South China Morning Post
The South China Morning Post is Hong Kong's leading English-language newspaper and news website, with a strong focus on Hong Kong, mainland China, and Asia. Now owned by a major Chinese technology company, it provides coverage of politics, business, and society for both regional and international readers.
South China Morning Post at a glance
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Region
- East Asia · Asia
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- scmp.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups South China Morning Post
Crosswire groups South China Morning Post as Centrist for comparisons within Hong Kong's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.
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Where South China Morning Post sits in Hong Kong's press
South China Morning Post is one of 6 outlets tracked in Hong Kong, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being The Standard and China Daily Hong Kong. By outlets tracked, Hong Kong ranks fifth of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.
Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 67 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to South China Morning Post outside Hong Kong, starting with East Asia, are South China Morning Post (China), Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan), The Korea Times (South Korea) and Taipei Times (Taiwan). Opening one of them beside South China Morning Post is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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