https://www.scmp.com/rss/503689/feed Jack Hickman is a British journalist who has interviewed North Korean border guards, filmed the notorious Taiwanese Dog King and gone undercover to report from sealed off Buddhist Institutes. He learnt Mandarin while selling tudou in a Beijing hutong and is committed to building a bridge of understanding between the East and West en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Social media trends rarely stay the same. Since the dawn of social networking, we have witnessed the rise and fall of online civilisations such as Bebo, Friendster and MySpace. Over the past decade, the Facebook empire has dominated our online habits, buying up any company that poses a significant threat to its supremacy in the West. However, the arrival of China’s TikTok marks the dawn of a new digital age. Teenage users have been flocking to the Chinese app, enticed by its jazzy filters and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3052730/facebook-vs-tiktok-how-us-struggling-contain-outbreak-viral-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3052730/facebook-vs-tiktok-how-us-struggling-contain-outbreak-viral-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Feb 2020 13:00:04 +0000 It’s that time again when Western analysts, commentators and think tanks alike stare into their crystal balls and foretell widening cracks in the Chinese state. A pandemic of misinformation and ill-informed predictions is spreading online. Many analysts are quick to point out the shortcomings of China’s response to the coronavirus outbreak and have raced to predict how this event will question faith in China’s leadership. Look at Time’s latest cover, featuring Chinese President Xi Jinping... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3050165/why-coronavirus-fuelled-revolution-china-unlikely-despite-western?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3050165/why-coronavirus-fuelled-revolution-china-unlikely-despite-western?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Feb 2020 03:00:16 +0000