https://www.scmp.com/rss/320921/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Every Saturday, the South China Morning Post presents its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week, we feature Miley Cyrus's new kaleidoscopic music video and an amazing slow-motion video of a fire tornado.  Kid battles through hiccups to perform Australia anthem ahead of baseball game  What would you do if hiccups occurred when you were performing at a public place? This 7-year-old kid chose to keep calm and continue his... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1883612/top-5-videos-week-kid-battles-through-hiccups-sing-australia-anthem-amazing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1883612/top-5-videos-week-kid-battles-through-hiccups-sing-australia-anthem-amazing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Nov 2015 02:00:15 +0000 Every Saturday, the South China Morning Post presents its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week we feature an amazing 500-meter slackline walk between desert towers and a Chinese man who who eats two kilos of chillies every day. French dad beautifully explains Paris terror attacks to young son As the world struggles to come to grips with the terror attacks which killed 129 people in Paris last Friday, a French father and... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1880489/top-5-videos-week-skateboarding-bulldog-chinese-man-who-eats-two-kilos?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1880489/top-5-videos-week-skateboarding-bulldog-chinese-man-who-eats-two-kilos?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:15:00 +0000 Every Saturday, the South China Morning Post presents its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week, we feature a fashion model with a bionic arm and a viral YouTube music video coming out from a burned customer's frustration.    JetPack inventor flies homemade craft around Statue of Liberty  Australian entrepreneur David Mayman and his company JetPack Aviation have spent ten years developing a wearable flying device, JB-9... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1878127/top-5-videos-week-jetpack-inventor-flies-around-statue-liberty-soccer-star?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1878127/top-5-videos-week-jetpack-inventor-flies-around-statue-liberty-soccer-star?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:30:00 +0000 Have you ever looked at soap bubbles through a macro lens? How would you react if you saw "Aladdin" riding a "magic carpet" on the street? Do you know where to find Hong Kong's best street food?  The South China Morning Post team has the answers for you compiled in our top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web this week, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. Kids get crazy after parents tell them their Halloween candy is eaten  How would your kids react if you told them that... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1875968/top-5-videos-week-aladdin-magic-carpet-prank-macro-footage-iridescent-soap?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1875968/top-5-videos-week-aladdin-magic-carpet-prank-macro-footage-iridescent-soap?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Nov 2015 11:00:15 +0000 Every Saturday, the South China Morning Post presents its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week, we feature the unique friendship between a man and a cute seal, who jumped aboard his boat, and a time-lapse video showing girl growing up over 16 years - from when she was a new-born baby until her teenage years.    YouTubers create 'galaxy' by spinning a waterlogged foam ball Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy, two YouTubers who... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1873718/top-5-videos-week-space-galaxy-created-spinning-wet-ball-indias-birdman-who?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1873718/top-5-videos-week-space-galaxy-created-spinning-wet-ball-indias-birdman-who?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:00:15 +0000 What's it like to ride a hoverboard? How do you carve a Halloween pumpkin with a rifle?  The South China Morning Post team has the answers for you compiled in our top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web this week, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. Canadian invents a flying hoverboard    A Canadian has invented a hoverboard THAT ACTUALLY FLIES  You may feel you are watching a sci-fi movie, but this is for real!   Romania-born Canadian inventor Catalin Alexandru... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1870790/top-5-videos-week-hoverboard-actually-hovers-pumpkin-carving-rifles-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1870790/top-5-videos-week-hoverboard-actually-hovers-pumpkin-carving-rifles-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:15:00 +0000 What does it feel like to take your hands of the wheel of a moving car? One blogger found out, and his reactions are priceless, but more of that later. The South China Morning Post team has compiled its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. Scroll on to see engineering put to use in comical ways, why this man is the most sought after porcelain painter in Hong Kong and hikers plunge metres into a river in New Zealand.  Engineer bulids... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1867833/top-5-videos-dude-do-you-even-lift-thors-hammer-irl-and-wild-bears-rampage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1867833/top-5-videos-dude-do-you-even-lift-thors-hammer-irl-and-wild-bears-rampage?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:00:33 +0000 Every weekend, the South China Morning Post presents its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week... Kumbali and Kago, Cheetah Cub & Puppy Friendship Better than a cute kitten video: meet Kumbali and Kago, a rare and unique friendship between a cheetah cub and a puppy. It's a well-narrated story about how their unusual bond came about.    Artist creates self-proclaimed world's biggest calligraphy artwork on Russian... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1865276/top-5-videos-week-worlds-biggest-piece-calligraphy-chinas-infamous-traffic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1865276/top-5-videos-week-worlds-biggest-piece-calligraphy-chinas-infamous-traffic?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:00:00 +0000 Every weekend, the South China Morning Post presents its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week... Wingsuit daredevils Graham Dickinson & Dario Zanon take to the skies in the French Alps   Base jumper Graham Dickson takes flight in the French Alps and shows us what it's like to fly like a suicidal flying squirrel. Dickson flies so close to the trees that it appears he will hit one of them. The one question we have is, how do... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1862618/top-5-videos-week-crazy-wingsuit-flights-french-alps-little-bouncing-kangaroo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1862618/top-5-videos-week-crazy-wingsuit-flights-french-alps-little-bouncing-kangaroo?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Oct 2015 11:01:28 +0000 Every weekend, the South China Morning Post presents its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week... Plastic greenery headwear trend grows in China  For better or worse, Chinese fashion is full of surprises. After the odd-looking "face-kini", face masks mostly worn by old Chinese women to prevent sun damage, there's a new trend sprouting up in China - plastic flowers on a clip attached to your head.  It began in mid-August on... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1860806/top-5-videos-week-fashionable-plastic-greenery-headwear-beijing-slackline?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1860806/top-5-videos-week-fashionable-plastic-greenery-headwear-beijing-slackline?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Sep 2015 11:01:05 +0000 Every weekend, the South China Morning Post presents its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week, we bring you wonderful space footage from a long lost weather balloon and a fantastic video of a pro BMX rider's journey through New York, showing the city in a way you've never seen before.   Amazing space footage from a long lost weather balloon  Two years ago, aerospace systems engineer Bryan Chan and his friends launched a... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1859039/top-5-videos-week-amazing-footage-long-lost-weather-ballon-lucky-kayakers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1859039/top-5-videos-week-amazing-footage-long-lost-weather-ballon-lucky-kayakers?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Sep 2015 07:30:45 +0000 Every Saturday, the South China Morning Post presents its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week, we highlight a mysterious fireball that lights up the Bangkok sky (any guesses what it is?) and a skateboarder defying death by racing down a highway at a hair-whipping 112 kilometres per hour.  Speed devil: skateborder races down the road at 112 km/h  Talk about the need for speed. In this video, Zak Maytum, a 24-year-old... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1856708/top-5-videos-week-speed-devils-skateboard-stunt-mysterious-fireball-over?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1856708/top-5-videos-week-speed-devils-skateboard-stunt-mysterious-fireball-over?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Sep 2015 00:00:45 +0000 Every Saturday, the South China Morning Post presents its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week ... a young daredevil takes to the rails - well, above the rails - by taking a wild ride on top of a metro train, and a man takes the term "fly fishing" to new heights by catching a freshwater fish using a drone.   Drone fisherman makes the ultimate splash  Is this the future of fishing? Derek Klingenberg, an American farmer... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1854973/top-5-videos-week-drone-fisherman-skinning-watermelon-and-daredevils-stunt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1854973/top-5-videos-week-drone-fisherman-skinning-watermelon-and-daredevils-stunt?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Sep 2015 00:00:15 +0000 Every Saturday, the South China Morning Post presents its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week, we watch a man - clearly with a talent for wordplay - meting out his own brand of pun-ishment to his girlfriend as they make their way around an Ikea store. And in a cringe-worthy moment that made international headlines, a schoolboy in Taiwan makes a million-dollar mistake when he accidentally rips an ancient Italian painting.... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1852952/top-5-videos-week-schoolboy-punching-million-dollar-painting-boyfriends?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1852952/top-5-videos-week-schoolboy-punching-million-dollar-painting-boyfriends?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Aug 2015 00:00:30 +0000 Every Saturday, the South China Morning Post presents its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week we feature a hypnotising video of twin typhoons from outer space, down to a pet pig - in an actual blanket - that is stealing hearts in China.  Raw footage captures Bangkok bomb blast  A bomb struck Bangkok's Erwawan Shrine on Monday night, killing at least 21 people, including two Hongkongers, and injuring more than 120 others.... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1851097/top-5-videos-week-chinas-most-popular-pig-rare-shot-massive-twin-typhoons?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1851097/top-5-videos-week-chinas-most-popular-pig-rare-shot-massive-twin-typhoons?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Aug 2015 00:00:45 +0000 Every Saturday, the South China Morning Post presents its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week, we highlight the Hong Kong teen girls who are rocking the video game world, along with stunning or shocking visuals from the news including footage from the deadly and tragic Tianjin warehouse explosion in China.   Huge explosions rock Tianjin in northeast China Dozens of people were killed and up to 700 were injured from a... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1849152/top-5-videos-week-amazing-sky-ladder-fireworks-hong-kongs-all-female-video?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1849152/top-5-videos-week-amazing-sky-ladder-fireworks-hong-kongs-all-female-video?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Aug 2015 00:00:30 +0000 Every Saturday, the South China Morning Post presents its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week, we marvel at a group of skydivers' world-record-breaking stunt and learn of the sad news of Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog's break-up.  Thai police officers show off their groove Is there a new boy band on the block? Well, this group of hip-shaking, suave breakdancers are actually Thai police officers performing a routine at the... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1846958/top-5-videos-week-miss-piggy-and-kermit-frogs-break-skydivers-world-record?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1846958/top-5-videos-week-miss-piggy-and-kermit-frogs-break-skydivers-world-record?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Every Saturday, the South China Morning Post presents its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week, we hitch a ride into outer space and back down to earth on a rocket, watch a University of Hong Kong professor taking a dive or fainting, depending on your point of view, and witness some super fun space science stuff!  NASA's fizzing water bubble experiment captured in hi-res With NASA recently upgrading to a RED 4K camera, it... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1845085/top-5-videos-week-diving-professors-amazing-space-technology?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1845085/top-5-videos-week-diving-professors-amazing-space-technology?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Aug 2015 00:00:15 +0000 Every Saturday, the South China Morning Post will present its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web, highlighting news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week, we've got an exploding giant water balloon, a dramatic drone rescue and a surfer fending off a shark.  FIFA's Blatter pranked with fake money shower FIFA president Sepp Blatter had quite a surprise earlier this week, when a news conference he was about to speak at was suddenly disrupted by a shower of fake dollar bills. Lee... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1843015/top-5-videos-week-shark-attacks-exploding-giant-water-balloon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1843015/top-5-videos-week-shark-attacks-exploding-giant-water-balloon?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Every Saturday, the South China Morning Post will be presenting its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web - featuring news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week, we've got dancing tennis champions, a close-up look at Pluto and a bizarre face mask that Chinese people are wearing to the beach to protect themselves from the sun.  Soak in the sun with China's 'face-kini' Those looking to soak up the sun while protecting themselves from UV rays can turn to the 'face-kini' - a mask... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1841080/top-5-videos-week-pluto-peking-opera-inspired-face-masks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1841080/top-5-videos-week-pluto-peking-opera-inspired-face-masks?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Jul 2015 03:30:45 +0000 Every Saturday, the South China Morning Post will be presenting its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web - featuring news, features, mini-documentaries and more. This week...from parkour-loving Afghan youngsters to a Canadian man taking flight in a lawn chair, here are our top five videos of the week.   Canadian Man flies balloon-powered chair over Calgary Stampede Aircraft seats can be so uncomfortable. This Canadian man decided he was going to travel in comfort by flying in his own lawn... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1835660/top-5-videos-week-parkour-afghanistan-man-flying-lawn-chair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1835660/top-5-videos-week-parkour-afghanistan-man-flying-lawn-chair?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Jul 2015 00:00:45 +0000 Every Saturday, the South China Morning Post will be presenting its top video picks from SCMP.tv and the web - featuring news, features, mini-documentaries and more.  From a botched space travel explosion to musical instruments made from Hong Kong trash, here are the SCMP's top videos of the last week.  1. Unmanned SpaceX rocket destroyed shortly after liftoff All it took was two minutes to destroy a cargo ship bound for the International Space Station. The Falcon 9, a SpaceX rocket which... https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1832460/top-5-videos-week?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lists/article/1832460/top-5-videos-week?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Jul 2015 00:45:30 +0000