https://www.scmp.com/rss/330540/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Chinese portal Duowei News, known for its Chinese political news and commentary, has closed its website and mobile app, ending 23 years of operation. All content has been taken down from the website, which was originally named Chinese News Net. The portal notice said the closure from Tuesday 4pm was caused by an adjustment to company operations. Chinese web users told to report ‘historical nihilism’ against party line Its owner, Hong Kong listed company Nan Hai Corporation, also owns the HK01... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3175717/chinese-duowei-news-closes-its-doors-content-taken-website-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3175717/chinese-duowei-news-closes-its-doors-content-taken-website-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:21:04 +0000 The world’s media must work hard to keep fake news and misinformation at bay as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, a top Chinese Communist Party leader in charge of propaganda said. “Objective and factual reporting” has become all the more important as the world battles to defeat rampant “rumours and prejudice” during the pandemic, Huang Kunming, a Politburo member and head of the party’s Propaganda Department, told the Fourth World Media Summit in Beijing on Monday. Media... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3157111/keep-out-fake-news-age-covid-19-chinese-propaganda-chief-urges?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3157111/keep-out-fake-news-age-covid-19-chinese-propaganda-chief-urges?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:19:50 +0000 In Zhang Lianchao’s first year working as a mortician he saw a lot of dead bodies, but none quite like the body of a woman who had tragically plunged to her death from a tall building – she barely had a face any more. “Her head had an open wound, shaped like a petunia ... when the family came, they carried all the tissues, including the brain, in a plastic bag,” he said. Zhang said he and his coworkers at the Xi’an Funeral Home can often spend more than 10 hours working on a body like this;... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3129498/chinas-funeral-parlours-use-3d-printing-restore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3129498/chinas-funeral-parlours-use-3d-printing-restore?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Apr 2021 23:00:08 +0000 When reporter Lao K went undercover working at a used car sales company he wanted to expose a consumer scam. However, he performed so well that he became vice-director of the company with a dozen staff under him before he revealed the company’s corruption. Lao K is an investigative reporter for the 315 Show hosted by state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV). Every year, CCTV hosts an annual consumer rights show, similar to the CBS network’s 60 Minutes, which features months-long... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3125812/undercover-reporter-china-works-his-way-entry-level-sales?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3125812/undercover-reporter-china-works-his-way-entry-level-sales?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Mar 2021 23:30:19 +0000 China’s “godfather of train photography” Wang Fuchun, whose portraits of travellers on China’s railways garnered worldwide fame, died in Beijing on Saturday at the age of 79 from an undisclosed illness. Starting his career as a railway worker in the 1970s, Wang, who won both domestic and international awards in photography, had spent over 40 years taking pictures of people from different walks of life on trains, providing a portrait of Chinese society during a time of radical... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3125487/chinas-famous-train-photographer-wang-fuchun-whose-work?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3125487/chinas-famous-train-photographer-wang-fuchun-whose-work?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:59:49 +0000