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1. Olympian Vivian Kong parries jabs with ‘fighting spirit’ in Hong Kong poll race

   Hong Kong Olympian Vivian Kong Man-wai admitted she was a newcomer to the tourism field during a lively election forum on Thursday, as she faced off against rival Ma Yat-chiu, who highlighted his industry credentials. She pledged, however, to serve the sector with the “fighting spirit of an athlete” if elected to the Legislative Council seat representing the tourism industry during the December...

2. Singaporean Amos Yee released on parole from US prison after child porn sentence

   Singaporean Amos Yee on Thursday was released from a United States prison on parole. Yee, now 27, was serving time at Danville Correctional Center in Illinois after being sentenced in 2021 to six years’ jail by a US court for possession of child pornography and grooming. According to a victim’s information network, Yee had been released on November 7 and immediately taken back into custody. He...

3. Chief scientist at China’s top warship-building research institute detained

   The chief scientist at a university that plays a major role in developing China’s navy has been detained as part of an investigation into alleged academic misconduct and misuse of state research funds, according to local media reports. Jiangsu University of Science and Technology confirmed on Tuesday that Guo Wei’s case was under investigation and said his academic contract had been terminated...

4. Hong Kong BN(O) holders’ 5-year pathway unaffected by UK immigration shake-up

   The biggest shake-up of Britain’s immigration system in nearly half a century will not affect a five-year pathway to permanent settlement for Hongkongers, the UK government has said. The British government unveiled a major shift in its profile for legal migrants on Thursday, saying it was prioritising those contributing to the UK economy and playing by the rules, days after announcing the most...

5. Xi taps Hu Yaobang’s legacy to rally Communist Party to ‘crack hard nuts’

   Chinese President Xi Jinping has paid tribute to late reformist leader Hu Yaobang by urging today’s Communist Party cadres to follow in his footsteps to tackle the country’s tough issues. At the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday, Xi said that opening up and reform were the “magical instruments” of China’s modernisation but the party still had to “crack the hard nuts” to counter...

6. Japanese official’s ‘bow’; China’s soybean dilemma: SCMP daily highlights

   Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China tells Japan to ‘behave’ properly as it dismisses call for talks China has urged Tokyo to “behave with restraint” after it called for talks amid the diplomatic freeze over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments about Taiwan. 2. Chinese rare earth...

7. Are Hong Kong teachers, healthcare and social workers more alert to child abuse?

   Hong Kong has seen a rise in the number of potential child abuse cases reported by healthcare, education and social workers in recent years, with such professionals accounting for nearly 20 per cent of calls to a hotline, an NGO has said. Against Child Abuse chairman Patrick Cheung Chi-hung attributed the continuous rise in calls by professionals from the healthcare, education and social sectors...

8. China building world-first floating artificial island with nuclear-proof bunker

   China is building a mega science infrastructure that could add fuel to the global maritime power race: a floating artificial island engineered to withstand nuclear blasts. This 78,000-tonne, semi-submersible twin-hull platform is world’s first mobile, self-sustaining artificial island. With a displacement rivalling the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s new Fujian aircraft carrier and the capacity...

9. 13 killed in Cambodia bus crash near Angkor Wat en route to Phnom Penh

   A passenger bus in Cambodia crashed off a bridge into a river on Thursday, killing at least 13 passengers and injuring two dozen others, police said. The bus was travelling from Siem Reap, home to the country’s fabled Angkor Wat temple complex, to the capital Phnom Penh, when it crashed in the predawn hours in the central province of Kampong Thom, the deputy police chief for the area, Siv...

10. As power balance tips to China, world needs a fairer financial system

    This month, the Russian Academy of Sciences completed a study assessing the comprehensive strength of 193 countries across economic, technological, demographic, military, infrastructural and other dimensions. This annual assessment of national power is conducted using advanced methods of multivariate statistical analysis. The latest results, calculated for 2025 and 2026, show the global balance...