https://www.scmp.com/rss/142093/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When Hong Kong couple Roy Lo and Coby Or got married several years ago, they created an augmented reality (AR) feature for their wedding invitations to better connect with their guests. Recipients could point their phone at the invitation cards and an augmented reality image would appear on the screen. “Invitations went out, people loved it and wanted us to do it for them,” says Lo. “We wondered if it was a business opportunity.” Both had full-time jobs at the time, but Or was convinced they... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2118964/how-hong-kong-design-incubator-has-helped-start-ups-turn-ideas-viable?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2118964/how-hong-kong-design-incubator-has-helped-start-ups-turn-ideas-viable?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Nov 2017 10:15:30 +0000 It’s Monday morning at Campfire Creative in Wong Chuk Hang, on the south side of Hong Kong Island, and there’s not a long face in sight. Nobody’s watching the clock, pining for the weekend, hoping the boss won’t catch them goofing off. Instead, sparks fly as start-up spirit and entrepreneurial energy ripple through the fashionably tricked out industrial space. “Passion breeds productivity, and productivity creates an exciting atmosphere, a place where you feel inspired to work,” says Campfire... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-luxury/article/2103459/single-industry-co-working-spaces-hong-kong-first-tech-now?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-luxury/article/2103459/single-industry-co-working-spaces-hong-kong-first-tech-now?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Jul 2017 11:00:32 +0000 Our HK Express plane banks over the East China Sea and swoops down through the clouds, hugging the Fujian coastline as unmistakable shapes pass below: the Pentagon, then the Pyramide du Louvre decked out in the grid patterns and coloured boxes of Mondrian. On one side sits an X-wing Fighter; on the other, the white walls of Yellow Mountain Hui-style homes poke out from thickets of bamboo and groves of plum trees. Ahead, just up the beach from a popular surf spot, the Starship Enterprise shimmers... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/1939069/chinese-online-gaming-tycoon-eyes-education?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/1939069/chinese-online-gaming-tycoon-eyes-education?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:00:30 +0000 From the growth of the earliest civilisations to modern nation building and infrastructure development, road building has always been essential to a nation's coherency and its ability to grow, and there has always been a special place in history for the builders of roads. For Zhejiang Metong Road Construction Machinery, a Hangzhou-based company with a research and development base and a manufacturer of asphalt distribution machinery, China's infrastructure boom has provided the perfect... https://www.scmp.com/article/1076896/en-route-fast-growth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1076896/en-route-fast-growth?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:01:25 +0000 The Hangzhou Economic and Technological Development Area (HEDA) has fuelled the city's economic growth for two decades. Last year, 1,137 enterprises were set up, bringing in additional capital of 2.095 billion yuan (HK$2.556 billion), up 12.9 per cent from 2010. Although trade remained sluggish, HEDA's administration office reports continued growth this year in income, sales of consumer goods and fixed investment. For the past three years, HEDA has ranked in the top 10 of all state-level... https://www.scmp.com/article/1076874/technology-fuels-growth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1076874/technology-fuels-growth?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:42:50 +0000 From the growth of the earliest civilisations to modern nation building and infrastructure development, road building has always been essential to a nation's coherency and its ability to grow, and there has always been a special place in history for the builders of roads. For Zhejiang Metong Road Construction Machinery, a Hangzhou-based company with a research and development base and a manufacturer of asphalt distribution machinery, China's infrastructure boom has provided the perfect... https://www.scmp.com/article/1007044/en-route-fast-growth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1007044/en-route-fast-growth?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The Hangzhou Economic and Technological Development Area (HEDA) has fuelled the city's economic growth for two decades. Last year, 1,137 enterprises were set up, bringing in additional capital of 2.095 billion yuan (HK$2.556 billion), up 12.9 per cent from 2010. Although trade remained sluggish, HEDA's administration office reports continued growth this year in income, sales of consumer goods and fixed investment. For the past three years, HEDA has ranked in the top 10 of all state-level... https://www.scmp.com/article/1007048/technology-fuels-growth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1007048/technology-fuels-growth?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000 In the process of hosting the 2010 Asian Games, Guangzhou has transformed itself into a fully modernised city, and Pearl River New City is the jewel in its crown. While residents and visitors alike flock to its new landmarks, a host of 5-star hotels have set up shop in the city's new central business district (CBD), making it the ideal spot for conferences, meetings, product launches and anything business in Guangzhou. Located in a gleaming new skyscraper on the south end of the CBD, the... https://www.scmp.com/article/978932/jewel-crown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/978932/jewel-crown?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:00:00 +0000 It's a Saturday afternoon at Switch Plaza skate park in Shenzhen and the place is packed. More than 50 skaters from the mainland, Hong Kong and abroad have gathered for the Free Jam. Part-competition, part-promotion party, the Free Jam is a sign of the sport's growing popularity on the mainland. Watching fans drink cold beers as skaters whiz past in different directions, launching off ramps, riding rails and grinding in the bowl, while passers-by crowd the footpath. 'It's gotten so much better... https://www.scmp.com/article/636699/zoom-board?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/636699/zoom-board?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 May 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Wang Jifan is about to graduate from his media studies course at Zhongshan University and needs a miracle. What worries the 22-year-old Guangzhou student isn't career prospects but the future of Rice, an indie magazine that he founded with some friends two years ago. Full-time jobs and overseas studies threaten to tear apart the student editorial team as most members will complete their studies this year. Still, they are determined to keep publishing and hope to include contributions from... https://www.scmp.com/article/599333/new-wave?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/599333/new-wave?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:00:00 +0000 On the lush grounds of Overseas Chinese Town, one of Shenzhen's premier residential developments, a tin-roofed warehouse rises against the sky. The massive block letters, O-C-A-T, painted on a rough concrete wall identify it as the OCT Contemporary Art Terminal. Elsewhere, abandoned factories are being torn down to make way for glass and steel towers. But in this corner of Shenzhen, relics of its early manufacturing boom are turned into industrial chic as the city's first art zone materialises... https://www.scmp.com/article/595911/watch-space?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/595911/watch-space?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Stakes are high for Kevin Liu Yu. The co-founder of independent animation outfit Shenzhen Super-Engine has invested his entire savings and three years of his life to produce a full-length feature, Gray Mice and Looka. A tale about two adventurous field mice, it's the first major animation project for the computer graphics artist who set up Super-Engine with friends and former colleagues in 2003. They have bet all the company's eight million yuan capital on Gray Mice, and coffers are running dry... https://www.scmp.com/article/590426/its-funny-business?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/590426/its-funny-business?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:00:00 +0000 MEET COCO, A material girl in a material world. Created by Hong Kong designer Alan Chan Yau-kin as the emblem for Shenzhen's newest shopping centre, Coco is pitched at the young migrant woman. 'She's got money, she's got time, she's got different boyfriends, and she's got ideas of her own,' says Wilson Shen, Coco Park's marketing director, who recently held a contest to select a girl to represent the mall. 'She's the quintessential Shenzhen girl.' It's a shrewd marketing strategy. Women... https://www.scmp.com/article/586029/material-girls?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/586029/material-girls?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:00:00 +0000 ON A BRISK Saturday night in Shenzhen, drums begin to roar along Renmin Nan Road. Passers-by crane their necks and drift towards a square outside Metropop Mall, where flashing lights and wailing guitars have already drawn a crowd. It's the first night of the In Music Festival at the mall, just a few blocks away from the Lo Wu checkpoint. Led by guitarist Jacky Ho, emo-thrash band Velvet Violets is among the acts playing the series of weekend concerts. Indie musicians on the mainland have... https://www.scmp.com/article/579356/shake-your-retail-feather?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/579356/shake-your-retail-feather?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:00:00 +0000 SOUNDS OF DJEMBE drums and flute drift along a corridor in the rundown Huizhou Building in Guangzhou. In an office filled with mirrored handbags and glittering high-heel shoes, Senagalese trader Seringe Bamba Fall works at his desk. 'Africa is life, is love,' Fall says, his melodious voice filling the room. 'Africa is good for China, good for the Chinese people.' The tall, lanky Senegalese, who arrived in the Guangdong provincial capital three years ago, is part of a growing Afro-Arabian... https://www.scmp.com/article/577333/trade-rhythms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/577333/trade-rhythms?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:00:00 +0000 On the scraggly hills of east Shenzhen, Ionic columns stand looking over a pale blue sea. Guarding a road lined with European facades, a white plaster Neptune and his mermaid consorts glare in the morning sun. The scene that greets visitors on the approach to Sea World, the aquatic theme park in Xiaomeisha, is somewhat surreal. Within the park's walls, however, a fiercely down-to-earth project is bringing hope and joy to disabled children and their parents. Surrounded by sculpted grounds,... https://www.scmp.com/article/575790/hope-floats?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/575790/hope-floats?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:00:00 +0000 A WAFT OF perfume and the jingling of a necklace of tiny bells precedes her as she walks into the cafe of an upscale Dongguan hotel. Dressed in a smart, black satin dress, Fanny Zhu Feiqun is an unlikely heroine. But over the past few months, the wealthy housewife has joined victims of the toxic hydrophilic polyacrylamide gel (PAAG) and become a warrior in their fight for justice. Her leather notebook is now crammed with the contact information for hundreds of victims from across the... https://www.scmp.com/article/562922/sisters-pain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/562922/sisters-pain?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:00:00 +0000 XU JING, CHEN DAN and Lisa Torres appear on giant banners, wearing nothing but pink ribbon. Standing 10-metres tall, they flank the entrance to the Shangmei Gynaecological Hospital in Changsha, Hunan province, like protective deities in a temple. Their message to women: Love yourselves, take care of your health. The trio, all presenters for the Hunan Television group, were the public faces for a cancer prevention programme organised by the women's group Beauty Alliance. But one month after... https://www.scmp.com/article/559888/petty-pink?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/559888/petty-pink?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:00:00 +0000 The early-morning sun crests the mountains, pulling pink clouds across a lemon sky. In a new riverbank park, there's not a soul to be seen. Outside a nearby hotel, however, day labourers throng the pavement, pushing bicycles that have paint rollers, shovels or sledgehammers strapped to the frames as crude advertisements of their trade. Fingering his faux-jade pipe stem, a Chinese beggar in a blue Mao Zedong jacket appeals to passers-by for small change. This could be any small non-descript... https://www.scmp.com/article/541929/sale-century?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/541929/sale-century?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:00:00 +0000 STORM CLOUDS cloaked the Helan Mountains at sunset, but as the stage lights ignited on China's largest ever rock 'n' roll festival, the sun's last rays glowed red in the sky. Native sons Su Yang thundered on traditional Chinese drums, light rain began to fall and the crowd roared. Here in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, in northwest China's Gobi Desert, musicians and fans gathered from the four corners of the country to support Chinese rock 'n' roll. Dubbed 'The Glorious Path of Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/article/466366/mountain-high?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/466366/mountain-high?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:00:00 +0000 AN INTERNET-FUELLED sexual revolution is sweeping China. After some 30 years of repression, the anonymity of the internet is opening up new avenues for people to explore their sexuality. And it's getting awfully hot and steamy out there. A survey carried out late last year by Netease, one of China's largest web portals, found that more than 30 per cent of respondents who admitted having had one-night stands arranged them online. This followed an unusually frank report on the front page of the... https://www.scmp.com/article/447872/sex-cybercity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/447872/sex-cybercity?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:00:00 +0000 CHINA'S URBAN YOUTH are standing up. From sports to arts to media, well-educated, talented and far-sighted young people are carving out a hipper future that previous generations couldn't even have dreamed about. On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong ascended a platform overlooking Tiananmen Square and electrified the world with his declaration: 'China has stood up.' He was right. With the Japanese vanquished and foreign imperial powers sent packing, and after years of internecine conflict, the... https://www.scmp.com/article/439752/hip-n-happening?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/439752/hip-n-happening?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jan 2004 16:00:00 +0000 CHINA'S OBSESSION with writing on walls runs deep. In the classic novel Outlaws Of The Marsh, hero and leader Song Jiang makes his revolutionary declaration against the corrupt state with a poem drunkenly scrawled on a teahouse wall. During the Cultural Revolution, pesky neighbours could be eliminated by accusations posted on a community wall. When Deng Xiaoping made his play for openness and reform, he designated a wall in Beijing where people could freely write their thoughts. He may not have... https://www.scmp.com/article/430813/anoher-tag-wall?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/430813/anoher-tag-wall?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Oct 2003 16:00:00 +0000