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Business

6 of the best: the billion-dollar biotechs putting China on the map

China’s biotech renaissance is gathering pace as home-grown innovators strike billion-dollar licensing deals with global giants.

8 Nov 2025 - 11:07AM

Middle East

Palestinian death toll passes 69,000 as Israel-Gaza truce allows body recovery

As part of the US-brokered deal, Israel has returned the remains of 15 Palestinians for each Israeli hostage.

15 minutes ago

Lifestyle & Culture

Fun or nuisance? Singapore’s pickleball fever leaves neighbours on edge

A shortage of courts has seen players turn to improvised venues in housing estates, prompting a surge in noise complaints.

8 Nov 2025 - 1:30PM

Hong Kong Economy

Hong Kong travel agencies target National Games windfall amid tourism upsurge

Firms aiming to capitalise by courting mainland Chinese visitors with tours to attend sporting events and other activities in the city.

8 Nov 2025 - 12:36PMvideocam

Spectators in Hong Kong get an early taste of National Games excitement at last Sunday’s torch relay. Photo: Nora Tam

East Asia

How to survive a bear attack in Japan: 5 tips from the country’s leading expert

A record 13 people have been killed by bears in the country since April. Find out why you must never turn your back on one.

8 Nov 2025 - 11:27AMvideocam

Japanese emergency doctor Hajime Nakae shows an illustration about bear attack safety at Akita University Hospital. Photo: AFTV/AFP

Science

Half of China’s raw building materials could be recycled by mid-century: study

Circular economy model could change the future of the nation’s sand and gravel industry, according to researchers.

8 Nov 2025 - 10:00AMvideocam

SCMP Series

China-EU relations at 50

How China is telling its own story

China’s 15th 5-year plan

Chinese scientists return home

SCMP Series China-EU relations at 50

Can the EU walk a strategic autonomy tightrope in the China-US tug of war?

China’s efforts to persuade EU to treat ties ‘as a strategic partnership are reaching their limits’, says former diplomat Cui Hongjian.

8-MIN READvideocam

As China’s EV boom makes the EU anxious, is it too late to work together?

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50 years on, has China left Europe behind in the race for a hi-tech future?

Military

As US Pacific allies eye nuclear submarines, should China be concerned?

Australia, South Korea and Japan want to build the vessels, potentially complicating Beijing’s naval deterrence in the region, analysts say.

8 Nov 2025 - 6:28AMvideocam

Diplomacy

Will EU ‘play hardball’ in US-China rivalry? Brussels faces division on autonomy

China’s efforts to persuade EU to treat ties ‘as a strategic partnership are reaching their limits’, says former diplomat Cui Hongjian.

7 Nov 2025 - 9:06AMvideocam

China

Military Diplomacy Politics Science China Future Tech

Admiral Naveed Ashraf, the Pakistani chief of naval staff, says the first batch of Hangor-class submarines will enter his country’s service in 2026. Photo: Handout

China's military weapons

Pakistan’s navy is set to have Chinese subs in 2026. What does it mean for India?

The delivery also suggests that Beijing has overcome a major technical hurdle in the vessels’ construction, observers say.

8 minutes agovideocam

Michael Spence on China: fix property, boost confidence – tariffs are secondary

8 Nov 2025 - 9:00AM

Courts turn ‘slam dunk’ case into hard battle in Florida’s Chinese property ban

8 Nov 2025 - 5:31AM

Cop30: China to join coalition seeking shared rules for carbon trading

8 Nov 2025 - 6:15AMvideocam

The Wujing Power Station in Shanghai. China is set to join a coalition seeking shared rules for carbon trading at Cop30 in Belém, Brazil. Photo: AFP

Beijing protests after Taiwan’s No 2 leader makes speech at European Parliament

8 Nov 2025 - 2:06PMvideocam

The EU has a one-China policy through which it maintains business and cultural ties with Taiwan but does not recognise it as a sovereign state. Photo: Shutterstock

China builds a Mach 4 ‘ACE’ turbojet engine with record-smashing performance

7 Nov 2025 - 11:00PMvideocam

China has completed ground and altitude tests of an adaptive cycle engine prototype with unprecedented thrust, efficiency and speed range, according to a presentation. Photo: Handout

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, Europe’s struggle: SCMP daily highlights

7 Nov 2025 - 9:15PM

Saturday, November 08, 2025

NEWS HEADLINES | South China Morning Post

6 of the best: the billion-dollar biotechs putting China on the map

China’s biotech renaissance is gathering pace as home-grown innovators strike billion-dollar licensing deals with global giants.

Palestinian death toll passes 69,000 as Israel-Gaza truce allows body recovery

As part of the US-brokered deal, Israel has returned the remains of 15 Palestinians for each Israeli hostage.

Fun or nuisance? Singapore’s pickleball fever leaves neighbours on edge

A shortage of courts has seen players turn to improvised venues in housing estates, prompting a surge in noise complaints.

Hong Kong travel agencies target National Games windfall amid tourism upsurge

Firms aiming to capitalise by courting mainland Chinese visitors with tours to attend sporting events and other activities in the city.

How to survive a bear attack in Japan: 5 tips from the country’s leading expert

A record 13 people have been killed by bears in the country since April. Find out why you must never turn your back on one.

Half of China’s raw building materials could be recycled by mid-century: study

Circular economy model could change the future of the nation’s sand and gravel industry, according to researchers.

Can the EU walk a strategic autonomy tightrope in the China-US tug of war?

China’s efforts to persuade EU to treat ties ‘as a strategic partnership are reaching their limits’, says former diplomat Cui Hongjian.

As China’s EV boom makes the EU anxious, is it too late to work together?

50 years on, has China left Europe behind in the race for a hi-tech future?

As US Pacific allies eye nuclear submarines, should China be concerned?

Australia, South Korea and Japan want to build the vessels, potentially complicating Beijing’s naval deterrence in the region, analysts say.

Will EU ‘play hardball’ in US-China rivalry? Brussels faces division on autonomy

China’s efforts to persuade EU to treat ties ‘as a strategic partnership are reaching their limits’, says former diplomat Cui Hongjian.

Pakistan’s navy is set to have Chinese subs in 2026. What does it mean for India?

The delivery also suggests that Beijing has overcome a major technical hurdle in the vessels’ construction, observers say.

Michael Spence on China: fix property, boost confidence – tariffs are secondary

Courts turn ‘slam dunk’ case into hard battle in Florida’s Chinese property ban

Cop30: China to join coalition seeking shared rules for carbon trading

Beijing protests after Taiwan’s No 2 leader makes speech at European Parliament

China builds a Mach 4 ‘ACE’ turbojet engine with record-smashing performance

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, Europe’s struggle: SCMP daily highlights

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