https://www.scmp.com/rss/322485/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com On a narrow dirt path, soft with morning dew, Tang Guanhua brushes through dense thicket. “When we first arrived, there was no path, nothing,” says the 30-year-old, clad in all-black baggy cotton trousers and a cardigan, breaking off some newly grown bamboo branches. “It was all overgrown, we had to clear the land and build these trails. It took a lot of time and effort.” Sounds of a nearby village’s crowing roosters and puttering motorcycles recede with each stride though this verdant tunnel.... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3037535/chinas-new-communes-self-sustainability-fujian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3037535/chinas-new-communes-self-sustainability-fujian?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Nov 2019 08:00:16 +0000 Wrapped in plastic bags marked with case numbers, the remains of elephants, bears, mountain lions, polar foxes and crocodiles are neatly stored on grey metal shelves at Frankfurt Airport’s International Postal Centre. “Confiscated,” reads a sign in German, in the fenced-in corner of the nondescript warehouse. It’s an unworthy last resting place for some of the world’s most enigmatic animals – or at least the parts of them that have been turned into rugs, decorative statues, jackets and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2179037/christmas-rush-ideal-cover-wildlife-traffickers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2179037/christmas-rush-ideal-cover-wildlife-traffickers?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Dec 2018 04:45:15 +0000 The students at Luyanzi College have little interest in going to Disneyland, riding the London Eye or climbing the Eiffel Tower. Their dream, they say, is to visit the Great Wall. Teachers at the college, in Uganda’s congested, dusty capital, Kampala, have told them all about China: a beau­tiful and powerful nation, they have been advised, one of the largest countries in the world, with a mighty economy that will soon leapfrog that of the United States, and a rich history dating back thousands... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2164953/interracial-couple-championing-chinas-soft-power?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2164953/interracial-couple-championing-chinas-soft-power?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Sep 2018 07:01:00 +0000 The pale morning sun warms dozens of chocolatey paws, making them shimmer like silk. Just after breakfast, the cats are locked in a deep slumber. Another one squeezes itself elegantly into the middle of the group. Amber eyes blink to welcome the newcomer. Myanmar’s Inle lake is the backdrop to this synchronised, breathing knot of felines. Fishermen perch on longboats, rowing with one leg while they use their hands to dip wooden conical nets into the water to pull out the day’s first catch. Along... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/1935706/hong-kong-explorer-returns-burmese-cats-myanmar-after-70?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/1935706/hong-kong-explorer-returns-burmese-cats-myanmar-after-70?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Apr 2016 04:30:37 +0000