Hong Kong home prices post year’s biggest gain as rents climb to near peak
Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices rose 1.3 per cent in September, logging their biggest gains so far this year and reaching their highest in...
Sick China woman marries cancer patient in exchange for kidney; couple fall in love
A woman in northwestern China, battling uremia, married a cancer patient, agreeing to care for him during his treatment in exchange for his kidney...
Panama seeks partners in new port plan that ‘may ease US-China rivalry’
The Panama Canal Authority has met key industry players ahead of tendering its US$2.6 billion plan to build two new port terminals, a move...
Glass ceiling shattered: 45% of top Hong Kong financial sector roles go to women
Hong Kong’s financial sector has seen strong growth in the number of women taking up senior positions and board directorships in recent years, driven...
Beijing slams UK’s ‘unilateral’ sanctions on 11 Chinese companies
Published: 1:23pm, 28 Oct 2025Updated: 1:57pm, 28 Oct 2025 China has denounced the United Kingdom for sanctioning 11 Chinese companies over “alleged connections” with...
Hong Kong veteran actor ‘Benz Hung’ Hui Shiu-hung dies at age 76
Published: 1:14pm, 28 Oct 2025Updated: 1:40pm, 28 Oct 2025 Hong Kong veteran actor “Benz Hung” Hui Shiu-hung has died at the age of 76...
HSBC’s third-quarter profit dips amid falling rates, property slump
HSBC Holdings, the largest banking group in Europe and Hong Kong by assets, reported a 25 per cent decline in third-quarter profits on Tuesday...
Japan’s overtourism debate, Indonesia’s railway debt: 7 Asia highlights
We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on...
The new narrative: how China is telling its own story
Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement [1] ‘Hawkish’ interpretations rise as US, China discourse gets lost in translation In an echo of the Cold War, mistranslations are...