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July 30, 2025
Trump tariffs latest challenge for iconic Seattle Asian market
Seattle’s 97-year-old Asian grocer, Uwajimaya, expects customers to feel the pinch as distributors pass on costs from Trump’s shifting tarif...
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
CATL posts 34% profit growth, defying weak global EV demand
The world’s largest electric vehicle battery maker saw its net profit reach US$2.3 billion in the second quarter.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Hong Kong fans give Arsenal’s US$74 million Gyokeres ‘good first impression’
Swede poised for debut in sold-out Kai Tak Stadium clash with Tottenham Hotspur, days after transfer from Sporting Lisbon.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Review | Head Over Heels: supernatural romcom K-drama disappoints
Choo Young-woo and Cho Yi-hyun both get possessed in this demonic K-drama where a lack of any real danger leads to an unsatisfying end.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
The US-China trade talks changed little. For Beijing, that counts as a win
The US appears poised to keep its China tariffs at 30 per cent while raising duties on a slew of other countries, helping Chinese exporters.
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July 30, 2025
Japanese pop idol Kenshin Kamimura molested interpreter, Hong Kong court hears
Ex-member of ONE N’ ONLY boy band returns to court to stand trial for count of indecent assault arising from alleged incident on March 2.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
My Take | Europe being run into the ground by amateurs and ideologues
Subservient to the United States while being antagonistic to China, the EU-Nato axis is guaranteed to end up with the worst of both worlds.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
China vows to continue Thailand-Cambodia peace efforts after ‘informal’ talks
Foreign ministry says it hosted ‘candid, friendly and conducive’ three-way talks in Shanghai following the recent border ceasefire.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
China’s most dynamic cities, Japan’s space defence strategy: SCMP daily highlights
From China’s Politburo calling economic policy support to be stepped up to the Panama ports investigation, here’s a round-up from today’s co...
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July 30, 2025
Developing | Leon Marchand smashes 200 metres individual medley world record in Singapore
Frenchman obliterates Ryan Lochte‘s old mark at the World Aquatics Championships.
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July 30, 2025
Review | The Naked Gun: Liam Neeson in hilarious police comedy reboot
Liam Neeson is superb as Frank Drebin Jr and Pamela Anderson continues to impress in what is likely the funniest comedy you’ll see this year...
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July 30, 2025
Hong Kong worker dies after falling from 3-storey village house
Maintenance worker’s fatal fall brings number of industrial fatalities in July to 10.
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July 30, 2025
Trump to impose 25% tariff on India from August 1
Trump criticised India’s trade barriers, linking its Russian oil purchases to a potential tariff due to the Ukraine war.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Hong Kong Football Festival: Arsenal training session draws mainland, Macau fans
Excitement builds for public training session at Kai Tak Stadium, before Arsenal’s clash with Tottenham Hotspur there on Thursday.
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July 30, 2025
China vows more fiscal support to spur demand and curb local government debt
Beijing will also boost stimulus to support families and further back emerging industries, finance minister says.
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July 30, 2025
Opinion | Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire welcome, but festering grievances must be tackled
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Thailand delays tourist levy amid sharp fall in arrivals
Thailand has postponed its US$9 tourism levy due to a 6 per cent drop in visitors and border tensions with Cambodia.
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July 30, 2025
US Earth imaging satellite fleet is creating ‘low-cost orbital landmines’: China
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July 30, 2025
Indonesian military’s foray into medicine-making rekindles Suharto-era ‘trauma’
The military’s partnership with a government agency raises fears that it is reviving its Suharto-era heavy involvement in civilian life.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Hang Lung earnings drop 14% as developer flags risks from tariff war, rates
Economic uncertainties may stall interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, hurting consumer spending and business expansion.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Russian missile kills Ukrainian soldiers at training ground
Russia claims to have killed or wounded around 200 Ukrainian troops in the missile attack.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Ant Group, PolyU form joint AI and Web3 lab, boosting Hong Kong’s tech hub goal
Subsidiary Ant Digital Technologies expects to make a US$12.7 million outlay over the next three years to support the lab’s operations.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Myanmar junta enacts new law to jail election critics, protesters
Anyone who commits an offence under the new law could face five to 10 years in prison, or even the death penalty.
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July 30, 2025
Apple supplier Foxconn partners with motor maker Teco to build AI data centres
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Hong Kong to start demolishing Sha Tau Kok checkpoint on Friday for upgrade plan
Lawmaker Edward Lau also urges local authorities to consider incorporating travel, commercial facilities into Hong Kong side of new complex.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Famous French chef goes all vegan at his 3-Michelin-star Paris restaurant
Alain Passard has switched to an entirely plant-based menu at L’Arpege. Here’s why he’s ‘extremely confident’ about the move.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Slain Hong Kong model Abby Choi’s ex-father-in-law sued for HK$127.9 million
Retired police sergeant Kwong Kau, 67, hit with lawsuit for allegedly defaulting on stamp duty payment.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Dozens of Hong Kong, overseas Tottenham fans gather for club-themed drone show
Supporters arrive early outside, at lobby of Kerry Hotel in hopes of getting autographs and photos with favourite players.
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July 30, 2025
Your next holiday could be the setting of your favourite novel
From Agatha Christie’s Nile to Gabriel García Márquez’s Cartagena, book lovers are booking real-world trips through fictional worlds.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Who is George Ferrier, aka Brad on Netflix’s The Hunting Wives?
The young New Zealand actor was also in Peacock’s One Of Us Is Lying and earned praise for his role in Juniper, alongside Charlotte Rampling...
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Top fillies Whirl and See The Fire set for a Goodwood showdown in the Nassau
Whirl and See The Fire are set for a Group One Nassau Stakes (2,000m) showdown at Glorious Goodwood on Thursday....
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Hang Seng says it is ‘covered’ against bad loans amid property slump
The provisions weighed on the bank’s interim profit, which fell 30 per cent to HK$6.88 billion, from HK$9.89 billion a year earlier.
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July 30, 2025
Trump tariffs fail to decouple Vietnam from China
Vietnam’s cost advantage and dependence on Chinese parts are strengthening ties with Beijing, even with US tariffs of 20 percent and a 40 pe...
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July 30, 2025
China unveils new guidelines seen as a strategic ‘anti-involution effort’
Amid cutthroat competition, China’s economic planner takes aim at how government-backed investment funds are being spent, especially in crow...
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July 30, 2025
Alibaba, Zhipu roll out new AI models amid heated open-source race
Wan2.2 claims to be the industry’s ‘first open-source large video generation models incorporating the Mixture-of-Experts architecture’.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Decoding Trump 2.0’s tech tactics and the future US-China rivalry
Beijing should weigh visions of tech accelerationists like Musk and Thiel to grasp Washington’s broader strategic agenda, experts say.
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July 30, 2025
Meet Helen J. Shen, the rising star set to appear in The Devil Wears Prada 2
The child of Chinese immigrants, Shen studied musical theatre at university and is dating fellow Broadway star Andrew Barth Feldman.
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July 30, 2025
China guard dies after early work arrival, boss says not work related, denies payout
Millions of people online decry ‘heartless’ employer over death of ‘model’ employee who was loved by community in which he worked.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Why did the IMF just raise China’s 2025 GDP outlook more than any other economy?
While trade shock could be less severe than initially feared, evidence is mounting that it is hurting the global economy, IMF’s chief econom...
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July 30, 2025
Is Year of the Snake’s seventh month lucky for you? Forecasts for all signs
Feng shui master Andrew Kwan breaks down this lunar month’s prospects for all 12 Chinese zodiac signs in health, love, finances and careers.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Chinese police mount Xinjiang manhunt for fugitive wanted over attack on 2 people
Authorities say attack took place near border with Kazakhstan and victims are in a stable condition.
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July 30, 2025
Alibaba’s finance chief voices confidence in China’s AI boom
Toby Xu Hong says Alibaba’s substantial investments in AI and delivery services are are an endorsement of China’s progress.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for July 31
Indulge in coffee and tea cocktails at The Opposites, sip Aperol tipples at The St. Regis, and enjoy a new Cuban bodeguita experience at Sug...
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July 30, 2025
Indonesian man killed by rooster’s blade during cockfight in Bali
The rooster, outfitted with a sharp metal spur known as a ‘taji’, lashed out and struck the victim in the stomach.
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July 30, 2025
Only ‘small minority’ exploit Hong Kong’s talent schemes: city’s No 2 official
But Chief Secretary Eric Chan warns that anyone who moves to the city to give birth without intending to work will be in violation of the la...
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July 30, 2025
Strangulation murder of 6-year-old boy stuns Malaysia
The father of the boy was arrested after the victim’s body was discovered in a shallow grave by a roadside in Pahang.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Hong Kong actor Will Or diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, drops out of play
‘It would be a lie to say I’m not [emotional] and don’t want to curse the heavens and the entire world,’ actor, 33, writes on social media.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
China’s geriatric healthcare a US$134 billion market by 2035: Goldman
Wealthy Chinese consumers are likely to spend three times more than their peers on post-retirement healthcare over the next decade.
South China Morning Post
July 30, 2025
Opinion | US tariffs will expose Asia to searing competition from China’s prices
Chinese exports seeking fresh markets bring irresistible scale and prices while central banks have few options to stimulate the problem away...
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July 30, 2025