South China Morning Post - July 03, 2025

PLAN TO GIVE SAME-SEX COUPLES LEGAL RECOGNITION AND RIGHTS

Mainland drivers can apply for HK entry in November

Top leadership criticises ‘disorderly competition’

South Park, HK style

Rich guys’ ostentatious weddings are reflection of human condition

POSTS FROM THE PAST

Hong Kong prepares to enter the stablecoin field

Seafood chain closure leaves 50 workers in limbo

Beijing rejects Dalai Lama’s plan to have his office decide on successor

MAY RETAIL SALES RISE ON SURGE IN VISITORS

Libby Lee named new Hospital Authority chief

In choppy waters

US$28b

Gastronomy Fest presents three major highlights

Lantau ecotourism plan ‘risks being a property project’

EASIER TAXI TEST TO ATTRACT DRIVERS

For the record

Talent scheme head returns as tourism body boss

Help for family after teen killed climbing Sichuan peak

Call to ease rules on hawker licensing

LARGEST TURBINES IN WORLD SET FOR TIBET

Communication expert returns for fresh challenge

Great escape

Blockchain tech used to resist quantum attacks

Think tank bucks market consensus of consumption being underdeveloped

Amazon sales event a tightrope for vendors

After thinking about it for six months, I sold all my houses in Canada and bought a one-way ticket to return to China full time

17.1%

ARMENIA LOOKS TO DEEPEN BEIJING TIES TO ‘NO LIMITS’

Trade rows fail to dent ‘Quad solidarity’

Faces of the future

Senate version of Trump bill hits clean energy credits for firms with ties to China

Nation’s tech outreach turns from US to Global South

22

Fiji rejects notion of Pacific base for the PLA

FEARS OVER U.S. WEAPON HUB PLAN IN SUBIC BAY

Medical complaint

Vulnerable archipelago fears US visa, travel bans

PM urged to act as judicial crisis looms

Pacific leaders in all their recent discussions have tried to go for policies that are friendly to all and enemies to none – and it is a fairly tough course to steer, but it is possible

‘BARGAINING CHIP’ IN SHIPYARD PUSH

Huge new beach resort welcomes its first guests

Power pose

Squid Game finale beats viewership records

Indigenous people suffered genocide, inquiry finds

Police can freeze bank accounts of scam victims

4%

TRUMP CALLS ON HAMAS TO ACCEPT CEASEFIRE DEAL

Rap mogul Combs acquitted of most serious charges

US halts key weapons shipments for Kyiv

Torch route

Trump tax bill faces high-risk House vote amid divisions

British PM guts welfare reforms as party rebels

Model for success

How our city can win race to become digital asset hub

Time for Hong Kong to gradually lift ban on Japanese seafood

After Kai Tak, other venues get their turn

A worrying union

Central Asia plays a key role in China’s strategic calculus

Help for students’ mental well-being starts at home

Suggestions on how to solve the problem of taxis vs ride-hailing

Trump’s rants and raves lead the geopolitical race to abyss

World cannot turn a blind eye to the people of Gaza

A district in miniature

Trade in full flow

MAINLAND FIRMS SPEED UP PLANS FOR LISTING

HKMA again defends dollar peg to US

Emperor’s struggle mirrors sector’s highs and lows

‘HK must lift its game’ to hit family office goals

REGULATORY CURBS HOBBLE MARKETS

+0.62%

$4.74b

Price cuts help big carmakers pull clear of smaller rivals

Laopu Gold’s shares jump 15% after lock-up ends

TAIWAN TO YIELD LEAD IN CHIPS TO MAINLAND

Douyin launches Yelp-like AI assistant that suggests eateries and offers reviews

Baidu rolls out radical upgrade to search bar

35,000

ALIBABA OFFERS 50b YUAN IN SUBSIDIES

CLOUD ARM ADDING DATA CENTRES IN MALAYSIA AND PHILIPPINES

Shanghai Composite Index

Universal Crossword

Daily Crossword

Kokonotsu Supersudoku

Sudoku

Bridge

Target

Yesterday’s solution:

Winning in the long run

A Korean star who lights up the screen

ELIO

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH

HOW A CANCER SURVIVOR FOUND THE STRENGTH TO START AGAIN

Nobu chef shares his journey, pain and message for young people

Meteorite hunters chase space rocks for love or money

‘COMPLETE PERFORMANCE’ EYED FOR HK IN WORLD CUP DECIDER

Doing the hard yards

Real Madrid oust Juve to set up Dortmund clash

Chinese fans bash ‘sore loser’ Zheng in Wimbledon flop

Gilgeous-Alexander agrees to US$285m extension in richest per-year NBA deal

FRANCHISE TOURNAMENTS THE WAY FORWARD TO SPARK TROUBLED SEVENS, COVERDALE SUGGESTS

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