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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

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.

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Opinion | Facing US and Chinese pressure, the EU must forge its own strategy

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Opinion | How China’s manufacturing is winning the Iran war

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | As Hong Kong recalibrates, the blue economy offers an anchor

With the Greater Bay Area as the regional ecosystem, maritime tourism, blue bonds and marine innovation are three areas of opportunity.

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The CM Hong Kong docking in Tsing Yi in 2025. Hong Kong completed its first green methanol bunkering operation in March 2026, supplying biomethanol and fossil methanol to the ship. Photo: Dickson Lee
The CM Hong Kong docking in Tsing Yi in 2025. Hong Kong completed its first green methanol bunkering operation in March 2026, supplying biomethanol and fossil methanol to the ship. Photo: Dickson Lee

Asia Opinion

Opinion | Without diplomacy, deterrence in Asia is a path to escalation

The danger is that every state insists it is acting defensively while collectively building the habits and infrastructure of confrontation.

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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.

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Asia Opinion

The View | Asian private wealth an emerging force in property investment

Hong Kong is just one of several markets across the Asia-Pacific seeing rapid growth in investment by private wealth.

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Luxury residential properties on The Peak in Hong Kong. Photo: Roy Issa
Luxury residential properties on The Peak in Hong Kong. Photo: Roy Issa

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.

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Opinion

Editorial | Malaysia bourse pact extends Hong Kong’s outreach to Southeast Asia

As a centre for international and mainland Chinese capital, Hong Kong is well positioned to help firms across Asia attract investment.

World Opinion

Opinion | 122 years on, Mackinder’s ‘heartland’ remains geopolitically decisive

Conflicts in Ukraine and Iran have returned strategic focus to the idea of Eurasia as central to the global power contest, challenging the viability of the Indo-Pacific pivot.

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My Take | Why TikTok is being deliberately ruined by its new American owners

The popular social media platform, once owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, has been turned into an AI-enabled exploitation and censorship machine.

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Printed TikTok logos are seen in this illustration taken February 15, 2022. Photo: Reuters
Printed TikTok logos are seen in this illustration taken February 15, 2022. Photo: Reuters

World Opinion

Opinion | Middle East shipping crisis elevates China-Europe railway’s profile

Geopolitical strife has taken the China-Europe railway from an alternative to an essential part of continental connectivity.

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World Opinion

Opinion | For the US dollar, a subtler shift than a ‘petroyuan’ order is underfoot

Talk of a dollar collapse or ‘petroyuan’ order arriving amid the Iran war misses the mark. The larger shift is subtler and no less consequential.

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Opinion

Opinion | Trump’s oil crisis is accelerating the end of the fossil fuel era

Ironically for president ‘drill, baby, drill’, this crisis may prove an irreversible tipping point for clean energy.

An oil tanker burns off the coast of Iraq after being hit by an Iranian strike last month amid the US-Israel war on Iran. Photo: AP

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.

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

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | To be the world No 2 financial centre, Hong Kong must be a rule maker

In a fragmenting world where the old financial order is being renegotiated, the greater prize goes to those who help set the new standards.

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Opinion

My Take | New entry system for non-EU residents is chipping away at Europe’s image

Making border control digital should be a natural step. But it has so far led to long queues, delays, confusion and chaos.

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Asia Opinion

The View | Others in Asia would love to have Singapore’s housing market problems

The city state’s problems pale beside those in other Asia-Pacific markets facing supply shortages that drive up prices and rents.

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People walk through a park in Singapore, with high-rise public housing in the background. Photo: Shutterstock
People walk through a park in Singapore, with high-rise public housing in the background. Photo: Shutterstock

China Opinion

Opinion | 4 identities Hong Kong must embrace to provide global leadership

The city can be a bedrock for world commerce, finance, governance and civilisational exchange as we enter a new phase of globalisation.

World Opinion

Opinion | You’re not asking the right question about the Iran war

The standard critique of the war does not ask who requires Iran to remain an enemy rather than a problem to be managed.

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Asia Opinion

Opinion | How Pakistan outmanoeuvred India in Iran war diplomacy with China’s help

Beijing’s indirect influence has allowed Islamabad to take advantage of New Delhi’s strategic constraints.

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Workers remove a billboard after the failed peace talks between the United States and Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 12. Photo: EPA
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OPINION
Ruqiya Anwar

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

Ruqiya Anwar
Robin Hu

Opinion | Facing US and Chinese pressure, the EU must forge its own strategy

Robin Hu
Mark Greeven

Opinion | How China’s manufacturing is winning the Iran war

Mark Greeven
Ken Chu

Opinion | As Hong Kong recalibrates, the blue economy offers an anchor

Ken Chu
Sophie Wushuang Yi

Opinion | Without diplomacy, deterrence in Asia is a path to escalation

Sophie Wushuang Yi
Ram Manikkalingam

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

Ram Manikkalingam
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