We're probably one of the few here on GeoExpat who actually open the newspaper every morning and read through it while having breakfast and often go back to reading it later in the day to catch up on some of the longer format stories.
However, I've noticed that recently, there is very little content in the SCMP. The content is there mainly to fill the spaces taken up by advertisers. Local coverage is horribly inadequate and in general we're really not interested in the China stories that have started taking up more and more of the filler space.
The Sunday magazine is probably the only thing worth reading.
Someone I know commented - the Standard seems better these days. Looking at a copy of The Standard today, I disagree - its horrible.
Would I renew my subscription to the SCMP at this rate. No, infact a big fat no.
Are you a SCMP subscriber? Assuming you'll admit that in public, would you renew?