https://www.scmp.com/rss/330408/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3192108/queen-elizabeth-ii-complex-legacy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3192108/queen-elizabeth-ii-complex-legacy?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Sep 2022 01:00:29 +0000 Hong Kong’s legal fraternity was left with much to reflect on when Britain withdrew its last two serving judges from the city’s highest court last month, citing concerns over the Beijing-imposed national security law and its implications for political freedom. The resignation of the UK Supreme Court’s president and vice-president from their concurrent positions on Hong Kong’s apex court closed the chapter on a long-standing arrangement often viewed as a strong endorsement of the city’s rule of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3175236/will-hong-kong-join-singapore-malaysia-ditching-foreign-judges?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3175236/will-hong-kong-join-singapore-malaysia-ditching-foreign-judges?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Apr 2022 00:00:30 +0000 A coach that has fallen into discredit because it is decorated with images widely viewed as racist will no longer be used by the Dutch royal family, King Willem-Alexander announced on Thursday. “We cannot write the past anew. But we can try together to come to terms with it,” he said in a video message about the vehicle known as the Golden Coach. He said the coach will be off limits so long as the Netherlands’ colonial history remains controversial. “The Golden Coach will only travel again once... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3163311/racist-royal-coach-limits-due-colonial-history-says-king?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3163311/racist-royal-coach-limits-due-colonial-history-says-king?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Jan 2022 15:57:45 +0000 Dances, bridge parties, races and high teas were once the order of the day in India’s fabled hill stations. Colonial era Brits built these settlements in the 19th century from Ootacamund and Kodaikanal in the south, to Darjeeling and Shimla in the north, to establish a ‘home away from home’ where they could live in comfort and take refuge from the heat. Often, the towns would feature Tudor style cottages with lace curtains, manicured gardens and gabled roofs. There would be lakes and picturesque... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3158402/paradise-lost-rise-and-fall-indias-british-colonial-era-hill?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3158402/paradise-lost-rise-and-fall-indias-british-colonial-era-hill?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Dec 2021 07:00:26 +0000 American and European museums are reassessing whether and how to return artefacts claimed in Asia and Africa during conflicts and colonial eras as global sentiment changes over their rightful ownership. Museums are considering which items should be given back to their countries of origin, whose governments have been asking for decades for the return of pieces of their heritage, with activists becoming increasingly strident. Treasures from China’s Qing dynasty, including a carved white jade... https://www.scmp.com/arts/will-western-museums-return-treasures-taken-asia-and-africa/article/3111021?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/will-western-museums-return-treasures-taken-asia-and-africa/article/3111021?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Nov 2020 11:51:30 +0000 Japanese retailer Muji has apologized in China after using the term “French Concession” to refer to a historic neighborhood in Shanghai in a marketing campaign. The term, which is still commonly used in the megacity, angered some Chinese internet users who found it insulting because it invoked an era in which China had to grant a number of concessions to countries such as France, Britain, the US and Japan. The former French Concession was an area run by French diplomats from 1849 to the 1940s,... https://www.scmp.com/business/muji-says-sorry-after-calling-parts-shanghai-french-concession/article/3026926?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/muji-says-sorry-after-calling-parts-shanghai-french-concession/article/3026926?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Sep 2019 10:58:43 +0000 Aeles Lrawbalrate, an indigenous chef in Taiwan, uses foraged ingredients from the jungle in her dishes. She is part of the Rukai people, one of 16 officially recognized Austronesian tribes on the island, and she is committed to reversing the effects of colonization in her village. https://www.scmp.com/videos/betel-leaf-dumplings-chefs-plate-ep-6/article/3000168?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/videos/betel-leaf-dumplings-chefs-plate-ep-6/article/3000168?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Oct 2018 12:32:49 +0000