https://www.scmp.com/rss/322707/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When critics of Beijing accuse the government of debt traps and other predatory policies, the example that crops up is almost always that of the Chinese-built Hambantota International Port in Sri Lanka. The government of Sri Lanka, a country where Chinese firms have also financed and constructed railways, roads and power stations, allegedly failed to repay Chinese loans to build the port and was then forced to lease it to China, which covets the port as a naval base. It is part of an oft-told... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3008799/truth-about-sri-lankas-hambantota-port-chinese-debt-traps?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3008799/truth-about-sri-lankas-hambantota-port-chinese-debt-traps?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 May 2019 05:30:13 +0000 By now, there has been a fairly comprehensive discussion of the racist ad produced by the detergent company Qiaobi that depicts the laundering of a “dirty” black man into a “clean” Chinese. Beyond condemning the ad, those of us in China should also call for its perpetrators to be sanctioned under Article 9 of China’s Advertising Law, which forbids ads containing discrimination based on nationality, race, religion or gender. One key aspect of the discourse has yet to be treated, however – its... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1960474/one-bad-advert-doesnt-make-14-billion-chinese-racist?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1960474/one-bad-advert-doesnt-make-14-billion-chinese-racist?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:14:31 +0000 There's been much ado about mainland drivers entering Hong Kong, a lot of it based on assuming they are worse than Hong Kong drivers or at least unable to adjust to rules of the road here. It's all very ironic. In several countries, 'Asian drivers' are often singled out by other residents as 'the worst' in their locality. What is essentially a racist canard is accepted by much of the population, based on anecdotal evidence, such as seeing slow, uncertain driving by people with Asian features.... https://www.scmp.com/article/993883/no-evidence-say-mainland-motorists-will-drive-us-crazy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/993883/no-evidence-say-mainland-motorists-will-drive-us-crazy?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000