South China Morning Post - May 27, 2026

Consultation starts on overhaul of fire safety regulations

RIDE-HAILING PERMITS CAPPED AT 10,000 IN REGULATORY PUSH

Defence chief set to again skip Shangri-La forum

Hot but not bothered

Billionaire pays in online brokerage crackdown

POSTS FROM THE PAST

MARK SIX

CITY’S SHENZHOU-23 ASTRONAUT SPARKS SPACE EDUCATION RACE

Trip reflects shift in US-Taiwan defence relations

Tribal cheer coming up

Woman duped out of HK$1m by fake AI investment app

CLP Power customers face third straight monthly increase in electricity bills

80%

Crossing to a ‘different world’ beckons

US$988m

Travellers wait for hours to cross border

CATHAY ‘GATHERS FACTS’ ON FLIGHT TURBULENCE JOLT

3D printer of medical implants to tap into Central Asia

School principal suspended for swearing at security guards during Singapore trip

MINE DISASTER CASTS SHADOW ON SHANXI TRANSITION PLANS

Jail for engineer ‘lured into sending secrets overseas’

Concerns mount over success of Musk’s Starship

Growing population in Shenzhen defies national shift in demographics

Safeguarding the security of global industrial and supply chains and the smooth flow of maritime traffic is a shared aspiration of all countries

SINGAPORE STANDS BY OPEN MALACCA STRAIT

Conservatives pick on Carney while Trump gets praise

Yerba mate takes off in China as people put faith in its health benefits

Machine learning

Huge boring device digs long tunnel Down Under

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U.S. PLANE OFFER REOPENS OLD DEBATE

On top of the world

Rubio looks to ‘get the optics right’ in Indian visit

Marcos heads for Japan with Beijing firmly on his mind

Giants boss Abe quits after arrest over assault

ACADEMIC RYO HINATA-YAMAGUCHI ON THE CONVERGENCE OF VIEWS BETWEEN MANILA AND TOKYO OVER THE REGION’S GROWING UNCERTAINTIES

LATEST U.S. STRIKES THREATEN IRAN TRUCE

US tourism chief targets those spooked by Trump

All downhill from here

Sax genius bridged self-doubt to become colossus

Russia tells US to evacuate diplomats and citizens from Ukraine capital

Carney cites Brexit as he warns Alberta voters of separatists’ dangerous bluff

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY WARNS ALBERTA’S VOTERS TO BE WARY OF THOSE PROMOTING ‘A DANGEROUS BLUFF’ ON THE ISSUE OF SEPARATION VOTES

5.5%

A delicate balance

HARRY’S VIEW ON A FRAUDULENT CRYPTOCURRENCY SCHEME

Trump makes everything worse but he did not start it

Keep up the pace of building permanent public housing

Bun festival flies flag for cultural heritage

Managed competition

Hong Kong must track the full worth of its art and culture

HK needs a smarter measure than fixed ride-hailing cap

Why some consumers often prefer the alternative to taxis

Alleged drug boat crews in the Caribbean deserve due process

A bun-derful occasion

HUAWEI CHIP SCALING LAW ‘KEY TO SIDESTEP ASML CHOKEPOINT’

Alipay aims to help AI agents do shopping for users

BREAKTHROUGH GIVES BEIJING NEW LEVERAGE IN TECH WAR WITH WASHINGTON, ANALYSTS SAY

Fewer than 10% of Chinese worried about AI, poll finds

UNITREE PROFITS PLUNGE AHEAD OF LISTING HEARING

Ready to go

Tech edge to boost overseas revenues of Chinese firms

Use of yuan broadens with room to grow further

Zijin outlook upgraded to positive on expanded output and cost advantages

30%

CHINA EMERGES AS POWERHOUSE IN HALAL EXPORTS

Will China’s lead in AI rules force US rethink?

Beijing urged to learn from US handling of crises

Investors eye student housing amid slump

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Kokonotsu Supersudoku

Sudoku

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‘Grand dance poem’ production a head-scratcher

FOOD AND IDENTITY SHAPE LIFE OF KIT FAN

Le Sserafim feel stronger after ‘facing their fears’

LEIGH BARNES, PRESIDENT FOR THE AMERICAS AT INTREPID TRAVEL, ON HOW TOURISTS ARE TURNING THE WORLD’S GRANDEST SITES INTO SOCIAL MEDIA BACKDROPS

Seven escapes for a reset

Checklist tourism on the rise as selfies prioritised over the ‘real stories’

First NBA Finals since 1999 for Knicks

How Fan and Boll bonded away from the table

PURTON ON VERGE OF HISTORY IN ZAC ATTACK

Work hard and think of others, Thierry Henry says

Outrage at posting of wardrobe malfunction

Messi battles ‘muscle fatigue’ in build-up to World Cup

CHAMPION JOCKEY ZAC PURTON, GIVING AN INSIGHT ON WHAT DRIVES HIM TO REACH THE MILESTONES WITH THE AUSTRALIAN RIDER NEEDING JUST TWO MORE WINS FOR 2,000 VICTORIES IN HONG KONG