As far as international news is concerned, the English papers still largely rely on wire services, but "by relying on wire copy, you'll lack any special quality of your own, and will definitely lose out," says Ching Cheong. Ching notes that the Straits Times has its own correspondents in the major American cities as well as Tokyo, Beijing, Taipei and the capitals of Southeast Asian nations.
在國際新聞方面，英文報主要靠的還是外電，但「依賴外電，沒有自己特色，肯定會吃虧」，程翔說，《海峽時報》在美國許多大都市與東京、北京、台北、東南亞國家的首都都派駐記者。