https://www.scmp.com/rss/321357/feed Jarrod Watt joined the Post in 2015 after more than a decade working as a multi-platform reporter and editor with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, creating video, radio and text stories. He currently produces podcasts and video, as well as developing new digital storytelling methods, including augmented reality and 360 interactive photography. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com “I just read that Australians are calling that idiot Novax Djocovid,” read the WhatsApp message from my friend. Yes, indeed they were. Watching the international news coverage of the Djokovic drama in my former hometown has been a salient lesson on how news narratives are constructed and how sport, border control and the pandemic get spun in Australian politics. I can report that for many people in Melbourne the issue was a sideshow to the daily reality of a dismal public health policy failure.... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3163816/coronavirus-australia-djokovic-saga-sideshow-next-dismal-public?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3163816/coronavirus-australia-djokovic-saga-sideshow-next-dismal-public?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:45:14 +0000 This weekend, the South China Morning Post launches a new podcast featuring in-depth interviews with authors of note from around the world. The Post Books Podcast is on Spotify, iTunes, Google and all major podcast platforms, and joins a stable of Post podcasts that includes Inside China, China Geopolitics, Eat Drink Asia and Behind the Story. Charmaine Chan oversees book reviews and author interviews for Post Magazine, and is the host of the new podcast in which authors discuss their books,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3144068/books-podcast-featuring-leading-authors-launched-south-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3144068/books-podcast-featuring-leading-authors-launched-south-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Aug 2021 21:15:17 +0000 Two years ago, the sound of an earthquake marked the launch of SCMP podcasts. It was an episode detailing the anniversary of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, with first-hand interviews recorded by our journalists who had travelled back to the scene of the disaster to find the stories of people who had witnessed and survived that tragic day. This podcast stands as a benchmark for what would become the South China Morning Post’s podcast production style: staff from different desks and departments... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3103686/trade-war-pandemic-and-more-has-been-sound-scmp?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3103686/trade-war-pandemic-and-more-has-been-sound-scmp?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:45:11 +0000 There are no flying cars, there’s only one space station and the killer humanoid robots are yet to show themselves. But a robot made in Hong Kong is being booked for professional speaking engagements, while in grimy, neon-lit streets its residents make video calls as they walk beneath some of the world’s biggest LED video billboards. Hong Kong 2019 has a lot in common with a future envisioned almost 40 years ago. The 1982 movie Blade Runner is considered a classic of science fiction. It is one... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3039971/blade-runner-2019-what-did-it-get-right-about-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3039971/blade-runner-2019-what-did-it-get-right-about-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Nov 2019 17:00:07 +0000 Something strange happened during a spontaneous protest at the Space Museum at Tsim Sha Tsui in August of this year. As crowds gathered, chanted and pointed laser pointers at the concrete dome of the museum, someone cranked up a portable stereo with a song from 1982 – and turned the protest into a joyous dance party. It was a song from the man whose work has helped define an identity for Hong Kong since the 1980s, whose singing of a theme song for a beloved TV series is considered the unofficial... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3033489/behind-story-roman-tam-singer-hong-kong-anthems-and-godfather-canto-pop?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3033489/behind-story-roman-tam-singer-hong-kong-anthems-and-godfather-canto-pop?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Oct 2019 05:15:07 +0000 With China currently celebrating its “golden week” holiday, this week’s podcast features a pair of special interviews that gives a deeper understanding of two key influences on the US-China trade war. Matt Sheehan, author of the acclaimed book The Transpacific Experiment: How China and California Collaborate and Compete for Our Future, talks about how he has witnessed the sea change in relations between American and Chinese people from the tech industry, Hollywood, manufacturing and... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3031561/us-china-trade-war-update-california-ground-zero-us-china-relations-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3031561/us-china-trade-war-update-california-ground-zero-us-china-relations-and?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Oct 2019 09:05:05 +0000 The full extent of the global crisis of plastic in our oceans was revealed in studies by Professor Jenna Jambeck and her team from the University of Georgia. Their calculations that there were five grocery sized bags filled with plastic for every foot of coastline in the world made headlines around the globe. What are we going to do about all this plastic? It’s going to take more than just banning the use of plastic drinking straws, and this final episode takes you to meet some people who are... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3030932/chinas-recycling-revolution-04-confronting-global-plastic-crisis?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3030932/chinas-recycling-revolution-04-confronting-global-plastic-crisis?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Sep 2019 09:00:14 +0000 Find out what happened when two Chinese cities - Taipei and Hong Kong - took very different approaches to recycling and waste disposal, and how they brought vastly different results. In the process you’ll find out that a song known by Americans and Australians as signifying ‘ice cream’ means something entirely different in Taiwan, and it’s also one of the reasons why the Taipei government managed to boast of zero waste going to landfill in 2014. China’s National Sword policy has had a massive... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3030929/chinas-recycling-revolution-hong-kong-and-taiwan-one-trash-can-two-systems?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3030929/chinas-recycling-revolution-hong-kong-and-taiwan-one-trash-can-two-systems?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Sep 2019 08:00:13 +0000 While the world struggled to cope with the changes wrought by China’s National Sword policy, some 26 million people in Shanghai had a challenge of their own starting in July of 2019. It was a new policy aimed at changing how Shanghai collects and deals with its waste, and brought in a new system of four bins which separated wet, dry, toxic and recyclable materials. The residents and netizens greeted this new system with many different reactions, memes and quips on social media, all boiling down... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3030926/chinas-recycling-revolution-shanghai-asks-what-trash-are-you?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3030926/chinas-recycling-revolution-shanghai-asks-what-trash-are-you?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Sep 2019 07:25:08 +0000 New Year’s Day in 2018 was the first day of a new policy introduced in China, called National Sword. Its impact would be felt by households across the US and Australia, by local, state and national governments and by entire industries that would be left teetering on the brink of collapse. The shock to domestic kerbside recycling programmes continues to reverberate - but it’s not all bad news. It’s led to innovation, investment and a serious rethink of what we throw into the recycling bin. In... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3030925/chinas-recycling-revolution-how-national-sword-policy-caused-global?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3030925/chinas-recycling-revolution-how-national-sword-policy-caused-global?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Sep 2019 07:25:06 +0000 British Prime Minister Harold Wilson is credited for the political aphorism “a week is a long time in politics”, but it was a former White House official who warned Donald Trump that “it is easier to negotiate nuclear weapons than it is to negotiate trade.” Last week the Post political economy team looked at the Chinese officials about to embark on a tour across the heartland farming states of Montana and Nebraska, with the promise of renewed purchases of soybeans and pork as a pre-trade talks... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3030650/us-china-trade-war-update-chinas-cancelled-midwest-farm-trip-trumps-un?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3030650/us-china-trade-war-update-chinas-cancelled-midwest-farm-trip-trumps-un?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Sep 2019 07:40:07 +0000 Why is US President Donald Trump’s decision to delay a tariff increase due to kick in on October 1, 2019 especially significant? Political economy editors Zhou Xin and John Carter explain the importance of this date in the Chinese calendar and look at the messages back and forth in the run up to the next round of trade talks. Zhou Xin explains how China’s top negotiators consider these upcoming talks to be on two tracks: trade issues which may be up for discussion and structural and security... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3027120/us-china-trade-war-update-analysing-trumps-anniversary-gift-and-how-food?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3027120/us-china-trade-war-update-analysing-trumps-anniversary-gift-and-how-food?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Sep 2019 08:00:11 +0000 In this week’s podcast, SCMP political economy editor Zhou Xin focuses on two major announcements. First, an analysis of this week’s speech by President Xi Jinping, in which he mentioned the Chinese word for “struggle” more than 40 times but failed to mention the United States or President Donald Trump. Two days after that speech, China announced that a team of negotiators would travel to Washington to restart trade talks that have stalled since a high-level phone call in August. Zhou Xin looks... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3026033/us-china-trade-war-update-analysing-xis-struggle-speech-chinas-trade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3026033/us-china-trade-war-update-analysing-xis-struggle-speech-chinas-trade?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Sep 2019 09:10:13 +0000 The ongoing trade war between the US and China has been something of a long-distance series of bombshells and responding salvos in policy and rhetoric, but lately has been ratcheted up several degrees of intensity. In the past week alone, there have some extraordinary new developments - the daily news cycle on trade has now ramped up its pace and volitility - in response, the Political Economy team at the South China Morning Post has decided to launch a weekly digest of what we’ve reported,... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3025084/us-china-trade-war-update-tit-tat-tariffs-tweets-and-phantom-telephone?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3025084/us-china-trade-war-update-tit-tat-tariffs-tweets-and-phantom-telephone?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Aug 2019 08:55:05 +0000 In this bonus episode of the Behind the Tariffs podcast series, attention turns to what has changed in the year since the US-China trade war began. Finbarr Bermingham and Naomi Ng look at what the world can expect following the underwhelming outcome of the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the Osaka G20 meeting, and find out how the ongoing battle of tariffs and trade barriers will have an impact on the 2020 US presidential election. Arnold Kamler, CEO of the largest bicycle... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3018179/us-china-trade-war-what-now-and-what-next?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3018179/us-china-trade-war-what-now-and-what-next?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:25:04 +0000 What does it take to get an exclusion from US tariffs? More to the point, what do a breast pump, a soldering iron, a guitar tuner and a salad spinner have in common? Each of these items has been granted an exclusion from tariffs by the Office of the US Trade Representative, and Naomi Ng heads off on a hunt for the Hong Kong engineer who owns the patent for the salad spinner. Her search brings her to the office of Gigi Wong, and an education in what the salad spinner can tell us about... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3015837/behind-tariffs-how-salad-spinner-can-reveal-truth-tariff-exclusions-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3015837/behind-tariffs-how-salad-spinner-can-reveal-truth-tariff-exclusions-and?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:45:10 +0000 One woman in Philadelphia is trying to live the American dream as an innovator, manufacturer and CEO of her own company. Another woman in Hong Kong is running a company established by her father, exporting gaming hardware to the US. Both have found that their businesses may no longer be viable as a result of the trade war - either because of tariffs or from a slightly more oblique concept known as “non-tariff barriers”. Listen in as Sherrill Mosee talks us through her decision to have her unique... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3016008/behind-tariffs-handbags-game-controllers-and-battle-over-intellectual?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3016008/behind-tariffs-handbags-game-controllers-and-battle-over-intellectual?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:40:10 +0000 If the US-China trade war has a no-man’s land, then maybe it’s somewhere near a truckstop not far from the Lo Wu border crossing that regulates traffic between mainland China and Hong Kong. Finbarr Bermingham travels up to a once-busy truckers’ diner to meet Kwok Yip-biu, who has driven trucks back and forth over the border for 30 years. Kwok recalls the “golden era” of Hong Kong as a gateway for trade into and out of mainland China, and how, lately, the trade war has put the brakes on the local... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3015841/behind-tariffs-trucks-trade-services-and-hong-kongs-trade-war-conundrum?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3015841/behind-tariffs-trucks-trade-services-and-hong-kongs-trade-war-conundrum?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:40:08 +0000 US President Donald Trump’s decision to place tariffs on goods made in China has, unsurprisingly, led to the relocation of many American companies from China. But most are not moving back to the US - instead they are heading to Vietnam, along with other lower cost hubs. And not only are US companies moving out of China and into Vietnam, Chinese companies are, too. Join us on a journey to Ho Chi Minh City, where we find Chinese companies that have moved south of the border to avoid the tariffs... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3015831/behind-tariffs-solar-cells-and-exodus-chinese-companies-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3015831/behind-tariffs-solar-cells-and-exodus-chinese-companies-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:35:08 +0000 Roughly 95 per cent of the bicycles sold in the United States are imported from China, and tariffs on steel and aluminium are combining with tariffs on bicycle components to force companies to make some tough decisions. Kent International is an American bicycle manufacturer and distributor in the direct line of fire of the trade war. Listen as Kent CEO Arnold Kamler recounts his company’s history of importing bicycles from Taiwan, then Southeast Asia, and eventually mainland China through the... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3015825/behind-tariffs-how-bicycles-link-china-and-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3015825/behind-tariffs-how-bicycles-link-china-and-us?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:35:05 +0000 The trade war between the United States and China did not start with US President Donald Trump. In this episode, let South China Morning Post journalists Naomi Ng and Finbarr Bermingham take you on a journey back to where it all started, to find one of the root causes of the multi-billion dollar trade spat between the US and China. You will hear a trade lawyer make a revelation about multinational corporations and tariffs, and answer the crucial question: who actually pays a tariff? You’ll also... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3015820/behind-tariffs-washing-machines-and-roots-trade-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3015820/behind-tariffs-washing-machines-and-roots-trade-war?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:10:05 +0000 Cinema audiences in the 1980s watched a futuristic vision of the year 2019 that included killer robots, flying cars -- and an almost entirely American cast. Fast forward to today, and one of the biggest global blockbusters is The Wandering Earth, which has an almost entirely Chinese cast and is based on a novella by China's most famous science fiction writer, Liu Cixin. Liu was the first Chinese writer to win a coveted Hugo Award, which honours the year's best science fiction. He has helped to... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3004036/inside-china-golden-age-chinese-science-fiction?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/3004036/inside-china-golden-age-chinese-science-fiction?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Mar 2019 13:30:11 +0000 Millions of people seeking work and better incomes have moved from rural areas of China to Beijing to work in what Americans might call the “gig economy”. As with the US gig economy, some have jobs delivering packages for online shopping companies and driving cars for ride-hailing apps – but others work more traditional jobs, as labourers on construction sites or as cashiers in supermarkets. A phrase that emerged from government documents referred to these people as “di duan ren kou”, or “the... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2187970/inside-china-migrant-workers-and-alliance-beijing-drifters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2187970/inside-china-migrant-workers-and-alliance-beijing-drifters?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:58:53 +0000 The Lunar New Year holiday is one of the few times in the calendar year the South China Morning Post does not publish a newspaper. This year we’ve made a podcast talking to some of our journalists about the stories they cover at this time of year, as well as the new stories they’ve uncovered in the hunt for interesting people, places and happenings. The zodiac animal for this coming Lunar New Year is the pig – and SCMP reporters have worked on some fascinating stories on that theme, from the... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2184977/behind-story-how-scmp-reported-lunar-new-year-year-pig?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2184977/behind-story-how-scmp-reported-lunar-new-year-year-pig?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:15:00 +0000 When US President Jimmy Carter and Chinese Vice-Premier Deng Xiaoping stood together on the White House lawn before their historic meeting in 1978, it had already been one month since another historic first: the arrival of the first Chinese students to attend universities and colleges in the US since the 1949 proclamation of the People’s Republic of China. Much has changed since then, but in this podcast you will hear the experiences of two of these students, Yan Dachun and Liu Bacheng. They... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2184311/inside-china-scientists-borders?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2184311/inside-china-scientists-borders?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:30:45 +0000 Selected works adapted from 'Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio', written by Pu Songling somewhere around 1679, and first translated into English in 1880 by Herbert Giles. There were some 500 stories originally published; in this presentation we bring you selected stories featuring genies, necromancers, shape-shifting animals, a rescuscitated corpse and at least one troublesome severed head. Voiced by: John Elphinstone, Laurie Chen, Ryan Swift, Nectar Gan, Yuki Tsang, Dayu Zhang, John Carter... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2173407/podcast-strange-tales-chinese-studio-inside-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2173407/podcast-strange-tales-chinese-studio-inside-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:00:15 +0000 This year marks the 40th anniversary of China’s economic transformation, known as 改革开放 - 'reform and opening up' - engineered by Deng Xiaoping in 1978. Hear from the mainland Chinese who experienced it, the Hong Kong cultural figures who participated in it and one of the first industrialists to begin operating an export-oriented manufacturing business in Shenzhen. Presented by Laurie Chen Interviews with: Wu Tao, Zhang Donghong, Liza Wang Ming-chuen, Tenky Tin Kai-man, Henry Tang Voiceovers:... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2173400/podcast-40-years-economic-reform-and-opening-inside-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2173400/podcast-40-years-economic-reform-and-opening-inside-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:00:15 +0000 Bong Miquiabas speaks with Zhou Xin, SCMP political economy editor, about Louis Cha. How he grew up in the village that was the setting for Cha's first novel, the importance of wuxia fiction in Chinese culture, the massive cross-generational popularity of his books in China and how it's wrong to consider Cha as 'the Chinese Tolkien'. He also talks about Cha's career as a journalist, and the important milestones in his career as editor of Ming Pao, such as his coverage of the flood of migrants to... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2173387/podcast-life-and-legacy-louis-cha-jin-yong-behind-story?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2173387/podcast-life-and-legacy-louis-cha-jin-yong-behind-story?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:00:15 +0000 The Yeren - translated directly from Chinese, means 'Wild Man' - is the world's oldest documented mysterious creature, pre-dating stories of Saskwatch, the Yeti and Bigfoot. Take a journey deep into the mysterious Shennongjia forest, hear from eyewitnesses and scientists, and learn of the hunt for the Yeren. Presented by Laurie Chen From an original text and video story by Laurie Chen & Lea Li Script by Laurie Chen & Jarrod Watt Voiceovers by Sidney Leng, Lea Li, Dayu Zhang, Bong Miquiabas &... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2169076/podcast-search-yeren-chinese-bigfoot-inside-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2169076/podcast-search-yeren-chinese-bigfoot-inside-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:00:15 +0000 Explore the centuries-old art of Chinese bull wrestling, a tradition of the Hui Muslims of Jiaxing, Zheijiang Province. Also meet the man who wants to turn it into a business and spectator sport, blending martial arts, wrestling and the ancient art of qigong. Presented by Naomi Ng, from an original video story by Tom Wang Voiceovers by Dayu Zhang, Brian Peach and John Carter Written and produced by Jarrod Watt https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2169075/podcast-welcome-guanniu-art-chinese-bullfighting-inside-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2169075/podcast-welcome-guanniu-art-chinese-bullfighting-inside-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0000 More than 600 pneumatic drilling workers who laid the foundation for Shenzhen's high rise skyline, helping to transform a fishing village into China's tech capital, are petitioning for justice as they face a slow and painful death from advanced silicosis. Listen to this podcast and subscribe for more episodes on iTunes, Spotify and Stitcher   Original story by Mimi Lau Presenter: Mimi Lau Field interview recordings: Shan Shan Kao Translations: Bobo Wei Voiceovers: Bong Miquiabas, Brian... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2169074/podcast-disease-killing-men-who-built-shenzhen-and-their-struggle-justice?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2169074/podcast-disease-killing-men-who-built-shenzhen-and-their-struggle-justice?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0000 The story of dumplings is the story of the globalisation of Chinese cuisine - take the journey from Beijing to Shanghai, Hong Kong and down the ancient Silk Road to discover who invented them - and how a traditional Chinese medicine cure evolved into a meal enjoyed around the world. Featured interviewees: Lu Hongbin; Du Yichu restaurant, Beijing Hu Wei-I; Wan Shou Zai restaurant, Shanghai Wang Hong Chun; Ah Cun Shandong Dumpling, Prince Edward Dr Dai Zhaoyu, senior lecturer, School of... https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2168948/inside-china-podcast-3-story-dumplings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2168948/inside-china-podcast-3-story-dumplings?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0000 This is the story of the commerce, culture, cuisine and cure-alls that fuel China's snake economy, from the snake-farming boom in an impoverished village in Zisiqiao to one of Hong Kong's oldest snake soup restaurants. Presenter: Ernest Kao Recordings: Tom Wang & Jarrod Watt Translations: Yuki Tsang & Scout Xu Voiceovers: Bong Miquiabas, Yuki Tsang & John Elphinstone Script: James Legge Production: Jarrod Watt https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2168902/inside-china-podcast-2-farming-snakes-medicine-meals-and-money?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2168902/inside-china-podcast-2-farming-snakes-medicine-meals-and-money?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0000 South China Morning Post reports on the scene of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake upon the tenth anniversary of one of China's worst natural disasters. Presenter: Mimi Lau Voices: Bong Miquiabas, Naomi Ng, Alan Wong Producers: Jarrod Watt, James Legge https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2168900/inside-china-podcast-1-sichuan-earthquake-10-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/podcasts/article/2168900/inside-china-podcast-1-sichuan-earthquake-10-years?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0000 Take a journey from Beijing to Shanghai, Hong Kong and down the ancient Silk Road to discover who invented dumplings – and how a traditional Chinese medicine cure evolved into a meal enjoyed around the world. The story of dumplings is the story of how a cure for frostbite invented during the Han dynasty went global and fuelled an industry that is estimated to be worth US$24 billion by the year 2021, according to a report by industry analysts Technavio.   Featured interviewees: Lu Hongbin; Du... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/2160363/inside-china-podcast-story-dumplings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/2160363/inside-china-podcast-story-dumplings?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Aug 2018 07:45:45 +0000 Art Basel Hong Kong, the largest contemporary art fair in Asia, opens its doors to the public today. Running until March 31, this year’s edition features 248 galleries from 32 countries. If crowd size at private viewings over the past two days is anything to go by, the sixth edition of this annual trade fair will be its biggest yet.   The South China Morning Post digital interactive team has put together a series of 360 photos and interactive content which links together for a virtual experience... https://www.scmp.com/culture/arts-entertainment/article/2139394/take-360-degree-virtual-interactive-tour-around-art-basel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/arts-entertainment/article/2139394/take-360-degree-virtual-interactive-tour-around-art-basel?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Mar 2018 04:48:11 +0000 How do you explain to children that history’s greatest pirate was a woman, who not only commanded thousands of pirates aboard hundreds of ships and enforced a bloody and violent code of conduct upon her followers, but also managed to convince authorities to allow her to retire and run a gambling house?  For just over a decade, author Sarah Brennan and cartoonist Harry Harrison have been collaborating on the bestselling children’s series Chinese Calendar Tales, which take each sign of the Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2135097/historys-greatest-pirate-was-woman-and-her-tale-told-childrens-story?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2135097/historys-greatest-pirate-was-woman-and-her-tale-told-childrens-story?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:30:30 +0000 After a balmy yet grey day, the final night of Clockenflap 2017 has kicked into gear, with the Dandy Warhols playing on the Harbourflap stage. The band proudly announced to the crowd that after 23 years as a band they had finally made it to Hong Kong to play. After a wet Saturday night the crowd appeared subdued but enthusiastic about the promise of the night to come. Along with the classic alternative rock of the Dandy Warhols, Hong Kong’s biggest music and arts festival will close out its 10th... https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2120590/clockenflap-2017-sunday-night-live-streaming-coverage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2120590/clockenflap-2017-sunday-night-live-streaming-coverage?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Nov 2017 10:00:15 +0000 David Boring are a band who take their name from a cult graphic novel series from the 2000s, derive inspiration from No Wave, a genre of music made (briefly) in New York in the late 1970s, and are powered by the simmering anger and tensions of Hong Kong since 2014. The five-piece band are fronted by lead singer Janice Lau and guitarist Jason Cheung, whose professional backgrounds in architecture and medicine hardly fit the stereotype of the social misfits associated with the music they love.... https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2119153/angry-sound-hong-kongs-underground-interview-nihilistic-david-boring?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2119153/angry-sound-hong-kongs-underground-interview-nihilistic-david-boring?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Nov 2017 10:16:23 +0000 What is it that makes Hong Kong laugh? That’s the burning question on the minds of 30 people who will be standing in front of a microphone over three nights as part of the Hong Kong International Comedy Festival. The budding jokesters will be hoping their gags get them to the finals and a chance at the HK$40,000 prize and offer of a tour across the United States, playing the most famous venues in the business. Now in its 11th year, the Hong Kong International Comedy Competition is attracting... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2116306/jokes-set-fly-hong-kong-comedy-festival-hk40000-prize-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2116306/jokes-set-fly-hong-kong-comedy-festival-hk40000-prize-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Oct 2017 02:01:44 +0000 It was a photo snapped quickly on his phone while walking to the train – now Hongkonger Gaz Flint finds he has created a viral sensation that has taken off on Facebook, Instagram and Reddit. “I’d just been to meet a friend in Tai Po and was headed towards the MTR to go home and I saw this group of monks with these bags and I thought it was quite funny. I’m not sure if they were aware of the rock band Nirvana, or if they thought it meant a sense of enlightenment the Buddhists want to achieve, and... https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2116240/viral-photo-nirvana-how-picture-monks-hong-kong-went-global?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2116240/viral-photo-nirvana-how-picture-monks-hong-kong-went-global?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Oct 2017 05:35:24 +0000 There are rare moments in literary history where one can attribute the rise of an entire genre to just one author. Ken Liu is not just an author - he’s a translator who is opening the door to anglophone audiences to the huge growth in science fiction coming from China. His work as a translator helped pave the way for the success of Liu Cixin and his smash-hit trilogy The Three Body Problem as well as Hao Jinfang’s Hugo-award winning short story Folding Beijing, simultaneously maintaining a solid... https://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2094124/science-fiction-translator-ken-liu-invisible-planets-compilation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2094124/science-fiction-translator-ken-liu-invisible-planets-compilation?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 May 2017 00:15:00 +0000 There are many ways to fall in love with Hong Kong – with the sights, the sounds, the food, the culture – but through the decades films made both locally and from overseas have brought lovers together in different locations on either side of the fragrant harbour. Upon this Valentine’s Day we thought it timely to make a list of locations for love as witnessed in film, and for those adventurous lovers wishing to walk in the footsteps of Hong Kong’s cinematic classics. Star Ferry terminal, Tsim Sha... https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2070364/romantic-hong-kong-film-our-top-cinematic-locations-lovers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2070364/romantic-hong-kong-film-our-top-cinematic-locations-lovers?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Feb 2017 04:45:30 +0000 She skewers white privilege, racial politics, sexual preconceptions and the message of the Islamic State, among other things – and does it with a ukulele and a melodic voice that is completely at odds with her often hilariously inappropriate subject matter. Hannan Azlan is a bookish-looking 22-year-old Malaysian woman who grew up as a precocious musician and theatre student, and just last year decided to give stand-up comedy a try. Now she’s the youngest comedian and the first woman ever to win... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/personalities/article/2041085/malaysian-walks-bar-ukulele-asks-singaporeans-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/personalities/article/2041085/malaysian-walks-bar-ukulele-asks-singaporeans-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Oct 2016 04:03:35 +0000 In just five images Hong Kong-based photographer Andy Yeung manages to capture the lives of millions of people in Sheung Wan, Wan Chai and Sham Shui Po, from angles never-before seen online or in print. His photo taken high above Sheung Wan has been selected as this month’s Editor’s Choice for the renowned PetaPixel website, a photography blog attracting hundreds of thousands of followers around the world. The photo comes from Yeung’s Urban Jungle photo series, which involved the use of a drone... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1921763/stunning-drone-photography-hong-kong-attracts-global?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1921763/stunning-drone-photography-hong-kong-attracts-global?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Mar 2016 15:00:45 +0000 A long time ago, in a country far, far away, a young boy set forth with his father on a journey to watch a film called Star Wars. It was 1977 – the first Apple II computers had just gone on sale, Jimmy Carter was US president and the first space shuttle got a piggyback on a jet plane. Watch: Hong Kong family gears up for Star Wars: The Force Awakens Fast forward 38 years, to the other side of the world, and Dickie Fowler is now a man – and a father – and he’s looking forward to taking his two... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/film-tv/article/1891078/darth-vader-hong-kong-shares-love-star-wars-his-children?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/film-tv/article/1891078/darth-vader-hong-kong-shares-love-star-wars-his-children?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:45:00 +0000 They came in their thousands; in their oldest and most treasured band t-shirts, in their finest glamour wear, in bunny suits, high heels, flip-flops and Doc Marten boots. They came to see the latest and greatest bands and musicians Hong Kong has to offer playing on a bill featuring the finest of British rock , Japanese psychedelia, Taiwanese death metal, Canadian turntablism, American hip-hop and Irish balladry. Friday Friday evening kicked off with Hong Kong acts ANWIYTCI and The Anello; the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/music/article/1885270/clockenflap-2015-pictures-hong-kong-gets-its-groove?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/music/article/1885270/clockenflap-2015-pictures-hong-kong-gets-its-groove?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:45:00 +0000 There will be a lot of police on duty There will be one police officer for every five spectators. A massive police presence rivalling the numbers deployed during the Occupy protests at Mong Kok has been announced. Authorities say there will only be a small number of officers inside the stadium, while the bulk of the force will be outside, guarding against any disturbance after the match, and on call. The crowd will be separated – and smaller than hoped Nearly 4,000 tickets have been sold for the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/1879793/hong-kongs-world-cup-qualifier-versus-china-explained-weve-got-history?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/1879793/hong-kongs-world-cup-qualifier-versus-china-explained-weve-got-history?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Nov 2015 08:30:45 +0000 The ‘bridge has been laid’ between China and Taiwan in the world headline-grabbing meeting held in Singapore between Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-Jeou, but will the leaders of these two nations cross it - and what lays ahead? The first step was the two leaders agreeing to greet each other simply as ‘Mister’ to avoid the awkward diplomatic stalemate of the past 66 years in which both nations refused to officially recognise each other. Once the language of diplomacy was resolved, it was down to the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1876772/china-and-taiwan-historic-meeting-66-years-after-civil?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1876772/china-and-taiwan-historic-meeting-66-years-after-civil?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Nov 2015 10:15:00 +0000 Darren Hart is not so much a musician who wears his influences on his sleeve as someone who has taken the classic 1980s sound of Prince, the immaculate funk/disco production of Nile Rogers and the guitar pyrotechnics of Jimi Hendrix and woven a deadly three-piece suit. The overdriven guitar, the synth bass and melodies, the falsetto singing, the squeal - he’s part of the next generation of “bedroom” musicians, pioneered by Gotye (of Somebody I Used to Know fame), who’ve grown up in a private... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/music/article/1874083/big-hair-and-strat-harts-rocks-hong-kong-despite-substandard-sound?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/music/article/1874083/big-hair-and-strat-harts-rocks-hong-kong-despite-substandard-sound?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Oct 2015 07:00:15 +0000