The South China Morning Post (SCMP) is Hong Kong’s oldest English-language daily newspaper. It was founded in 1903 by Australian-Chinese revolutionary intellectual and activist Tse Tsan-tai and British journalist Alfred Cunningham with the stated mission to “tell the truth for the good of humanity.” Today, SCMP covers Hong Kong, China, broader Asian politics, business, and current affairs. It runs a print version, a website, and an app, and also offers additional products such as “SCMP Plus,” a business news platform, “This Week in Asia,” a weekly Asia-focused magazine, and “Young Post,” a product tailored for students. In 1993, Malaysian business magnate Robert Kuok purchased the paper from British media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., which had owned it since 1986. In December 2015, the Chinese e-commerce and retail giant Alibaba acquired SCMP and its associated products for 266 million US dollars. Discussing the acquisition, Alibaba former executive vice chairman Joe Tsai said that the deal was an important step toward giving international readers a better understanding of SCMP as well as Alibaba, adding that SCMP has “a unique vantage point that none of the western organisations have” when it comes to covering China. Since the acquisition, observers have noted that SCMP’s coverage has become less critical of China and increasingly friendly to the CCP, a trend that has accelerated since the implementation of the 2020 National Security Law. Even after the acquisition, the South China Morning Post remains blocked inside of China.