Xi renews warning against Taiwan independence in National Day address
Published: 9:36pm, 30 Sep 2025Updated: 9:58pm, 30 Sep 2025 Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a sharp warning over the issue of Taiwan in his...
Trump, Hegseth declare end to ‘woke’ US military culture, to end quotas
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth assailed what he called “decades of decay” caused by policies promoting diversity and inclusion in the US military at...
China’s own ‘Golden Dome’, Xi calls to Sinicise religions: SCMP daily highlights
Published: 9:15pm, 30 Sep 2025Updated: 10:27pm, 30 Sep 2025 Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would...
Chinese yuan’s forex market share grows to 8.5% as global position firms: survey
Published: 9:00pm, 30 Sep 2025Updated: 9:40pm, 30 Sep 2025 The Chinese yuan’s share in global foreign exchange (forex) trading climbed to 8.5 per cent...
India poised to gain as Trump curbs H-1B visas
US President Donald Trump’s H-1B visa crackdown will hasten US firms’ shift of critical work to India, turbocharging the growth of global capability centres...
Hong Kong’s ‘Mr Ho’ admits spraying insecticide on woman during street argument
Published: 8:32pm, 30 Sep 2025Updated: 8:47pm, 30 Sep 2025 An elderly Hong Kong man, known on the internet as “Mr Ho” after a whirlwind...
Forced sale of Spanish TV network foreshadows TikTok’s saga
In reaching a compromise on the forced sale of TikTok, Beijing has emphasised that it welcomes companies to conduct business negotiations “in line with...
Far-right German politician’s former aide jailed for spying for China
Published: 8:27pm, 30 Sep 2025Updated: 8:35pm, 30 Sep 2025 A German man who used to work for a far-right member of the European Parliament...
Hong Kong government urged to save island school facing axe from low numbers
Hong Kong education authorities have been urged to retain a secondary school on the outlying island of Cheung Chau as the century-old institution faces...