South China Morning Post (Opinion)

The South China Morning Post is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper owned since 2016 by Alibaba Group, a Chinese technology company with close ties to Beijing. Its opinion section draws contributors from across the globe but consistently frames international affairs through an Asia-Pacific and China-centric lens, raising ongoing questions among press-freedom groups about editorial independence. On the Trump administration, its opinion coverage is mixed: often skeptical of U.S. tariff and trade policy from a China-facing perspective, while treating U.S.-China diplomatic engagement in a broadly neutral or positive light.