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A man counts Indian rupee notes at a roadside currency exchange stall in the old quarters of Delhi on February 2. Photo: Reuters

Asia Opinion

Macroscope | How the rupee’s fall shows India’s struggle to overcome vulnerabilities

While India’s economy is stronger than it was in previous sell-offs, lingering weaknesses are coming to the fore and driving new tensions.

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Legal Tales | How the law protects when a parent abducts their child across borders

16 Apr 2026 - 9:30AM

Opinion | By voicing their needs, Chinese women are normalising them

16 Apr 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

Asia Opinion

Opinion | After years of neglect, China emerges as North Korea’s ‘top priority’

In a world of shrinking options and rising risks, Pyongyang recognises its alliance with Beijing is too important to ignore.

16 Apr 2026 - 7:33AMvideocam

Illustration: Craig Stephens

World Opinion

Opinion | Why ceasefires struggle and fail

From Ukraine to Gaza and the Middle East, the lesson of history is that ceasefires rarely hold.

16 Apr 2026 - 7:00AMvideocam

China Opinion

Opinion | US controls chips in the AI race, but China controls the scoreboard

Whoever produces tokens cheaply, at scale, has an advantage in the AI economy, just as cheap steel once decided industrial supremacy.

15 Apr 2026 - 4:30PMvideocam

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China Opinion

As I see it | KMT chief shows way forward to avoid blind confrontation with Beijing

Instead of betting the ranch on an ever more unreliable Washington, like William Lai, Cheng Li-wun is wisely reaching out to mainland China.

15 Apr 2026 - 9:30AM

KMT chairwoman Cheng Li-wun leaves a press conference in Beijing, on April 10, during a six-day visit to mainland China. Photo: EPA

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.

15 Apr 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

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.

14 Apr 2026 - 9:24PMvideocam

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.

14 Apr 2026 - 5:39PM

People walk through Central on August 15, 2025. Photo: Jelly Tse

China Opinion

Opinion | The strategic logic of Xi’s historic meeting with Taiwan’s Cheng Li-wun

The meeting and Beijing’s 10-point policy package send an unmistakable message to the Taiwanese public.

14 Apr 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

Illustration: Craig Stephens

Asia Opinion

Opinion | Pakistan has the world’s attention. Now it must focus inwards

For Islamabad, sustaining its diplomatic success will also depend on how effectively it addresses internal challenges.

14 Apr 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

China Opinion

Opinion | As a global Warring States era begins, China must plan for the future

Beijing needs a unifying proposal to replace the current world order that is being upended by US unpredictability.

13 Apr 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam

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.

13 Apr 2026 - 5:16PMvideocam

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

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Hong Kong increasingly seen as a safe haven in troubled world

The city’s role is evolving and detractors must now acknowledge its strengths.

13 Apr 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

Illustration: Craig Stephens

Opinion

My Take | Iran’s emergence as a major power should be welcome in a multipolar world

Countering US imperialism and Israeli state terrorism should now be an imperative for the entire international community.

13 Apr 2026 - 6:31AMvideocam

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | On education equality, Hong Kong policymakers must do their homework

Authorities should think through how to promote students’ and families’ well-being in a system geared towards academic achievement.

13 Apr 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

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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.

13 Apr 2026 - 5:16PMvideocam

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.

14 Apr 2026 - 5:39PM

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.

14 Apr 2026 - 9:24PMvideocam

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.

15 Apr 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

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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Macroscope | How the rupee’s fall shows India’s struggle to overcome vulnerabilities

Nicholas Spiro

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Legal Tales | How the law protects when a parent abducts their child across borders

Eugene Yim

16 Apr 2026 - 9:30AM

Opinion | By voicing their needs, Chinese women are normalising them

Phoebe Zhang

16 Apr 2026 - 9:30AM

Gabriela Bernal

Opinion | After years of neglect, China emerges as North Korea’s ‘top priority’

16 Apr 2026 - 7:33AM

James David Spellman

Opinion | Why ceasefires struggle and fail

James David Spellman

16 Apr 2026 - 7:00AM

Opinion | US controls chips in the AI race, but China controls the scoreboard

Jeffrey Wu

15 Apr 2026 - 4:30PM

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HELP, WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE

HELP, WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE

THEY WON’T EVEN LET US MOURN IN PEACE!

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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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