South China Morning Post - 2023-12-19

• XI HAS ‘FULL CONFIDENCE’ IN HONG KONG’S FUTURE
• All eyes on media tycoon at start of high-stakes hearing
• ‘Negative’ views are part and parcel of a fair narrative
• Arrests and court appearance­s marked past three years of former media mogul
• Beijing ‘on defensive’ in row with Manila
• Group seeks own Santa as he arrives for children in need
• People living in subdivided flats given extra space
• ATTENDANCE QUOTA FOR COUNCILLOR­S
• Hedge fund brings Christmas cheer to youngsters
• Revamped market ‘needs more tourists’
• Cases of respirator­y illness starting to fall, authoritie­s say
• XI ‘TOOK KEY ROLE IN PERSONALLY STEERING REFORM’
• HI-TECH DRILLING SHIP SET TO LAUNCH
• University karaoke course gets seniors singing
• High-flying version of C919 aircraft under developmen­t
• N Korea ‘to cooperate with Beijing on peace’
• New drug shows promise in treatment of lung cancer
• BEIJING ‘SHOULD CUT’ ITS U.S. TREASURY HOLDINGS
• Kim ‘emboldened’ as ties with China and Russia strengthen
• Marcos seeks more defence pacts amid China tensions
• LARGE TUNNEL FOUND CLOSE TO GAZA BORDER
• Populist party SNS looks set to tighten its grip on power
• Trump ‘echoing the grotesque rhetoric of fascists’
• Voters reject for a second time an attempt to reform dictator-era constituti­on
• Hostages’ hideout gives up SOS signs
• The case for bulls
• Lai trial must reflect judicial independen­ce not political pressures
• Parental understand­ing a missing link in teens’ mental health
• Unhelpful barriers
• For Biden to beat Trump, it’s still ‘the economy, stupid’
• District councils must re-engage Hongkonger­s
• Asian central banks buy gold amid de-risking call
• WHARF’S HOTEL ARM EYES EXPANSION
• Xiaomi founder Lei set to take on Tesla
• ZHUBAJIE TO TRY AGAIN FOR HK SHARE OFFERING
• Hywin to ‘look into missed payments’ on products
• China South City warns of default on dollar bonds
• New Oriental e-commerce platform fires CEO and promotes top influencer
• Small firms join race for Nvidia chips as tech war rages
• China chip designers look to Malaysia
• HK CAPITAL POOL FOR CLIMATE SET TO REACH US$18b
• Arm lays off dozens of engineers in China
• Award-winning school campus helps students release pressure
• A right royal mix of styles and genres
• HOW HONG KONG ART IS FINDING A CONNECTION ACROSS BORDER
• Video artist parodies autocracy’s intoleranc­e for opposing opinions
• ‘Piano megastar’ Lang Lang shows his wizardry
• Universal Crossword
• SHUM WISHES HK DERBY WAS AT HAPPY VALLEY FOR CHILL CHIBI
• Ng will have to talk about the title if he keeps up this pace
• Young guns lift gloom as HK team lose to Kitchee
• McDONALD EXCITED TO START YEAR AT HK OPEN
• Axelsen crushes China’s Shi at world finals to cap an ‘extraordin­ary’ year
• TEN HAG PRAISES ‘ALMOST PERFECT’ UNITED DEFENCE AS LIVERPOOL HELD TO A DRAW
• REAL MADRID, MAN CITY IN NEW-LOOK 2025 CLUB WORLD CUP

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