Hong Kong’s ICAC charges woman over alleged HK$10,000 bribe in custody case
Published: 1:35pm, 22 May 2026Updated: 1:39pm, 22 May 2026 Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog has charged a 62-year-old woman with allegedly bribing a Legal Aid...
Australia’s Linda McGill makes first swim around Hong Kong Island in 1976 – from the SCMP archive
This article was first published on May 23, 1976. Australia’s long distance swimming heroine, Linda McGill, staggered ashore at crowded Repulse Bay beach yesterday...
Coroner’s Court, watchdog to probe delayed blood transfusion to girl with cancer
Hong Kong’s medical watchdog and Coroner’s Court will look into an incident in which an eight-year-old girl died two years ago after a delayed...
Leaders Xi, Putin meet over tea; rare earth find in northeast China: SCMP’s 7 highlights
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our...
Vietnam sells disgraced tycoon’s Hermes bags to recoup US$27 billion in damages
Vietnam auctioned off two Hermes handbags owned by real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, convicted in the nation’s largest fraud case, for 14.21 billion...
China’s Tsinghua University honours German Gref, Russian banker sanctioned by US
A leading Chinese university has given a Russian banker sanctioned by the United States a prestigious honorary academic title, soon after they signed a...
China’s vast new canal link to Southeast Asia set to open earlier than expected
China’s landmark Pinglu Canal has entered its final phase of construction and is set to begin trial operations as early as September, with a...
Chinese gang caught using AI in Malaysia bungalow for Spanish job scam
A scam syndicate has been renting a bungalow in an upmarket area in Malaysia’s Johor state and using AI to carry out job scams...
China-US stability may not last, ex-Asia adviser to Obama says
Dr Evan Medeiros is the Penner family chair in Asia studies and the Cling family distinguished fellow in US-China studies at Georgetown University. He...