https://www.scmp.com/rss/328704/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Exiled student activist Brian Leung Kai-ping, who shot to fame for removing his mask after storming Hong Kong’s legislature in July, said protesters were fighting not for independence but for the city’s “full democracy”. In an exclusive interview with the South China Morning Post in New York, Leung also said he supported non-violent means of protest but the use of force was “sometimes justifiable”. He said any concessions offered by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, such as... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3029612/unmasked-hong-kong-protester-says-us-we-want-full-democracy-not?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3029612/unmasked-hong-kong-protester-says-us-we-want-full-democracy-not?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Sep 2019 06:00:11 +0000 For an event marking a dark moment of modern Chinese history, there were a striking number of American flags. One of them was wrapped tightly around the star of the show, a 2,000-pound statue of “Tank Man,” the unknown Beijing resident captured in the most iconic photo of the time, single-handedly staring down a column of tanks, grocery bags in hand. On Monday, around 300 people descended on Liberty Sculpture Park in Yermo, California, a 36-acre strip of sand and sagebrush on the south side of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3013125/tank-man-statue-rises-california-desert-park-democracy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3013125/tank-man-statue-rises-california-desert-park-democracy?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jun 2019 22:28:18 +0000 EDITOR'S NOTE, November 19: The race for California's 39th Congressional District seat ended with Democrat Gil Cisneros declared the winner after more than a week of mail-in ballot counts, netting 113,075 votes, or 50.8 per cent. Republican candidate Young Kim, with 109,580 votes, or 49.2 per cent, announced on social media on Saturday that she had conceded. California’s 39th Congressional District was one of the tightest races of the 2018 midterm elections, and even with the votes tallied, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2172206/history-mailing-southern-california-congressional?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2172206/history-mailing-southern-california-congressional?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Nov 2018 23:01:32 +0000 As the United States braces for what Democrats and Republicans alike are calling the most critical midterm elections in decades, voter turnout will be crucial. At 6 percent of the US population, Asian-Americans don’t yet constitute a major national voting bloc. But they may well make a difference in local races. One such race is in Southern California, in the 39th Congressional District. Covering parts of Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties, the 39th District is 30 per cent... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2171131/getting-out-vote-asian-americans-target-group-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2171131/getting-out-vote-asian-americans-target-group-us?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Nov 2018 13:32:38 +0000 German Chancellor Angela Merkel is credited with playing a leading role in winning the release of Liu Xia, the widow of Chinese human rights activist and Noble Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, from eight years of de facto house arrest in China. But an outspoken Chinese dissident believes that US President Donald Trump ought to be thanked as well. The Chinese writer-in-exile Liao Yiwu told an audience in New York on Wednesday that Trump may have had something to do with the release of his friend... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2166089/praise-trump-chinese-dissident-liao-yiwu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2166089/praise-trump-chinese-dissident-liao-yiwu?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Sep 2018 22:23:02 +0000 When she was put under house arrest for no reason other than being married to a Nobel-winning Chinese dissident, the poet Liu Xia said her captivity was so ridiculous that “Kafka could not have written anything more absurd.” That was in 2012, when she was in captivity in Beijing and her husband, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, was still alive. But on Wednesday, Liu made her first major public appearance as a free woman in New York. She was allowed to leave China in July, a year after... https://www.scmp.com/china/liu-xia-new-york/article/2166017?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/liu-xia-new-york/article/2166017?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Sep 2018 10:30:45 +0000 Liu Xia, the widow of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, told an audience in New York on Wednesday that even today she is unsure where to start when talking about her late husband, in her first formal appearance since leaving China after eight years of de facto house arrest. Speaking at a panel discussion hosted by the Václav Havel Library Foundation, Liu Xia briefly talked about Liu Xiaobo, who died last July of liver cancer while on medical parole, and thanked supporters for their concern for the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2165972/liu-xia-talks-about-liu-xiaobo-thanks-supporters-their-concern?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2165972/liu-xia-talks-about-liu-xiaobo-thanks-supporters-their-concern?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Sep 2018 07:15:30 +0000 The purchasing power of China’s wealthy is the stuff of dreams for retailers – but it’s increasingly causing nightmares for conservationists. The tastes of China’s nouveau riche are driving demand for the largely illegal trade in rosewood: a fragrant, richly hued tree native to the tropics which is prized for its use in replica antique furniture. Chinese rosewood furniture has been meticulously carved by craftsmen since at least the 10th century. According to a collectors’ guide from... https://www.scmp.com/china/chinas-appetite-rosewood-poses-extinction-threat/article/2164840?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/chinas-appetite-rosewood-poses-extinction-threat/article/2164840?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:00:15 +0000 The purchasing power of China’s burgeoning middle class is the stuff of dreams for retailers, but is increasingly causing nightmares for conservationists. Conspicuous consumption among wealthy Chinese on the mainland and throughout Asia caught the world’s attention with the runaway success of the film Crazy Rich Asians. Characters in the movie, whose sequel will be set partly in Shanghai, wowed audiences with their acquisition of high-end cars, real estate and jewellery. However, an affinity... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2164603/chinese-consumers-crazy-rich-demand-rosewood-propels-drive-toward?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2164603/chinese-consumers-crazy-rich-demand-rosewood-propels-drive-toward?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:13:23 +0000