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Opinion | As the EU erects barriers, China’s trade tilts south and east
Europe’s importance in China’s trade calculations is shrinking as Beijing prioritises the Global South, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
20 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM
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The View | Asian property: A thin line separates strength from vulnerability
20 Jul 2026 - 4:30PM
Opinion | Is Hong Kong doing enough to lose its top spot for expensive housing?
20 Jul 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam
Hong Kong Opinion
Opinion | Hong Kong’s 5-year plan will shore up market with governance and vision
The government’s role is to reduce uncertainty through strategic direction, institutional coordination and infrastructure investment.
20 Jul 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam
Hongkongers collect copies of the consultation document for Hong Kong’s first five-year blueprint at the Wan Chai District Office on June 15. Photo: Karma Lo
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My Take | Why does the world distrust America? Just ask the Canadians
As hundreds of wildfires rage across Canada, the US president and his cronies pour scorn on the country in its hour of need and threaten to take it over.
19 Jul 2026 - 9:30PM
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Opinion | Can Russia and China ever have a truly equal relationship?
In a partnership in which one side relies on the other for both export revenues and critical imports, the notion of equality is questionable.
19 Jul 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam
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Opinion | Why China is untangling its banks from the property wreckage
Authorities are rewiring financial architecture to address the systemic risk, breaking the deep structural ties between property and banking.
19 Jul 2026 - 5:28PMvideocam
People look at a property model displayed at the China International Fair for Trade in Services, in Beijing on September 12, 2025. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images
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Asian Angle | Vietnam’s economic miracle has a made-elsewhere problem
The numbers dazzle, but Vietnamese companies are losing ground in their own export boom as the middle-income trap looms.
19 Jul 2026 - 2:35PM
Hong Kong Opinion
Opinion | Hong Kong’s 5-year plan must focus on what the city does best
Integration, connectivity and contribution to the national economy are the city’s tried and tested ingredients of success.
19 Jul 2026 - 9:30AM
World Opinion
Opinion | As the UK discusses an EU return, Hong Kong offers lessons
Like Hong Kong, which functions as a special administrative region of China, could the United Kingdom rejoin the European Union with a special administrative name?
19 Jul 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam
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My Take | Churches must ensure that complaints of sexual abuse are taken seriously
As the city prepares for a sex crime legislation overhaul, every community sector should work to ensure that people are free from harassment.
18 Jul 2026 - 10:28PM
St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, regarded as the heart of Catholicism. File photo: Reuters
Asia Opinion
Macroscope | Why Japan should be able to weather a US market crash
Successive Japanese governments have spent decades building financial infrastructure that other Asian countries can emulate.
18 Jul 2026 - 4:30PM
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Opinion | Southeast Asia must write its own trade rules for China’s ‘flying geese’
As Chinese manufacturers migrate south, Asean has the leverage to dictate terms on local sourcing and skills training.
18 Jul 2026 - 12:00PM
China Opinion
As I see it | Hegemony or balance of power? What the wars of ancient China teach us
A new book on the Spring and Autumn period and its experiments in conflict and diplomacy helps explain today’s global order.
18 Jul 2026 - 9:30AM
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China Opinion
Opinion | China’s missile test from a submarine is no guarantee of regional stability
Beijing’s ICBM test from a nuclear-powered submarine is a win from a defence perspective but comes with greater responsibilities.
18 Jul 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam
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World Opinion
Opinion | To tackle the climate crisis, start small and scale big
Coordinated action on three vulnerable frontline regions can provide a template for how policymakers can serve the people and the planet.
17 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM
China Opinion
Opinion | To stay competitive, Chinese brands must learn to command agentic AI
To unlock further success in brand awareness, Chinese firms must appeal to the artificial intelligence agents that are increasingly shaping consumer experience.
17 Jul 2026 - 5:32PMvideocam
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Opinion | Is Hong Kong doing enough to lose its top spot for expensive housing?
For all the city’s recent successes, the benefits are not translating to more affordable lives for many Hongkongers.
20 Jul 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam
The monthly rent for this cage home in Sham Shui Po, measuring less than 20 sq ft in size, was HK$2,500 in 2024. Photo: Dickson Lee
China Opinion
Opinion | Can Russia and China ever have a truly equal relationship?
In a partnership in which one side relies on the other for both export revenues and critical imports, the notion of equality is questionable.
19 Jul 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam
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China Opinion
Opinion | Why China is untangling its banks from the property wreckage
Authorities are rewiring financial architecture to address the systemic risk, breaking the deep structural ties between property and banking.
19 Jul 2026 - 5:28PMvideocam
Opinion
My Take | Churches must ensure that complaints of sexual abuse are taken seriously
As the city prepares for a sex crime legislation overhaul, every community sector should work to ensure that people are free from harassment.
18 Jul 2026 - 10:28PM
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OPINION
Bob Savic
Opinion | As the EU erects barriers, China’s trade tilts south and east
20 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM
Nicholas Spiro
The View | Asian property: A thin line separates strength from vulnerability
20 Jul 2026 - 4:30PM
Alice Wu
Opinion | Is Hong Kong doing enough to lose its top spot for expensive housing?
20 Jul 2026 - 9:30AM
Cheng Xianyue
Opinion | Hong Kong’s 5-year plan will shore up market with governance and vision
20 Jul 2026 - 5:30AM
Alex Lo
My Take | Why does the world distrust America? Just ask the Canadians
19 Jul 2026 - 9:30PM
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Nikola Mikovic
Opinion | Can Russia and China ever have a truly equal relationship?
19 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM
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