Hong Kong’s Paul Chan is heading to Europe. So what’s on the itinerary?
Paul Chan Mo-po will seek to explain Hong Kong’s efforts to combat terrorism financing and work to attract more funds and business to the...
AI agents face trust issues in ‘high-risk’ industrial sectors: experts
China’s industrial sectors are racing to integrate artificial intelligence to boost efficiency, bolstered by state support, but experts warn that critical vertical markets –...
Hong Kong draws HK$26 billion from over 310 firms this year, InvestHK head says
Published: 2:38pm, 17 May 2026Updated: 6:57pm, 17 May 2026 More than 310 enterprises from mainland China and abroad have established or expanded operations in...
Next stop, Sri Lanka: how scammers fleeing Cambodia, Myanmar found a new hub
A surge in arrests of suspected foreign scammers in Sri Lanka has authorities concerned that the island is fast becoming a hub for online...
Trump narrows space for Taiwan independence, mainland scholar says
Wu Yongping is one of the Chinese mainland’s leading specialists on Taiwan affairs and dean of the Institute for Taiwan Studies at Tsinghua University...
Hong Kong’s HK$690 million Central Library opens in Causeway Bay in 2001 – SCMP archive
Tung vows to make library a world-class cultural centre By Shirley Lau This article was first published on May 17, 2001 After years of...
China turns coal power plant exhaust into cheap, effective fertiliser
A Chinese company is turning the emissions from a coal-fired power plant into fertiliser, expanding the application of a technology that could make both...
Move over K-beauty, Thailand is the next big thing in aesthetics
Published: 1:30pm, 17 May 2026Updated: 1:37pm, 17 May 2026 The face of beauty in Asia is changing, says Dr Dissapong Panithaporn. He should know,...
Hong Kong police to prosecute 7th suspect in 1999 murder, seeking 8th
Published: 1:09pm, 17 May 2026Updated: 5:00pm, 17 May 2026 Hong Kong police will prosecute a seventh suspect and are seeking another over the murder...