Which countries will pick sides in a US-China conflict over Taiwan?
There has been much speculation as to which third parties might get involved if war broke out between China and the United States in...
Hong Kong police investigate Cambodian scam farm link to missing girl
Hong Kong police are investigating whether a teenage girl who went missing for several weeks had been involved in cross-border scam farm activities, with...
UK made ‘Armageddon scenario’ plan for mass Hong Kong exodus in handover run-up
Published: 12:19am, 24 Jul 2025Updated: 12:36am, 24 Jul 2025 The UK government prepared a secret contingency plan dubbed “the Armageddon scenario” in the lead-up...
China-EU relations at 50
NEWSCMP China Series This year marks half a century of formal diplomatic relations between China and the European Union as well as the 25th...
Imported workers ‘lifeline’ for struggling Hong Kong restaurants: trade chiefs
Restaurant industry leaders have defended Hong Kong’s labour importation scheme as a crucial “lifeline” for their struggling sector, arguing that it injects much-needed new...
Rating the Philippines’ new 19% tariff: ‘significant’ win or ‘worst insult’?
A new trade deal hailed by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr as a “significant achievement” has been slammed by critics at home as the...
‘Rebalancing’ needed in China-Europe relationship, chamber president says
This year marks half a century of formal diplomatic relations between China and the European Union, as well as the 25th anniversary of the...
Hong Kong leader praises rescuers, sports park team in civil servant awards
Hong Kong’s leader has praised civil servants sent to earthquake-stricken Myanmar and a team that led drills before the opening of the city’s largest...
Starlink rival faces woes, China’s new tailless drone: 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...