SpaceX bets just exposed the market

Trump’s Fulbright cuts mark end of a soft power era

America’s biggest educational exchange program is on its last legs. President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2027 Budget recently proposed to cut the Fulbright Program by…

Ultra-wealthy Chinese exile in New York sentenced to 30 years for fraud

Exiled Chinese entrepreneur Guo Wengui, convicted of defrauding thousands of people of more than $1 billion, was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison by…

Merz floats Plaza Accord redux to tame China’s trade practices

Trade tensions between the EU and China are deepening. On June 16, the EU’s trade chief, Maros Sefcovic, said the bloc’s unbalanced trade relationship with…

Hong Kong 47: Former Democratic Party chair released from prison after serving time over landmark national security case

Wu Chi-wai, an ex-lawmaker and former chair of the now-defunct Democratic Party, has been released from prison after serving almost four and a half years…

China’s currency stance could cost it lost decades

China may be facing a confusing short circuit in its economic and political calculations that could seriously harm the nation over the next few years.…

Hong Kong activist Jimmy Sham questioned for over 20 hours at Japan airport due to national security conviction

Jimmy Sham, one of the activists convicted in Hong Kong’s largest national security law, was held for over 20 hours of questioning at a Japan…

Pope Leo: human dignity in the AI age

This is the first part of a series. Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical offers theological and humanistic insights into the potential and risks of artificial…

The K shaped economy just collapsed to this

3 workers charged with HK$90K jewellery theft from fire-hit Tai Po estate

Three construction workers have been charged with stealing jewellery worth around HK$90,000 from a flat at the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. The…

Nvidia flew to Beijing with Trump to sell but China said no

A month ago, the CEO of the world’s most valuable company boarded Air Force One in Alaska as a last-minute addition to President Trump’s Beijing…

O Tsinghua – the long and winding road leads me to your door

The long and winding road That leads to your door Will never disappear. I’ve seen that road before. It always leads me here. Lead me…

NATO exists to guard against Russia, not to appease Donald Trump

What is the point of NATO? The defense ministers’ summit on June 18 and the visit by the NATO Secretary General to Washington last week…

The Supreme Court just set us up for meltdown

They’re panicking markets call them out

HKFP’s 11th anniversary: Surge in membership and awards haul, but tax scrutiny expands to staff

The number 11 resembles “bare sticks” in Chinese culture – a symbol of “going it alone.” Hong Kong Free Press is proudly entering its 11th…

Will AI make companies outsource more or less?

It’s almost hard to remember nowadays, but before the pandemic a lot of us were worried about falling business dynamism in the United States. For whatever reason,…

China issues warning after Australia, Vanuatu sign deal barring foreign military base on Pacific island

Australia and Vanuatu signed a sweeping economic and security agreement on Monday that bars the establishment of any foreign military base in the Pacific nation.…

Former press union chief Ronson Chan takes appeal over conviction for obstructing police to top court

A Hong Kong journalist who led the city’s largest press union is set to appear at the Court of Final Appeal in a bid to…

Wall Street’s got China’s currency ambitions all wrong

Wall Street has spent nearly two decades operating on a flawed assumption about China’s financial intentions. Eventually, Beijing would want what Washington has: the world’s…