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Prabowo Subianto (centre) parades through Jakarta with other defence officials last year before becoming president. Photo: AP

Opinion

Asian Angle | As Indonesia’s army expands under Prabowo, is society the target?

Critics question if the Indonesian military is quietly reasserting the broad ‘dual function’ influence it once had over civilian affairs.

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Opinion | Vision for Hong Kong’s airport city must rise above buzzwords

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Opinion | Crisis-hit supply chains must become stronger, greener and fairer

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | If Hong Kong’s youth don’t want to be dragons, so be it

Instead of accusing our youth of being lazy, we must ask ourselves if the hard work we demand of them actually gets the results promised.

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A teenager wields a fabric dragon outside the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui on January 4. Photo: Nora Tam
A teenager wields a fabric dragon outside the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui on January 4. Photo: Nora Tam

World Opinion

Macroscope | How Western investors’ tech obsession is hurting emerging markets

Investors must demand institutions direct their savings into developing or emerging markets where they can benefit global economic welfare.

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Asian Angle | Malaysia’s support for Palestinians was unconditional … until it wasn’t

Public support for Palestinian refugees has waned after viral videos showing protests at a holding facility fuelled anti-migrant sentiment.

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Hong Kong Opinion

Being Chinese | My Hong Kong crash course in Chinese calculations of everything

Some autumns ago, a midlife crisis brought me to Hong Kong, where it has been inspiring how savvy people are about Chinese cosmology.

A man stops to read an advertisement in Yau Ma Tei in 2021 for a feng shui master’s services for Chinese zodiac signs facing a challenging year. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
A man stops to read an advertisement in Yau Ma Tei in 2021 for a feng shui master’s services for Chinese zodiac signs facing a challenging year. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Hong Kong Opinion

Editorial | Hong Kong football has more to do to achieve its goal

Match-day gloom may have lifted only a little for Hong Kong fans looking for excitement and higher standards of play.

China Opinion

Editorial | UK-China talks offer cautious grounds for optimism on relations

Revival of dialogue is a positive step with London badly seeking to boost the national economy and Beijing reaching out under shadow of Donald Trump.

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | How AI can help Hong Kong deepen its talent pool

Hong Kong must choose between being a passive observer of the AI revolution and an architect of change that controls its destiny.

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Kim Seok-wu, a university senior majoring in management, demonstrates an AI interview program in Sungnam, South Korea, in January 2020. Photo: Reuters

Opinion

My Take | A fallen American republic may just well unleash a naked empire

Non-Western intellectuals and strategists have often wrongly equated domestic dysfunction and division in US democracy with imperial decline.

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Donald Trump raises his hand as he waits to be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. Photo: Pool via Reuters
Donald Trump raises his hand as he waits to be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. Photo: Pool via Reuters

World Opinion

Opinion | If Trump has his way with Maga, it’s back to the law of the jungle

Catering to Trump’s whims – his territorial ambitions, tariff threats and shirking of global responsibility – will only embolden him.

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Hong Kong Opinion

Outside In | If Kai Tak is taking this long to build, what of Northern Metropolis?

Kai Tak Sports Park and West Kowloon Cultural District took over 20 years to develop and still face woes. What hope for the Northern Metropolis?

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Opinion

My Take | China’s soft power moment has arrived with RedNote’s unexpected global success

The millions of new users who flocked to RedNote ahead of the TikTok ban show that China’s soft power can come in different forms.

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The RedNote app had gained popularity around the world ahead of a ban on TikTok in the US. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Hong Kong must beware of fallout in fixing public housing ills

Tighter limits, enforcement and penalties are steps in the right direction but careful implementation is vital to prevent unintended consequences.

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A public housing estate in Ping Shek, Hong Kong, photographed on November 30, 2024. Photo: Dickson Lee
A public housing estate in Ping Shek, Hong Kong, photographed on November 30, 2024. Photo: Dickson Lee

Opinion

Editorial | Stricter Hong Kong law on animal cruelty long overdue

Pets cherished during the lonely days of the pandemic are now being abandoned and Hong Kong care groups are struggling to cope.

China Opinion

Opinion | Stimulus will boost China’s economy, but for how long?

Fiscal and monetary policies can only go so far. In the longer term, China’s economy will need to undergo a more fundamental transition.

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Hong Kong Opinion

The View | Hong Kong property market gloom has become self-fulfilling prophecy

There are good reasons Hong Kong’s real estate market keeps underperforming regional peers, but the prevailing narrative is too pessimistic.

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Residential buildings in Hong Kong as seen on November 8, 2024. While lifting the spirits of a city that has suffered one shock after another since 2018 is not easy, one of Hong Kong’s enduring strengths over the years is its ability to bounce back. Photo: Reuters
Residential buildings in Hong Kong as seen on November 8, 2024. While lifting the spirits of a city that has suffered one shock after another since 2018 is not easy, one of Hong Kong’s enduring strengths over the years is its ability to bounce back. Photo: Reuters

China Opinion

Opinion | Could GM crops plant seeds of change for China’s food security push?

Fears over the safety of genetically modified crops are complicating the central government’s plans for their role in China’s food security.

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Hong Kong should not be rewarding people who snitch on neighbours

While updating laws to punish abuse of public housing is welcome, encouraging snitching will have ripple effects elsewhere.

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China

Opinion | Actor’s Myanmar escape signals more to be done against thriving scam networks

China’s clampdown on cyber slavery and online fraud factories in Southeast Asia is a long game with no room for complacency.

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Chinese actor Wang Xing’s reported escape from a Myanmar fraud factory is a gloomy reminder of how entrenched such criminal syndicates are. Photo: EPA-EFE
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OPINION
Made Supriatma

Asian Angle | As Indonesia’s army expands under Prabowo, is society the target?

Dennis Lee

Opinion | Vision for Hong Kong’s airport city must rise above buzzwords

Dennis Lee
Shamika N. Sirimanne

Opinion | Crisis-hit supply chains must become stronger, greener and fairer

Shamika N. Sirimanne
Alice Wu

Opinion | If Hong Kong’s youth don’t want to be dragons, so be it

Alice Wu
Anthony Rowley

Macroscope | How Western investors’ tech obsession is hurting emerging markets

Anthony Rowley
Benjamin Y.H. Loh,Aslam Abd Jalil

Asian Angle | Malaysia’s support for Palestinians was unconditional … until it wasn’t

Benjamin Y.H. Loh
Aslam Abd Jalil
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MULTIMEDIA
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JUST SAYING | THIS IS TERRORISM

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BIDEN OR TRUMP: WHOEVER WINS, WE LOSE

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Opinion | Gen-Z vs Genocide: US student protests provide hope for humanity and expose official hypocrisy

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WHY HONG KONG HATES MESSI

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