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World Opinion

Opinion | China unsurprisingly puts its own interests first. Can Europe do the same?

As Beijing seeks to influence Europe, Brussels must shape on its own competitiveness agenda and policy aims for engaging with China.

6 hours agovideocam

Outside In | Prepare for ‘China shock 3.0’ to the global food economy

8 May 2026 - 4:30PMvideocam

Opinion | Hong Kong needs the people’s wisdom for its 5-year plan to succeed

8 May 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

Asia Opinion

Opinion | Why China’s warning over military blocs is finding listeners in Asia

For regional governments, strategy is about preserving options. China has read this instinct carefully and given it a diplomatic vocabulary.

8 May 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

Illustration: Craig Stephens

China Opinion

Opinion | China wants its provinces to compete, but not get in each other’s way

Beijing wants provinces to compete, but not across identical wish lists. Whether that works will become visible over the next five years.

8 May 2026 - 12:06AM

World Opinion

Macroscope | Australia’s interest rate rise signals growing hawkish stance in Asia

Reserve Bank of Australia is less an outlier than a harbinger of global monetary trends in the wake of war-induced supply shocks.

7 May 2026 - 4:30PM

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Hong Kong Opinion

Legal Tales | My first 3 minutes in Hong Kong’s court

A barrister looks back on how his first hearing taught him about the importance of being knowledgeable and precise, even in brief proceedings.

7 May 2026 - 9:30AM

For young barristers in Hong Kong, pupillage and limited practice are structured transitions where competency is built through disciplined preparation and incremental courtroom exposure. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

China Opinion

Opinion | The rise of China’s scientist-entrepreneurs

The ascent of a new class of entrepreneurs signals a shift in China’s growth model, from property-driven expansion towards innovation.

7 May 2026 - 10:13AMvideocam

Asia Opinion

Opinion | US allies in Asia are looking to build middle-power coalitions

Faced with the US’ unreliability and China’s ascent, countries such as the Philippines are creating new networks of partnerships.

7 May 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

Asia Opinion

Opinion | As power flows through submarine cables, law of the sea must evolve

The global commons of the seabed is in effect being governed by private actors with the capital and tech to build and maintain cable systems.

6 May 2026 - 8:52PMvideocam

An Estonian naval ship sails in the Baltic Sea on January 9, 2025, as part of stepped-up Nato patrols in the region following suspected sabotage of undersea cables. Photo: AP

Asia Opinion

Opinion | Asia must unite to avert an Iran war food crisis

The energy and fertiliser shocks come amid crucial planting windows for Asia’s farmers, exposing the region’s dire dependencies.

6 May 2026 - 4:30PMvideocam

A farm worker sprays fertiliser on a paddy field at Sabak Bernam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 1. Conflict in the Middle East has driven up prices of energy, fertiliser and food production. Photo: EPA

Asia Opinion

Opinion | The domestic dynamics driving Japan’s remilitarisation

Sanctions, diplomatic warnings and aggressive rhetoric create a perilous loop, reinforcing the very domestic tendencies China seeks to deter.

6 May 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

China Opinion

Opinion | How China-Gulf ties can turn energy vulnerability into sustainability

Hormuz tensions are a reminder to start building a better, more sustainable energy order before the next crisis hits; Hong Kong can help.

6 May 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

World Opinion

As I see it | Thanks to Trump and Netanyahu, everyone now wants to go nuclear

After waging a war on the pretext of stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the US and Israel have ignited a new arms race.

5 May 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam

Men clear rubble in front of a damaged residential building that, according to Iranian authorities, was hit by a strike on March 4 during the US-Israeli military campaign. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

China Opinion

Opinion | America builds AI, China uses it. That gap may decide the future

The US still leads in AI development but lags in large-scale deployment behind China, which is rapidly becoming the leader in implementation.

5 May 2026 - 4:30PMvideocam

Employees work with a robot at the Qingdao Humanoid Robot Data and Training Centre in Shandong province, on March 23. Photo: Xinhua

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Hong Kong should study how Singapore awards infrastructure contracts

A system that rewards the lowest bidder encourages a race to the bottom, while rewarding bids close to the average promotes honest pricing.

5 May 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

China Opinion

Opinion | How US tech hegemony is locking out the Global South

The world deserves better than a monopoly that builds walls and hobbles development.

5 May 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | 10 ways Hong Kong schools can effectively promote mental health

Education should cultivate individuals who, even under pressure, can self-regulate and find hope without demanding perfection of themselves.

26 Apr 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

Students of Tsung Tsin College smile on the first day of school in September 2, 2024. Photo: Elson Li

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Hong Kong’s civil service accountability system will end buck-passing mentality

From water scandals and a seat belt fiasco to the Tai Po tragedy, blaming the system can no longer be a blanket excuse for not doing the job.

27 Apr 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

World Opinion

Opinion | Reopen Strait of Hormuz by reframing Iran’s tolls as reconstruction

The deeper issue is whether post-war reconstruction and security in the Gulf will be handled through negotiation or recurring coercion.

27 Apr 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam

Opinion

Opinion | US-Iran ceasefire can’t paper over fires in the Strait of Hormuz

The US blockade is war by another name and must end. Two other things must change for the Iran ceasefire to become genuine diplomacy.

29 Apr 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

US forces patrol the Arabian Sea near the Touska on April 20 after firing upon the Iranian-flagged vessel that the United States accused of attempting to violate the US naval blockade of Iranian ports near the Strait of Hormuz. Photo: US Navy/TNS

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Opinion | China unsurprisingly puts its own interests first. Can Europe do the same?

Kevin Broady

6 hours ago

Outside In | Prepare for ‘China shock 3.0’ to the global food economy

David Dodwell

8 May 2026 - 4:30PM

Opinion | Hong Kong needs the people’s wisdom for its 5-year plan to succeed

Jane Lee

8 May 2026 - 9:30AM

Göktuğ Çalışkan

Opinion | Why China’s warning over military blocs is finding listeners in Asia

Göktuğ Çalışkan

8 May 2026 - 5:30AM

Dominik Mierzejewski

Opinion | China wants its provinces to compete, but not get in each other’s way

Dominik Mierzejewski

8 May 2026 - 12:06AM

Macroscope | Australia’s interest rate rise signals growing hawkish stance in Asia

Nicholas Spiro

7 May 2026 - 4:30PM

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HELP, WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE

US-Israel war on Iran is as reckless and catastrophic as it is stupid and illegal

THEY WON’T EVEN LET US MOURN IN PEACE!

Yonden Lhatoo has a go at those who are politicising Hong Kong’s fire tragedy

Super stupid behaviour during a super typhoon

Super stupid behaviour during a super typhoon in Hong Kong

IS THIS WORLD WAR III?

United States of Israel’s war on Iran endangers the whole world

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