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Pedestrians cross the street in the popular shopping district of Ginza, in central Tokyo, on August 16, 2024. Photo: AFP

Asia Opinion

The View | Trump-driven uncertainty puts Asia’s property markets under pressure

Even safe havens such as Japan, Australia and Singapore are under scrutiny as a more challenging global economic landscape emerges.

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Opinion | Why Hong Kong need not get defensive about national security

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Opinion | Trump’s threat to China’s global economic reach goes beyond tariffs

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My Take | US surveillance is the real reason why TikTok, Huawei are targets

Overriding concern is less about Chinese data threat but the ability of American agencies to gain clandestine access through their networks.

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The TikTok logo pictured on a smartphone in front of the US flag. Photo: dpa
The TikTok logo pictured on a smartphone in front of the US flag. Photo: dpa

World Opinion

Opinion | To truly make America great again, Trump must succeed in 2 things

Losing the power balance in a potentially rancorous cabinet or failing to win over Asia’s rising non-aligned powers would trip up his plans.

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Opinion

My Take | There is something special about a Lunar New Year in Hong Kong

For ex-residents, this is the time to miss the city and remember past celebrations. The beginning of the Year of the Snake will be no exception.

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Asian Angle | As Indonesia’s army expands under Prabowo, is society the target?

Critics question if the Indonesian military is quietly reasserting the broad ‘dual function’ influence it once had over civilian affairs.

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Prabowo Subianto (centre) parades through Jakarta with other defence officials last year before becoming president. Photo: AP
Prabowo Subianto (centre) parades through Jakarta with other defence officials last year before becoming president. Photo: AP

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Vision for Hong Kong’s airport city must rise above buzzwords

If the airport city can show Hong Kong’s strength and resilience instead of putting style over substance, it will be a point of pride for the city.

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World Opinion

Opinion | Crisis-hit supply chains must become stronger, greener and fairer

A fundamental rethink is needed as global supply chains flounder amid war and attacks, geopolitical tensions and climate shocks.

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | If Hong Kong’s youth don’t want to be dragons, so be it

Instead of accusing our youth of being lazy, we must ask ourselves if the hard work we demand of them actually gets the results promised.

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A teenager wields a fabric dragon outside the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui on January 4. Photo: Nora Tam

World Opinion

Macroscope | How Western investors’ tech obsession is hurting emerging markets

Investors must demand institutions direct their savings into developing or emerging markets where they can benefit global economic welfare.

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Workers refurbish an overhead pedestrian bridge in Shanghai on October 9, 2024. Photo: AP
Workers refurbish an overhead pedestrian bridge in Shanghai on October 9, 2024. Photo: AP

Opinion

Asian Angle | Malaysia’s support for Palestinians was unconditional … until it wasn’t

Public support for Palestinian refugees has waned after viral videos showing protests at a holding facility fuelled anti-migrant sentiment.

Hong Kong Opinion

Being Chinese | My Hong Kong crash course in Chinese calculations of everything

Some autumns ago, a midlife crisis brought me to Hong Kong, where it has been inspiring how savvy people are about Chinese cosmology.

Hong Kong Opinion

Editorial | Hong Kong football has more to do to achieve its goal

Match-day gloom may have lifted only a little for Hong Kong fans looking for excitement and higher standards of play.

Hong Kong players (red) and Guangdong (white) clash during the Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup on January 22, 2025. Photo: Elson Li

China Opinion

Editorial | UK-China talks offer cautious grounds for optimism on relations

Revival of dialogue is a positive step with London badly seeking to boost the national economy and Beijing reaching out under shadow of Donald Trump.

Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng and British finance minister Rachel Reeves meet in Beijing on January 11, 2025. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng and British finance minister Rachel Reeves meet in Beijing on January 11, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | How AI can help Hong Kong deepen its talent pool

Hong Kong must choose between being a passive observer of the AI revolution and an architect of change that controls its destiny.

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My Take | A fallen American republic may just well unleash a naked empire

Non-Western intellectuals and strategists have often wrongly equated domestic dysfunction and division in US democracy with imperial decline.

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Hong Kong Opinion

The View | Hong Kong property market gloom has become self-fulfilling prophecy

There are good reasons Hong Kong’s real estate market keeps underperforming regional peers, but the prevailing narrative is too pessimistic.

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Residential buildings in Hong Kong as seen on November 8, 2024. While lifting the spirits of a city that has suffered one shock after another since 2018 is not easy, one of Hong Kong’s enduring strengths over the years is its ability to bounce back. Photo: Reuters
Residential buildings in Hong Kong as seen on November 8, 2024. While lifting the spirits of a city that has suffered one shock after another since 2018 is not easy, one of Hong Kong’s enduring strengths over the years is its ability to bounce back. Photo: Reuters

China Opinion

Opinion | Could GM crops plant seeds of change for China’s food security push?

Fears over the safety of genetically modified crops are complicating the central government’s plans for their role in China’s food security.

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Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | Hong Kong should not be rewarding people who snitch on neighbours

While updating laws to punish abuse of public housing is welcome, encouraging snitching will have ripple effects elsewhere.

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China

Opinion | Actor’s Myanmar escape signals more to be done against thriving scam networks

China’s clampdown on cyber slavery and online fraud factories in Southeast Asia is a long game with no room for complacency.

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Chinese actor Wang Xing’s reported escape from a Myanmar fraud factory is a gloomy reminder of how entrenched such criminal syndicates are. Photo: EPA-EFE
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OPINION
Nicholas Spiro

The View | Trump-driven uncertainty puts Asia’s property markets under pressure

Nicholas Spiro
Mike Rowse

Opinion | Why Hong Kong need not get defensive about national security

Mike Rowse
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Asma Khalid

Opinion | Trump’s threat to China’s global economic reach goes beyond tariffs

Asma Khalid
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Alex Lo

My Take | US surveillance is the real reason why TikTok, Huawei are targets

Alex Lo
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Richard Heydarian

Opinion | To truly make America great again, Trump must succeed in 2 things

Richard Heydarian
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Cliff Buddle

My Take | There is something special about a Lunar New Year in Hong Kong

Cliff Buddle
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JUST SAYING | THIS IS TERRORISM

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BIDEN OR TRUMP: WHOEVER WINS, WE LOSE

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Opinion | Gen-Z vs Genocide: US student protests provide hope for humanity and expose official hypocrisy

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WHY HONG KONG HATES MESSI

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