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Politics

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Science

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Europe

EU hits back at Trump’s trade war with US$28 billion in tariffs

6 Apr 2025 - 4:46PM

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Hong Kong passes domestic national security law, fast-tracking legislation shelved for 2 decades

Hong Kong's national security law

Video | Hong Kong passes ‘historic’ domestic security law

21 Mar 2024 - 6:23PM

Hong Kong at 25

Video | HK’s 5 British handover hangovers

8 Jul 2022 - 7:19AM

Hong Kong at 25

Video | Xi visits HK for 25th handover anniversary

1 Jul 2022 - 8:21PM

Talking Post with Yonden Lhatoo

Video | ‘What needs to be done will be’: Hong Kong’s next leader John Lee

From policeman to politician, Hong Kong’s incoming chief executive John Lee has his work cut out for him when he takes office on July 1, 2022. In an exclusive interview kicking off the new season of Talking Post with SCMP chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo, Lee promises a more aggressive approach to countering “fearmongering and bad-mouthing” by the city’s critics, and reveals plans for a possible easing of tough Covid-19 restrictions.

30 Jun 2022 - 10:11AM

‘What needs to be done will be’: Hong Kong’s next leader John Lee | Talking Post with Yonden Lhatoo

Video | HK teenager arrested for riding electric-powered skateboard

16 Aug 2021 - 10:05PM

Hong Kong national security law

Video | 9-year jail term for HK’s first NSL conviction

30 Jul 2021 - 8:49PM

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Doxxing and cyberbullying

Video | Hong Kong anti-doxxing bill unpacked

16 Jul 2021 - 10:11PM

Hong Kong’s anti-doxxing bill and what it means for the city and big tech companies

Hong Kong national security law

Video | National security police raid HK university

16 Jul 2021 - 9:38PM

Hong Kong national security law

Video | National security police raid HKU student union

16 Jul 2021 - 7:36PM

Hong Kong political reform

Video | Beijing's political surgery on Hong Kong

14 Jul 2021 - 5:31PM

Hong Kong's revamped electoral system bolsters pro-Beijing influence in key decision-making bodies

Hong Kong national security law

Video | HK police bust alleged terrorist plot

6 Jul 2021 - 8:47PM

Hong Kong police arrest nine over alleged terrorist plot to bomb streets, courts, transport networks

June 4 vigil in Hong Kong

Video | Muted Tiananmen vigil in Hong Kong

5 Jun 2021 - 10:40AM

Hong Kong national security law

Video | Carrie Lam cites security law ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

1 Jun 2021 - 6:43PM

Video | Hong Kong leader’s definition of ‘patriot’

10 Mar 2021 - 2:42PM

‘We do not want unpatriotic people in our political system,’ says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam

Hong Kong protests

Video | Hong Kong activists condemn sentencing

30 Dec 2020 - 10:05PM

Hong Kong activists condemn China punishment of fugitive Hongkongers

Hong Kong protests

Video | Hong Kong fugitives jailed on Chinese mainland

30 Dec 2020 - 7:34PM

Hong Kong politics

Video | Carrie Lam says exiled lawmaker Ted Hui

8 Dec 2020 - 4:34PM

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Hong Kong protests

Video | Hong Kong opposition activists face prison

2 Dec 2020 - 9:43PM

Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong and Ivan Lam jailed, Agnes Chow to spend 24th birthday in prison

Hong Kong Basic Law

Video | Hong Kong opposition activists face jail

2 Dec 2020 - 7:09PM

Video | Western nations at UN slam China’s human rights record

7 Oct 2020 - 10:01AM

Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Video | Opposition lawmakers stay in HK Legislative Council

30 Sep 2020 - 9:34AM

Most of Hong Kong’s opposition lawmakers to serve out extended term in Legislative Council

Hong Kong national security law

Video | Hong Kong’s national security law: what you should know

5 Jul 2020 - 7:27AM

What you should know about China's new national security law for Hong Kong

Hong Kong national security law

Video | UK offers 3 million Hongkongers a path to citizenship

2 Jul 2020 - 1:42PM

Hong Kong national security law

Video | Hong Kong police arrest 10 under new national security law

2 Jul 2020 - 12:45PM

Hong Kong national security law

Video | EU ‘deplores’ China’s national security law for Hong Kong

1 Jul 2020 - 12:53PM

EU ‘deplores’ China’s decision to enact national security law for Hong Kong

Hong Kong national security law

Video | UK to raise concerns over HK security law at UN

1 Jul 2020 - 12:41PM

UK to raise concerns about Hong Kong national security law before UN Human Rights Council

Hong Kong national security law

Video | Johnson ‘deeply concerned’ about national security law

1 Jul 2020 - 12:21PM

Hong Kong national security law

Video | Former Hong Kong leader backs national security law

1 Jul 2020 - 12:12PM

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