https://www.scmp.com/rss/330304/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com https://www.scmp.com/infographics/hong-kong/society/article/3290257/hong-kongs-domestic-helpers-and-where-they-sleep-visual-diary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/infographics/hong-kong/society/article/3290257/hong-kongs-domestic-helpers-and-where-they-sleep-visual-diary?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Dec 2024 05:15:07 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/infographics/hong-kong/article/3267178/struggles-asylum-seekers-hong-kong-living-us13-day-visual-explainer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/infographics/hong-kong/article/3267178/struggles-asylum-seekers-hong-kong-living-us13-day-visual-explainer?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Jun 2024 02:00:08 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3206123/christmas-box-filled-love?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3206123/christmas-box-filled-love?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Jan 2023 10:06:50 +0000 For years, China’s wealthiest have strived to gain residency overseas in order to protect their assets, but the pandemic has complicated matters.  Many are now facing a million-dollar question, do they stay in China and risk losing their assets, or move abroad where they risk contracting the virus? According to consultants and business people, many are conflicted and feel pressured that the Chinese government could seize their assets in what is perceived as a campaign against business... https://www.scmp.com/society/chinas-rich-nervous-move-assets-overseas-amid-pandemic-crisis/article/3116332?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/chinas-rich-nervous-move-assets-overseas-amid-pandemic-crisis/article/3116332?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:09:55 +0000 Foreign workers in China have long complained about the bureaucracy and paperwork involved in getting a working visa, but that may be about to change after the authorities unveiled plans to streamline the application process. A policy document released on Sunday outlined plans for a series of pilot programs to reduce the red tape as part of a project to boost the Yangtze River Delta region, which includes major commercial cities such as Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing. The plans, rubber-stamped... https://www.scmp.com/society/china-aims-cut-work-permit-red-tape-foreigners-yangtze-river-delta/article/3040384?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/china-aims-cut-work-permit-red-tape-foreigners-yangtze-river-delta/article/3040384?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Dec 2019 09:34:36 +0000 Corn is a pretty common sight in China, where sweet corn is often used in dishes, and maize supplies go to everything from livestock feed, to biofuel. But corn isn’t natively from China. For that, China has the Philippines and Macau to thank, when the former was a Spanish colony, and Macau was under the Portuguese. Maize, which originated in Central America, was one of the first crops traded by European colonialists in the east. From their other mesoamerican territories, the Spanish and... https://www.scmp.com/food/how-corn-ended-china-americas/article/2158689?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/how-corn-ended-china-americas/article/2158689?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:00:30 +0000