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SCMP Editorial
SCMP Editorial
Editorials represent the views of the South China Morning Post on the issues of the day.

Once dismissed as a vanity project, China’s giant radio telescope has teamed up with others on Earth to detect evidence of low-frequency gravitational waves.

An engineering company was given a mere slap on the wrist for taking short cuts in Hong Kong’s most expensive rail project; that hardly serves as a deterrence.

By investing in local R&D and streamlining the process to bring medicines to the market, the city can build the infrastructure for nurturing a biomedical hub.

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Even without having to amend local legislation, the city seems to be heading in the right direction to align with the central government’s planned national education law.

City will mark the 26th anniversary of its return to China with a wide range of events and bargains, and by rising to challenges ahead it can maintain its recovery, benefiting itself, the nation and world.

Joint venture by Chinese University of Hong Kong professor and Prenetics Group aims to make testing for the disease easier and more affordable.

Passing of Foreign Relations Law in response to US provocations may be understandable, but the legitimate concerns of overseas companies and investors have to be addressed

Hong Kong chief executive and his team deserve kudos for swiftly reopening the borders after the Covid crisis, but challenges from housing to a full economic recovery remain amid uncertainties both here and abroad.

Hong Kong’s first ethnic-Chinese head of the judiciary heralded the ‘quiet management revolution’ and radical reforms that set the courts on the path to modernisation and greater efficiency.

Premier Li Qiang leaves Tianjin audience in no doubt that winning back foreign investors is a priority and the country will continue to open up.

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Visit by Premier Li Qiang to Germany and France has helped reboot ties at a time when both countries have pushed back against the hardline US approach.

Americans are returning to the city to live and do business, a clear sign that people-to-people exchanges can enhance relations between Beijing and Washington.

Key lending rates have been cut, but in the long run the government still wants to direct resources and capital towards productive activities like manufacturing.

It is encouraging that the airline has measures in the pipeline to ensure no repeat of the discrimination encountered by Mandarin-speaking passengers last month, but much work remains.

Trades in local dollar or yuan in city stock market will offer greater choice to those investors seeking to diversify not only in shares but also currencies.

Desperate race to find tour submarine in waters near historic wreck shows the risks we face by continuing to push the boundaries on Earth and above.

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US secretary of state’s trip to Beijing was not expected to make any breakthroughs, but it led to ‘candid’ talks and raised a flicker of hope for the future.

Harvard professor is latest to join US exodus amid geopolitical tensions at a time when free flow of ideas and cooperation have never been so badly needed.

Adjusted criteria for applicants to the disciplined services also reveal there is room for greater awareness for people to keep fit and embrace preventive healthcare.

Study forecasting loss of 800,000 Hong Kong jobs is not the first of its kind and comes at a time when city is desperately short of workers.

Will appropriating a small part of the facility in Fanling for public housing really harm Hong Kong’s reputation or cost it international tournaments? That is the million-dollar question.