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AdvertisementTaiwanChinaMilitaryCould Taiwan’s military continue to fight after an Iran-like decapitation?Analysts and officials in Taipei are assessing what lessons they can learn from the US-Israel precision strikes on the Iranian leadership
4-MIN READ4-MIN1 ListenLawrence Chungin TaipeiPublished: 8:00pm, 21 Mar 2026Updated: 8:00pm, 21 Mar 2026The survival of Iran’s political and military apparatus following a massive US-Israeli decapitation strike has ignited a strategic debate in Taiwan, with experts weighing the island’s ability to withstand a similar “surgical” opening to an attack from the mainland.Military analysts and officials in Taipei are closely studying the February 28 strikes that killed Ali Khamenei, the Iranian supreme leader, and Iran’s ability to sustain organised resistance in the weeks that have followed.Iran’s capacity to absorb the severe blow of the loss of its top leadership has provided a real-world test of “distributed command” – a doctrine Taiwan has been ra..

AdvertisementYuanEconomyChina EconomyChina’s central bank sets onshore yuan fixing at strongest point in nearly 16 monthsAnalysts note how Beijing’s policy goals, such as internationalising China’s currency and curbing overcapacity, are aligning with a firmer exchange rate
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPSylvia MaPublished: 2:00pm, 13 Jan 2026China’s central bank strengthened the yuan’s daily fixing for a third consecutive session to a nearly 16-month high, as the currency also held firm in offshore markets despite recent US dollar strength.
On Tuesday, the People’s Bank of China set the yuan’s midpoint rate, also known as the daily fixing rate, at 7.0103 to the US dollar – the strongest showing since the end of September 2024, when the rate was set at 7.0074.
That official midpoint rate, however, was still weaker than that of the offshore yuan, which was trading at around 6.97 to the US dollar as of midday Tuesday – in line with broad market expectations that, while the PB..

AdvertisementChina Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationEconomyChina EconomyChina’s chief space contractor readies plans for tourism programmeA state-owned giant is expected to unveil a space tourism package this week, with suborbital trips priced lower than US rivals SpaceX and Blue Origin
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMP1Frank Chenin ShanghaiPublished: 8:00am, 14 Nov 2025As companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin make headlines for sending non-astronauts into space on pricey private tours, a Chinese state firm is expected to unveil its own space tourism programme this week, joining other domestic enterprises as they attempt to make headway in the rapidly emerging – and US-dominated – market.
AdvertisementChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC), the primary contractor for the country's space programme, will unveil details of its inaugural tour at the China Hi-tech Fair, which opens on Friday in the southern tech hub of Shenzhen.According to the Securit..