90% sign up for Wang Fuk Court buy-back amid concerns over rushed decisions
About 90 per cent of flat owners at the fire-damaged Wang Fuk Court have returned signed letters accepting the government’s buy-back offer, but some...
Backlash in Japan over Fukuoka officials’ costly overseas ‘research trips’
Published: 10:00am, 18 Jul 2026Updated: 1:27pm, 18 Jul 2026 Officials in Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka are facing growing scrutiny over a series of...
China’s tech giants fuel the rise of AI tokens as a new corporate currency
Every month, a Beijing-based ByteDance employee says he burns through close to a billion units of a new corporate currency – one that cannot...
Hegemony or balance of power? What the wars of ancient China teach us
Alex Lo has been an SCMP columnist since 2012, covering major issues affecting Hong Kong and the rest of China. The historian A.J.P. Taylor...
Brunch with your bichon frise? Some dog owners say pet dining off to ruff start
Published: 9:00am, 18 Jul 2026Updated: 2:25pm, 18 Jul 2026 Dog owners have welcomed Hong Kong’s first wave of pet-friendly restaurants, but some have been...
China’s Xpeng plants a flag in Germany’s auto heartland with Mona L03 launch
Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng made its European ambitions clear on Thursday, as the firm unveiled its Mona L03 compact SUV at an event...
Chinese woman saved from crematorium after mistaken coma death becomes adept painter
A woman in southeastern China who was mistaken for dead and nearly cremated after falling into a coma has rebuilt her life as a...
Sun Fanglin, Chinese scientist who paved the way for new cancer drugs, dies aged 58
Leading Chinese scientist Sun Fanglin, whose work on how cells age and form tumours helped pave the way for the development of new cancer...
Trump: China Stole 220 Million U.S. Voter Files | China in Focus
Massive data breaches, media manipulation, and a fight over voter ID. President Donald Trump is accusing China of targeting 220 million Americans in an...