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1. Starmer faces a hysterical backlash over new Chinese embassy

   While China emerges as an unmistakable superpower, “Great” Britain or the “United” Kingdom increasingly sounds like self-mockery. Much of the UK outside London is threatening to descend into developing-world status. There have been at least a dozen instances of English councils declaring bankruptcy since 2018, while one in four could be insolvent by 2027. Diplomatically, it turns out the...

2. Singapore Airshow: airlines ‘crying out loud’ for planes amid supply crisis

   As commercial aviation giants converge in Singapore this week for a biennial air show, the region’s robust aviation growth and supply chain delays remain top of mind for the sector. Experts and industry insiders at the air show told This Week in Asia that bottlenecks remained a bane for commercial aviation giants Boeing and Airbus, with airlines in the region eager for more supply to tap the...

3. China-Canada canola deal faces fragility test as USMCA trade talks loom, insiders warn

   China’s resumption of Canadian canola purchases, brokered during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s state visit to Beijing last month, faces an uncertain year, with upcoming North American trade talks posing a significant risk, industry players warn. Beyond the initial shipments, some insiders said, there remained “no public assurance” that imports would continue uninterrupted, as the United States...

4. As UN grapples with cash crisis don’t expect China to fill the gap, experts say

   A deepening cash crunch at the United Nations has reignited debate over the future of multilateralism, with analysts warning that the crisis also reflects a more profound shift in how the United States views the world body. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres last week warned that the organisation was at risk of “imminent financial collapse” as unpaid contributions threatened programme...

5. Patients given more hope as study finds best time for lung cancer treatment

   Patients with advanced lung cancer who receive a certain therapy earlier in the day survive longer, a study has found, with a Hong Kong medical expert saying the discovery opens possibilities for optimal treatment times, although more research is needed. The study was led by academics from Hunan Cancer Hospital in mainland China and supported by the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s faculty of...

6. Hongkongers lost HK$350 million in online shopping scams in first 11 months of 2025

   Internet fraudsters cheated Hong Kong consumers out of about HK$350 million (US$44.8 million) through online shopping scams between January and November 2025, while the number of such cases grew by 8 per cent year on year. Police also said that about 63 per cent of cases over the period involved bogus concert ticket sales, while another 9 per cent were related to fake sales of electronic...

7. Trump stokes fury with ‘disgusting’ monkey video of Obama, wife

   US President Donald Trump on Thursday posted an election conspiracy video that depicted former president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as monkeys, drawing condemnation from prominent Democrats. Near the end of a one-minute-long video posted on Trump’s social media platform, the Obamas are shown with their faces on the bodies of monkeys for about one second. The song “The Lion Sleeps...

8. EU finds TikTok ‘addictive’ in digital law probe, 6% fine looms for ByteDance

   TikTok’s “addictive design” has been found to violate EU digital laws – in a move that could land the Chinese-owned company a fine of up to 6 per cent of its global revenue. Preliminary findings of the European Commission investigation, announced on Friday, said the video app’s infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications and “highly personalised” recommender systems had addictive...

9. Bargain hunting? Hong Kong retail investors snap up bitcoin amid crypto crash

   Bitcoin’s collapse has prompted some retail investors in Hong Kong to snap up the world’s largest cryptocurrency after its value fell by more than half from its peak. According to crypto asset data tracker CoinGecko, the price of bitcoin slumped to almost US$60,000 on Friday morning, Hong Kong time, less than half its historical high of US$124,000 in October 2025. The slump also erased US$2...

10. China’s military vows to improve scrutiny of training after fall of Zhang Youxia

    The People’s Liberation Army said it would redouble efforts to crack down on “fakery that undermines combat capability” and improve scrutiny of training and drills to tackle “deep-seated problems”. The pledge was made in an article in official newspaper PLA Daily on Tuesday outlining anti-corruption priorities for the year. It came soon after last month’s announcement that top general Zhang...