https://www.scmp.com/rss/330277/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Tap here to launch this special feature https://www.scmp.com/infographics/world/europe/article/3149368/how-ghent-altarpiece-was-restored-complete-visual?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/infographics/world/europe/article/3149368/how-ghent-altarpiece-was-restored-complete-visual?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Sep 2021 03:00:11 +0000 The Covid-19 pandemic has turned face masks into an essential part of life for human beings and then some. https://www.scmp.com/arts/statues-don-face-masks-during-coronavirus-pandemic/article/3085204?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/statues-don-face-masks-during-coronavirus-pandemic/article/3085204?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 May 2020 10:42:17 +0000 It’s 5.50am, with just a faint purple light glowing on the horizon, when a group of children aged six to 15 march diligently towards their classrooms.  At 6.15am, they begin lessons in Chinese, English and math. At 7.50am, they stop for breakfast.  There’s no time to linger, students must be clean and dressed by 8.30am, when they head upstairs to two spacious rooms on the first floor of an L-shaped building near the center of Liaoning’s provincial capital, Shenyang.  Here the real training... https://www.scmp.com/arts/chinas-acrobatics-schools-once-ticket-world-are-struggling-survive/article/3043409?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/chinas-acrobatics-schools-once-ticket-world-are-struggling-survive/article/3043409?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Dec 2019 10:45:51 +0000 Despite breaking the Chinese internet with a new hit song, Taiwan’s “King of Asian Pop” Jay Chou has received some heat for promoting “sexist” values with a music video that features the female lead sacrificing for her boyfriend.  The star’s latest single, Won’t Cry, has sold millions of digital copies and topped charts in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan hours after its release on Monday night.  But for some fans, the song depicts an ancient and tired archetype of a self-sacrificing woman... https://www.scmp.com/arts/some-chinese-think-taiwanese-singer-jay-chous-new-song-sexist/article/3027662?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/some-chinese-think-taiwanese-singer-jay-chous-new-song-sexist/article/3027662?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:14:45 +0000 The Chinese billionaire featured in the Netflix documentary American Factory has defended his country’s labor practices by criticizing unions, saying they hurt efficiency.  In China, American Factory prompted a wave of soul-searching about the human costs of the country’s economic success and the rise of super-rich entrepreneurs such as Cao Dewang, who owns factories at home and abroad.   The film, backed by Barack and Michelle Obama, documents what happens at two factories owned by Cao – one in... https://www.scmp.com/cao-dewang-defends-anti-union-stance-after-netflixs-american-factory/article/3027426?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/cao-dewang-defends-anti-union-stance-after-netflixs-american-factory/article/3027426?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:31:59 +0000 For American audiences, the Netflix documentary American Factory reveals the life of US workers on Chinese-owned production lines.  But for Chinese audiences, the film serves as a reminder of the human costs behind China’s rise as a manufacturing superpower.  The film, backed by Barack and Michelle Obama’s new production company, documents how Chinese auto-glass company Fuyao built a factory near Dayton, Ohio, where thousands of workers were laid off when General Motors closed its plant in the... https://www.scmp.com/arts/american-factory-netflix-documentary-prompts-workers-rights-debate/article/3024348?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/american-factory-netflix-documentary-prompts-workers-rights-debate/article/3024348?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:02:34 +0000 A modern dance drama inspired by Bruce Lee’s “be water” mantra is being staged in Hong Kong, his childhood home.  The Odyssey of Little Dragon, produced by the City Contemporary Dance Company, portrays Lee’s life in Hong Kong and the United States, the development of his kung fu philosophy, and the merging of his Eastern and Western identities. The performance is being staged from August 16 to 18, during a time of political unrest in Hong Kong.  For more than two months, anti-government... https://www.scmp.com/arts/bruce-lee-be-water-inspires-dance-show-hong-kong-amid-protests/article/3023151?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/bruce-lee-be-water-inspires-dance-show-hong-kong-amid-protests/article/3023151?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:31:00 +0000 Almost five years ago on a local TV show in New York, the host was taken aback when the Jamaican reggae artist Gyptian was introduced by a diminutive, elderly Asian woman. “He was not expecting to see a Chinese woman talking about reggae,” Patricia Chin, now 82, recalls with a laugh, during a telephone interview from New York. But the half-Chinese, half-Indian Chin, who was born in Jamaica, knows just about everything there is to know about reggae.  She and her late husband, Vincent “Randy”... https://www.scmp.com/arts/inside-reggae-empire-built-chinese-jamaican-family/article/3022443?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/inside-reggae-empire-built-chinese-jamaican-family/article/3022443?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Aug 2019 12:11:07 +0000 Since Crazy Rich Asians hit theaters last August, life hasn’t been the same for Gemma Chan. After making a mark on-screen as the rich, elegant Astrid Leong-Teo, she has graced international magazine covers and starred in films Mary Queen of Scots and Captain Marvel. The world is now her oyster, but what she really wants is to help to tell stories about Asian people living everywhere. “What’s really good for me is to find stories that aren’t just pigeonholing Asians in Asia,” she said. “I think... https://www.scmp.com/arts/crazy-rich-asians-gemma-chan-wants-tell-more-asian-stories/article/3015186?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/crazy-rich-asians-gemma-chan-wants-tell-more-asian-stories/article/3015186?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Jun 2019 08:48:10 +0000 It looks like China’s massive film market is slowing down. Film-goers spent $88.7 billion at Chinese cinemas in 2018 – up on the previous year, but only by 9%. Of the top 10 movies at the Chinese box office in 2018, four were Hollywood productions and the rest domestic. The top three films, each of which took more than $435 million at the box office, were made in China. While growth may be slowing, the market is still huge. In the first three months of 2018, it outstripped the US in box-office... https://www.scmp.com/arts/chinese-box-offices-top-10-films-and-5-biggest-flops/article/2180370?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/chinese-box-offices-top-10-films-and-5-biggest-flops/article/2180370?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Jan 2019 09:16:42 +0000 When Crazy Rich Asians premiered and became a worldwide smash hit, it wasn't just a moment for the Asian community to bask in the spotlight. It was also the moment that the little-known male lead of the film, Henry Golding, became a star. The only acting experience Golding had before his casting was a role in a Subway commercial, in which he and his real-life wife Liv Lo picked out each other’s dream footlong sandwiches. Meanwhile, his co-stars Michelle Yeoh and Constance Wu had been acting for... https://www.scmp.com/arts/crazy-rich-asians-henry-golding-insanity-fame-not-being-asian-enough-and-tribal-tattoos/article/2173866?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/crazy-rich-asians-henry-golding-insanity-fame-not-being-asian-enough-and-tribal-tattoos/article/2173866?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:45:00 +0000 Kris Wu? Who? That was the question on the minds of many a pop music fan, as he shot to the top of the iTunes charts over the weekend – pushing Ariana Grande off the list completely. Beast Mode all the way up #antares #1 pic.twitter.com/BrHtCtSJ62 — Kris Wu (@KrisWu) November 2, 2018 The Canadian-Chinese singer, who is huge in Asia but lesser-known in the west, has been accused of using bots to boost the performance of his new album – knocking American pop stars including Grande and Lady Gaga... https://www.scmp.com/arts/itunes-takes-down-kris-wu-tracks-ariana-grande-fans-allege-fans-used-bots/article/2172094?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/itunes-takes-down-kris-wu-tracks-ariana-grande-fans-allege-fans-used-bots/article/2172094?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Nov 2018 10:00:15 +0000