Erin Chan

Erin Chan is an intern reporter with the China Desk at South China Morning Post. She is currently studying International Journalism at Hong Kong Baptist University. She loves exploring issues on China and Technology.

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An image of the Earth and the lunar surface sent back by the Chang’e 4’s relay satellite as it orbited the moon. Photo: Xinhua

Science

China’s moon missions and how it achieved its first lunar landing

15 Sep 2018 - 2:16pm 17

The infants were taken to a hospital in Shanghai on Thursday, a day after they were born prematurely. Photo: Shine.cn

Society

Twins the size of a hand airlifted to hospital in critical condition

24 Aug 2018 - 3:41pm

The bomb exploded after the boy took it to his rural home and threw it to the ground. Photo: Thepaper.cn

Society

Boy, 11, critical after home-made bomb explodes in front of him

23 Aug 2018 - 4:59pm 1

Zhu Xiaodong was found guilty of strangling Yang Liping two years ago after a string of trivial arguments. Photo: Handout

Society

Chinese man who hid wife’s body in freezer sentenced to death

23 Aug 2018 - 4:39pm

Emergency workers attend to the wounded after a stabbing rampage in Liuzhou, Guangxi, on Monday. Photo: Sohu.com

Society

Suspect arrested over deadly stabbing rampage in southern China

22 Aug 2018 - 6:31pm

Doctors are calling the recovery of this 21-year-old anorexia patient “a miracle”. Photo: The Paper.Cn

Society

Anorexic woman, 21, wakes from 40-day coma after extreme dieting

21 Aug 2018 - 5:00pm

Man files police report over stolen property after ex-girlfriend takes presents but turns down offer to get back together

Society

No love lost as rejected boyfriend’s gifts land him behind bars

20 Aug 2018 - 4:19pm 3

A Nanjing vet is delighting the internet with her humorous and educational posts showing everyday life with her unusual range of patients

Society

Alpaca surgery, tortoise C-section... it’s all in a day’s work for this vet

18 Aug 2018 - 10:05pm

The delivery man was filmed on CCTV eating in the lift. Photo: ifeng.com

Society

Chinese delivery app Meituan fires courier for eating customer’s food

17 Aug 2018 - 6:23pm 1

Cheng Cheng’s parents had struggled to pay for his leukaemia treatment. Photo: news.ifeng.com

Society

Crowdfunding for sick boy, 4, halted as parents offer to sell twin sister

16 Aug 2018 - 8:04pm 5

While his friends were taking extra classes over the long summer break, budding inventor read up online and got to work

Society

Chinese boy, 11, takes DIY go-kart for a spin after busy school holiday

16 Aug 2018 - 3:53pm 1

A woman was killed when a gas tank exploded at a Korean barbecue restaurant in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning province. Photo: 163.com

Society

Korean barbecue gas tank explodes in China, killing one and injuring 10

15 Aug 2018 - 5:58pm

Tang Fehui performs his world record stunt at the Nanjing Grand Canyon competition on Sunday. Photo: Weibo

Society

Chinese showman blows up 12 tyres through his nostril

15 Aug 2018 - 7:15pm 1

Shanghai Maritime University gave Gugu the goose a home after an appeal from his owner. Photo: Thepaper.cn

Society

Chinese goose escapes the cooking pot with a place at university

14 Aug 2018 - 6:11pm

An investigation is under way into claims that a teacher at a kindergarten in southeast China stepped on the face of a child and assaulted two others. Photo: YouTube

Society

Chinese teacher accused of stepping on face of sleeping child

9 Aug 2018 - 4:42pm

A man was seen carrying the boy away outside a supermarket. Photo: m.people.cn

Society

Chinese boy’s kidnapping caught on camera

8 Aug 2018 - 5:39pm 5

The fish trader on the road where the accident happened. Photo: The paper

Society

Trader loses entire load of live carp after tyre blows on road in China

8 Aug 2018 - 3:01pm 2

Pangolins are critically endangered largely due to demand for their meat and scales. Photo: Dr Gary Ades, KFBG

Society

Critically endangered pangolins die after rescue from smuggling ring

8 Aug 2018 - 6:32pm

Hu’s husband bought two tickets so she could put the cello in the seat next to her. Photo: Facebook

Society

Chinese musician and her cello forced off American Airlines flight

6 Aug 2018 - 6:45pm 11

The one-year-old was revived with CPR and is being treated in intensive care. Photo: Changanhome.com

Society

Chinese girl fighting for life after falling into pool at birthday party

2 Aug 2018 - 3:57pm 2

The driver of a pick-up truck in Guangxi filmed deliberately banging 11 times into a white SUV blocking his way. Photo: pearvideo

Society

Driver rams his way out of car park in China

1 Aug 2018 - 6:18pm 2

The civilian helicopter crashed in a Beijing car park at around 11am on Monday. Photo: Weibo

Society

Helicopter crashes nose-first into Beijing car park

31 Jul 2018 - 6:59am 1

Counterfeit currency, scrap and money from other countries adds up to big losses in unpaid fares for a Yunnan bus company. Photo: Yunnan.cn

Society

A Chinese bus company’s 200kg fare-dodging problem

30 Jul 2018 - 2:19pm 1

A warning sign is seen at the open-top aquarium at a Guiyang shopping mall. Photo: hd.stheadline.com

Society

Girl, 6, attacked by shark in open-top aquarium at Chinese shopping mall

28 Jul 2018 - 2:25pm 4

Police in east China were annoyed at being called out to investigate a suspected burglary only to find an apologetic husband hiding from his wife in a wardrobe. Photo: Qnsb.com

Society

Gamer’s ‘sick day’ plan backfires when police raid flat

27 Jul 2018 - 4:32pm 1

Alleged debtors’ photos and personal details were accompanied by dramatic background music in the video. Photo: Hnr.cn

Society

Tik Tok: Chinese court uses video platform to give debtors a hurry-up

26 Jul 2018 - 5:05pm

Huazhu, which means “flowery pig” ran over on Sunday night. Photo: Thecover.cn

Society

‘My husky always runs away, if you find it, keep it’: despairing owner

25 Jul 2018 - 7:00pm 1

Xiaobai, 18, had cosmetic surgery a year ago, but it left her with severe pain and unable to fully use one of her eyelids. Photo: Kankanews

Society

Botched plastic surgery leaves Chinese teen in pain for a year

24 Jul 2018 - 5:37pm 3

The girls were believed to have been playing in the car parked outside their home. Photo: Handout

Society

Sisters, 5 and 3, found dead after being trapped in hot car outside their home

23 Jul 2018 - 4:54pm 2

A doctor in Dongguan says he sees one or two cases a month of cockroaches crawling into ears. Source: Sina

Society

Cockroach crawls into woman's eardrum – then chews a hole

20 Jul 2018 - 7:58pm 3

The professor allegedly abused a nurse and then attacked a technician who tried to come to her aid. Photo: 163.com

Society

Professor kicks, punches hospital staff over pregnant wife’s treatment

19 Jul 2018 - 5:43pm

Photos appeared online of cups apparently being filled with fresh chicken blood at a Country Garden sales launch in Zhangzhou, Fujian province. Photo: Weibo

Society

Blood toast at property firm’s project launch ‘just a stunt’

18 Jul 2018 - 11:23pm

Chen Fei (centre) is reunited with his brother Chen Ming (in blue) in Dongguan, Guangdong province, with help from volunteers from the group Let Love Go Home. Source: Pear Video

Society

Homeless man returns to family after 16 years living on the streets

17 Jul 2018 - 5:55pm

Cars and bicycles are submerged under a railway bridge in Beijing’s Huilongguan district on Monday. Photo: Simon Song

Society

Beijing airport cancels 670 flights as heavy rain wreaks havoc

16 Jul 2018 - 7:37pm

People scoop up thousands of tiny fish just moments after they are released into a lake in northeast China on Sunday. Photo: Pearvideo.com

Society

10,000 Chinese fish experience freedom, but not for long

16 Jul 2018 - 3:46pm

The bus stops are believed to have been installed by an advertising agency without permission. Photo: Weibo

Society

Passengers and drivers duped as 45 fake bus stops appear in Chinese city

14 Jul 2018 - 8:09pm 1

A knife-wielding robber in east China is behind bars after a cashier at a convenience store refused to be intimidated by him. Photo: Pearvideo.com

Society

Knife-wielding robber detained after gutsy shopworker takes him on

9 Jul 2018 - 5:47pm 4

Guangzhou authorities offered a reward of 8 yuan (US$1.20) per insect captured after fears were raised of an outbreak of Chagas. Photo: ThePaper.cn

Society

China hunts kissing bugs after feared cases of fatal disease Chagas

6 Jul 2018 - 4:35pm 1

Hundreds of flights in central and east China were delayed or cancelled on Thursday due to bad weather in the region. Source: Weibo

Society

350 flights cancelled in Shanghai as Chinese city hit by storms

6 Jul 2018 - 3:58pm 2

Questions allegedly voiced over procedure performed by member of staff hired specially because the clinic did not usually offer it

Society

Breast augmentation ‘leaves woman in coma’ in China, clinic staff charged

6 Jul 2018 - 12:02pm 1

The pupils were forced to drink cigarette ash mixed with water. Photo: AFP

Society

Chinese schoolboys in hospital after being punished for smoking

4 Jul 2018 - 5:45pm 4

The soldiers’ bones were disturbed during the drainage works. Photo: news.163.com

Society

Chinese war graves destroyed during drainage works

4 Jul 2018 - 5:28pm

A bus driver in southeast China kept his calm when a woman’s power bank exploded. Photo: 163.com

Society

Chinese woman becomes fireball as power bank explodes on bus

3 Jul 2018 - 3:54pm 2

A men’s hospital in southwest China is under investigation following allegations it tricked patients into agreeing to unnecessary surgical procedures and charged them inflated prices. Source: Sina.com

Society

Chinese hospital patients ‘cheated’ into having unnecessary surgery

2 Jul 2018 - 4:39pm 4

A catapult and pellets were found in the man’s shop. Photo: 163.com

Society

Chinese villagers’ windows full of holes thanks to man with catapult

29 Jun 2018 - 6:51pm 2

The fireball engulfed nearby houses and buildings. Photo: Tencent

Society

Eight killed by huge fireball after Chinese road crash

29 Jun 2018 - 5:37pm

Wu Fengchuan pictured eating with his wife in the police canteen. Photo: news.163.com

Society

Chinese policeman brings sick wife to station every day

28 Jun 2018 - 5:33pm 3