Why are mainland China’s tax officials suddenly so interested in my Hong Kong MPF?

We never expected to become targets of the campaign ourselves.

But there have been signs in recent weeks that officials are starting to take an interest even in the incomes of South China Morning Post journalists, with several of us being contacted by the tax man.

First, a colleague with our Beijing bureau received a text message from the city’s tax service, issuing a “warm reminder” to declare any holdings in “offshore trusts”.