Hong Kong police arrest 3 linked to HK$10 million knifepoint robbery
Hong Kong police have arrested three men in connection with a HK$10 million (US$1.28 million) knifepoint robbery in Sheung Wan, the latest in a...
China to pursue commercial health insurance to ease public strain, support drug innovation
China has for the first time included commercial health insurance in its 2026 government work report, signalling efforts to strengthen the country’s social safety...
Chinese man adopted by Canadian family reunites with birth father after being abandoned
A Chinese man who got lost at a railway station at the age of four and was adopted by a Canadian couple who abandoned...
Could Iran war confirm China’s prediction on US military’s hypersonic nightmare?
On the same day the US and Israel launched air strikes against Iran, a research team led by Liao Longwen with the Northwest Institute...
China’s last CMC general urges more ‘political rectification’ in PLA centenary countdown
The last uniformed man standing on China’s top military body has called for further “political rectification” of the armed forces, following a wave of...
Qatar’s LNG halt exposes Asia’s energy vulnerability
Asia is bracing itself for another energy shock after a disruption to Qatar’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) output sent regional gas prices to their...
CK Hutchison escalates legal action over Panama ports seizure
Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings has stepped up legal action in response to what it called Panamanian authorities’ unlawful takeover of the operations...
UK police arrest 4 on suspicion of spying for Iran
Four men were arrested in Britain on Friday on suspicion of assisting Iran’s intelligence service by spying on locations and people linked to London’s...
China’s AI focus, growth target cut, US-China trade talks
SCMP.com will carry a live blog of the foreign ministry’s “two sessions” press conference on Sunday morning (Beijing time). Foreign Minister Wang Yi is...