Sherry Wangin BeijingPublished: 10:00pm, 15 Sep 2026Canada’s exports to China jumped by 30.1 per cent in the first half of 2026, led by crude oil, copper and other energy and mineral products, as Ottawa stepped up efforts to diversify trade ties amid growing tensions with its lar...
Shi HuangPublished: 2:00pm, 15 Sep 2026Updated: 3:01pm, 15 Sep 2026Singapore’s most decorated chemist has confirmed he will leave his present position to join the fledgling Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, eastern China.Lu Yixin, a professor wit...
Chao Kongin BeijingPublished: 8:00pm, 15 Sep 2026Chinese military researchers have outlined an ambitious plan to develop a nuclear-powered main battle tank armed with an electromagnetic railgun capable of hitting targets up to 450km (280 miles) away, possibly debuting after 2045....
Sylvia Main ShanghaiPublished: 10:00pm, 14 Sep 2026Updated: 10:01am, 15 Sep 2026With the 11-nation Brics grouping pledging to boost cross-border payment links but making no move towards establishing a common currency, analysts said the vow marked a shift towards a more pragmatic ...
Shi JiangtaoPublished: 4:00pm, 15 Sep 2026In a phone call with his French counterpart on Monday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the European Union to avoid escalating trade disputes and engage in “constructive dialogue”.The conversation, requested by French Foreign Minist...
Minxiao Changin ShenzhenPublished: 7:00pm, 15 Sep 2026China is surging ahead of the US in consumer AI adoption as technology giants like Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding embed artificial intelligence directly into popular everyday apps, even as American models lead in c...
Seong Hyeon ChoiPublished: 6:00pm, 15 Sep 2026Debris from a Chinese-made short-range ballistic missile has been found in Yemen for the first time, suggesting Chinese weapons systems may have been used during the heated conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis.Video clips cir...
BloombergPublished: 2:02pm, 15 Sep 2026The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) on Monday announced funding for a feasibility study on a new transpacific submarine cable linking the US with Thailand and as many as five other Southeast Asian nations, as Washington seeks to expa...
Chow Chung-yanChow Chung-yan began his journalistic career at the South China Morning Post and rose to become editor-in-chief in 2025. Published: 9:30am, 15 Sep 2026Updated: 6:43pm, 15 Sep 2026In any conversation about Hong Kong’s future, one question often emerges: when will the...
World first: Chinese plant extracts critical rare metals from lithium waste South China Morning Post
Chong Ming LeePublished: 8:30pm, 15 Sep 2026A DeepSeek engineer has issued a stark warning about the potential concentration of advanced artificial intelligence and resources in proprietary US developers Anthropic and OpenAI, intensifying a growing debate in China over calls by U...
Zhu Wenqianin BeijingPublished: 4:00pm, 15 Sep 2026Updated: 4:36pm, 15 Sep 2026Chinese companies “going global” are moving from the peripheral to the core in the business world, with their average market share in export markets projected to rise to 31 per cent by 2035 from 18 per...
Opinion | Will Hong Kong’s educators learn from sliding Pisa results? South China Morning Post
The drop in overall fixed-asset investment widened last month, as retail sales grew 0.4 per cent year on year
Matthew ChengPublished: 12:31pm, 15 Sep 2026Updated: 6:47pm, 15 Sep 2026Hong Kong’s first five-year plan will include both binding and aspirational targets, the city’s leader has said, stressing that the long-term blueprint will not signal a move towards a planned economy.
Daisy WuPublished: 8:00am, 15 Sep 2026China’s securities regulator and its industry body are moving to close compensation loopholes for brokerage management and staff, extending anti-corruption oversight to overseas operations for the first time, as Beijing pushes the sector to b...
dpaPublished: 12:41am, 15 Sep 2026Germany’s military counter-intelligence agency, known as MAD, has warned of a growing threat from hybrid attacks and the use of recruited contract agents, or low-level agents, saying Germany is a “prioritised target of Russian espionage activitie...
Olga Wong,Jeffie LamandMatthew ChengPublished: 8:30am, 15 Sep 2026Updated: 8:34am, 15 Sep 2026Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu’s coming policy address will introduce measures to remove hurdles for businesses setting up shop in the Northern Metropolis and include proactive initia...