South China Morning Post - 2024-08-12

• HONOURS EVEN AS CHINA EQUAL U.S. GOLD TALLY
• With ‘very hot weather’ for 66% of days since July 1, it is the poor who suffer most
• Mainland tourists arrive in Taiwan as Beijing eases curbs
• The real internatio­nal sports scandal is found in America
• Kong starts her Jockey Club role with trip to Hangzhou
• Record defence budget to ‘mostly cover existing expenses’
• City ‘must be three centres and one hub’
• Shopping centres score with Olympics
• DORAEMON SHOW GIVES BUSINESSES HEALTHY BOOST
• Citybus offers new contracts to lure 100 Gen Z drivers
• Push ties with Southeast Asia or ‘wither on vine’, city urged
• Japan’s influence in region ‘rings alarm bells’ in Beijing
• CUCUMBERS INSPIRE TECH FOR ‘SQUIRTING ROBOTS’
• Beijing blames Manila over incident with aircraft
• Comedians ‘should be considered artists’
• ANTI-DRONE TECH ‘KEY TO SUCCESS IN FUTURE WARS’
• Couple find son given away by his grandmothe­r in 1986
• New mother ship set to boost the coastguard’s reach
• DYNASTIC RULE BACK ON AGENDA IN COLOMBO
• Teen son of slain journalist­s guards Hasina’s home
• Watchdog chair accused of Adani link
• Spy chief accuses friendly nations of foreign interferen­ce
• Quake alert hits Japan’s coastal hotel bookings
• AIR STRIKE ON SCHOOL TRIGGERS GLOBAL IRE
• Court says poll ruling will be ‘final’, as opposition urges end to violence
• Community mourns as children ‘torn apart’ in Israeli raid
• Remains of 62 air crash victims recovered
• RUSSIA EVACUATES THOUSANDS AFTER INCURSION BY UKRAINE
• Huge anti-mining rally sparks coup plot allegation­s
• Trump campaign accuses Iran of hacking messages
• Harris adopts Republican­s’ idea of dropping tax on tips
• Kyiv drones ‘violated Belarus airspace’
• People we need
• Cut cross-border red tape in matters that involve life and death
• Holistic road safety review just the ticket
• Share the Olympics
• Taxi licensing scheme is just old wine in new bottles
• HK must do more to prevent broken parent-child bonds
• City must embrace economic reform if people are to prosper
• HK ASSOCIATIO­N PLANS ‘DEEPER BAY AREA TIES’
• Starbucks under pressure as it loses ground to rivals’ cheaper brews
• Firms play waiting game amid weak market sentiment
• Foxconn hires 50,000 workers in Zhengzhou
• Slight rise in US inflation ‘unlikely to derail rate cut’
• Dongfeng joins stampede abroad amid China price war
• Rich Shanghai buyers move to higher-end homes
• Tours of famous studio recall Cantopop’s heyday
• SINGERS ARE THE NEW BOX OFFICE HEROES
• Why trot is running hot on both sides of peninsula
• Fencing champion has a point to make about the sport’s many benefits
• Universal Crossword
• Membership boost as new body fights to save spot
• SELF-CONFIDENCE KEY AS CAO BAGS FOURTH OLYMPIC TITLE
• Wang twins make a huge splash with gold in duet
• China’s women hail team bond in hard-fought win
• CECI LEE VOWS TO LEARN FROM HER ‘UNHAPPY’ GAMES DEBUT
• Man Utd ‘hurting’ as rivals City take Community Shield
• Lin calm in ring – then cries – after striking gold
• SPURS BET BIG TO BRING IN BOURNEMOUT­H STRIKER SOLANKE TO FILL GAP LEFT BY KANE
• LI DOMINATES TO EARN CHINA’S FIFTH WEIGHTLIFT­ING TITLE

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