Has China just released pictures of another 6th generation stealth fighter?
Images of a previously unknown stealth aircraft have started circulating on Chinese social media, triggering a debate about whether it is a new piloted...
US-China battle over rare earths, Beijing’s beef boost: SCMP daily highlights
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider...
Can Russia, India and China work together to stabilise Asia?
As geopolitical tensions realign global power centres, the trilateral forum of Russia, India and China (RIC) is seeing renewed diplomatic interest. While Moscow has...
Bali immigration officers helped Russians run violent extortion scheme: police
Two immigration officers in Indonesia’s holiday hotspot Bali may lose their jobs after being arrested for allegedly colluding with Russian nationals in a cross-border...
As US’ effective tariff rate rises to 17%, analysts say China has an opportunity
The United States has become one of the most protected markets in the world, with its effective tariff rate against the world rising to...
Elderly Hong Kong cabby arrested after crashing into taxi rank, killing tourist
A tourist from the Philippines was killed in Hong Kong on Tuesday after an elderly cabby lost control of his vehicle and mounted the...
Is China stealing the march on science talent as US funding cuts spare no one?
Renowned mathematician Terence Tao says funding delays at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have left his lab struggling to support graduate students...
Huawei to open-source AI chip toolkit to take on Nvidia’s proprietary platform
Huawei Technologies will open-source its Compute Architecture for Neural Networks (CANN) – the software toolkit used to develop applications on the firm’s Ascend AI...
Hong Kong bombarded with scores of rainstorm warnings over past few days. Why?
Hong Kong has been battered by heavy rainstorms, with the Observatory issuing the black rainstorm signal, the highest in a three-tier warning system, twice...