https://www.scmp.com/rss/329731/feed Nathan Gibson is a photographer, writer and documentary filmmaker with a focus on social issues, peripheral communities and the absurd corners of contemporary life. He splits his time between southwestern China and the United Kingdom, where he is from. His work has appeared in the South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera, and Agence France-Presse. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com By day, she is Mei Yuxin. By night, she goes by Temple Rat. Mei is a DJ, producer, and electronic musician making waves in China’s underground club scene—and increasingly on the international circuit. She’s played raves on the Great Wall of China, in temples in Japan, and to a global audience on Boiler Room. The Shanghai-based musician’s sound is a unique blend of cutting-edge techno and a two-stringed Chinese instrument called the erhu. “Not many people play it,” she says, “but I love it so... https://www.scmp.com/culture/chinese-dj-techno-traditional-music/article/3046259?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/chinese-dj-techno-traditional-music/article/3046259?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:17:25 +0000 On a bright summer day in this picturesque part of England known as “God’s own country,” a tour bus packed with Chinese tourists snakes its way through the quiet countryside. The pastoral hills of Yorkshire have long been a veritable playground for climbers, hikers, and bird watchers, who still make up much of the domestic tourism industry. But a growing number of visitors are coming from China, and they’re there for a completely different reason: to catch a glimpse of an animal that sounds like... https://www.scmp.com/travel/caonima-alpaca-farm-england/article/3040250?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/travel/caonima-alpaca-farm-england/article/3040250?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:43:13 +0000 His face ruddy from the sun, Bai Sezhu, 61, carries the weary air of experience. Wiping sweat from his brow, he stoops, plunging his threshing fork deep into a bundle of grass drying in the heat of the midmorning sun. Dust rises into the clear blue sky. He has been up since 4am, preparing stores of food that will see his three horses through the coming winter. “No one hunts any more,” he says with a lilt, in Mandarin, “and the young don’t even speak their own language. I talk with my horse in... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3004653/one-chinas-smallest-ethnic-minority-groups?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3004653/one-chinas-smallest-ethnic-minority-groups?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Apr 2019 09:00:08 +0000 At 6am, a short drive from the steel-producing city of Xingtai, deep in the rural flatlands of northern China’s Hebei province, acrid pollution hangs heavy in the air and the monotonous land­scape is desaturated of colour. At the Mu Mengjie School for the Blind, home to 100 or so visually impaired students, a caretaker sweeps away leaves that fell in the night. The children, in dormitories lining a courtyard, stretch and rise for their morning exercises. They gather in rows under the watchful... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2176684/school-blind-offers-beacon-hope-disabled-rural?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2176684/school-blind-offers-beacon-hope-disabled-rural?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Dec 2018 06:00:45 +0000