A world-class mobile news reading experience

Over the last 18 months we have listened carefully to you our readers to learn more about what you liked and what you didn’t from the SCMP app. As a result of your feedback, we have rebuilt the SCMP mobile edition from the ground up with extensive new features and content. Our new app for iPhone and Android has an all new user interface to help you find the story you’re looking for and we’ve significantly improved the performance of the app to make it fast – lightning fast in fact. Plus, all our great content is now completely FREE to access!

What are you waiting for? Download or upgrade the app today.

Around-the-clock updates

The SCMP Mobile Edition is updated 24hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year

Expanded social sharing

Share articles via email, SMS, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger…

User comments

Comment directly within the app to join the conversation

Fast Fast Fast!

We’ve streamlined the app to make sure it loads as quickly as possible

Features

Breaking News Alerts

Keep up-to-date with breaking stories as they happen.
Daily Alerts

Get the latest updates from your favourite sections.
Personalise your menu

Add/remove sections & topics and order them just the way you like them.
Search our archive

You can now search through our 20 year archive quickly and easily.

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Trending

Find out which articles are most viewed, most shared and most commented.
My Topics

From Occupy Central to Edward Snowden, follow the topics that matter to you most.
Apple Watch

Receive notifications directly on your Apple Watch and save articles for later reading on your iPhone.
Save Articles

Save up to 20 of your favourite articles for reading offline.