Sylvia Main ShanghaiPublished: 10:00pm, 11 Sep 2026While US Treasuries remain at the centre of a global bond sell-off despite efforts by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to calm the market, investors in China are rushing to buy domestic government debt.
ReutersPublished: 1:06am, 12 Sep 2026Updated: 1:30am, 12 Sep 2026Twenty-five years after the deadliest attack on US soil, Americans paused on Friday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Centre, the Pentagon and a field i...
Shi HuangPublished: 6:00pm, 11 Sep 2026Updated: 6:50pm, 11 Sep 2026Deng Yu, the 37-year-old Chinese mathematician who won the 2026 Fields Medal, has a backup plan if artificial intelligence puts him out of a job.On Tuesday, he wrote on social media that “if AI can solve all maths...
The city’s fertility rate last year was just 0.66 – well below the 2.1 needed to ensure a stable population
Laura ZhouPublished: 3:00pm, 11 Sep 2026Updated: 6:20pm, 11 Sep 2026The United States is leaning on its coastguard to reinforce its presence in the western Pacific as its navy comes under increasing strain in the Middle East.
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, 11 Sep 2026The Chinese export juggernaut shows no signs of slowing, rising by a quarter year-on-year in August and putting the...
Joseph SipalanPublished: 1:50pm, 11 Sep 2026Updated: 2:06pm, 11 Sep 2026Malaysia’s Pardons Board has postponed discussions on disgraced former leader Najib Razak’s pardon application, days after widespread public outrage over the possibility that he could walk free from his corru...
Carol Yangin BeijingPublished: 7:00pm, 11 Sep 2026Singaporean and Chinese students led the world in educational performance in 2025, according to an assessment by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, as average scores across OECD countries reached a record l...
Liu ZhenPublished: 12:21pm, 11 Sep 2026Updated: 3:36pm, 11 Sep 2026The Chinese military appeared to fire flares near a Philippine aircraft operating close to the Subi and Mischief reefs, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), as tensions continue to spread to other South ...
Ukraine’s former defence minister is launching a new venture that could offer more than drone technology. Asia should take notes
Semiconductors | With novel chip in Huawei phone, China heads for computing reset South China Morning Post
Natalie WongandMatthew ChengPublished: 8:30am, 10 Sep 2026Updated: 8:57am, 10 Sep 2026In the first of our series of previews on the five-year plan and policy address, to be announced on September 16, Natalie Wong and Matthew Cheng look at the key political issues and the city lea...
Coco Fengin GuangdongandMinxiao Changin ShenzhenPublished: 3:13pm, 10 Sep 2026Apple’s long-awaited entry into the foldable smartphone market, the iPhone Duo, has drawn immediate attention in China over its eye-watering price tag and exclusive dual-eSIM design, as the American tec...
SCMP’s Asia deskPublished: 2:31pm, 11 Sep 2026Updated: 5:43pm, 11 Sep 2026Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has come under intense social media scrutiny after photos resurfaced showing him wearing a high-value amulet created by a senior monk now at the centre of a fraud and...
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Stephy ZhangPublished: 8:00am, 10 Sep 2026An Indian powerlifter who won a silver medal at a world championship has spoken out after being targeted with online harassment and objectified for her looks, calling the ordeal “sexism at its finest”.
Experts fear Silicon Valley is hurtling towards a major cybersecurity incident. Meanwhile, US-China tensions are undercutting AI safety talks
Manila exposes South China Sea note; Chinese coal mine farming: 7 highlights South China Morning Post