Bangkok prison chief suspended over Chinese inmate sex scandal
Thai authorities have suspended a prison chief in Bangkok over allegations that high-profile Chinese inmates were granted access to women in a private cell...
Trump calls Takaichi after Xi, China’s cruise dominance: 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...
Analyzing the Vingroup vs. Lê Trung Khoa Dispute: Implications of the Final Judgment
A lawsuit over speech in which a defendant, even if wrong, is not sent to prison: that is a hallmark of a democratic judiciary....
Red Capitalism and Crony Interest Groups–A View from Russia to Việt Nam
Although it is a private corporation, Vingroup routinely responds to negative consumer reactions and civil disputes by bringing in the police. Instead of filing...
Tencent Cloud and Cartesia find a rare common voice in AI speech applications
In a rare instance of China-US cooperation on a sensitive frontier technology, Tencent Holdings’ cloud unit has struck a partnership with San Francisco start-up...
Philippine military says ‘no junta’ in its ranks, warns against destabilisation
The Philippine military has confirmed that plots to oust President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr were “not far-fetched”, but downplayed fears of a coup led by...
Why China took Japan criticism to UN twice but did not raise it at G20
In a span of just four days last week, Beijing’s envoy to the United Nations criticised Japan – and its leader’s comments related to...
Stumbling Germany needs a clear strategy on China
There are moments in statecraft when a government reveals its strategic character. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s new administration has shown one such moment –...
Kimchi deficit: South Korea faces pickle as Chinese imports outpace exports
South Korea’s most iconic food is enjoying record demand overseas, yet at home a growing share of the kimchi served in restaurants and increasingly...