https://www.scmp.com/rss/328726/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The South China Morning Post, of which Inkstone is a unit, is celebrating its 115th anniversary. Over its long history, it has had multiple owners and has reinvented itself many times, most recently as an international media company focusing on the global China story. Grace Tsoi takes you back to when it all began. Click here to read more. https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171973/115-year-old-newspaper-was-founded-start-revolution?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171973/115-year-old-newspaper-was-founded-start-revolution?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Nov 2018 10:51:11 +0000 The first edition of Hong Kong’s oldest English-language newspaper was published on this day exactly 115 years ago, when China was at a crossroads. By 1903, China had been ruled by the ethnic Manchus of the Qing court for more than two centuries. Widespread corruption had weakened the Middle Kingdom, with multiple foreign powers – including Britain, Russia, France and Germany – carving out their spheres of influence. The country was also reeling from the humiliation of a surprise defeat by... https://www.scmp.com/politics/south-china-morning-post-was-founded-support-revolution/article/2171939?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/politics/south-china-morning-post-was-founded-support-revolution/article/2171939?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Nov 2018 09:15:45 +0000 In honor of the South China Morning Post’s 115th anniversary on November 6, staff at the paper held a costume competition. There were three categories, to mark three seminal periods in the newspaper's history: China’s Qing dynasty, the ’80s and the future. Here are some of the best contestants from the office, where not much work has got done today: Qing dynasty The ’80s The future Who do you think did the best? Tweet us @InkstoneNews to let us know who you think should have won. https://www.scmp.com/society/last-wonton-scmp-115th-anniversary-costume-competition/article/2171940?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/last-wonton-scmp-115th-anniversary-costume-competition/article/2171940?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Nov 2018 08:45:45 +0000 In a little more than a decade, the smartphone has evolved from a digital novelty reserved for gadget geeks to an indispensable technology for the masses. Click here to read more https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171905/how-people-survived-without-smartphones-115-years-ago?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171905/how-people-survived-without-smartphones-115-years-ago?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Nov 2018 06:00:15 +0000 Hong Kong’s oldest English newspaper, The South China Morning Post, turns 115 years old today. We went inside their printing press facility, one of the few that still prints newspapers in the city. Click here to watch https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171861/inside-one-hong-kongs-last-newspaper-factories?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171861/inside-one-hong-kongs-last-newspaper-factories?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Nov 2018 02:30:00 +0000 With its unique Hong Kong base – a gateway to mainland China – the South China Morning Post has played an important role in providing insights and updated information about Greater China to the outside world since it was first published 115 years ago. Its extensive coverage and deep understanding about China have been an important source of information and reference for diplomats and China watchers in the West and in Asia. Former Mexican Ambassador to China Jorge Guajardo said the Post was his... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2165112/south-china-morning-post-115-years-unparalleled-reporting-all?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2165112/south-china-morning-post-115-years-unparalleled-reporting-all?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Nov 2018 02:00:45 +0000 Youth engagement has long been important to the South China Morning Post. It published Children’s Corner – its first youth supplement – on March 11, 1951, as a Sunday feature, then launched Young Post-Herald, also on Sundays, on January 7, 1968. This was the forerunner of today’s Sunday Young Post.   Click here to read more https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171847/scmp-115th-anniversary-x-young-post-giving-hong-kong-teens-voice?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171847/scmp-115th-anniversary-x-young-post-giving-hong-kong-teens-voice?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 22:04:33 +0000 The South China Morning Post published its first edition on November 6, 1903. As it now marks its 115th anniversary, three readers reflect on its importance to Hong Kong as a window to the English-speaking world and a gauge on public views. Matthew Cheung Kin-chung Chief secretary I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to the South China Morning Post on its 115th anniversary. I have been a great fan of the SCMP since I was a 14-year-old Form Three student in Hong Kong. It was one of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2171728/news-and-views-inform-and-shape-hong-kong-three-readers-south-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2171728/news-and-views-inform-and-shape-hong-kong-three-readers-south-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:03:04 +0000 I am delighted to congratulate the South China Morning Post on its 115th anniversary. The SCMP, Hong Kong’s major English-language daily newspaper, boasts a team of more than 300 reporters, editors, photographers and other media professionals. They are based not only in Hong Kong but in the paper’s four mainland Chinese bureaus (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen) and two United States bureaus (New York City and Washington) The award-winning newspaper provides valued, in-depth coverage of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2171689/hong-kong-chief-executive-carrie-lam-south-china-morning-posts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2171689/hong-kong-chief-executive-carrie-lam-south-china-morning-posts?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:03:03 +0000 Birthdays are a time for celebration but also provide a good opportunity to reflect on the past and look ahead to the future. The 115th anniversary of the South China Morning Post is no exception. The first edition of this newspaper hit the streets on November 6, 1903. The new publication, launched in Hong Kong by founders Tse Tsan-tai and Alfred Cunningham, entered a challenging media market at a time when new technology was transforming the industry. Some things, then, have not changed. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2171672/editor-chief-tammy-tam-celebrates-south-china-morning-posts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2171672/editor-chief-tammy-tam-celebrates-south-china-morning-posts?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:03:01 +0000 The South China Morning Post treasures the city it calls home, having been based in Hong Kong since its founding. Over the years, the media organisation has recognised the importance of connecting with the community, supporting charitable causes, highlighting unsung heroes, and spurring debate on key issues facing Hong Kong and China. In 1988, the Post joined up with RTHK to organise Operation Santa Claus, harnessing the voices of two of the city’s most respected media organisations to bring the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2171453/post-celebrates-115-years-helping-bring-hong-kong-community-together?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2171453/post-celebrates-115-years-helping-bring-hong-kong-community-together?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:02:59 +0000 The most important people for a newspaper are always its readers. The relationship between the two parties has been transformed as media companies reinvent themselves for the digital age. However, the fundamental dynamic remains: it is never an exaggeration to say that without the readers, there would be no newspaper. Since it was founded in November 1903, the South China Morning Post has been running letters. They were published as “Correspondence” for years, until the section was renamed... https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/2171434/look-back-115-years-letters-editor-south-china-morning-post?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/2171434/look-back-115-years-letters-editor-south-china-morning-post?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:02:57 +0000 The South China Morning Post, a leading English-language newspaper that has reported on Hong Kong, China and Asia for more than a century, might not have come into existence if its co-founders, Tse Tsan-tai and Alfred Cunningham, had only profits or commercial viability on their mind. Tse’s colourful life went beyond running a newspaper and making business deals, which he was adept at, before teaming up with Cunningham, a veteran British journalist, to found the Post. Tse was also a political... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2171070/revolution-always-mind-south-china-morning-post-co-founder-tse-tsan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2171070/revolution-always-mind-south-china-morning-post-co-founder-tse-tsan?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:02:55 +0000 Chan Kiu is no flash in the pan. Thirty-one years after his retirement from the South China Morning Post, the respected lensman, who celebrated his 91st birthday last month, is still widely regarded as the quintessential Hong Kong photojournalist, as well an icon of the newspaper. Having shot close to 40,000 rolls of film in his 28 years at the Post, Chan captured, in his vivid images, some of the most decisive moments – riots, bombings, typhoons, floods, landslides, celebrations, royal and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2171067/life-through-lens-veteran-photojournalists-28-year-career?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2171067/life-through-lens-veteran-photojournalists-28-year-career?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:02:53 +0000 Right from its inception in 1903, South China Morning Post has been serving a truly international audience. Even before it had its own printing press, the paper was the proud owner of a steam launch from which it used to sell print copies directly to ships in Victoria Harbour – cover price HK$3 a month – and thus it began life delivering news to visiting seamen and passengers from around the globe. More than a century on, the Post is now more widely read digitally than it is in print and its... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2171041/digital-international-growth-are-way-forward-south-china-morning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2171041/digital-international-growth-are-way-forward-south-china-morning?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:02:51 +0000 To the late and legendary Kevin Sinclair, a renowned Hong Kong-based journalist who joined the South China Morning Post in the 1970s, the telephone was “the greatest tool of the reporter’s trade”. “A phone in your hand enables you to reach virtually every corner of the earth... even further afield,” Sinclair, then assistant editor at the Post, wrote in an article 35 years ago as he recalled his attempt to put a call through to Nasa’s Gemini IV spacecraft as it orbited the earth. Sinclair wanted... https://www.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/2170668/more-century-newsroom-technology-scmp-telegraph-live-streaming?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/2170668/more-century-newsroom-technology-scmp-telegraph-live-streaming?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:02:49 +0000 The South China Morning Post’s move to grade A offices in Times Square this February, in Hong Kong’s buzzing Causeway Bay neighbourhood, was rich in significance. The move may have raised eyebrows at a time when print publications are struggling to survive. But that is exactly the reaction Alfred Cunningham and Tse Tsan-tai got when they launched the newspaper. New chapter begins as the Post moves to face challenges ahead The Times Square move was another milestone for the 115-year-old Post,... https://www.scmp.com/culture/article/2169684/where-and-why-post-moved-offices-over-115-years-changing-media-times?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/article/2169684/where-and-why-post-moved-offices-over-115-years-changing-media-times?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:02:47 +0000 The South China Morning Post has been a barometer of daily life in Hong Kong since it was founded 115 years ago. From its earliest days, the paper campaigned for more enlightened governance, and the newspaper’s reporters have experienced the same highs and lows as the rest of the city, including such indignities as being barred from society, detained in POW camps and being targets of rioting mobs Tap here to launch the special feature https://www.scmp.com/infographics/hong-kong/article/2171748/how-south-china-morning-post-documented-hong-kong-history?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/infographics/hong-kong/article/2171748/how-south-china-morning-post-documented-hong-kong-history?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:00:00 +0000 The first edition of the South China Morning Post was published 115 years ago today. Over that time, the media industry has changed dramatically, especially since the emergence of the internet and the need for newspapers to transform their operations to meet the challenges of the digital era. The technological revolution has seen the Post move from being a newspaper distributed almost exclusively in Hong Kong, to a multi-platform media organisation telling stories in a variety of ways with a... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2171812/exciting-times-ahead-post-turns-115?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2171812/exciting-times-ahead-post-turns-115?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 13:11:46 +0000 On the South China Morning Post’s 115th anniversary on Tuesday, I’ve got a milestone of my own to relate: I’ve been working for the Post for more than a quarter of its existence. It’s a different place from when I began in June 1988, with dramatic changes in the reader and staff profiles, office and the manner in which news is collected and circulated. The focus of the news has also shifted; China now takes priority whereas, back in the era of British colonial rule, it was treated just like any... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2171736/my-30-years-post-media-environment-has-changed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2171736/my-30-years-post-media-environment-has-changed?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 08:04:33 +0000 New technologies create new jobs, but government policy and the social environment also play a part in shaping trends in the job market. While it’s never easy to predict the most popular jobs for the upcoming year, some jobs do look to have rosier prospects than others. Click here to read more https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171730/eight-fastest-growing-jobs-benefiting-government-policy-and-technology?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171730/eight-fastest-growing-jobs-benefiting-government-policy-and-technology?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 07:00:15 +0000 The British newspaper the Daily Mail once ranked the greatest technological inventions of the 21st century in order. The shortlist included the iPhone, Facebook, YouTube, and 4G, all of which have markedly changed our way of life. These technologies have redefined the workforce, too.  Click here to read more https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171726/eight-new-jobs-facilitated-technological-innovation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171726/eight-new-jobs-facilitated-technological-innovation?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 06:53:32 +0000 In the past 50 years, Hong Kong has transformed from a centre of industry into a service-based, knowledge-driven economy thanks to universal education and advances in technology. In the process, many new jobs have been created while traditional ones, mostly in light industry and manufacturing, have been radically redefined or consigned to oblivion.  Click here to read more https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171723/eight-jobs-bygone-era?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171723/eight-jobs-bygone-era?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 06:48:22 +0000 The fundamental objectives of recruitment have changed little over the years. It is basically still about attracting the best individuals available and getting them up to speed as quickly as possible. Click here to read more https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171710/technology-takes-recruitment-sector-new-era?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/2171710/technology-takes-recruitment-sector-new-era?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 05:58:55 +0000 The South China Morning Post turns 115 years old this month, and STYLE is celebrating this occasion by looking back at more than a century of fashion. Who inspired us? Who shaped the way we viewed style and self-expression? How did they transform the landscape of the fashion industry? Fashion documentaries go behind the seams on McQueen and Guo Pei There have been many muses over the ages, ranging from legendary figures in history such as Coco Chanel or Yves Saint Laurent, to today’s artists... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2171044/115-years-fashion-12-designers-who-shaped-our-sense?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2171044/115-years-fashion-12-designers-who-shaped-our-sense?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 01:02:22 +0000 Some landmark achievements in Hong Kong’s transport infrastruc­ture made a splash even before the South China Morning Post rolled off the printing presses for the first time, on November 6, 1903. Chief among these would be the Star Ferry, which hoisted anchor and began sailing between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon in 1888, the same year that the Peak Tram began hauling the well-heeled up to more pleasant climes. And with watershed developments seeming to land on these shores with accelerating... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2171217/six-hong-kongs-biggest-transport-achievements?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2171217/six-hong-kongs-biggest-transport-achievements?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Nov 2018 03:00:19 +0000