Japan to pay firms to leave China, relocate production elsewhere as part of coronavirus stimulus

More than US$2 billion of the country’s record economic stimulus package will be used to help companies move production away from China
The move coincides with what should have been a celebration of friendlier ties between the two countries, before the pandemic struck

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Bloomberg

Published: 10:32am, 9 Apr, 2020

Updated: 4:18pm, 10 Apr, 2020

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a press conference on April 7, 2020. Photo: ZUMA Wire/dpa

China / Diplomacy

China seeks united coronavirus front with Europe amid blame game with US

In calls with the leaders of France and Britain, Xi Jinping urges stronger cooperation in response to the pandemic
Countries should maintain safe and open global supply chains and work together to ensure economic growth, Xi says

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Catherine Wong

Published: 3:41pm, 24 Mar, 2020

Updated: 11:56pm, 24 Mar, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for greater cooperation with Europe on the response to the pandemic. Photo: Xinhua

Catherine Wong

Catherine Wong is a reporter with the South China Morning Post in Beijing, where she focuses on China’s diplomacy and defence policy.

Hong Kong / Politics

Coronavirus: Carrie Lam unveils Hong Kong’s biggest Covid-19 relief package yet, worth HK$138 billion, to ensure 1.5 million workers still get paid

Hong Kong leader sets out six-month income guarantee to save jobs and firms amid ‘disastrous’ impact of Covid-19
30,000 new jobs created, lower train fares, billions more for businesses among other anti-contagion measures revealed as city’s infected total hits 960

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Lilian Cheng , Gary Cheung , Phila Siu and Kanis Leung

Published: 2:52pm, 8 Apr, 2020

Updated: 8:47am, 9 Apr, 2020

Carrie Lam unveils a mega financial package on Wednesday to help businesses and workers through the health crisis. Photo: May Tse

Lilian Cheng

Lilian joined the Post in 2019 as senior reporter covering Hong Kong’s housing, land and development policies. She started her career at Ming Pao in 2010 and was then a principal reporter at i-Cable News. She has won awards for her reporting on a major discovery of Sung relics near the planned To Kwa Wan railway station.

Gary Cheung

Gary Cheung joined the Post in 2000, covering fields ranging from politics and the integration between Hong Kong and China. He became assistant editor-in-chief of Ming Pao in 2017 and returned to the Post the following year. He is author of Hong Kong’s Watershed: The 1967 riots (Hong Kong University Press, 2009).

Phila Siu

Phila Siu, also known as Bobby, has been a journalist since 2009. He has reported on human rights, security, politics, and society in Hong Kong, mainland China and Southeast Asia. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Hong Kong Baptist University and a human rights law master's degree from the University of Hong Kong.

Kanis Leung

Kanis is a reporter for the City desk. She joined the Post in 2018.

Hong Kong / Health & Environment

To mask or not to mask: WHO makes U-turn while US, Singapore abandon pandemic advice and tell citizens to start wearing masks

This is the first in an in-depth series exploring the effectiveness of different strategies to contain the coronavirus spread in communities across the world
In this instalment, we look at masks. To urge citizens to wear or not to wear is a question that has vexed many governments

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Victor Ting

Published: 9:00pm, 4 Apr, 2020

Updated: 3:55pm, 5 Apr, 2020

The tide is turning in the mask debate with the World Health Organisation now advising the public to wear surgical masks when they leave their home. Illustration: Brian Wang

Hong Kong / Health & Environment

Coronavirus: Hong Kong extends ban on non-residents indefinitely as cases rise to 914

The city extends its ban on arrivals after most cases over past two weeks have come from overseas
Only six of 24 newly infected are local transmissions, but all are linked to entertainment venues already closed

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Chris Lau , Zoe Low , Victor Ting and Elizabeth Cheung

Published: 5:16pm, 6 Apr, 2020

Updated: 5:39pm, 7 Apr, 2020

Deserted check-in counters at Hong Kong International Airport. Photo: AFP

Chris Lau

Chris is a reporter specialising in court and legal affairs in Hong Kong. From criminal justice to constitutional issues, he brings in the latest updates and in-depth analysis on legal issues that affect all aspects of the city. He also covers human rights issues extensively.

Zoe Low

Zoe Low is a reporter at the Post, joining in 2018. Previously, she was an intern at The News Lens International in Taipei, covering Taiwan-China relations and foreign policy and social issues around Asia, particularly Southeast Asia. She graduated from the London School of Economics and the National Chengchi University in Taiwan.

Elizabeth Cheung

Elizabeth Cheung has been a health reporter for the Post's Hong Kong desk since 2014. She covers general medical news, breakthrough medical treatments and research, government policy and hospital blunders. Elizabeth has a master's in development studies.