https://www.scmp.com/rss/330517/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Navigating disputes between neighbours is a part of adulthood the world over, and sometimes the bickering can spiral out of control and transform into full-blown feuds. This appears to be the case in Nanjing, in Jiangsu province in eastern China, where residents on the upper and lower floors of an old residential building have engaged in a three-year-long legal row over a stalled lift installation. The basics are that residents of the bottom floors appear to have blocked the construction of a... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3166381/bad-neighbours-nanjing-residential-lift?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3166381/bad-neighbours-nanjing-residential-lift?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Feb 2022 01:00:13 +0000 One university lecturer was fired and a staff member at a different school lost her teaching licence this week after recently making contentious comments about Sino-Japanese history that strayed from official narratives. Shanghai Aurora College announced on Thursday it had fired lecturer Song Gengyi for questioning the Chinese government’s official death toll of 300,000 for the 1937 Nanking massacre, which took place in the city of Nanjing. China held events across the country this week to... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3160117/two-mainland-university-lecturers-punished?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3160117/two-mainland-university-lecturers-punished?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Dec 2021 10:30:22 +0000 Remembering atrocities is the best way to prevent their reoccurrence. To forget is to allow circumstances to again arise that enable their repeat and for tyrants to believe that they can carry out crimes with impunity. It is why China each year commemorates the massacre at Nanking, now known as the city of Nanjing, perpetrated by invading imperial Japanese troops that began on December 13, 1937, and took more than 300,000 lives over six weeks. With the nation’s history in mind and to serve as an... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3159572/sake-peace-do-not-forget-nanking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3159572/sake-peace-do-not-forget-nanking?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Dec 2021 23:30:18 +0000 China held a memorial service on Monday to mark the 84th anniversary of the Nanking massacre by Japanese troops during World War II, amid rising Sino-Japanese tension. More than 3,000 people attended the ceremony, held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanking Massacre by Japanese Invaders in what is now called Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province. Speaking at the ceremony, which was broadcast live on state broadcaster CCTV, Sun Chunlan, vice-premier and a Politburo member, said the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3159478/china-marks-84th-anniversary-nanking-massacre-amid-charged?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3159478/china-marks-84th-anniversary-nanking-massacre-amid-charged?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Dec 2021 05:07:13 +0000 On a grey and rainy morning, Chen Si patrols the Nanjing bridge soaring above China’s Yangtze River, determined to stop the desperate from jumping into the swirling waters below. Every weekend for 18 years, Chen has volunteered to scout the 3km (two-mile) length of the metal expanse, talking to hundreds of people thinking of taking their lives and earning himself the nickname “the Angel of Nanjing”. But with a cigarette wedged in one hand and flask of green tea clutched in the other, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3129819/chinas-desperate-saved-angel-nanjing-noted-suicide-bridge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3129819/chinas-desperate-saved-angel-nanjing-noted-suicide-bridge?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Apr 2021 07:00:37 +0000 Tucked into a corner of northern San Jose, California, near where she lived with her family, lies a small park full of modern sculptures celebrating the life of Iris Chang, a groundbreaking Chinese-American historian and author known for The Rape of Nanking, a bestselling book that brought a brutal period in Chinese history to Western attention. Chang, the daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, published the book in 1997 to instant acclaim. She would publish one more book – this one about... https://www.scmp.com/arts/rape-nanking-author-celebrated-california-park/article/3036887?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/rape-nanking-author-celebrated-california-park/article/3036887?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Nov 2019 09:43:54 +0000 Blood—it’s not just the stuff of vampires. A natural byproduct of an animal slaughter, it’s rich in protein, iron, and other minerals, and is a culinary staple around the world. In parts of Europe, blood sausage is the most common way to eat blood, mixed with grains, meat, and fat. But in Asia, the selection is more diverse. In addition to blood sausage, there’s also pig blood cake—made with sticky rice as a base—and coagulated blood that takes on a texture similar to that of tofu. Zhenji Pig... https://www.scmp.com/food/all-ways-chinese-people-eat-blood/article/3022195?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/all-ways-chinese-people-eat-blood/article/3022195?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Aug 2019 11:33:07 +0000 Before The College Dropout and Graduation, Kanye West’s first encounter with fame was breakdancing for lamb skewers on the streets of Nanjing. He was 10 years old at the time and living with his mother, Donda West, in China. It was 1987, and the country had just opened itself to the world. She was teaching English at a local university on a one-year exchange program. He was trying to fit in with the rest of the kids. Kanye, according to his mother in her 2007 memoir Raising Kanye, developed a... https://www.scmp.com/culture/memories-kanye-hustling-1987-china/article/3000215?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/memories-kanye-hustling-1987-china/article/3000215?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Nov 2018 13:19:38 +0000