https://www.scmp.com/rss/512782/feed Grace joined the Post in June 2022 as a summer intern. She will graduate from MA in Journalism programme at CUHK this autumn. She has a MA degree in translation and a BA in French. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Community volunteer services for Covid-19 prevention and control must follow the orders of local Communist Party committees and governments, according to China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs. On Tuesday, the ministry issued guidelines laying down specific instructions for the management of Covid volunteers. They emphasise that volunteer services for Covid-19 prevention and control must be under the “unified management” of local leadership. “We must adhere to unified leadership and coordination to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3186657/china-orders-covid-19-community-helpers-follow-local-leadership?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3186657/china-orders-covid-19-community-helpers-follow-local-leadership?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Jul 2022 01:00:31 +0000 Two female students at China’s prestigious Tsinghua University who were disciplined last week for distributing rainbow flags on campus are petitioning to have the penalty overturned, despite facing a risk of dismissal. Christine Huang and another student, who did not want to be identified, were issued with warning letters on Friday and Sunday, respectively, by Tsinghua’s student affairs office for distributing unauthorised promotional material on campus. According to Huang, they left 10 rainbow... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3185842/chinese-students-vow-fight-penalty-distributing-rainbow-flags?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3185842/chinese-students-vow-fight-penalty-distributing-rainbow-flags?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Jul 2022 01:00:19 +0000 Police in the northern Chinese province of Hebei have detained 558 suspects and 135 fugitives since launching a massive crackdown on crime in the wake of a public outcry over an attack on a group of women. The public security ministry said the 100-day crackdown, which began on June 25, was designed to protect women, children and the elderly. Police officer fired and 5 face probe over attack on women in China “We will focus on crimes involving triads and gangsters, – which seriously infringe on... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3185265/chinese-province-hebei-detains-hundreds-anti-crime-blitz?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3185265/chinese-province-hebei-detains-hundreds-anti-crime-blitz?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:00:20 +0000 In early 2020, just months into the coronavirus pandemic, the internet in China was flooded with fake international news about the disease. Blogs and internet chat groups were awash with rumours such as Covid-19 patients in the United States were killing themselves en masse and Russia’s health minister had confirmed that Sars-CoV-2 was a synthetic virus. “Even some of my family, friends and colleagues kept sharing rumours about the Covid-19 situation in other countries. It was outrageous,”... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3183102/chinese-fact-checkers-taking-covid-indofemic-rumour-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3183102/chinese-fact-checkers-taking-covid-indofemic-rumour-time?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Jun 2022 04:00:18 +0000 A Chinese law professor has spoken out about normalising compulsory Covid-19 testing, warning there are legal risks involved and a lack of transparency and supervision. Zhao Hong, a professor at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, also said penalties recently announced by local authorities for not complying with testing orders were not supported by Chinese laws and could infringe on individual rights. “‘Detention for not taking a nucleic acid test’ is not applicable... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3180786/chinese-academic-warns-there-are-legal-risks-normalising-covid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3180786/chinese-academic-warns-there-are-legal-risks-normalising-covid?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jun 2022 23:00:31 +0000