https://www.scmp.com/rss/326577/feed Zoe is a video journalist at Inkstone. Previously, she was a video journalist and producer for BBC Chinese and BBC News in Beijing. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Even though streetwear brand Supreme doesn't have a single store in China, you'll probably see it in almost every major Chinese city. While the brand selling "Supreme" in China might not be the original from New York, it is a testament to the immense popularity of streetwear in China. Last year, Chinese spending on luxury streetwear goods rose by 62%.  And as the industry grows, foreign brands are trying to capitalize, while Chinese streetwear labels aim to expand abroad. In the video above, we... https://www.scmp.com/style/chinese-hypebeasts-fake-supreme-and-balenciaga-hats-inside-chinas-growing-streetwear-scene/article/3016373?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/style/chinese-hypebeasts-fake-supreme-and-balenciaga-hats-inside-chinas-growing-streetwear-scene/article/3016373?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Jun 2019 10:21:44 +0000 As in the United States, there are stereotypes about ethnic groups in China, especially those from its remote western provinces.  Akin, an ethnic Kazakh and musician from Xinjiang, is trying to break the mold. We followed Akin around Shanghai while he prepared to headline one of China’s biggest music festivals.  Dressed in an ironic Duck Dynasty shirt, he explains how he was inspired by American hip-hop and R&B from the 90s, and why he brought that sound to China.  In the video above, he told us... https://www.scmp.com/arts/how-independent-xinjiang-rb-artist-smashing-stereotypes-china/article/3013969?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/how-independent-xinjiang-rb-artist-smashing-stereotypes-china/article/3013969?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Jun 2019 09:49:33 +0000 The women sit on the left, the men on the right. Between them, a host in a suit calls on the men to make the first move. Love is in the air – if the interpreters do their job. The women are either Russian or Ukrainian, the men all Chinese. On a recent Sunday afternoon, they meet in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai in search of love. Without translation, the opposing sexes can’t fully understand each other. But it doesn’t matter. Brought to the same place by sheer destiny – and, for the men,... https://www.scmp.com/society/why-chinese-men-want-russian-or-ukrainian-wives/article/3000811?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/why-chinese-men-want-russian-or-ukrainian-wives/article/3000811?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:07:46 +0000 Marked by red packets, fireworks, food and drink, Lunar New Year is when Chinese families get together and celebrate. But how do they do it, and what do they wish for? We talked to people in Hong Kong, both from the city and visitors from mainland China, to find out how they celebrate Lunar New Year, and what it means to them. https://www.scmp.com/china/what-does-lunar-new-year-mean-you/article/3000702?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/what-does-lunar-new-year-mean-you/article/3000702?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Feb 2019 09:31:12 +0000 China is slowly falling out of love with a millennium-old tradition. Decrying fireworks as polluting and dangerous, the Chinese government has banned their display in more and more cities. The bans now risk snubbing out an industry – and disrupting the lifeblood of the city of Liuyang, in the southern province of Hunan.  Watch the video, above, for a glimpse into the past and future of the pyrotechnic capital of the world. https://www.scmp.com/society/chinas-fireworks-capital-liuyang-turns-automation-keep-fuse-lit/article/3000718?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/chinas-fireworks-capital-liuyang-turns-automation-keep-fuse-lit/article/3000718?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Feb 2019 09:31:59 +0000 Sun Jian discovered pole dancing online seven years ago, while working as a construction worker in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. He was instantly hooked. Soon, he quit his job to pursue pole dancing despite his parents’ protest that it was vulgar and unsuitable for a man. Sun’s hard work has paid off. Now he owns several pole dancing schools in China, and one third of his thousands of students are male. Sun and his students travel the world competing in pole dancing competitions,... https://www.scmp.com/sports/former-construction-worker-changed-his-destiny-pole-dancing/article/2179862?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sports/former-construction-worker-changed-his-destiny-pole-dancing/article/2179862?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Dec 2018 09:45:45 +0000 With a population of 1.2 million, Yiwu is a small city by Chinese standards. But every year, more than 400,000 foreigners, hailing from everywhere from Russia to Nigeria, fly into this city in eastern China to do business. “There are two places in the world where you can find at least one person from each and every country in the world. One is the United Nations, and the other one is Yiwu,” says Girdhar Jhanwar, an Indian businessman who moved to the eastern Chinese city about two decades... https://www.scmp.com/business/inside-yiwu-market-trade-war-yet-bite/article/2178676?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/inside-yiwu-market-trade-war-yet-bite/article/2178676?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:30:30 +0000 At least 25 million people in China live with a developmental disability. But less than 10% of working-age developmentally disabled people are employed, according to Xinhua, China’s state media. Cao Jun is the father of a child with a learning disability. He founded a car wash business in Shenzhen in 2015. Xihaner Car Wash – which means “happy and simple children” – offers career opportunities to people with developmental disabilities, and now over a hundred of them work for Cao’s car washes... https://www.scmp.com/society/car-wash-offers-employment-young-adults-intellectual-disabilities/article/2176700?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/car-wash-offers-employment-young-adults-intellectual-disabilities/article/2176700?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Dec 2018 10:00:00 +0000 World leaders have started to arrive in Buenos Aires for the Group of 20 summit of the world’s largest economies. All eyes will be on the presidents of the United States and China. The two sides are locked in an escalating trade war. Tensions are high. But can a deal emerge over dinner between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping? Watch Inkstone editor Alan Wong explain in the video, above. And here are the answers to the questions you may have about G20: What is the G20 summit? The Group of Twenty, or... https://www.scmp.com/politics/trump-and-xi-set-meet-g20-summit-argentina/article/2175842?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/politics/trump-and-xi-set-meet-g20-summit-argentina/article/2175842?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Nov 2018 10:45:30 +0000 China has backtracked on a controversial move to lift a ban on using tiger and rhino parts for “scientific, medical and cultural purposes.” Environmental groups condemned the move, saying it would harm efforts to protect endangered animals, while also stoking the black market. Authorities made a U-turn on November 12, with a senior official telling Chinese state media Xinhua that the lifting of the ban had been “postponed after study”. Tiger and rhino parts are prescribed in traditional Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/china/china-postpones-lifting-ban-tiger-and-rhino-trade/article/2173167?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/china-postpones-lifting-ban-tiger-and-rhino-trade/article/2173167?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Nov 2018 09:15:00 +0000 This weekend, people in the US and Canada will be moving their clocks back an hour as Daylight Saving Time comes to an end. Most of Europe did it a week ago. China is one of several countries that doesn’t have DST, and its daily clock remains unchanged throughout the year. 32 years ago, China briefly followed DST: but it abandoned the practice just three years later. In fact, the whole of China has one single time zone: Beijing Standard Time. Watch our video above to find out why. Follow... https://www.scmp.com/china/why-doesnt-china-have-daylight-saving-time/article/2171440?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/why-doesnt-china-have-daylight-saving-time/article/2171440?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Nov 2018 11:00:30 +0000 On November 12, 1987, China’s first KFC opened in the heart of Beijing. It had edged ahead of McDonald's to be the first Western fast food chain to open in the country. Then known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, the outlet wasn’t just another fast food diner – it was a window into the western world. The KFC became a restaurant for special occasions only. Some people even got married there. And while fast food has taken off in China in the last 30 years, there’s still a lot of love for the Colonel. https://www.scmp.com/food/last-wonton-kfc-celebrates-end-its-30th-year-china/article/2171377?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/last-wonton-kfc-celebrates-end-its-30th-year-china/article/2171377?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Nov 2018 10:15:00 +0000 Butterfingers. A Chinese army recruit screwed up while throwing a live grenade during training. Fortunately, he was saved thanks to his instructor's lightning reflexes. https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-recruit-who-screws-grenade-throw-saved-his-instructor/article/2171207?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-recruit-who-screws-grenade-throw-saved-his-instructor/article/2171207?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Nov 2018 09:04:19 +0000 Hong Kong is a wealthy, glamorous city. But property here is the most expensive in the world, and the wait for public housing averages five years. That's why so many people fall through the cracks and end up on the streets. Government data shows there are more than 1,100 street sleepers in the year 2017/2018, marking a 51% increase from year 2013/14. Jeff Rotmeyer, a Canadian who came to Hong Kong 12 years ago, wants to give a hand to the homeless. Last year, he founded his own NGO... https://www.scmp.com/society/homeless-worlds-most-expensive-city/article/2170397?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/homeless-worlds-most-expensive-city/article/2170397?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Oct 2018 10:45:30 +0000 Hong Kong is one of the richest cities in the world, but one in five people live in poverty. Often, the impoverished live in dirty, squalid conditions, as they cannot afford renovations or even simple repairs. Ivan Chan, who owns a renovation firm, has seen too many people who need help with home maintenance. In 2015, he started training volunteers to help the needy fix their homes. Today, his non-profit organization Repair Fairy has worked with some 1,500 volunteers and fixed 3,000 homes. The... https://www.scmp.com/society/repair-fairy-helps-hong-kongs-needy-fix-their-homes/article/2169357?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/repair-fairy-helps-hong-kongs-needy-fix-their-homes/article/2169357?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Oct 2018 09:57:16 +0000 Most babies diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) do not live beyond the age of two. When May Chan was told by doctors that her three-month-old daughter Josy Chow had this rare genetic disease, it felt like the end of the world. But she never thought about giving up on her child. Today, her daughter is 24 and a proud college student. The disease has left Chow almost completely paralyzed. She spent 17 years of her life in the ICU, and her health had been worsening day by day. But a new... https://www.scmp.com/health/josy-chows-spinal-muscular-atrophy-wont-stop-her-living-life-full/article/2168266?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/health/josy-chows-spinal-muscular-atrophy-wont-stop-her-living-life-full/article/2168266?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Oct 2018 08:30:00 +0000 The week-long Golden Week holiday sees hundreds of millions of people – about half of the population – on the move in China. At Shanghai’s busiest road intersection, 1,500 police have been deployed to deal with the crowds. Watch this video to see how the city handles the travel rush. https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-1500-police-deployed-direct-traffic-shanghai/article/2166777?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-1500-police-deployed-direct-traffic-shanghai/article/2166777?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Oct 2018 09:27:39 +0000 Inkstone’s intrepid duo of Xinyan Yu and Zoe Chen traveled for days to reach the glaciers of western China for their story on this disappearing marvel. But it wasn’t all easy going… https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-behind-scenes-inkstones-trip-melting-chinese-glacier/article/2164287?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-behind-scenes-inkstones-trip-melting-chinese-glacier/article/2164287?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:45:30 +0000 At 14,000 feet above sea level, a group of scientists winds their way up the Urumqi No.1 Glacier like small ants. Twice a year, glaciologist Li Zhongqin and his team come to the Tianshan Mountains in western China to check up on the health of this majestic mountain of ice. Beneath their feet, this “frozen reservoir” that irrigates a vast arid region of Central Asia is melting away rapidly, as the result of climate change. “If the air temperature grows at the current rate, this glacier will melt... https://www.scmp.com/science/chinas-glaciers-are-melting-record-speed-thanks-climate-change/article/2164251?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/science/chinas-glaciers-are-melting-record-speed-thanks-climate-change/article/2164251?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:15:00 +0000 In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck wrote about the Dust Bowl in the 1930s that forced a quarter million Americans to move from the Great Plains to California. Today, China faces a much bigger crisis: deserts cover more than a quarter of the country and are growing. Nearly 400 million people face the consequences of increasingly frequent sandstorms and drought. In the face of desertification, many have chosen to move away. But Wang Tianchang, a 75-year-old farmer from northwestern China, did... https://www.scmp.com/china/china-builds-great-green-wall-trees-fight-against-desertification/article/2163557?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/china-builds-great-green-wall-trees-fight-against-desertification/article/2163557?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Sep 2018 10:15:00 +0000 Zhang Keliang was just 20 years old when he entered his first coal mine. Crammed into a narrow shaft with dozens of co-workers, Zhang dived into the center of the earth, his heart sinking every time that darkness embraced him. “It was a dreary experience,” he tells Inkstone. “Those who were less brave screamed out loud.”   Zhang, now 50, has taken this 2,600-foot journey every working day for three decades. When he started mining back in 1988, it was a highly sought-after job in Huainan, a city... https://www.scmp.com/china/impact-chinas-shift-away-coal-its-economy-environment-and-people/article/2163221?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/impact-chinas-shift-away-coal-its-economy-environment-and-people/article/2163221?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Sep 2018 10:15:00 +0000 Atkins, Dukan, keto – there’s a different diet for every day of the week, each telling you to cut out something different. But now a new study says that the only thing that makes you fat – is fat itself. Scientists at the University of Aberdeen and the Chinese Academy of Sciences fed 30 different diets to lab mice, which are similar in physiology and metabolism to humans. And they found that the amount of fat in the mice’s diet was the primary factor in whether or not they gained weight. The... https://www.scmp.com/health/new-study-says-only-thing-makes-you-fat-fat-itself/article/2157127?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/health/new-study-says-only-thing-makes-you-fat-fat-itself/article/2157127?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Jul 2018 08:30:30 +0000 Tired of vanilla soft-serve with Oreos? In Hong Kong, you can have your McFlurry mixed with the smelliest fruit in the world: durian. Durian lovers formed long lines at McDonald’s on Monday as the fast food chain brought back its popular D24 Durian McFlurry to Hong Kong. We visited a McDonald’s branch in Hong Kong to try it for ourselves. Check out our video, above. Native to Southeast Asia, the durian fruit has green spikes on the outside and yellow mushy flesh on the inside. It’s famous for... https://www.scmp.com/food/mcdonalds-launches-durian-flavored-mcflurry-hong-kong/article/2156460?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/mcdonalds-launches-durian-flavored-mcflurry-hong-kong/article/2156460?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Jul 2018 10:15:15 +0000 Hong Kong-based 9GAG serves up memes, gifs and videos to 150 million users a month.  The site has more than 45 million Instagram followers, and 39 million likes on Facebook. The site’s come under fire for re-posting content from other websites, but that hasn’t hurt its popularity.  Inkstone spoke to the site’s founder and CEO Ray Chan about the increasingly short lifespan of memes, and having to stay up to date with the internet – even when you only understand half of it. https://www.scmp.com/tech/9gag-founder-ray-chan-running-one-worlds-most-popular-meme-sites/article/2154825?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/9gag-founder-ray-chan-running-one-worlds-most-popular-meme-sites/article/2154825?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Jul 2018 09:45:30 +0000 Known for their saturated hues and forceful slogans, the propaganda posters of North Korea are a rare burst of color on the nation’s otherwise relatively drab streets. They are designed to inform North Korean citizens of the Communist state’s economic and social policies. Swiss aid worker Katharina Zellweger has lived in Pyongyang on and off since 1995. In that time, she has collected around 100 propaganda posters. Here are just a few from her collection. https://www.scmp.com/politics/aid-worker-katharina-zellwegers-collection-north-korean-propaganda-posters/article/2152585?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/politics/aid-worker-katharina-zellwegers-collection-north-korean-propaganda-posters/article/2152585?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:30:00 +0000 China is crazy for marathons. Last year, the country held more than 1,000 races in 234 cities. In attendance: hundreds of African athletes, in China for a shot at the prize money.  Obed Tiony, a Kenyan professional runner, came to China to pursue a college degree in 2011.  Now he is the only African marathon agent in the country, working with more than 200 athletes from Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania. His runners took part in 250 races in China last year. He covers for their... https://www.scmp.com/sports/kenyan-marathon-agent-brings-hundreds-african-athletes-china/article/2152051?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sports/kenyan-marathon-agent-brings-hundreds-african-athletes-china/article/2152051?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:00:15 +0000 Is java becoming the new chai? It might be for China’s millennials, who appear to be turning away from tea.  Coffee consumption in China has grown 15%-20% annually since 2011, according to a report by the Zhiyan Consulting Group.  And despite its reputation as a tea production centre, Puer – a city in southwestern Yunnan province known for its fermented tea – has wasted no time moving into the coffee market. Tea farmer Yang Yang has been around tea all her life, but she started growing coffee... https://www.scmp.com/food/coffee-flourishes-chinas-tea-growing-regions/article/2151659?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/coffee-flourishes-chinas-tea-growing-regions/article/2151659?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:45:15 +0000 Only half an hour’s drive from the gleaming skyscrapers and hi-tech production centers at the heart of China’s Silicon Valley, lies a very different world. Welcome to Dafen, the world’s largest art factory. Located on the edge of the southern megacity of Shenzhen, it’s a village where thousands of resident artists work from a low-rise warren of narrow streets and alleyways packed with tiny galleries and studios. Here, thousands of artists work glued to their canvases, copying original images... https://www.scmp.com/arts/chinas-dafen-oil-painting-capital-shifting-local-art-market/article/2151462?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/chinas-dafen-oil-painting-capital-shifting-local-art-market/article/2151462?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:15:15 +0000 Today in China, people are celebrating Duanwu, the Dragon Boat Festival. This 2,000-year celebration commemorates an ancient poet and patriot, Qu Yuan.  The legend goes that Qu drowned himself in a river, out of grief for the state of his country. To keep fish and evil spirits at bay, the local villagers beat drums and thrashed the water with paddles, flinging dumplings into the water to tempt them away. To this day, on the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar, people across China... https://www.scmp.com/society/china-celebrates-duanwu-festival/article/2151299?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/china-celebrates-duanwu-festival/article/2151299?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:30:30 +0000 The World Cup kicked off in Russia on Thursday. And while China’s national soccer team may have once again failed to qualify for the World Cup, the passion of some young players has stayed strong. In the rural Sanhe Township Elementary School in Chongqing, southwest China, a group of student soccer players are practicing hard, waiting for the chance to change their destinies. For them, playing well help them qualify for scholarships, or for good schools – leading one day, perhaps, to a place at... https://www.scmp.com/sports/chinas-elementary-school-soccer-stars/article/2151007?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sports/chinas-elementary-school-soccer-stars/article/2151007?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Jun 2018 09:30:30 +0000 Chinese culture dictates that mothers confine themselves indoors for a month after giving birth. Known as the “sitting month,” it’s meant to give the mother time to recuperate, and the baby time to grow strong. According to tradition, some mothers don't shower, wash their hair, or even brush their teeth for the month, and will not venture outdoors. In a modern, five-star twist on an age-old tradition, Chinese mothers pay up to $11,000 a month to stay at this luxury Shanghai "sitting center.” https://www.scmp.com/society/inside-chinas-newborn-sitting-centers/article/2150584?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inside-chinas-newborn-sitting-centers/article/2150584?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:45:45 +0000 For the first time ever, seven LGBT choir groups from across China gathered in Shanghai to present a concert. Singers came from as far as the western province of Xinjiang. They joined hands to raise awareness of China's growing community of sexual minorities. This performance was part of the week-long celebration for the 10th anniversary of the Shanghai Pride festival, which was China’s first public event held annually to honor LGBT pride. We meet Ge Zi and Cheng Zi – not their real names –... https://www.scmp.com/society/chinas-first-national-lgbt-choir-concert/article/2150415?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/chinas-first-national-lgbt-choir-concert/article/2150415?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:00:00 +0000 As the world observes LGBT pride this month, China’s budding LGBT communities are playing their part. This week, the Shanghai Pride festival is celebrating its 10th year with a series of cultural events. Although Shanghai Pride is the first public event held annually to honor LGBT pride in mainland China, it has never included flamboyant parades like in the West. Organizers have tried to keep the event low-key. Even though homosexuality is not illegal in China, the Chinese government discourages... https://www.scmp.com/society/chinas-lgbt-lives-shanghai-pride-turns-ten/article/2150170?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/chinas-lgbt-lives-shanghai-pride-turns-ten/article/2150170?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:30:15 +0000 Almost 10 million Chinese high school students are taking the gaokao, China’s college entrance exam, between now and Saturday. In Shanghai, the city rearranged itself around the exam: around 50,000 students are taking an English test on Friday. The streets are blocked around the exam centers to create a quiet zone. Security guards guide away cars and motorcycles, and parents wait anxiously outside the school gates. This is a test that could potentially change lives of these teenagers, who have... https://www.scmp.com/education/meeting-students-gaokao-shanghai/article/2149883?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/education/meeting-students-gaokao-shanghai/article/2149883?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Jun 2018 10:00:15 +0000 Today is the first day of gaokao, China’s national college entrance exam. It will be two palm-sweating, hair-raising days for nearly 10 million high school students, who will be tested on nearly 12 years of studies. Only 40% will score highly enough to enroll in China’s universities.  Every June, a massive ceremony in the rural town of Maotanchang, in the eastern province of Anhui, sends off busloads of students through cheering crowds, as they head to test centers.  The town is home to Asia’s... https://www.scmp.com/education/student-crammers-maotanchang-and-families-who-support-them/article/2149711?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/education/student-crammers-maotanchang-and-families-who-support-them/article/2149711?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Jun 2018 09:45:30 +0000 What would you do when your home is cut off from the rest of the world by a raging river, and the nearest bridge over it is miles away? For this village in China, that’s not a hypothetical question. At the Lazimi village in southwest Yunnan province, people cross a river to reach the outside world using ziplines, according to Reuters. Ziplining is a way of life in the mountain village, and is sometimes the best means to get around because the nearest bridge is 12 miles away. The village is cut... https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-commuting-zipline-rural-china/article/2148429?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-commuting-zipline-rural-china/article/2148429?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 May 2018 10:00:00 +0000 Chinese civilization has long been hailed as one of the oldest in the world – up to 5,000 years old. Now, after 15 years of intense research as part of a nationwide project to explore the origins of that civilization, Chinese archaeologists claim that they can back up that statement with solid physical evidence. The findings discovered show signs of civilization as early as 3,000 BC in areas around the Yellow, Yangtze and Western Liao rivers. https://www.scmp.com/china/china-officially-sets-age-its-civilization-5000-years/article/2148482?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/china-officially-sets-age-its-civilization-5000-years/article/2148482?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 May 2018 09:45:00 +0000 A Kim Jong-un impersonator, who goes by the name Howard X, posed at tourist attractions in Singapore ahead of a planned historic summit between the North Korean leader and US President Donald Trump. https://www.scmp.com/politics/kim-singapore/article/2148290?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/politics/kim-singapore/article/2148290?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 May 2018 10:45:45 +0000 Is walking in high heels on the ground too easy? Try and walk in them high up in the sky. Watch the video above to see how three of the world’s top slackliners did it. https://www.scmp.com/sports/last-wonton-slacklining-heels/article/2148297?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sports/last-wonton-slacklining-heels/article/2148297?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 May 2018 10:30:00 +0000 The Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, is the largest wholesale flower market in Asia. Last year. 6.5 billion flowers were traded in the market, with tens of thousands of blooms sold at breakneck speeds in auctions every year. China’s online flower market is set to hit $7.9 billion by 2021. We follow a flower trader through the market, as he gets caught up in the thrill of the auction action. https://www.scmp.com/business/inside-dounan-flower-market-asias-largest-wholesale-flower-market/article/2147756?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/inside-dounan-flower-market-asias-largest-wholesale-flower-market/article/2147756?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 May 2018 09:30:00 +0000 Trigger warning: there are a LOT of cockroaches in this video. Viewer discretion is advised. In the world’s largest cockroach farm, more than six billion roaches are being bred every year.   The purpose? Medicine. The cockroaches are ground up and turned into a concoction said to treat stomach aches and respiratory problems.  The facility is run by Gooddoctor Pharmaceutical Group in the city of Xichang, in southwestern Sichuan province. Check out our video… and good luck sleeping tonight. https://www.scmp.com/health/chinas-cockroach-medicine-farm/article/2147199?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/health/chinas-cockroach-medicine-farm/article/2147199?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 May 2018 09:15:00 +0000 On Yaji Mountain in southern China sits a very special hotel. Here they’re checking in the pigs a thousand head per floor, in high-rise ‘hog hotels.” But they’re not here to be pampered. This is actually the future of intense farming techniques to get the most out of available space. https://www.scmp.com/china/chinas-high-rise-hog-hotel-1000-pigs-floor/article/2146051?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/chinas-high-rise-hog-hotel-1000-pigs-floor/article/2146051?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 May 2018 10:21:47 +0000 China’s very first domestically produced aircraft carrier launched for sea trials this week.  The Type 001A is part of China’s drive to modernize its navy: a drive it’s spending $175 billion on this year. Trials are underway, and the vessel is expected to be fully integrated into the Chinese navy by 2020. https://www.scmp.com/china/china-launches-its-first-domestically-produced-aircraft-carrier/article/2146056?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/china-launches-its-first-domestically-produced-aircraft-carrier/article/2146056?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 May 2018 10:15:15 +0000 Official statistics say that more than five thousand students died after schools collapsed during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Unofficial counts put the number far higher. Ten years on, families grieving the loss of their only children are still seeking the reasons behind the collapse of so many schools. https://www.scmp.com/china/did-shoddy-construction-doom-students-sichuan-earthquake/article/2145756?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/did-shoddy-construction-doom-students-sichuan-earthquake/article/2145756?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 May 2018 10:30:00 +0000 May 12, 2018 is the 10th anniversary of the magnitude-8 earthquake that killed some 87,000 people across Sichuan province. The quake was devastating. But the people of Sichuan have rebuilt their lives on their damaged homeland. Yang Heping in front of his destroyed house after the quake; and Yang and his wife smiling in front of their rebuilt home in 2018. Yang Jian (L), with the same bicycle in front of his damaged home after the quake; and Yang’s rebuilt home in 2018. Mianyang, Sichuan. Cai... https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-then-and-now-sichuan-earthquake-photos/article/2145656?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-then-and-now-sichuan-earthquake-photos/article/2145656?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 May 2018 06:00:45 +0000 Bystanders caught this footage of a truck driver in South China who didn’t see a car right in his blind spot… and so he smashed into it and kept driving. Fortunately, no one was hurt in the incident. https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-truck-pushes-car-blind-spot/article/2145331?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-truck-pushes-car-blind-spot/article/2145331?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 May 2018 08:45:15 +0000 Deep inside the mountains along China's border with Myanmar, villagers sharpen their arrows to prepare for a hunt. Their quarry: targets set up at the end of the range, as part of a crossbow compeition.  The Lisu people, a mostly Christian minority, use the crossbow. It is an indispensable part of their culture, dating back to 200 BC. They proudly carry the weapon in public. The local government says it is committed to the preservation of crossbow culture. https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-luzhang-crossbow-competition/article/2145141?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-luzhang-crossbow-competition/article/2145141?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 May 2018 08:30:15 +0000 Meet Cao Huan: this 25-year-old hailing from a remote village in China’s southern Guangdong province has become an internet sensation.  His videos about his life in the rural village, and the ways of the Miao ethnic minority group, have amassed a massive fan following. They now have a total of more than two billion views. https://www.scmp.com/china/chinas-country-vlogger-cao-huan/article/2145026?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/chinas-country-vlogger-cao-huan/article/2145026?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 May 2018 09:55:21 +0000 Members of China’s Wa ethnic group (and plenty of tourists) gather for the Monihei carnival in southwest China’s Yunnan province. During the festival participants smear mud on each other until they're totally covered. “Monihei” means “paint you black” – the color signifies good health. https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-monihei-festival/article/2144621?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/last-wonton-monihei-festival/article/2144621?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 May 2018 09:45:15 +0000 International Workers’ Day falls on May 1, and on this day we’re looking at one of China's fastest growing – and most dangerous – industries. Cao Rong is among the millions of online food delivery drivers in China. With a tap or two, consumers can get food delivered straight to them in China’s sprawling cities, often in 30 minutes or less. This $33 billion industry creates countless job opportunities for people like Cao – but it also puts lives at risk. With drivers rushing to take on more and... https://www.scmp.com/china/dangerous-life-chinese-delivery-driver/article/2144191?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/dangerous-life-chinese-delivery-driver/article/2144191?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 May 2018 10:01:49 +0000