https://www.scmp.com/rss/330686/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Archaeologists on Monday announced the discovery of 128 children buried inside of urns as part of an ancient Chinese funerary practice. The excavation team unearthed the tombs along with coins, pottery and tiles in northern China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. They believe these were people who lived during the Han dynasty (202BC-220AD). During this period, the bodies of children would not have been cremated. People would connect multiple urns – likely two, sometimes more – to create a... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3157479/chinese-scientists-discover-remains-128-children?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3157479/chinese-scientists-discover-remains-128-children?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:00:23 +0000 US President Joe Biden assumed office promising a departure from Donald Trump’s disruptive foreign policy, but his administration has embraced the same zero-sum rhetoric where China is concerned. That approach could bifurcate the globe politically and technologically along racial lines, yet the project has instead been promoted as a contest of values. This rhetoric did not begin with Trump. It was adopted by the Washington elite during the 1990s following the publication of Samuel Huntington’s... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3142154/joe-biden-promotes-liberal-values-could-learn-lesson-or-two?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3142154/joe-biden-promotes-liberal-values-could-learn-lesson-or-two?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Jul 2021 09:00:23 +0000 Many young people in mainland China are not only choosing, or forced by economic circumstances, to remain childless, a substantial number of them are removing themselves from the rat race in a recent phenomenon known as “lying flat” (tangping). Discouraged by uneven access to resources and opportunities, the futility in chasing shifting and unreachable socio-economic markers, and the heavy toll the chase is taking on their minds, bodies and relationships, many young Chinese are simply opting... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3138431/why-are-young-chinese-people-criticised-lying-flat-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3138431/why-are-young-chinese-people-criticised-lying-flat-it?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:45:18 +0000 When he lost his great love to illness, one powerful leader tried to bring her back. With necromancy. Emperor Wu is considered one of China’s greatest rulers, presiding over the expansive Han dynasty for the 54 years between 141 and 87 BC. He’s known for establishing his central government and vastly increasing the Han dynasty’s territories with his military prowess. The emperor is also known for his love for his favorite consort, Lady Li. After she passed away around 100 BC, the emperor got a... https://www.scmp.com/culture/man-who-tried-bring-his-lover-back-dead/article/3000141?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/man-who-tried-bring-his-lover-back-dead/article/3000141?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Sep 2018 09:46:16 +0000