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Latest news, in-depth features and opinion on Taiwan, covering politics, economy, society and the island's relationship with mainland China.
Students receive their results for the DSE exams. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Education in Hong Kong

Where can DSE students turn if they don’t get into a public university?

The SCMP looks at the options for DSE students whose exam results fall short of university entry requirements.

Mainland China

Will Taiwan’s food safety scandal wreck ruling DPP’s local election hopes?

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2026 Xi-Trump summits

Exclusive | Chinese minister set for US visit in ‘temperature test’ to pave way for Xi

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China-Philippines relations

Does Beijing own Batanes? Why Chinese scholars’ claim is a warning to Manila

Analysts say the controversial assertions may be a way for Beijing to signal dissatisfaction with Japan-Philippines maritime border talks.

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The Batanes Islands, an archipelago between Taiwan and the northernmost tip of the Philippine island of Luzon, were the focus of an academic discussion in southern China late last month. Photo: Getty Images
Animal welfare in Hong Kong

SPCA cancels fundraiser amid backlash over bid to remove dog-killing videos

Charity accused of undermining public awareness efforts after asking Hong Kong police to help remove videos of dog and pups set alight.

Indonesia

Indonesian migrant fishers lured by big pay but caught in modern slavery

Abuse and mismanagement are ‘systemic’ across the Chinese distant-water fishing fleet operating off West Africa, an NGO says.

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China-EU relations

EU accuses China of seeking to reshape global order in stark new strategy paper

China trying to ‘reshape the global order in line with their interests’, EU says in some of bloc’s strongest official criticism of Beijing.

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A new EU strategy paper casts China and Russia as the two principal revisionist powers challenging European security and the international rules-based order. Photo: Shutterstock
China trade

Giant Japanese trade group plans China visit amid tense economic ties

Delegation from prominent Japanese organisation seeks October talks in Beijing and Xian to repair business partnerships after geopolitical disputes snarled exchanges.

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Shanghai

Taiwan’s opposition TPP launches historic first trip to mainland China

The party aims to build goodwill and promote dialogue while supporting cross-strait peace, delegation leader says.

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South China Sea

How Beijing’s islands of control are reshaping the South China Sea

Ten years after the Hague’s tribunal ruling, Beijing’s island-building strategy has effectively eclipsed the 2016 decision, observers say.

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US-China relations

Lindsey Graham’s death removes one of Washington’s most influential China hawks

Graham’s sister will fill his Senate seat, but his role as one of Trump’s closest foreign policy advisers may prove harder to replace.

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Lindsey Graham (right) forged a close political alliance with Donald Trump after strongly opposing him during the 2016 Republican presidential primary. Photo: AP
United States

Taiwan’s new military outsourcing plan: a pragmatic fix or security risk?

The island hopes contractors at military academies will free up personnel for combat missions, but critics raise infiltration concerns.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | How does Taiwan’s legendary Cloud Gate Dance Theatre look under new director?

Cloud Gate’s first show in Hong Kong under director Cheng Tsung-lung brought familiar high-level dancing and energy, but lacked innovation.

Open Questions series

Open Questions | Wu Shicun on why Beijing will not rule out Scarborough Shoal construction

Leading Chinese expert says more fixed facilities could be built in the South China Sea if ‘external forces leave us no choice’.

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Trending in China

Singer Leehom Wang gets 39 stitches after stage cable trip during China concert

Mandopop star falls after stumbling over harness, shattering cartilage of left ear, but continues performance.

Taiwanese-American singer Leehom Wang was rushed for medical treatment after a shocking on-stage trip over a safety harness left him with 39 facial stitches during a concert in China. Photo: Weibo
Su Tzu-yun

Taiwan military gains 5,000 volunteers, but ‘real problem’ is retention

Higher pay drives surprise surge despite demographic decline and questions about combat readiness, but keeping them may be another matter.

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Japan

Japan wants 60 million tourists, but China isn’t sending them

Tokyo is banking on a massive visitor boom to do what its factories and financiers increasingly cannot: carry the economy forward.

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Artificial intelligence

Macroscope | Don’t expect the rising tide of AI to lift all boats

While economies linked to hi-tech supply chains may perform well, unequal outcomes and economic instability still loom for much of the world.

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Workers walk outside a data centre building under construction in Johor Bahru Malaysia, on September 28, 2024. Photo: AP
Accidents and disasters in China

Typhoon Bavi: Shanghai, Hangzhou brace as nearby cities start evacuations

Scores of flights and ferry services have been cancelled across eastern China, while Zhejiang province has stepped up emergency preparations.

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The Philippines

Why the Philippines is losing out in Southeast Asia’s investment boom

With Manila capturing just US$9 billion of the region’s US$244 billion capital influx last year, analysts urge reforms to close the FDI gap.

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Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong set for ‘extremely hot’ weather over the weekend as typhoon subsides

Occasional showers expected, with temperatures set to hit 35 degrees Celsius on Saturday, according to Observatory.

A resident shields himself from the sun at the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront. Photo: Jelly Tse
Accidents and disasters in China

Typhoon Bavi loses eye but system expands to 1,263 times the size of Hong Kong

Experts warn the change has dissipated Bavi’s energy from the core to its overall cloud structure, making it potentially more dangerous.

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The eye of Typhoon Bavi, which disappeared on Thursday night, as its overall cloud area expanded to around 1.4 million sq km. Photo: Reuters
China consumption

Uniqlo defies sluggish China market with double-digit profit growth

Parent company Fast Retailing shrugs off a 0.6 per cent drop in China’s total retail sales amid frayed Beijing-Tokyo ties.

China’s military drills

The radar system that Taiwan says tracked the PLA’s ballistic missile launch

The Pave Paws early-warning unit detected the launch from waters near the mainland’s southern coast, report says.

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Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Concert delay affects Hong Kong’s reputation as a mega-event host

While the organiser of the Sammi Cheng concert at Kai Tak Stadium rightly exercised caution, the episode raises questions about competence and coordination.

Sammi Cheng Sau-man arrives at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony at the Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui on April 16, 2023. Photo: Sam Tsang
US-China relations

Why AI race with US is a ‘knockout game’ China cannot afford to lose

China must overhaul innovation ecosystem or risk a power decline that could even shift cross-strait leverage, academic warns.

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China has been urged to break out of rigid bureaucratic metrics that stifle the creative breakthroughs needed to compete globally. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong transport

Super Typhoon Bavi: dozens of Hong Kong flights cancelled as storm nears Taiwan

More than 40 flights cancelled and 10 delayed as storm approaches Taiwan, but some carriers are offering special arrangements for affected passengers.

Semiconductors

Why Chinese AI labs like DeepSeek and Zhipu are looking beyond models to chips

Custom silicon allows for hardware optimisation tailored to specific architectures, such as the DeepSeek-R1 model.

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