Sunday 17 October 2021
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For Indonesian-Chinese in Yogyakarta, a Dutch colonial law is the reason for why they can’t own land
- scmp Hong Kong expat who spent 22 days in hospital for appendicitis says doctors were slow to diagnose, treat her
- scmp Underprivileged Hong Kong children to share stage with musical luminaries in coming benefit concert
- scmp Hillary Clinton visits Bill Clinton in hospital as Joe Biden says former president is ‘doing fine’
- scmp Wheels fit for a king? Chinese archaeologists bring elaborate Bronze Age chariot back to life
- scmp Wild boar breaking point? Hong Kong authorities say it’s time to get tough, but animal groups resist culling
- scmp Centralcon’s Sha Tin housing project launch gets off to a slow start as buyers hold out for better options amid robust supply
- scmp Coronavirus: Hong Kong National People’s Congress delegate barred from travelling to Beijing following local untraceable case
- scmp China says Singapore ‘welcomes’ its bid to join Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
- scmp International airlines pivot away from Asia amid frustration with slow reopenings and zero-Covid approach of Hong Kong, mainland China
- scmp Number of Hongkongers applying for lucrative government jobs down 30 per cent, but civil service chief not concerned
- scmp China’s education crackdown sparks lawsuits against defunct institutions, while some tutors keep teaching in secret
- scmp Coronavirus: Hong Kong to offer home pickup service, mobile vaccine vehicles for the elderly as daily jab numbers dwindle
- scmp Hong Kong judge orders psychiatric assessment of man charged in taxi driver’s killing after suspect claims he was ‘tortured’ by internal voice
- scmp Danish government raises concerns over University of Hong Kong’s removal order for Pillar of Shame statue
- scmp Australia-China ties are frayed, but Canberra’s softening relations with Southeast Asia more of a worry: former PM Rudd
- scmp Hong Kong protests: 7 ex-lawmakers, activists jailed for up to a year for mass rally against national security law
- scmp ‘I would rather they come to my shop for drinks’: Chinese cafes adapt to Squid Game biscuit fad
- scmp China lags in important electric car technology despite rare earths advantage, says permanent magnets scientist
- scmp Phuket’s sandbox to Singapore’s travel corridors: as Asia wakes up to travel, destinations weigh risks and rewards
- scmp Living in Hong Kong a struggle for mainland Chinese divorcees, widows who lack permit to be with children
- scmp Hong Kong columnists call for probe into hospital’s treatment of award-winning writer who died in ‘excruciating pain’
- scmp Macau authorities suspend services on MTR Corp’s Taipa line for 180 days to replace faulty cables
- scmp Hong Kong elections: only opposition party to allow members to run for Legislative Council ‘unlikely to make an impact’ even with candidates
- scmp LinkedIn’s China retreat stems from regulatory and competitive pressures as local recruitment platforms prosper
- scmp Hong Kong customs arrests 7 in swoop over 228 tonnes of Australian lobsters worth HK$180 million after mainland ban on imports
- scmp Hong Kong court appoints provisional liquidators to safeguard Next Digital interests pending decision on winding-up petition
- scmp China Evergrande crisis caused by ‘poor management’, but an exception in healthy property market, central bank says
- scmp Debt-stricken China Evergrande suffers huge blow as US$1.7 billion deal to sell its Hong Kong headquarters collapses
- scmp Hong Kong couple admit abusing friend’s baby girl who died in their care after months of physical punishment
- scmp 4 University of Hong Kong student leaders face maximum of 7 years in jail if convicted over motion praising July 1 knife attack on police officer
- scmp Hong Kong security chief accuses media outlet of ‘demonising’ Article 23 national security legislation
- scmp China tutor ban: masters graduate who lost business becomes internet celebrity with new job as a motorcycle taxi driver
- scmp Estonia joins global regulators in tightening the noose on digital tokens, weighing firmer oversight of cryptocurrency trading
- scmp PM Kishida tells voters only LDP can keep Japan safe from security threats, ahead of October 31 poll
- scmp China launches its first sun observation satellite to monitor solar eruptions and collect data
- scmp Coronavirus: Hong Kong suspends Air Canada flights from Vancouver for 2 city confirms 9 imported cases
- scmp Ex-Malaysian PM Najib Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor to visit Singapore after court orders temporary release of passport
- scmp Alibaba’s DingTalk tops 500 million users as it goes after Tencent’s stronghold in online chat
- scmp China GDP: how will third quarter growth fare amid a power crisis, sluggish consumption and property curbs?
- scmp Hong Kong protests: Polytechnic University scientist who tried to help protester shot by police jailed for a year
- scmp Hong Kong national security law: teenage activist bailed ahead of subversion trial, but 3 other members of student group told they must remain behind bars
- scmp Teachers at Hong Kong’s kindergartens, semi-private schools next in line for Basic Law test, education chief says
- scmp ‘He treated us like his family’: helper grieves loss of Singapore doctor Raymond Yuen who paid for her, child’s studies
- scmp A Chinese father could not find drugs to treat his son’s rare genetic disease, so he decided to make them himself
- scmp Singapore’s solar power link from Australia spurs call for Indonesia to press on with green goals
- scmp Huawei spin-off Honor should be blacklisted, says US Senator Marco Rubio in appeal to Biden administration
- scmp China’s pet photography boom sees owners paying hundreds of dollars to immortalise cat and dog fur babies in pictures
- scmp Coronavirus Hong Kong: false reports of Nicole Kidman back filming TV show spark renewed debate over quarantine exemptions
- scmp Coronavirus outbreaks, poor vaccine access, weak policy pushes IMF to downgrade global economic outlook
- scmp Microsoft’s LinkedIn job site says it will shut operations in China, citing ‘greater compliance requirements’
- scmp TSMC’s Japan fab to begin construction in 2022, as firm says overall chip capacity could remain tight for rest of year
- scmp Xi Jinping says China’s ‘democratic’ political system is a ‘great creation’ the holds key to international success
- scmp Shenzhen officials cancel meeting with Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on her metropolis plan at last minute
- scmp US and Philippines eye return to full military drills in 2022, will include US and UK as observers
- scmp China inflation: record factory prices amid power crunch add to risks facing world’s No 2 economy
- scmp Squid Game unlikely to see official release from Tencent, iQiyi or Youku given rampant piracy and strict censorship
- scmp Asean risks credibility if Myanmar junta chief attends summit: Philippine foreign secretary Locsin
- scmp Hong Kong lawmakers in race against time to push through bills after Typhoon Kompasu shuts Legislative Council
- scmp China’s Li Keqiang acknowledges slowing economic growth, but says Beijing has the ‘tools’ to cope with headwinds
- scmp Climate change: Hong Kong companies face challenge as global guidance on reporting greenhouse gas emissions change
- scmp Chinese authorities accused of inciting murder by offering a higher reward for a criminal suspect’s body than what was offered for clues
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Hong Kong judge orders psychiatric assessment of man charged in taxi driver’s killing after suspect claims he was ‘tortured’ by internal voice
- scmpDanish government raises concerns over University of Hong Kong’s removal order for Pillar of Shame statue
- scmpHong Kong expat who spent 22 days in hospital for appendicitis says doctors were slow to diagnose, treat her
- scmpInternational airlines pivot away from Asia amid frustration with slow reopenings and zero-Covid approach of Hong Kong, mainland China
- scmp‘I would rather they come to my shop for drinks’: Chinese cafes adapt to Squid Game biscuit fad
- scmpChina says Singapore ‘welcomes’ its bid to join Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
- scmpLiving in Hong Kong a struggle for mainland Chinese divorcees, widows who lack permit to be with children
- scmpHong Kong columnists call for probe into hospital’s treatment of award-winning writer who died in ‘excruciating pain’
- scmpAustralia-China ties are frayed, but Canberra’s softening relations with Southeast Asia more of a worry: former PM Rudd
- scmpCoronavirus: Hong Kong to offer home pickup service, mobile vaccine vehicles for the elderly as daily jab numbers dwindle
- scmpNumber of Hongkongers applying for lucrative government jobs down 30 per cent, but civil service chief not concerned
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Hong Kong housing chief says workforce boost needed to accelerate homes building after Carrie Lam demands progress
- scmp ‘It may be our last chance’: new Sago science group is WHO’s push to find the origins of Covid-19
- scmp Hong Kong murder suspect ‘very sweet, very gentle’, says woman who called police, as man denies killing taxi driver in knife attack
- scmp Hong Kong government proposal for residents to convert pensions into annuities ‘absurd’ if made mandatory, labour minister says
- scmp Video of bare-chested North Korean soldiers doing martial arts in front of Kim Jong-un goes viral
- scmp China-Australia relations: Canberra open to Chinese investors but security issues key, investment chief says
- scmp Hong Kong storms expose city’s plastic pollution problem, with beaches closed after huge piles of rubbish are washed ashore
- scmp Taiwan won’t start a war with mainland but ‘will meet the enemy full on’, defence minister says
- scmp G7 finance officials say CBDCs should support, ‘do no harm’ to monetary and financial stability
- scmp Study on new Hong Kong rail link with Shenzhen should be finished next year, transport minister says
- scmp Discord grows in Indonesia over noisy mosque loudspeakers but few complain fearing arrest, attack
- scmp Apple warns EU draft rules allowing software from outside iOS App Store could bring cybercrime and malware
- scmp Why is Beijing’s liaison office going on ‘listening tours’ in Hong Kong and should Carrie Lam worry about a second governing team in charge?
- scmp Evergrande crisis: Beijing not likely to let developer collapse even as it gets tough, analysts say
- scmp COP 15: UN biodiversity conference in China ends with ‘powerful signal of determination’ to tackle problem
- scmp Individual Hong Kong investors may be allowed to take financial stake in Northern Metropolis development, finance chief says
- scmp Intel sets up global video unit in China as it eyes huge volume of data and country’s IoT drive
- scmp US strengthens Asia-Pacific defences by deploying floating base for helicopters and hovercraft to Okinawa
- scmp China’s explosive exports growth likely to slow as other manufacturing markets open up, PPE demand wanes
- scmp Hong Kong murder suspect at centre of extradition bill crisis ‘released from police safe house and living in remote area’
- scmp Hong Kong protests: second mega court for clearing backlog of cases to accommodate 250 people
- scmp Authorities urged to cut class sizes, attract mainland Chinese pupils to ensure Hong Kong schools’ survival
- scmp Coronavirus Hong Kong: booster shots can proceed without local data on side effects and efficacy, top vaccination adviser says
- scmp US now top bitcoin mining hub following months-long crackdown in China that has pushed out cryptocurrency operations
- scmp Binance to halt peer-to-peer trading service in China, severing final link with market amid Beijing’s cryptocurrency crackdown
- scmp Hong Kong-born Singaporean doctor who died from Covid-19 remembered for going beyond call of duty
- scmp China celebrity crackdown: abrupt cancellation of famous singer’s concert over previous drug use prompts redemption questions
- scmp Watsons closes shop in Tsim Sha Tsui after 20 years in latest sign of Hong Kong retail sector’s struggle to survive coronavirus pandemic
- scmp China’s power crisis: European firms brace for situation to ‘get worse’, as electricity shortages rattle supply chains
- scmp Artist behind Tiananmen crackdown memorial at University of Hong Kong seeks diplomatic help to relocate Pillar of Shame overseas
- scmp India-China border conflict: Ladakh villagers want to be relocated as they are ‘living in fear’
- scmp China faces cybersecurity talent shortage amid push to secure data and develop the digital economy
- scmp Beijing accuses Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen of demanding equal ‘state-to-state’ treatment
- scmp ‘Captain North Korea?’ Soldier in tight blue outfit at military event generates social media buzz
- scmp Singapore’s anti-foreign interference law will ‘substantially narrow’ civic space, rights groups say
- scmp Typhoon Kompasu’s No 8 warning set to outlast Lionrock’s 22 hours as expert says Hong Kong ‘not out of the woods yet’
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