https://www.scmp.com/rss/510887/feed Talking Post is a new show from the South China Morning Post, featuring conversations with people who matter to help you to understand what’s important in today’s world of fast-paced news. Using his decades-long experience interviewing and commentating in both the television and newspaper industries, the Post’s chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo goes beyond the news to engage professionals and personalities in dialogue covering Chinese, Asia-pacific and global affairs. Season two of Talking... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com World-leading primatologist Jane Goodall has spent decades at the forefront of conservation. Now aged 88, she shows no signs of slowing down. “My energy and motivation comes from the fact that our world is in a mess right now,” Goodall says in an episode of Talking Post with Post chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo. But for all the damage humans have inflicted on the planet, and with climate change and the coronavirus pandemic dominating headlines, Goodall remains hopeful. She recently co-authored... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3201636/our-world-mess-right-now-jane-goodall-how-every-one-us-can-help-save-planet-earth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3201636/our-world-mess-right-now-jane-goodall-how-every-one-us-can-help-save-planet-earth?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Dec 2022 01:15:12 +0000 For decades China and the United States have been embroiled in political tensions, stemming from issues such as trade, climate change, technology and Taiwan. Naturally, this complex relationship extends to outer space, where the two countries are locked in a race to be the first to establish a base on the moon, for example. To the US, China is a “frenemy”, says renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson in an episode of Talking Post with Post chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo. A recipient of the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3199936/china-us-space-race-god-aliens-earth-and-why-its-our-duty-live-life-its-fullest-astrophysicist-neil?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3199936/china-us-space-race-god-aliens-earth-and-why-its-our-duty-live-life-its-fullest-astrophysicist-neil?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Nov 2022 01:15:11 +0000 Former chief executive Leung Chun-ying has called for a visionary Hong Kong leader to grasp “the last window of opportunity” offered by Beijing’s national development plans, but stopped short of confirming whether he wants the city’s top job for himself. With less than two months to go before a new leader is decided by a 1,463-member Election Committee, and incumbent Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor yet to state whether she will run for a second term, Leung has repeatedly dodged... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3164843/former-leader-cy-leung-warns-window-opportunity-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3164843/former-leader-cy-leung-warns-window-opportunity-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:15:10 +0000 Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor says her administration is firmly in charge of running the city, regardless of how hands-on Beijing’s representatives have become with local affairs under the national security law, and the mass protests of 2019 against her governance have effectively placed her in a stronger position to lead. Lam has yet to confirm whether she will seek a second term next year, but in a wide-ranging interview on Talking Post with chief news editor Yonden... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3157576/hong-kongs-comeback-queen-carrie-lam-leadership-and-legacy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3157576/hong-kongs-comeback-queen-carrie-lam-leadership-and-legacy?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Nov 2021 02:15:18 +0000 China is fast-tracking its space exploration programme as the country “follows the path already ploughed by Russia and the United States,” according to American theoretical physicist Michio Kaku. “They are following the footsteps of the superpowers but doing it very methodically and quickly,” he said during an interview in the South China Morning Post’s video series, Talking Post with chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo. “They should be commended for the fact that they have been skipping many... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3155844/us-physicist-michio-kaku-eyes-future-space-travel-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3155844/us-physicist-michio-kaku-eyes-future-space-travel-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Nov 2021 02:15:12 +0000 Indian celebrity chef Gaggan Anand, known for his plate licking and finger cone innovations, says the Thai government’s failure to clamp down on Covid-19 forced him to close his eponymous restaurant in Bangkok and head to the United States. He has been in New York since June, consulting for an equity fund interested in investing in the food and beverage industry. While in the Big Apple, Anand was vaccinated and proudly states he has had four jabs – “two Chinese and two American. If you tell me... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3153992/gaggan-anand-fine-dining-after-covid-19-racism-michelin-guide?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3153992/gaggan-anand-fine-dining-after-covid-19-racism-michelin-guide?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Oct 2021 02:15:18 +0000