Indonesian rescuers search for Spanish father, 3 children after tourist boat sinks
Published: 4:55pm, 27 Dec 2025Updated: 8:17pm, 27 Dec 2025 A Spanish man and three of his children are missing after a tourist boat sank...
Hong Kong man arrested after extendable baton found in US-bound air luggage
Hong Kong police have arrested a man after finding an extendable baton in his checked luggage bound for the United States, marking the second...
Honouring ancestors, shaping empires: the story of Southeast Asia’s Peranakan Chinese
In dark blue suits, the elders of the Khoo clan gathered outside the prayer halls of the Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi, a grand...
A year after near total blackout, China builds world’s largest smart transformer
Just over a year after an incident that nearly triggered a cascading failure across China’s national power grid, engineers have developed the most powerful...
China influencer with 44 million followers banned for zooming in on women’s breasts in live-stream
A Chinese influencer with 44 million online followers has been banned for live-streaming a “vulgar” pool party at a hot spring. The influencer, who...
‘Hell car parks’: mainland Chinese drivers hit bumps navigating Hong Kong roads
Published: 3:54pm, 27 Dec 2025Updated: 4:54pm, 27 Dec 2025 A mainland Chinese driver under Hong Kong’s southbound travel vehicle scheme has been fined for...
How Trump ‘stunned’ China; why Western hegemony has ended: 12 key interviews from 2025
Advertisement SCMP Highlights China From acclaimed academics and writers to influential economists and policymakers, here are some of our best Open Questions interviews of...
Russia likely moving nuclear hypersonic missiles that are hard to intercept to Belarus
Moscow is likely stationing new nuclear-capable hypersonic ballistic missiles at a former airbase in eastern Belarus, a development that could bolster Russia’s ability to...
Nexperia China eyes new wafer suppliers in 6 months amid legal fight with Dutch chipmaker
Nexperia China, the estranged unit of the Dutch chipmaker, is pushing forward with efforts to secure new wafer suppliers in six months, as the...