79 m. ago China fines Dior, Beijing’s green tech revolution: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Dior fined in China for sending data overseas without security screening Chinese police have fined fashion giant Dior’s Shanghai subsidiary after finding the company guilty of transmitting data overseas without security screening, according to state media. 2. More factories but less pollution: how China’s green tech revolution works From electric vehicles...

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2 h. ago Can Indonesia’s cabinet reshuffle restore public trust and calm protesters?

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s cabinet reshuffle is a “tactical” step to restore public trust in the government, according to analysts, but they argue it will not be enough to quell the unrest among protesters if it does not lead to more systemic reform. The shake-up on Monday saw the departure of high-profile officials such as Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Budi Gunawan, alongside the creation of a stand-alone...

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2 h. ago 9 pig heads left outside Paris mosques, French police investigate as hate crime

At least nine pigs’ heads were found outside several mosques in the Paris region on Tuesday, the French capital’s police chief said – an incident that has sparked alarm over rising anti-Muslim hatred. “Pig heads have been left in front of certain mosques Four in Paris and five in the inner suburbs,” Laurent Nunez told a press conference, adding that police were not “ruling out the possibility of finding more”. There may be parallels with past incidents linked to “foreign interference” Nunez...

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3 h. ago Business leaders push for stronger Asean ties to tap region’s potential

Business leaders have called for deeper economic integration in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) for the bloc to enjoy seamless trade and travel between member states, and fully tap its potential as a region with a young growing middle class. Speakers at the Hong Kong-Asean Summit 2025 on Tuesday stressed that Asean, while having to overcome challenges stemming from diversity among its 10 members, was an attractive hub with investment opportunities. Wang Shuguang, president and...

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5 h. ago British duo face harsh Bali drug laws after cocaine smuggling arrest

Two British men have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling over a kilogram of cocaine onto the Indonesian resort island of Bali, an official said on Tuesday, potentially exposing them to some of the world’s toughest drug laws. Indonesia commonly sentences drug traffickers to death, although the country has not carried out such a sentence for nearly a decade. Rudy Ahmad Sudrajat, the head of the Bali Narcotics Agency, said an airport security officer intercepted one of the men, a 29-year-old...

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7 h. ago Chinese warned about foreign spies posing as NGO staff to target military units

Beijing’s top anti-spy agency has warned the Chinese public about espionage being carried out in the country’s border areas under the guise of philanthropy. The Ministry of State Security announced on Tuesday that it had uncovered a case involving foreign spies operating near China’s military installations while posing as members of a charity organisation. In a case briefing posted on its social media platform, the ministry said villagers living near an unidentified restricted military zone...

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8 h. ago China public security authority accuses Dior’s Shanghai branch of illegal data transfer

China public security authority accuses Dior’s Shanghai branch of illegal data transfer  1470 & 100.3 WMBD

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8 h. ago Baidu issues US$618 million dim sum bond amid tough competition

Chinese search engine giant Baidu will issue a 4.4 billion yuan (US$618 million) dim sum bond aimed at securing lower financing costs and operational flexibility amid an aggressive artificial intelligence expansion. The bond carries an annual coupon of 1.9 per cent and will mature in 2029. Baidu priced the bond on Tuesday, with the offering expected to close on or about September 15, 2029. It is the second dim sum bond – denominated in yuan and issued outside mainland China – that the company...

Economics

8 h. ago Dior fined in China for sending data overseas without security screening

Chinese police have fined fashion giant Dior’s Shanghai subsidiary after finding the company guilty of transmitting data overseas without security screening, according to state media. Citing the National Cybersecurity Notification Centre, state news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday that the investigation followed media reports of a data breach at the French fashion brand, while users in mainland China received alert text messages from Dior. The cyber police said their findings indicated...

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8 h. ago Developing | Dior fined in China for sending data overseas without security screening

Developing | Dior fined in China for sending data overseas without security screening  South China Morning Post

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9 h. ago China, Russia, Mongolia step up security ties with border exercise

China, Russia, Mongolia step up security ties with border exercise  Reuters

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9 h. ago ‘Prosperity for generations’: Malaysia urges Hong Kong to tap Asean ‘as a bloc’

Business leaders and governments should think of Asean as a bloc with nearly 700 million people and an emerging middle class instead of individual countries when considering the vast trade potential of the region, Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke said on Tuesday. While Hong Kong was essential to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as an international financial hub that promoted technological innovation with a well-regarded legal system, the bloc could also offer great...

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9 h. ago Malaysia tightens security at Petronas’ Bintulu LNG hub to investigate ‘threat’

Malaysia’s National Security Council has ordered a temporary tightening of security at Petronas’ massive gas facility in Borneo and launched an immediate investigation into what it described as a “threat” to the critical energy infrastructure. The NSC on Monday said it was taking “proactive measures” in response to security threats targeting liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities nationwide, with a particular focus on the complex in Bintulu, a town in the Bornean state of Sarawak. “The Malaysian...

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10 h. ago Trump administration launches immigration crackdown in Chicago

US President Donald Trump has started his immigration crackdown in Chicago, with federal agents stepping up enforcement in an escalating campaign against Democratic-run cities that the White House said were suffering from rampant crime and disorder. Operation Midway Blitz has begun in the city and other parts of Illinois targeting “criminal illegal aliens”, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement on Monday. DHS blamed Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, a Democrat and potential...

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11 h. ago Takeaways from AP's investigation into how US tech companies enabled China's digital police state

Takeaways from AP's investigation into how US tech companies enabled China's digital police state  Connecticut Post

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11 h. ago Thaksin Shinawatra’s fall from grace ends in a Thai prison cell

Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire tycoon who once dominated Thai politics, will spend his first night behind bars on Tuesday after the Supreme Court sentenced him to a year in prison. The verdict was a stunning blow for the former prime minister, whose political dynasty has, for now, been pushed aside. Thailand’s top court found that Thaksin, 76, knowingly exaggerated illness in 2023 to secure a lengthy stay in a VIP ward of a police hospital rather than in a prison cell. Judges ruled that his...

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12 h. ago US mulls annual China chip supply permits for Samsung, Hynix

The US is proposing annual approvals for exports of chipmaking supplies to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix factories in China, a compromise aimed at preventing disruptions to the global electronics industry after Trump officials revoked Biden-era waivers that let the companies more easily get such shipments. Officials in the US Commerce Department last week presented to Korean counterparts a “site license” idea to supplant indefinite authorisations the chipmakers secured under the previous...

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14 h. ago Will China’s new visa targeting STEM talents give it an edge over the world?

Rahdar Hussain Afridi, a Pakistani national studying for a PhD in robotics at Peking University, had been worried about whether he could stay on after graduating in January, He hopes to secure a job in China, but the recruitment process can take a while and his student visa, which might expire soon after graduation, does not come with a work permit. China’s newly introduced “young talent” K visa for STEM professionals has brought him “great relief”. “I am really happy to hear about this visa,”...

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15 h. ago Xi Jinping is in a race against time to secure his legacy in China

Xi Jinping is in a race against time to secure his legacy in China  The Conversation

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17 h. ago Ukrainian refugee’s US murder fuels political debate on crime

The fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee in the United States has taken on sweeping political dimensions, with the American right denouncing Democrats’ supposed lack of action on crime as US President Donald Trump seeks to expand a crackdown. Iryna Zarutska, 23, was sitting quietly on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina on August 22 when she was attacked with no warning by a man sitting behind her, security video shows. Her murder made little national news last month but it recently surged...

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