We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you ...

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China and economy stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. President Xi to meet China’s tech ...

“The richest man in the world is coming in to shut down a case where a lender is cheating working people,” one expert witness whose contract was canceled on Tuesday told CNN in a phone ...

A South China Morning Post review of the plan at the end of 2024 found that China had achieved most of its own targets.

The sudden closure of the US’ foreign aid agency offers China opportunities to grow its soft power in the Global South, Chinese officials say, while warning that Beijing’s influence should not ...

Hong Kong’s pension regulator said it would kick off a second phase of reforms to digitalise the operations of the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) from March 5 by adding more providers to the ...

The skies above Hainan lit up on Tuesday as China launched a Long March 8A rocket, but the aftershocks of that event were felt hundreds of kilometres away – in the Philippines. The provinces of ...

China’s cross-border merchants and logistics service providers are contending with the chaos caused by US President Donald Trump’s back-and-forth tariff policies, as businesses brace for more ...

Ten of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s 12 senatorial picks to run in the May midterm elections have continued to dominate opinion polls following the start of campaigning last week ...

Beijing has condemned Taiwan’s ruling party for ordering a ban on DeepSeek in government departments and public schools, while calling for cross-strait cooperation on artificial intelligence. 2 ...

Market discussions about the recent rise of Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) dark horse DeepSeek have taken on a new dimension, with some analysts suggesting that China’s rapid technological ...