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When does a company sell its product at a deliberately low price? The honest list is short. First, when the product is inferior, the low…

Flags lowered nationwide for funeral of China’s ex-premier Zhu Rongji

Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji was mourned on Tuesday with lowered flags and social media commemorations, ahead of a funeral for the reforming trailblazer who…

The myth of Chinese tolls in the western Pacific

The 2025 US National Security Strategy (NSS) asserts that America must prevent China from establishing “tolls” in the South China Sea to preserve the freedom…

University of Hong Kong to convert ‘Democracy Wall’ into digital display

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has fenced off a “Democracy Wall” bulletin board that has been left largely empty for years as it converts…

Elon’s $1 trillion disaster just got worse

What Trump’s Iran meltdown reveals

Cheap Chinese AI tokens collide with deepening Sino-US bloc split

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) developers are undercutting American rivals on token prices, but according to recent analyst reports, many enterprises end up paying more once…

US hypersonic missile drive blurs the nuclear threshold

The US is betting that a new generation of hypersonic cruise missiles can restore a decisive edge in long-range strike, but turning that ambition into…

US military morale in the Middle East is in the overflowing toilet

Rotten food, overflowing toilets into bunking areas, no room in the incoming missile shelters, confiscated cellphones that are the notification devices for incoming missiles, infrequent…

The delusion of strategic stability in a nuclear world

Suppose for a moment that reliance on nuclear arms by the United States and other nuclear powers will produce “strategic stability” for the rest of this century.…

Trump begging for Iran’s surrender

11% of primary and secondary school students have engaged in self-harming behaviour, study finds

More than one in 10 Hong Kong primary and secondary school students have engaged in self-harm, a survey has found, with almost half saying school…

China’s shaping the future of open‑source technology including AI

As you read this article on your computer or smartphone, you are almost certainly using open-source technology in some way. It forms the foundation of…

Trump’s ‘forever’ tariffs gain a foothold at consumers’ expense

President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements no longer cause the market gyrations that they did in 2025. But their sticker shock for American consumers is becoming…

Taiwan’s leader says government to propose record defence spending for 2027

Taiwan’s government will propose record defence spending for 2027, President Lai Ching-te said on Monday, as the island democracy faces growing military pressure from China.…

Hong Kong patriotic groups stage anti-Japan demonstrations on anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender

Groups of patriotic Hongkongers have staged anti-Japan demonstrations in front of the country’s consulate on the 81st anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender. Around…

Pakistan has won the diplomacy, now comes the harder test

The Financial Times has run a striking assessment: Pakistan, it argues, has become an emerging “hinge power” – a state whose simultaneous ties to Washington,…

Subdivided flat residents swelter in heat that feels like 52°C, climate NGO finds

Residents living in “shoebox” flats and other inadequate housing have experienced temperatures that feel like 52 degrees Celsius this summer, a climate NGO has found.…

China’s qualms with long Trumpism

Beijing may believe that Donald Trump’s 2016 election and his return to office eight years later are not accidents but part of a deeper American…

How an escalating crackdown on Hong Kong’s independent bookstores put Taiwan publishers in the spotlight

Additional reporting: Irene Chan. After climbing four flights of stairs in the August summer heat, Helen was met with a locked metal gate and a…