Stablecoin scams put China’s financial regulators in a high-stakes balancing act
Published: 10:00pm, 14 Jul 2025Updated: 10:35pm, 14 Jul 2025 A financial dilemma has sent local-level financial authorities across China scrambling as they try to...
All News
Lawmakers warn SIM card limits won’t stem tide of phone scams in Hong Kong
Published: 9:24pm, 14 Jul 2025Updated: 10:26pm, 14 Jul 2025 A law amendment proposal to reduce the number of prepaid SIM cards per user from...
China’s ‘energy ring’; Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’: 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...
Could Elon Musk really move his tech empire to China?
Published: 9:00pm, 14 Jul 2025Updated: 9:25pm, 14 Jul 2025 Donald Trump’s recent spats with Elon Musk – which included threats to deport the South...
South Korea to Order Airlines Operating Boeing Jets to Examine Fuel Switches
The South Korean Transport Ministry said on July 14 that it is preparing to order all airlines operating Boeing aircraft in the country to...
Singer JJ Lin’s ‘heart problem’ shocks fans but how common is such an illness?
Published: 8:47pm, 14 Jul 2025Updated: 10:11pm, 14 Jul 2025 Singaporean singer-songwriter JJ Lin shocked fans by revealing at the end of his world tour...
Thailand defrocks 6 monks as sex and blackmail scandal engulfs Buddhist clergy
Six senior monks in Thailand have been defrocked and two others are missing after authorities uncovered tens of thousands of pornographic images and videos...
China’s monetary policy impact not yet seen, PBOC says with 5% GDP goal in mind
China’s central bank intends to carefully calibrate the intensity and pace of its “moderately loose” monetary policy implementation, taking steps to help the country’s...
Planes have near miss after Air China flight’s unexplained change of height
Published: 8:30pm, 14 Jul 2025Updated: 8:54pm, 14 Jul 2025 Two Chinese planes were involved in a near miss in Russian airspace earlier this month...