Sinking Shanghai, iPhone Air sells out in China: 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...
Trump confirms Xi meeting, retreats on 100% tariffs: ‘not sustainable’
Published: 9:15pm, 17 Oct 2025Updated: 9:24pm, 17 Oct 2025 US President Donald Trump said his proposed 100 per cent tariff on goods from China...
Hong Kong halts HK$4.6 billion air mail centre plan amid geopolitical tensions
Published: 9:09pm, 17 Oct 2025Updated: 9:43pm, 17 Oct 2025 Hong Kong has halted a HK$4.6 billion (US$592 million) redevelopment plan for an air mail...
Can US and China avoid ‘dangerous levels of tension’?
Published: 9:00pm, 17 Oct 2025Updated: 9:53pm, 17 Oct 2025 The United States could help stabilise relations with Beijing by scaling back its military activities...
China hails ex-Japanese PM Murayama who stated ‘deep remorse’ over WWII
China has offered its condolences on the passing of Tomiichi Murayama, a former Japanese prime minister who gave a landmark statement expressing “deep remorse”...
Hamas and Israel’s Gaza ceasefire hangs by a thread as Trump warns of war
Hamas moved on Friday to shore up its brittle ceasefire agreement with Israel by reaffirming its commitment to the terms of the deal that...
US threats to decouple from China only expose its own vulnerability
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. After Beijing announced sweeping export controls last week on rare earths and other critical minerals, US...
Alibaba confident AI tools will drive sales and empower Singles’ Day shoppers
Alibaba Group Holding is making tangible progress in applying artificial intelligence models into the search and recommendation engines of its e-commerce ecosystem, according to...
China’s rare earth export controls have gone global. Can it enforce them?
As more countries begin formulating contingency plans for their stocks of rare earth elements, analysts said China’s tightening control over its near-monopoly status in...