 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam

The View | Asian property: A thin line separates strength from vulnerability

20 Jul 2026 - 4:30PM

Opinion | Is Hong Kong doing enough to lose its top spot for expensive housing?

20 Jul 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Hong Kong’s 5-year plan will shore up market with governance and vision

The government’s role is to reduce uncertainty through strategic direction, institutional coordination and infrastructure investment.

20 Jul 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

Hongkongers collect copies of the consultation document for Hong Kong’s first five-year blueprint at the Wan Chai District Office on June 15. Photo: Karma Lo

Opinion

My Take | Why does the world distrust America? Just ask the Canadians

As hundreds of wildfires rage across Canada, the US president and his cronies pour scorn on the country in its hour of need and threaten to take it over.

19 Jul 2026 - 9:30PM

China Opinion

Opinion | Can Russia and China ever have a truly equal relationship?

In a partnership in which one side relies on the other for both export revenues and critical imports, the notion of equality is questionable.

19 Jul 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam

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China Opinion

Opinion | Why China is untangling its banks from the property wreckage

Authorities are rewiring financial architecture to address the systemic risk, breaking the deep structural ties between property and banking.

19 Jul 2026 - 5:28PMvideocam

People look at a property model displayed at the China International Fair for Trade in Services, in Beijing on September 12, 2025. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images

Opinion

Asian Angle | Vietnam’s economic miracle has a made-elsewhere problem

The numbers dazzle, but Vietnamese companies are losing ground in their own export boom as the middle-income trap looms.

19 Jul 2026 - 2:35PM

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Hong Kong’s 5-year plan must focus on what the city does best

Integration, connectivity and contribution to the national economy are the city’s tried and tested ingredients of success.

19 Jul 2026 - 9:30AM

World Opinion

Opinion | As the UK discusses an EU return, Hong Kong offers lessons

Like Hong Kong, which functions as a special administrative region of China, could the United Kingdom rejoin the European Union with a special administrative name?

19 Jul 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

Workers remove a Union Jack flag, near the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, on May 14. Photo: Reuters

Opinion

My Take | Churches must ensure that complaints of sexual abuse are taken seriously

As the city prepares for a sex crime legislation overhaul, every community sector should work to ensure that people are free from harassment.

18 Jul 2026 - 10:28PM

St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, regarded as the heart of Catholicism. File photo: Reuters

Asia Opinion

Macroscope | Why Japan should be able to weather a US market crash

Successive Japanese governments have spent decades building financial infrastructure that other Asian countries can emulate.

18 Jul 2026 - 4:30PM

Opinion

Opinion | Southeast Asia must write its own trade rules for China’s ‘flying geese’

As Chinese manufacturers migrate south, Asean has the leverage to dictate terms on local sourcing and skills training.

18 Jul 2026 - 12:00PM

China Opinion

As I see it | Hegemony or balance of power? What the wars of ancient China teach us

A new book on the Spring and Autumn period and its experiments in conflict and diplomacy helps explain today’s global order.

18 Jul 2026 - 9:30AM

An archaeologist works at the No 3 Horse and Chariot Pit, one of a cluster of tombs belonging to noble families of the Zheng State, a vassal state during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, near the city of Xinzheng in central China’s Henan province, in November 2017. Photo: Xinhua

China Opinion

Opinion | China’s missile test from a submarine is no guarantee of regional stability

Beijing’s ICBM test from a nuclear-powered submarine is a win from a defence perspective but comes with greater responsibilities.

18 Jul 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

Illustration: Mario Cameira

World Opinion

Opinion | To tackle the climate crisis, start small and scale big

Coordinated action on three vulnerable frontline regions can provide a template for how policymakers can serve the people and the planet.

17 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM

China Opinion

Opinion | To stay competitive, Chinese brands must learn to command agentic AI

To unlock further success in brand awareness, Chinese firms must appeal to the artificial intelligence agents that are increasingly shaping consumer experience.

17 Jul 2026 - 5:32PMvideocam

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Is Hong Kong doing enough to lose its top spot for expensive housing?

For all the city’s recent successes, the benefits are not translating to more affordable lives for many Hongkongers.

20 Jul 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

The monthly rent for this cage home in Sham Shui Po, measuring less than 20 sq ft in size, was HK$2,500 in 2024. Photo: Dickson Lee

China Opinion

Opinion | Can Russia and China ever have a truly equal relationship?

In a partnership in which one side relies on the other for both export revenues and critical imports, the notion of equality is questionable.

19 Jul 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam

China Opinion

Opinion | Why China is untangling its banks from the property wreckage

Authorities are rewiring financial architecture to address the systemic risk, breaking the deep structural ties between property and banking.

19 Jul 2026 - 5:28PMvideocam

Opinion

My Take | Churches must ensure that complaints of sexual abuse are taken seriously

As the city prepares for a sex crime legislation overhaul, every community sector should work to ensure that people are free from harassment.

18 Jul 2026 - 10:28PM

St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, regarded as the heart of Catholicism. File photo: Reuters

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Opinion | As the EU erects barriers, China’s trade tilts south and east

Bob Savic

20 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM

The View | Asian property: A thin line separates strength from vulnerability

Nicholas Spiro

20 Jul 2026 - 4:30PM

Opinion | Is Hong Kong doing enough to lose its top spot for expensive housing?

Alice Wu

20 Jul 2026 - 9:30AM

Opinion | Hong Kong’s 5-year plan will shore up market with governance and vision

Cheng Xianyue

20 Jul 2026 - 5:30AM

My Take | Why does the world distrust America? Just ask the Canadians

Alex Lo

19 Jul 2026 - 9:30PM

Opinion | Can Russia and China ever have a truly equal relationship?

Nikola Mikovic

19 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!

SCMP managing editor Yonden Lhatoo sings a totally different tune to wish America a happy 250th anniversary.

HELP, WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE

US-Israel war on Iran is as reckless and catastrophic as it is stupid and illegal

THEY WON’T EVEN LET US MOURN IN PEACE!

Yonden Lhatoo has a go at those who are politicising Hong Kong’s fire tragedy

Super stupid behaviour during a super typhoon

Super stupid behaviour during a super typhoon in Hong Kong

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