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About Asia
Let’s talk… About Asia by looking deep into the stories unfolding on the world’s most populous continent. Each episode showcases the reportage of SCMP’s journalists across Asia and in-depth interviews with experts, putting context and analysis to current affairs.
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Coming soon: China and the Russia-Ukraine War, one year on
One year after Russia's disastrous attempt to invade Ukraine and overthrow its government, Vladimir Putin finds his military bogged down in a stalemat...
‘Wolf Warrior’ diplomacy defanged; Tokyo, Seoul join the US tech war; is China easing Australia sanctions?
Kinling Lo analyses a change of tone amid a staff change for Beijing’s senior diplomats; Rob Delaney on the future of US-China relations with Kevin Mc...
Analysing China’s ties with the US, EU, UK, and Philippines in 2023
Brussels-based SCMP correspondent Finbarr Bermingham recaps how Russia’s Ukraine invasion changed Europe’s relationship with China, and previews how t...
Xi’s Arab-China summit; Biden’s TSMC pivot in Arizona and EU EV diplomacy
Post reporter Jack Lau analyses the energy and weapons deals signed by Saudi Arabia and China during Xi Jinping’s visit to Riyadh; hear about the hist...
Europe juggles China-US relations amid rising anger over Biden’s policies; analysing Jiang Zemin’s legacy
How has the death of China’s former president Jiang Zemin inspired nostalgic memories of a different era of Beijing-Washington ties? Post North Americ...
Xi at G20: the optics and politics of China post-Covid as Ukraine war rages
Kinling Lo reports from Bali after three days of speeches and sideline meetings, including the first face-to-face talks of presidents Xi Jinping and J...
Asean preview: Myanmar crisis and US-China rivalry; China expands private security firms overseas
Asia desk editor Bhavan Jaipragas previews a crucial Asean summit that will include US President Joe Biden sparring for relevance amid soaring Chinese...
New US tech sanctions hit China, South Korea, Taiwan; Germany's port in a storm
A week on from the harshest US sanctions yet on China’s access to semiconductor technology, Post tech-desk editor Zhou Xin unpacks the effect on China...
Is the US preparing for war over Taiwan? Why the historic Japan-Australia defence, energy deal matters
When the head of the US Navy declares his forces must be ready to “fight tonight” over the Taiwan Strait, is he referring to intelligence reports or t...
US names China ‘biggest threat’, announces global bans on tech; Philippines and US-China rivalry
Washington-based Post journalist Kinling Lo analyses the latest US national security strategy, which focuses on China and climate change as the bigges...
China’s UN victory over Xinjiang report; US plans more tech sanctions; Taiwan’s new ‘red line’
Post journalist and North America deputy bureau chief Mark Magnier details the rejection of a proposed vote at the UN Human Rights Council to debate t...
China reacts to US Pacific deal; beyond US-China geopolitics binary logic
The US announced a historic US$810 million-aid package for 14 Pacific nations after a two-day conference in Washington. Post China desk reporter Kawal...
Analysing China at the UN: Ukraine, Xinjiang, climate change and a rules-based order
In-depth analysis of the speech by China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the 77th United Nations General Assembly, and China's relationship with the UN,...
Frosty China-India relations at the UN and BRICS; how Russia is losing Central Asia to China
In a week dominated by the UN General Assembly in New York, Post correspondent Khushboo Razdan analyses the distinct chill between China and India, an...
The politics of Xi meeting Putin; the EU targets China on forced labour, rare earths and influence
Post diplomacy expert Shi Jiangtao pulls apart the language of the Xi-Putin meeting in Uzbekistan and looks at the agendas at play, how they relate to...
Xi and Putin's gas deal; Xi's multi-nation talks in Uzbekistan; Liz Truss and her China policy
What does it mean for Russia and China to declare they will use the ruble and the yuan instead of US currency for their oil and gas deals? Have Chines...
UN vs China over Xinjiang report; drones over Taiwan; Japan wary of Russia’s Vostok exercise
Post journalists Finbarr Bermingham and Mimi Lau unpack the UN human rights report on conditions in China’s Xinjiang region and subsequent vehement re...
Behind the US-Taiwan trade deal; the UK steps up its China policies amid a PM talent show
Post North American bureau chief Rob Delaney looks at two announcements that may feature highly in the US-China political narrative to come. What is t...
Taiwan tension: Beijing’s white paper, Washington’s new Act and Europe’s reactions
Beijing ends its massive military exercises around Taiwan and issues a white paper laying out exactly its ambitions for when it "re-unifies" the self-...
Pelosi, Taipei and Beijing: US, Europe, Asia respond; what’s next for Xi Jinping?
What are the political and diplomatic ramifications of Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan? Post US Bureau chief Rob Delaney analyses how the House Speaker...
The reality of Xi and Biden's call; US-China tensions and the Thucydides Trap
US-based Post journalist Owen Churchill goes beyond the "playing with fire" headlines to analyse what was discussed – and what was not – in the 2.5-ho...
Pelosi and Taiwan, Biden to call Xi; Indonesia invests in Beijing diplomacy
Post North America bureau chief Rob Delaney looks into the hype around US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s reported plans to fly to Taiwan, as preparatio...
Beijing and Sri Lankan debt; can the US enlist the Dutch in China tech war?
The Post's Beijing-based diplomacy correspondent Laura Zhou analyses Beijing's political and economic relationship with Sri Lanka, “debt traps” and th...
Shinzo Abe's complex legacy with China; Wang Yi and a new Australian paradigm
Post political economy editor Wendy Wu reports from Beijing on China’s reaction to the assassination of Shinzo Abe. Wendy analyses the complex relatio...
Analysing the US-China G20 agenda; after four years of trade war - what now?
Grave warnings on China from the FBI and MI5 on the eve of the G20 conference in Bali: how will this affect the agenda? SCMP correspondent Mark Magnie...
Biden in Asia, Beijing's anger over Quad and Taiwan; what the IPEF means for Asian nations
Veteran SCMP diplomacy correspondent Shi Jiangtao reports on Beijing's response to US president Joe Biden's trip to South Korea and Japan, with angry...
A new President Marcos in the Philippines; the science of South China Sea fishing bans
What comes next after the historic election of Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jnr as the Philippines' new president, with Sara Duterte as his VP? Veteran...
Analysing Biden's ASEAN summit; China and Japan court South Korea’s new president amid NATO plans
SCMP's Washington-based corrrespondent Kinling Lo reports on the diplomatic full-court press delivered by the White House for the two day ASEAN summit...
US tech war targets Hikvision; China wedges Australia on Solomon Islands
SCMP tech desk editor Zhou Xin looks at reports the US Treasury is about to sanction the world’s biggest maker of surveillance tech and why this worri...
Analysing the Beijing-Solomon Islands deal; EU sharpens China trade policies; UN heads to Xinjiang
Finbarr Bermingham reports onthe EU's legislative tools aimed at trade with China; why Xi Jinping phoned French president Macron; and complications fo...
China’s strategic Solomon Island win, loss for Australia; PLA studies Ukraine war
SCMP senior Asia correspondent Maria Siow analyses the geopolitical bombshell deal signed by the Solomon Islands with Beijing for security and a possi...
EU anger at Beijing boils over Ukraine; Serbia and Hungary look to China for trade and weapons
SCMP Europe correspondent Finbarr Bermingham analyses the fallout of the meeting between the EU senior leadership and China’s Li Keqiang and Xi Jinpin...
A pivotal China-EU summit; Russian FM Sergei Lavrov in China; Japan's fraught Russia-China relations
SCMP's Brussels-based reporter Finbarr Bermingham previews the China-EU summit, and what the EU leaders want from Xi Jinping regarding the Ukraine war...
China’s diplomacy surge: Wang Yi visits India; Xi calls South Korea's new president
Beijing is under growing pressure to offer diplomatic assistance for peace negotiations as Nato issues a historic statement taking aim at China’s stat...
China faces ‘defining moment’ over Russia ties; Xi-Biden and Beijing’s TV diplomacy
The Post’s Europe correspondent Finbarr Bermingham reports on the one-year anniversary of China’s sanctions on European politicians and diplomats over...
The EU-China diplomatic flurry; Russian banks buy yuan; Beijing's UN tightrope act
SCMP's EU reporter Finbarr Bermingham analyses Xi Jinping’s phone call with his French and German counterparts and provides the latest on the UN human...
Two Sessions: Wang Yi and China’s foreign policy on Ukraine, EU, South Korea and Japan
When China’s foreign minister Wang Yi held his annual extended press conference on the sidelines of the Two Sessions this week, there was one pressing...
China's UN vote on Ukraine; what Beijing knew of Putin's plans; EU call China to broker peace
SCMP specialist digital editor Jarrod Watt speaks with NY-based reporter Mark Magnier about China’s telling abstention from the UN vote on Ukraine, Jo...
Ukraine-China diplomacy; Chinese banks eye Swift bans and tech giants wary after Russia’s move
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, SCMP reporters Finbarr Bermingham and Mai Jun explore how tectonic policy shifts by Germany and others towa...
Ukraine crisis: China’s Russia-EU balancing act, Taiwan Strait tensions and anxiety
Brussels-based reporter Finbarr Bermingham and the Post’s Mai Jun from Beijing detail the diplomatic tensions between the EU and Beijing. Sino-Russian...