Hong Kong’s Lalamove, EY team up to shape ‘low-altitude economy’. What’s the plan?
Published: 12:00pm, 18 Jul 2026Updated: 2:12pm, 18 Jul 2026 Hong Kong delivery company Lalamove and professional services firm EY have joined forces and jumped...
Chinese fossil find shows birds shed their dinosaur tails step by step
A fossil found in China suggests modern birds shed the long, bony tails of their dinosaur ancestors through a step-by-step process, rather than a...
Fierce competition and shifting tastes squeeze China’s yoga apparel market
China’s yoga apparel market is grappling with fierce competition and slowing growth amid sluggish domestic consumption, as middle-class shoppers diversify their activities, according to...
UAE’s Hormuz workaround tries to bypass its trillion-dollar economic heart
Geography has handed the United Arab Emirates quite the quandary: its government wants to cut dependence on the Strait of Hormuz to “zero”, yet...
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...