Beijing will remain vigilant for signs of aggressive trade practices from the United States despite the departure from the White House of Steve Bannon, the chief strategist who advocated an “economic war with China”, Chinese observers said.
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Hong Kong starlet Siobhan Haughey put herself in strong gold medal contention after swimming the fastest time in reaching the women’s 100 metres freestyle final at the World University Games in Taipei on Monday.
Hong Kong sizzles as mercury soars to 37.7 degree Celsius. Pictures by SCMP photographers tell how Hong Kongers keep themselves cool outdoor.
With its narrow rooms, metal bars and bunk beds, Bangkok’s first prison-themed hostel promises the look and feel of a real jail in the bustling Thai capital.
Hong Kong’s annual Food Expo – one of the largest and most popular in Asia – features more than 1,500 exhibitors from 26 countries. It is expected to draw more than 500,000 people from Thursday to Monday.
Indonesia declared independence from the Netherlands on 17 August 1945, and this is the 70th anniversary of the country’s independence. Some Indonesians celebrate this special day by a traditional competition called “Panjat pinang”, also known as greased pole climbing contest.
Concerns have grown over a dramatic decline in Arctic sea ice in recent years under the impact of warming temperatures, with experts predicting that the impact of the melting ice will be felt across the northern hemisphere as far as Florida or France.
China will officially start operation of the world’s fastest train service next month, knocking an hour off the 1,318km journey between Beijing and Shanghai. Seven pairs of bullet trains – named Fuxing, which means rejuvenation – will start operating from September 21, Thepaper.cn, a government-
Wong Kwok-chung has been driving taxis for 40 years. He is determined to drive his customers to wherever they want to go, and bring them joy with a guestbook.
(Photo: SCMP’s Xiaomei Chen)
Sweet and sour pork is almost ubiquitous in Chinese restaurants. It can be heavy on the ketchup, canned pineapple and white vinegar in most restaurants, but SCMP’s food and wine editor Susan Jung makes a more subtle version of it.
(Photo: SCMP’s Jonathan Wong)
In recent years Hong Kong's industrial buildings have become hidden havens for young artists starting new businesses.
Three pro-democracy student leaders Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, who stormed the so-called Civic Square in 2014, were jailed for six to eight months.
This also means that they will be barred from seeking political office for five years.
(Photo: SCMP’s K. Y. Cheng)
Low wages and a lack of privacy can inflict a high cost on the health and mental well-being of domestic helpers working overseas. As a workforce, helpers sometimes only have rudimentary education and lack formal skills.
This visualisation is of the squads announced by the Premier League up to August 10, 2017, and includes the total players announced by each club. The proportion of foreign to domestic players might alter when the Premier League clubs register their final 25-man squads on September 1, 2017.
May 16, 2016, marks the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.
When completed, the 42km-long Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge will be one of the longest bridges above water in the world, constructed with the mission to speed up integration of cities in the Pearl River Delta. Will it be worth its staggering cost?
Sixteen years after its return to China, Macau is a city at the crossroads. In this South China Morning Post multimedia package, Raquel Carvalho delves into its chequered history, charts its meteoric rise and asks what the future holds.
China announced it would abandon the one-child policy. Reuters photographer Carlos Barria shot these intimate portraits of young Chinese people born since the start of the policy in 1979 and captured their raw thoughts on the prospect of having a sibling.
Tree maintenance has come into sharper focus recently following the government’s controversial decision to cut down four giant century-old banyans in August, and the collapse of a number of trees in recent months that have caused injuries. With experts expressing concern over the health and maintenance of trees citywide, the South China Morning Post has put together an interactive guide to the condition of more than 3,000 trees across Hong Kong, based on the latest data contained in a register originally created by the Development Bureau in 2010. Our map contains information on the health of more than 900 trees included in the register along with 2,700 others deemed "failed" or which were removed and not found on the register.
