https://www.scmp.com/rss/330650/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A father’s decision to force his daughter to dig for lotus roots by hand to teach her the value of education sparked a debate about how Chinese parents should discipline their children. The father, surnamed Ye, was trying to teach his 11-year-old daughter in central China’s Hubei province perspective about what life without proper education would mean for her future. “My daughter was going through a period of rebellion, and her teacher told me that she did not want to go to school any more,” Ye... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3175711/chinese-father-orders-rebelling-11-year-old?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3175711/chinese-father-orders-rebelling-11-year-old?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Apr 2022 01:00:09 +0000 When Zhang Mingrong slipped and fell while carrying his paralysed wife on his back during a hike in 2021, an aggravated herniated disc meant he would not be able to summit Mount Taishan in Shandong province in eastern China. For most people, the injury would have been a minor delay before inevitably checking off a fun adventure that could be accomplished a few months later. But for Zhang, and his wife Kong Yan, it might have marked the end of an annual journey that had come to symbolise over a... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3169288/chinese-husband-carries-his-paralysed-wife?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3169288/chinese-husband-carries-his-paralysed-wife?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Mar 2022 11:11:29 +0000 A video of a woman being violently dragged from a home she shared with her prospective husband because he apparently could not afford a 500,000 yuan (US$78,600) bride price went viral on the Chinese internet over the weekend. Amid a torrent of outrage and abuse, the woman, surnamed Gao, urged netizens to stop cyberbullying her family, which she said had got out of control. Her boyfriend, surnamed Zhang, posted the video on Bilibili, a Chinese video-sharing platform. He said Gao was physically... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3167003/chinese-woman-dragged-away-family-viral-bride?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3167003/chinese-woman-dragged-away-family-viral-bride?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Feb 2022 01:00:10 +0000 Much has been made over the years about the true nature of the relationship between the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and her former mother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth. Some say that the pair never got on, while others maintain that initially there was a bond between the two which soured after the divorce between Diana and Prince Charles. Here we look back at the stages of their relationship, from initial meeting to the sad, sorry end. How the British royals celebrate their birthdays The Spencers... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3144099/were-princess-diana-and-queen-elizabeth-friends-or?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3144099/were-princess-diana-and-queen-elizabeth-friends-or?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Aug 2021 21:00:29 +0000 Ever since it was announced that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were stepping down as senior members of the royal family, questions have been raised about the status of the couple’s relationship with “The Firm”’s head honcho, Queen Elizabeth. And with poor Meghan being publicly blamed for the shock exit, dubbed Megxit, and their move to Hollywood, we can’t imagine her maj was very impressed with her grandson’s new wife. Fast forward a few months, and all hell broke loose when Meghan granted a... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3126759/9-times-queen-elizabeth-showed-meghan-markle-love-megxit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3126759/9-times-queen-elizabeth-showed-meghan-markle-love-megxit?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Mar 2021 22:00:07 +0000 After living with a nitpicking husband for over 30 years, supporting her daughter to finish university and raising her grandchildren to preschool age, 56-year-old Su Min decided it was time for her to be just herself. While most of the Chinese women at her age would be babysitting their grandchildren or cooking and washing clothes for their husbands, Su started a solo road trip in September with her white Volkswagen Polo that she bought with two years’ savings from taking odd jobs. Without a... https://www.scmp.com/society/chinese-granny-finds-freedom-eat-pray-love-road-trip/article/3114171?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/chinese-granny-finds-freedom-eat-pray-love-road-trip/article/3114171?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:10:03 +0000 An advertisement from sportswear giant Nike about a girl refusing to accept red packets from her aunt during Lunar New Year has earned praise online. https://www.scmp.com/china/nike-lunar-new-year-ad-praised-highlighting-chinese-tradition-refusing-red-packets/article/3047212?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/nike-lunar-new-year-ad-praised-highlighting-chinese-tradition-refusing-red-packets/article/3047212?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Jan 2020 05:12:24 +0000 Tongue painting runs in the family of artist Han Xiaoming, who has made passing down the tradition his life’s calling—despite mockery from the public and disapproval from his parents. https://www.scmp.com/videos/man-who-paints-his-tongue/article/3000257?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/videos/man-who-paints-his-tongue/article/3000257?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Nov 2018 03:17:19 +0000