Tencent’s chief AI scientist dismisses lag concerns, says race a ‘long-term game’
Yao Shunyu, the former OpenAI researcher now leading Tencent Holdings’ artificial intelligence model development, pushed...
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Xi heads to North Korea, tech transfer clampdown, inflation pickup
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to North Korea next week, his first overseas trip this year and his...
‘Another empty promise’: Quad’s proposed Fiji port project raises doubts
A proposal by the Quad to build a port in Fiji, seen by analysts as a move to counter China’s rising economic clout in t...
French billionaire pleads for law change to disinherit children
French billionaire Pierre-Edouard Sterin, who has stirred controversy over his right-wing politics, is pleading with law...
Hong Kong records hottest day of year so far as hail warning issued
Hong Kong sweltered through its hottest day of the year so far on Friday as temperatures hit 34.6 degrees Celsius (94.3 ...
Europe’s fears about China trade threat miss the point
Europe’s political and business leaderships appear to have concluded that China’s economic dominance represents an exist...
Opting out: why does Hong Kong have more idle youth than its Asian peers?
A job market mismatch, shrinking demand for junior roles, and relatively comfortable family living conditions have drive...
Race for rare earths at Myanmar’s borders fuels pollution fears
A race to dig rare earths and metals in the mineral-rich mountains of eastern Myanmar is polluting waterways that millio...
Malaysian state polls loom as Negeri Sembilan snap vote tests Anwar’s alliance
Malaysia is heading into a run of state elections, including two triggered by early assembly dissolutions, after Negeri ...
Hong Kong watchdog to propose criminalising bid-rigging as early as September
Hong Kong’s competition watchdog aims to submit proposals to criminalise bid-rigging as early as September, paving the w...
AI hyperscaler effect vaults China’s Zhongji Innolight to top of CSI 300 benchmark
The artificial intelligence frenzy has made Zhongji Innolight, a supplier of optical modules to US hyperscalers, the big...
Brunei picks helicopter-flying Prince Abdul Mateen as foreign minister
Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has named one of his youngest sons as foreign minister in a major cabinet reshuffle – l...
China woman dances with eye patch and mask after losing partial jaw, vision in one eye to cancer
A 24-year-old Chinese woman keeps managing to shine on stage despite wearing a patch and a mask after she lost an eye an...
Shadow of old dictatorship looms over Peru’s bitter presidential run-off
Peru’s duelling presidential hopefuls have made a final pitch to voters, capping a bruising and razor-tight race dominat...
Is US wielding new tariff threat to secure big bargain in India trade talks?
The threat by the US to impose additional tariffs on imports from India over forced labour supply-chain concerns is a “p...
China unveils world’s first superfast quantum memory, paving way for practical computing
Chinese scientists have created the world’s first superfast memory for quantum computers, solving a critical data-readin...
Auditors shine light on UK royal housing, disgraced Andrew’s ‘peppercorn rent’
King Charles’ disgraced younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor held leases for 10 properties, three of which he subl...
ESF links kindergartens to primary schools, securing places through to graduation
Hong Kong’s biggest international school group has rolled out a “through-train” arrangement, linking all its kindergarte...
Trump urged Xi to help end Ukraine war; China’s tech sanctions list: SCMP’s 7 highlights
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond ...
North Korea to move artillery capable of striking Seoul to border with South
North Korea said on Friday it would deploy new long-range artillery systems this year that were capable of striking Sout...