Huawei’s state of the art surveillance systems at a Philippine ‘safe city’ spark paranoia that a Chinese big brother is watching. But the driving force behind the use of Chinese technology could be private sector greed rather than a sinister, snooping state
WhatsApp launches campaign in Pakistan to quell spread of fake news; Indonesians slaughter crocodiles in revenge killings and India orders investigation into orphanages run by Mother Teresa’s charity
Rescuers stay out all night in wetlands to capture stork with a plastic-sealed beak; US Secretary of State posts that Singapore is part of Malaysia; and university students eager to get into ‘politically incorrect’ trouble succeed.
In exclusive video Philippine officials give SCMP reporter access to drug lab that could have produced more than one tonne of crystal methamphetamine a month.