Asia Sentinel

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Desire, in this city, thy name is Duck

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Spies in the newsroom? Or spying on newsrooms? There's far too much of both

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You could be out of pocket as well as out of office if you reveal too much

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A precocious youth succeeds with a precocious idea

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The territory's hostile attitude towards labor

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US decision to ban Chinese computer parts could mean no computers

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The thieves get the blame but as usual the bankers are home and dry

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Appellate court denies permanent residency to domestic workers

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The US tries to cut off a lifeline for low-cost pharmaceuticals

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Infiltrating and exfiltrating, pepper spray and all

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Mainland parents risk criminalization for possession of two cans of milk powder

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The Noodle bowl expands

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Same old measure, same old result

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Links in the value chains in manufacturing become more entwined

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Why give a 10-year money laundering sentence to a low-level pawn?

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The Companies Ordinance review has been years in the making

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Suspicion falls on China sympathizers

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While wanting to pass a freedom of information act

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CY Leung hesitates to take on the territory's oligarchs

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The Year of Red October

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The truth about the Great Emancipator

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Embarrassment for government officials, China party hacks may be behind the move

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CY Leung starts the new year with a vexing array of problems

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Vast currency inflows setting the stage for eventual collapse

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Ask Sir Henry Pottinger

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The world is running behind on its HIV priorities as it approaches World AIDS Day, Dec. 1

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At the expense of the international community

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Spying on spies

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Vast amounts of gold flow through the territory in all directions: 3rd in a series

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Starting your own business may not end you up a datuk

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A panicky chief executive issues an unprecedented property tax

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DDOS attack takes down our servers

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The first world's child soldiers?

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Tails tells no Tales

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How far does responsibility extend beyond the ferry disaster?

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Hong Kong is right to be cautious, as events have shown in China

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Disorganization, ineptitude combine with to cost them seats

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US works out a free ride for its spooks

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Residential property prices hit an all-time high

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The territory risks losing some of its international flavor because of racism

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Media supports a dubious cause

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Nobody wants to ask an international court to find out

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Preventing the onslaught of the disease is as important as controlling it

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A threat to invade the Ecuadorian embassy to get the Wikileaks founder out is outrageous

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Education Department asked to clarify

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Translating clinical efficacy into public health effectiveness

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Dismayed residents are against "patriotic education" program and booklet

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No fingerprints in rigging the Libor rate?

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Open letter to Exec Director Hui Kuok expresses concern that paper seeks to please Beijing

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Closure looms for organic supermarket as space goes for retail to Chinese tourists

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Lots of early missteps mean CY Leung faces trouble

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Tens of thousands take to the streets to deliver rocky beginning for Hong Kong's new Chief Executive

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Rising concern over censorship at Hong Kong's premier paper

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Editor Wang Xiangwei says the East is Red

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A deeper look at Hong Kong's new chief executive

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German attempts to force its policies on its neighbors courts disaster

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Radicals rally at South China Morning Post, staffers petition for answer on cut on coverage of dissident's death

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Wang Xiangwei says he welcomes criticism

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So why was Li Wangyang’s suicide not news – at first?

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing overpays for a trophy

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Wang Xiangwei underscores the changing face of Hong Kong

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It's not all kegger parties – Spies may be watching

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Amid cheers for quick action on some issues, CY looks a bit too close to the masters across the border

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What does this mean for the billions in the vaults of Mark Zuckerberg, Sergei Brin and Larry Page?

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A new gadget allows for the remote destruction of data

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Locals protest mainland women are taking all the hospital beds

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Is it just a sign on a Hong Kong door?

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Thinking big about development

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No grand new vision for the paper but leadership on China reporting expected

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Mainland tourists beat a path to the bookstalls

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Sun Hung Kai's owners the highest-profile arrests in 30 years

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Reversal of right of abode for maids implies diminishing space for ethnic minorities

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Leung shows a disturbing proclivity to revive anti-subversion act

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C Y Leung rattles critics in his first act -- to say thanks to Beijing’s representative

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Beijing pulls out the stops to push aside its previously anointed candidate

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If it falls into the wrong hands, it could cause you plenty of trouble

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New Zealand judge rules that a procedural error jeopardizes the seizure

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Washington attempts to rewrite the concept of sovereign borders in Megaupload copyright case

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It isn't as straightforward as it looks

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Leung Chun-ying could be named by default

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Statistics trick us once again

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The territory’s chief executive election goes off the rails as China watches in dismay

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Donald Tsang photographed at dinner attended by gangland entrepreneurs, others

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Too often they're guided tours

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How did a shoo-in for Hong Kong Chief Executive turn himself into a laughing stock?

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Beijing's candidate shot himself in both feet and reloaded with lightning speed

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Attempt to smear Henry Tang’s chief opponent backfires badly

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As Chief Secretary Henry Tang’s candidacy fades, the oligarchs try to prop him up

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Black and white and red all over?

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Getting to the head of things

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But not necessarily Beijing’s man

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It’s been said that you can’t cheat an honest man. But you can, if he’s naïve enough

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Beijing professor trashes rule of law as colonial relic

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Former Straits Times editor in chief sparks talk of buyout

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After having agreed a 9.2 percent hike in power prices, they now find it too steep

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Our Economic Time tells us Europe and the US sink, China will recover

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Parliament passes a disgraceful law

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Will the territory’s new 2012 Chief Executive try to bring it back?

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…But falls down telling the story

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Campaigning we go

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The boys in the suspenders figure out a new way to manufacture money

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It might look like an election but China will decide

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Asian nations relying on migrant workers must develop policies that respect human rights

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And it doesn’t involve blowing up Europe

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Is discrimination creeping into Hong Kong's Immigration process? Or was it always there?

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When does a token of appreciation become a bribe?

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The Wandering Palate’s recipe for an ideal urban family holiday

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Resentment of the property oligarchs and the government means it’s not out of the question

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Chinese-style democracy at work

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Despite a court ruling against it, the government appears intent on making sure no brown-skinned Asians get right of abode

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The world is on an unsustainable economic path

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Are Banks Serious About Cutting Costs?

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Hong Kong Knuckles Under Again to China

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Beware of “personal testimonies” on the Internet

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The territory’s biggest publishers gear up to print millions of free copies daily

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Why bother to rate at all?

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The man at the center of what was then the world’s biggest bank failure and Asia’s biggest corporate failure takes his secrets to the grave

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Right of abode for your domestic helper isn’t likely

{mosimage}Looking to launch on an international stage, the former Alaskan governor fails to ignite the crowd

{mosimage}As usual, the figures hide the real story

{mosimage}Asia looks for a solution that could be worse than the disease

{mosimage}Race relations in the SAR take a tumble

{mosimage}Bureaucrats say it's mine and you can't have it

{mosimage}A timid government sets the wrong priorities

{mosimage}The Man Who Owned All the Opium in Hong Kong

{mosimage}The territory's oligarchs force the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to retreat

An orchestra of amateurs delivers the maestro's entire cycle of nine symphonies in Hong Kong

{mosimage}The wrecker's ball falls ever closer to Hong Kong's down-market bar district

But improving cross-strait links between the mainland and Taiwan could spell trouble for Hong Kong

There’s a fuel futures exchange in the government’s crystal ball

David Webb, for five years an independent voice in the Hong Kong stock market, resigns because the exchange’s business is too murky

The territory’s 2008-2009 budget appears designed to widen the wealth gap, not narrow it

Maybe there’s more to Edison Chen’s troubles than theft by a computer technician

A scandal over racy pictures in Hong Kong proves that obscenity laws are ineffective  

The opening of Hong Kong’s stock market to mainland investors could produce more problems than promise.

Scores of trained observers fail to see hundreds of banner-waving demonstrators for freedom.

The information that Rupert Murdoch was bidding for Dow Jones was allegedly exploited by a Hong Kong couple. Insider trading is a way of life in Hong Kong but it doesn’t play so well in more rigorous markets.

An extraordinary inquest has blamed a series of killings and misdeeds on one bad – and conveniently dead – cop. Now the police don’t have to look any further at their own conduct.

Hong Kong’s proposed new competition law barely scratches the surface and leaves the oligarchs pretty much alone

Hong Kong keeps the construction industry humming with what critics say is an unnecessary bridge

Nina Wang’s death leaves a lot of people wondering if her empire was built on smoke and mirrors, or, perhaps, something more sinister

Nina Wang, the diminutive property heiress who starred in one of Asia’s most spectacular legal dramas, is dead at 69.

Donald Tsang wins “reelection” as Chief Executive while the Hong Kong media quietly practices self-censorship

Short, unhappy tenure of Mark Clifford at helm of Hong Kong daily ends.

The city may not be as rich as it claims given the way numbers can be manipulated for political gain

Hong Kongers like to feel superior to vice-ridden Macau. It is time to get over that because when it comes to tourism development, Hong Kong has a lot to learn from its neighbor

In Hong Kong your dog’s fancy wardrobe might have something to say to your boss, and it’s all bad news. It really is about the economy.

Where is the "world" in Hong Kong’s claim to be Asia’s World City?

Pro-government TV station in Hong Kong spikes a political chat show citing technical difficulties. Is Beijing behind the move or just timid local business interests?