Sweden heads into final stretch before key election
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Foreign marques offer steep discounts on petrol cars in cutthroat Chinese market
Foreign marques offer steep discounts on petrol cars in cutthroat Chinese market scmp.com
Far-right win in German election further shakes up China-EU relations
Far-right win in German election further shakes up China-EU relations scmp.com
Japan’s protest over Russian soldier statue aggravates ‘summer of tension’
Japan’s protest over Russian soldier statue aggravates ‘summer of tension’ scmp.com
Under Trump’s shadow, Brics takes step towards de-dollarisation - South China Morning Post
Khushboo RazdanPublished: 9:13pm, 12 Sep 2026Updated: 9:45pm, 12 Sep 2026Brics countries agreed on Saturday to expand trade and payments in local currencies, making another step towards de-dollarisation as the bloc seeks to counter an assertive United States.Facing pressure from ...
Iran, UAE leaders discuss de-escalation as oil supply worries spike - South China Morning Post
Alyssa ChenPublished: 9:59pm, 12 Sep 2026Updated: 10:57pm, 12 Sep 2026Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and the crown prince of Abu Dhabi met on the sidelines of the Brics summit in New Delhi on Saturday, marking the highest-level meeting between the two sides since the Iran wa...
China urges US to ‘stop all’ spying activities, slams ‘gangster logic’ - South China Morning Post
Phoebe Zhangin ShenzhenPublished: 6:19pm, 12 Sep 2026Updated: 6:20pm, 12 Sep 2026Beijing has urged the United States to “immediately stop all espionage activities” targeting Chinese companies, warning that it had “firm resolve and abundant means” to retaliate after a senior CIA o...
Breaking | Chinese leader urges Brics to play ‘due role’ in bringing peace to Middle East - South China Morning Post
SCMP ReporterPublished: 6:21pm, 12 Sep 2026Updated: 7:19pm, 12 Sep 2026Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday urged Brics members to bring cooperation to “new heights” in areas such as artificial intelligence.
Man arrested after allegedly refusing to share HK$30m Mark Six prize with group - South China Morning Post
Eric JiangPublished: 12:15am, 12 Sep 2026Updated: 2:20am, 12 Sep 2026Hong Kong police have arrested a 36-year-old man suspected of having fled with a Mark Six jackpot worth around HK$30 million (US$3.8 million) that he should have shared with 14 colleagues.
US wants Taiwan to ‘serve as cannon fodder’ against mainland China: state media - South China Morning Post
Phoebe Zhangin ShenzhenPublished: 2:00pm, 12 Sep 2026Updated: 5:05pm, 12 Sep 2026“Separatists” and the United States are putting Taiwan in greater danger, mainland China’s state broadcaster has warned, days after Washington’s de facto ambassador to the self-ruled island said it o...
China’s ‘marriage squeeze’ pushes men to find wives in Africa, amid scam warning - South China Morning Post
Jevans NyabiagePublished: 4:00pm, 12 Sep 2026A young Malagasy woman was stopped at Madagascar’s Ivato International Airport last month as she prepared to travel to China for a proposed marriage, according to local media reports citing police. She had reportedly been promised 10 m...
Exclusive | Senior official asked to resign over defective lifts at Queen Mary Hospital
Vivian AuPublished: 8:30am, 12 Sep 2026Updated: 8:33am, 12 Sep 2026A senior Hong Kong government official who oversaw faulty lift installation work that stalled the launch of a new block at Queen Mary Hospital was asked to resign and left her post last month to take responsibilit...
Nvidia says AGI is here. How are China’s top AI labs catching up? - South China Morning Post
Xinmei ShenPublished: 11:00am, 12 Sep 2026Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s declaration that artificial general intelligence (AGI) has arrived following the release of OpenAI’s latest model, Astra, has ignited debate over whether AI’s holy grail is now reality.As China races to close the...
Why Sweden, once one of Beijing’s most outspoken critics, has changed its tune
Xiaofei Xuin Stockholm, SwedenPublished: 7:30pm, 11 Sep 2026Updated: 11:08pm, 11 Sep 2026Millions of Swedish voters head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament. Whatever the outcome, analysts say, the country is likely to look more towards Beijing for its technology edg...
Chinese AI firms shunned US delegation over sanctions fears, commission says - South China Morning Post
Nayan Sethin WashingtonPublished: 6:36am, 12 Sep 2026Updated: 7:16am, 12 Sep 2026A US congressional advisory body on China said on Friday that leading Chinese artificial intelligence firms declined to meet its members during a recent Beijing visit over concerns that doing so coul...
Internal splits threaten to slow Brics’ progress as bloc marks 20th anniversary
Dewey Sim,Laura ZhouandCao Jiaxuanin BeijingPublished: 10:00am, 12 Sep 2026Leaders from some of the world’s largest emerging economies are gathering in New Delhi this weekend for a summit marking the 20th anniversary of Brics, a fast-expanding group of developing nations.Chinese ...
Fresh photos offer clearest view yet of China’s ‘WZ-X’ spy drone - South China Morning Post
Gabriel DominguezPublished: 8:00pm, 11 Sep 2026Fresh clues are emerging about a new type of Chinese drone being developed as a long-range intelligence and surveillance platform intended to operate deep inside contested airspace.New photographs circulated on Chinese internet forum...
‘Gone in seconds’: Chinese buyers snap up government debt amid US bond turmoil - South China Morning Post
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.