No evidence talent abused schemes to give birth in Hong Kong: labour chief
Hong Kong’s labour chief has dismissed suggestions that newly arrived talent are exploiting admission schemes to give birth in the city, saying no evidence...
Trump Threatens Tariffs Against Spain Over NATO Defense Spending Shortfall
U.S. President Donald Trump on Oct. 14 threatened tariffs against Spain over Madrid’s refusal to boost defense spending to 5 percent of gross domestic...
Hong Kong picks second batch of banks, tech firms to test AI in finance
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has picked the second batch of use cases for testing of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), as it looks...
Trump’s cooking oil embargo threat, ‘red gift bag’ arrest: SCMP daily highlights
Published: 10:00pm, 15 Oct 2025Updated: 10:39pm, 15 Oct 2025 Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would...
Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to ceasefire amid escalating tensions
Pakistan said on Wednesday it agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire with Afghanistan following days of violence that have killed dozens of people on both...
US rivalry pushing China to apply domestic law abroad, legal experts say
China is increasingly applying domestic law beyond its borders in response to US pressure, legal analysts have suggested. Advertisement The “foreign-related rule of law”...
China punishes officials over fireworks publicity stunt in Tibet plateau
Published: 9:00pm, 15 Oct 2025Updated: 9:35pm, 15 Oct 2025 Several officials in China’s Tibet autonomous region have been punished after being held responsible for...
Chip supply at risk in fight over Nexperia, unit of China’s Wingtech
Nexperia, the European semiconductor subsidiary of Chinese electronics part maker Wingtech, is caught in the crossfire of the US-China tech war and faces an...
At China’s biggest export fair, the trade war’s rising toll is clear to see
The latest flare-up in US-China tensions is casting a fresh – albeit limited – shadow over the autumn edition of the Canton Fair, China’s...