South China Morning Post - June 04, 2026

RESIDENTS MILLIONS SHORT IN PENSIONS

DNA taken from parents of unregistered baby

HK launches AI model to run on Chinese chips

US signs looser AI order owing to China worries

POSTS FROM THE PAST

HK AND KAZAKHSTAN DEEPEN ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH TIES

Theatre icon who inspired generations of artistes

Party chief faces probe over coal mine safety failures

China among top buyers of gold as bullion overtakes US Treasuries in reserves

27%

How Beijing is reshaping three-way power triangle

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Places still sought at popular schools

HELPERS ‘BANNED FROM USING AIR CON’

Arrest of couple serves as warning over home births, vaccine refusal

Owners of fire-hit flats given no time frame on meeting

Japan flights cancelled as storm bears down

86%

Japan to help island nations caught in US-China rivalry

Shanghai property deals outpacing other key cities

PROBE INTO EX-TOP OFFICIAL AT ANTI-CORRUPTION WATCHDOG

Start-up makes it easy for anyone to explore the world of quantum computing

Mend of the line

Robot helps children with SMA stand up

Both countries have sharp conflicts with China. Especially now, as China engages in full confrontation with Japan, Tokyo has even greater need to strengthen ties with Manila

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MANILA, TOKYO DEEPEN SECURITY TIES ON SEAS

Rubio highlights the importance of talking to Beijing

Trump AI order seeks safeguards without slowing race with China

Making light work of harvest

Details of latest missile emerge on the internet

NEW ZEALAND HITS BACK AT U.S. OVER ‘FREELOADER’ SWIPE

Expert denies China eyeing ‘treasure’ of Antarctica

Residents to the rescue

Malaysian outrage as speeding cars lead to killer crash

Solomons PM vows to review secretive 2022 Beijing security pact

New Zealand’s military expenditure must support [its] national interests and not those of the Trump administration

NZ$1.5b

KUWAIT AIRPORT HIT AS GULF TURMOIL FLARES

Trump picks loyalist as acting intelligence chief

UN urges world to prepare for El Nino extreme weather

Toppled and stripped naked

Uproar in UK over student’s murder

At a time of growing threats around the world, Trump’s choice makes one thing clear: he is not looking for independent intelligence. He’s looking for political validation

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US allies in a bind

HARRY’S VIEW ON HELPERS BEING BANNED FROM USING AIR CONS

HK astronaut success is also a story of youth potential

Partnerships with Kazakhstan redefine HK’s strategic role

Vulnerable children need a brighter future

Privilege of peace

What Seoul must do for peaceful coexistence with North

It is about time city built bridges for people, not just cars

Real work of first HK astronaut begins when the data is in

Threat of strikes hangs over Canada’s World Cup moment

Titan of the performing arts

DEEPSEEK EYES 50b YUAN IN EXTERNAL FUNDING

In full flow

Chinese robotics start-up tops global AI ranking

Fund firms face new rules to curb risky strategies

Compute futures planned in Shanghai amid rising demand for AI computing

Squeeze on capital may hit property demand

US$60b

Doubao loses 6.1m users after paywall plans are unveiled

HK BANKS PUT CURBS ON MAINLAND ACCOUNTS

Clean sailing

GenScript shares surge after early data on cancer treatment shows promise

Qwen AI assistant in big brand voice testing

10.54%

MAINLAND DELIVERIES REBOUND FOR TESLA

Brokerage deal marks new phase of consolidation

Finishing touch

Plan to boost food security with AI and gene editing

Warning on falling global oil stockpiles

¥13.77b

Universal Crossword

Daily Crossword

Bridge

Kokonotsu Supersudoku

Sudoku

Target

Yesterday’s solution:

‘I’ve got the music in me’

DANIELLA LOPEZ, WHO LATE LAST YEAR ACQUIRED THE LICENCE FOR TEDXHONGKONG – THE NON-PROFIT NETWORK OF INDEPENDENTLY ORGANISED EVENTS, WHICH HAD BEEN INACTIVE SINCE 2017

Horror goes beyond the threshold of fear

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE

BACKROOMS

BAREFOOT RUNNING MOVEMENT CONTINUES TO GAIN TRACTION

Resuscitated TEDxHongKong aims to ‘look beyond the buzzwords’

Craze for cultural souvenirs sparks airport warning

Fownes breaks his own Valley record

MATERAZZI TAKES SHOT AT ‘SHORTSIGHTED’ ITALY

Divine Providence

‘Transformational’ opportunity awaits cricketers in Japan

Wang replaces mighty Ma as China men’s captain

Tartan Army vows to bring ‘the party’

Formula One ace Leclerc commits to ‘second family’ Ferrari in multi-year deal