October Shock: Plenum Breached, Tapes Leaked
October Thunderclap! During the Fourth Plenum, a hacker collective raids CCP official portals and military-industrial websites, exposing the “15th Five-Year Plan scam” and top-level...
5 things to look out for as Trump jets in for Asean summit
Malaysia is set to host one of the most consequential Asean summits ever as US President Donald Trump and a coterie of world leaders...
Trump says all trade talks with Canada ‘terminated’ over TV ad
Published: 11:09am, 24 Oct 2025Updated: 11:42am, 24 Oct 2025 US President Donald Trump said late on Thursday that he was ending “all trade negotiations”...
Japan wants to cut overwork deaths to zero, but new PM stands in the way
Published: 10:56am, 24 Oct 2025Updated: 10:58am, 24 Oct 2025 The head of Japan’s largest umbrella group for labour unions on Thursday countered Prime Minister...
Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation testing drones in railway tunnels to cut tedious work
Hong Kong rail operator the MTR Corporation is testing the use of drones for tasks such as tunnel inspections to slash the time to...
‘We’re sorry’: Singapore minister acknowledges lapses in fatal child abuse case
Singapore’s Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli on Thursday apologised and acknowledged that agencies involved in the case of four-year-old Megan Khung’s...
China aims to overcome adversity with tech, self-reliance – as it happened
This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. After China’s...
Why Japan’s first female PM is winning hearts – even with scandal-hit cabinet
Sanae Takaichi has made a strong debut as Japan’s first female prime minister, with early polls showing widespread public confidence in her leadership –...
How strategic planning is powering China’s green energy transition
Recently, some major Western media outlets have focused on China’s embrace of clean energy technologies. Between the lines of the rhetoric on China becoming...