China charts path to global competitiveness in chips and AI over next five years
As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the...
Thunberg deported from Israel, as Gaza activists allege mistreatment
Israel said on Monday it deported campaigner Greta Thunberg and another 170 activists from an international flotilla it prevented last week from delivering aid...
Borrowing boost for Hong Kong urban renewal body as another deficit recorded
The Hong Kong government has increased the Urban Renewal Authority’s borrowing limit to HK$35 billion to allow it to raise more funds to finance...
Viral clip of 91-year-old Singaporean janitor sparks talk on senior work culture
A viral video of an interaction between a fitness influencer and an elderly toilet cleaner in Singapore has sparked discourse on the city state’s...
China’s factory robot army; a ‘new global energy system’: 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...
‘Mixed bag’: how Japan’s PM-in-waiting may fuel growth, defence – and debt
With Sanae Takaichi poised to become Japan’s first female prime minister, economists warn her policies may have “mixed” results: expansionary measures that spur growth...
Japan Nobel winner hopes prize advances cancer and transplant treatment
Shimon Sakaguchi, the Japanese immunologist who won this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine, said on Monday he hoped the award would help further advance...
With Russian air provocations, Nato’s credibility is on the line
There is a taxonomy of weakness. At the bottom lies bad policy and worse rhetoric. Above that sits a particular kind of failure that...
Can an opt-out scheme boost Hong Kong’s low organ donation rate?
Hong Kong may renew efforts to boost organ donations by considering initiating discussions on an opt-out mechanism, Director of Health Ronald Lam Man-kin has...