South China Morning Post - December 14, 2025

WARNING AGAINST JAPANESE MILITARISM AT NANKING EVENT

Economic cost of Tai Po fire ‘could run into billions’

Officials ‘confident’ on location to rehouse victims

What Hong Kong can learn from deadly London flats blaze

POSTS FROM THE PAST

Crowds love a bargain

Tragedy exposes lax oversight, ambiguous rules

School opposite Tai Po blaze site hopes to relocate

LAB FOOD PIONEER SCOOPS TOP PRIZE

Temperatures expected to hit low of 14 degrees with Guangdong cold front

16-20

Soft-power exports help China rewire hard image

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Age-old festival returns to Kam Tin

New lawmaker Christine Fong disavows her fiery brand of politics

UMBRELLA SHOP SET TO SHUT AFTER 183 YEARS

Tributes pour in for former commerce chief Gregory So

Yau Tong flats in high demand as hopes rise

BONDS FORGED IN WAR STILL INSPIRE IN TESTING TIMES

Beijing protests over secret Israel trip by Taiwan official

Early to rise

Submarine drones ‘could pose threat’ to US west coast

UAE urged to assist in Gulf trade agreement

50,000

NEW ECOWAS BUILDING LATEST SIGN OF LASTING AFRICA TIES

Nation’s green tech drive ‘will outlast geopolitics with scale and cost’

Raise the roof

Airlines in hot seat over extra fees as watchdog steps in

60%

FIGHTING CONTINUES AS TRUMP CLAIMS TRUCE

Japan plan to draft anti-spy law raises rights concerns

Ex-NBA star tries new cancer therapy in Singapore

Singapore’s opposition leader ‘sorry for remarks’

GAZA AMPUTEES’ LIFE ON HOLD AMID WAIT FOR MEDICAL HELP

Fowl given flood fright

Machado calls for pressure to force removal of Maduro

Trump seen in new photos from Epstein’s estate

Miss Finland stripped of her crown after apparent anti-Chinese racist gesture

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‘Train like I’ve never won, compete like never lost’

Tapping the talent

HEAVYWEIGHTS STEP OUT AT SHA TIN

Double whammy for Sun Yingsha in session of drama

Brazilian legend Silva defends expansion of World Cup

Clothes and footwear deal sealed for EASL

It’s like soldiers going to war for their country, but some don’t come back alive. You can come back from the World Cup a hero, but if you don’t win people will still remember how you behaved

Peng Chau’s tasty treasures

The Color Purple’s controversial legacy

HORSES THAT LEFT THEIR HOOF PRINTS IN CHINESE LEGEND

Centuries before Labubu, a similar craze pushed up prices of marvellous Moheles

A role for investors

Hong Kong needs MPF to build on its 25 years of success

Christmas brings hope at time of heartbreak

Russia knows its worth, which is not what the West values

‘Coin carts’ are not serving residents who need them most

Hong Kong shines bright in the darkest circumstances

Our city’s lost opportunity

How Hong Kong can capitalise on Chinese creative destruction

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