Warner Bros rejects Paramount’s ‘inferior’ US$108 billion bid, backs Netflix deal
Warner Bros Discovery on Wednesday rejected a hostile takeover bid by Paramount launched last week to thwart plans by streaming giant Netflix to acquire...
AMD chief Lisa Su commits to ‘deeper’ China investments in meeting with industry minister
Lisa Su, chair and chief executive of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), on Wednesday met the Chinese minister of industry and information technology (MIIT), where...
How will Jimmy Lai’s conviction affect China-UK ties and Keir Starmer’s planned visit?
The conviction of former media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying in a high-profile Hong Kong trial has drawn sharp reactions in London, casting uncertainty over...
ByteDance pushes frequent updates to Doubao AI as privacy concerns persist
ByteDance’s Doubao AI phone – a limited-run handset built with ZTE’s Nubia brand – remained in hot demand and continued to receive frequent software...
Hong Kong dental drive serves 10,000 teens and poor, adds 1,500 street sleepers
Published: 9:52pm, 17 Dec 2025Updated: 10:22pm, 17 Dec 2025 More than 10,000 teenagers and underprivileged Hongkongers have benefited from subsidised dental care programmes launched...
Miss Finland scandal: Finnish PM apologises to East Asia for MPs’ ‘racist’ gestures
Finland’s prime minister apologised on Wednesday to citizens of Japan, China and South Korea after MPs sparked outrage by posting pictures of themselves making...
PLA division’s new leaders, lessons from 2025 trade war: 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...
Chinese city sues Missouri for US$50 billion in tit-for-tat Covid-19 litigation
China’s top science academy is among three parties suing Missouri for roughly US$50 billion for alleged damage to reputation and economic losses from the...
Tencent restructures AI operations, promotes high-profile recruit to chief AI scientist
Tencent Holdings has initiated a major restructuring at its artificial intelligence group with the promotion of recent high-profile recruit Vinces Yao Shunyu, a former...