On the contrary, SCMP is HK based and can often be seen to publish articles openly critical of Beijing, despite mainland ownership.

(Edit: response to below: Yes, I think "formerly independent" as Wikipedia states is perhaps a good summary of SCMP's status, but I don't follow China media much. Used to read FEER a lot years ago, that was great but switched to a closed model and the best journos (some of whom I know) all left.)