China’s Ganfeng to develop major lithium project in Argentina with Swiss partner
A Chinese mining giant and a Swiss-based lithium producer agreed on Tuesday to develop one of South America’s largest projects to extract lithium from...
From friends to foes: what’s behind Trump’s Brazil-India wrath
As eight Brazilian senators settled into their seats on a flight to Washington on a dry winter evening last month, a single question overshadowed...
Hong Kong slams ‘smear campaigns’ as Jimmy Lai expected to return to court
Published: 11:50pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 12:43am, 14 Aug 2025 The Hong Kong government has strongly condemned “smear campaigns” by foreign forces and anti-China media...
Hong Kong holds first meeting of new top-level anti-terrorism group
Published: 11:32pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 11:35pm, 13 Aug 2025 Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has chaired the first meeting of a high-level counterterrorism...
Beijing summons Japanese diplomat over ‘Taiwan and Chinese citizens’ safety’
Published: 10:18pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 10:46pm, 13 Aug 2025 Beijing has summoned a senior Japanese diplomat to express concerns over issues such as Taiwan,...
Malaysian ex-minister Rafizi Ramli’s son, 12, wounded in syringe attack
The 12-year-old son of Malaysia’s firebrand former minister Rafizi Ramli was attacked with a syringe in a shopping centre car park on Wednesday afternoon,...
HKMA, HSBC allay fears about Hong Kong’s loan risks amid property glut
Hong Kong’s de facto central bank and the city’s largest lender have issued separate statements to assuage concerns about a glut in the commercial...
Chinese families in ‘broken houses’; PLA’s warning: 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...
‘Extraordinary’: Taiwan’s William Lai hit by strong Japanese media backlash
Published: 9:00pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 9:05pm, 13 Aug 2025 An unprecedented wave of criticism from Japan’s major newspapers against William Lai Ching-te has sparked...