https://www.scmp.com/rss/510883/feed Su Bingtian is a Chinese sprinter. He was the first ever Asian-born sprinter to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 metres event. Su's personal best of 9.83 seconds makes him the current holder of the 100m Asian record. His personal best in the 60 metres of 6.42 seconds makes him the current holder of the 60m Asian record and places him within the top five of all-time 60 metres performances. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com SCMP SCMP We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China desalination tech makes fresh water cheaper than tap water – plus hydrogen China has launched a revolutionary facility in the eastern province of Shandong that produces fresh water from seawater for just two yuan (US$0.28) per... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3335986/chinas-desalination-technology-hong-kong-legco-election-turnout-scmps-7-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3335986/chinas-desalination-technology-hong-kong-legco-election-turnout-scmps-7-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:30:08 +0000 SCMP SCMP Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Tokyo ‘closely monitoring’ backlash from China, Japanese PM tells lawmakers One month after the Taiwan contingency remarks that set off the diplomatic firestorm with China, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan would “closely monitor” the situation and respond appropriately. 2. Taiwan RedNote ban backfires, driving mainland Chinese app’s top... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3335760/tokyo-monitoring-beijing-backlash-taiwans-rednote-ban-scmp-daily-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3335760/tokyo-monitoring-beijing-backlash-taiwans-rednote-ban-scmp-daily-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:15:08 +0000 Ada Li Ada Li China’s Su Bingtian, Asia’s fastest man, announced his retirement from athletics on Tuesday, saying his body had told him to “pass the baton”. But Su said he had shown Chinese sprinters that “everything is possible” as he reflected on a career in which he was the first from his country to break the 10-second barrier for the 100 metres. The breakthrough came when Su ran 9.99 seconds in 2015 at a Diamond League meet in Oregon, in the United States. He also became the first Chinese man to reach an... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3335707/su-bingtian-first-chinese-run-100m-under-10-seconds-says-goodbye-my-dearest-track?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3335707/su-bingtian-first-chinese-run-100m-under-10-seconds-says-goodbye-my-dearest-track?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Dec 2025 05:47:32 +0000 Josh Ball,Ada Li,Harvey Kong,Zhao Ziwen,Wynna Wong Josh Ball,Ada Li,Harvey Kong,Zhao Ziwen,Wynna Wong President Xi Jinping opened China’s 15th National Games in Guangzhou on Sunday, on a night filled with symbolism and heavy on emphasising the role the Greater Bay Area will play in the country’s future. As might be expected from an opening ceremony at a major sporting occasion in China, there was a stunning mix of old and new on display, with water at its centre and fire at its end. Hong Kong, co-hosting for the first time in its history, was well represented too, not just by its athletes and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3332118/stunning-mix-old-and-new-show-national-games-officially-opened-xi-jinping?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3332118/stunning-mix-old-and-new-show-national-games-officially-opened-xi-jinping?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Nov 2025 16:23:54 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara As one of the city’s sporting poster boys, Max Denmark has embraced the “grand scale” of next month’s National Games, and is relishing the prospect of watching his mainland sprinting idols duelling for gold. Before he can turn his gaze to the Guangdong Olympic Stadium, however, the Hong Kong rugby sevens flier will focus on the “tough and interesting challenge” that awaits his team over three days at Kai Tak Stadium. Denmark has two Asian Games gold medals, from 2018 and 2023, but this year... https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hk-sevens/article/3330332/hong-kong-rugby-sevens-star-max-denmark-relishing-grand-scale-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/hk-sevens/article/3330332/hong-kong-rugby-sevens-star-max-denmark-relishing-grand-scale-national-games?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Oct 2025 02:00:13 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan He is the fastest teenaged runner in Hong Kong but for Alton Kwok Chun-ting, running on the tartan track was nothing but an escape from things he hated. The city’s under-20 record holder in the 100 metres, Kwok knew, from the moment he started sprinting as a primary 2 pupil, why he liked running – and it was not about “being fast or beating other people”. Far from it. “I always hated school, words and numbers fried my brain, and I always wanted to quit,” said the 17-year-old, who last month... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3310699/how-hong-kongs-speediest-teenager-went-hating-school-getting-fast-lane?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3310699/how-hong-kongs-speediest-teenager-went-hating-school-getting-fast-lane?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 May 2025 03:00:14 +0000 Sporting a charmingly “nerdy” look, Xu Zhuoyi won over fans at home in China as he dashed into Thursday’s 110 metres hurdles semi-final. With his bookish demeanour and complete with glasses, Xu transformed into a blur of speed on the track, surging forward in the waning moments of his heat to finish first. But it wasn’t his result that became the talk of the town – rather it was the endearing guise of the “glasses flyer”. A brilliant Chinese physicist takes a break from work and goes for a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/athletics/article/3273475/chinas-glasses-flyer-xu-sets-pulses-racing-nerdy-look-100m-hurdles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/athletics/article/3273475/chinas-glasses-flyer-xu-sets-pulses-racing-nerdy-look-100m-hurdles?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Aug 2024 20:00:13 +0000 Hong Kong’s only world junior championship finalist in history is swiftly making a name for himself at senior level. Rico Cheung Siu-hang won his third senior 110 metres hurdles race in a row on Saturday – and all three have come on the same track, at Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground. The latest success for Cheung – who last August finished seventh at the World Athletics U20 Championships – came in the second leg of the delayed Hong Kong Athletics Series, in a personal-best time of 14.46... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3178654/hong-kongs-world-class-junior-hurdler-rico-cheung-finds-fast-track?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3178654/hong-kongs-world-class-junior-hurdler-rico-cheung-finds-fast-track?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 May 2022 01:15:24 +0000 Hong Kong’s 100-metres record holder Ng Ka-fung is hoping to smash another benchmark on Saturday at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground – the one set at the same venue by his training partner and Asia’s fastest man, Su Bingtian. The pair have been working together in Shenzhen since early February, as part of a partnership between the Hong Kong Association of Athletics Affiliates (HKAAA) and the Chinese Athletics Association. Ng returned to Hong Kong last month, primarily to apply for a US visa to train... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3178358/su-bingtian-protege-ng-ka-fung-hopes-smash-his-training-partners?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3178358/su-bingtian-protege-ng-ka-fung-hopes-smash-his-training-partners?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 May 2022 09:34:53 +0000 Hong Kong 100m record holder Ng Ka-fung is to train with Asia’s fastest man, China’s Su Bingtian, ahead of the Asian Games in Hangzhou later this year. A joint venture between the Association of Athletics Affiliates (HKAAA) and the Chinese Athletics Association has made the training camp in Shenzhen possible, and Ng will travel to mainland China once he has obtained permission to do so. However, because of the coronavirus pandemic, only 600 people a day are allowed to cross the border on a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3162545/hong-kong-sprinter-ng-ka-fung-seek-help-chinas-su-bingtian-fastest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3162545/hong-kong-sprinter-ng-ka-fung-seek-help-chinas-su-bingtian-fastest?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Jan 2022 10:15:16 +0000 “Asia’s Fastest Man” Su Bingtian burst into the wider public consciousness during the semi-finals of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games this summer. That was when the 32-year-old ran the 100m in an Asian record 9.83 seconds to break his own record as the fastest man from the continent. It secured him a place in history as the first Chinese runner to compete in the men’s Olympic 100m final, the showpiece event of the Summer Games. Su also entered the race as the fastest qualifier among the field with... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3151539/who-su-bingtian-china-sprint-star-asias-fastest-man?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3151539/who-su-bingtian-china-sprint-star-asias-fastest-man?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Oct 2021 23:00:20 +0000