https://www.scmp.com/rss/515833/feed Yvonne Sun studied at HKU journalism. She has interned for the Initium and 21st Century Business Herald, covering business and society of China. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Qin Xiaoyue never imagined seeing her first documentary screened in front of three full houses, but it happened this summer at the bustling FIRST International Film Festival (FIFF) in Xining, Qinghai province. It was the 33-year-old’s first international film festival, and the director from Jiangsu province took home the award for best documentary. “There are long lines for every screening at the festival, which is very encouraging to me,” she said. “I can feel the audience’s devotion and... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3236402/chinas-film-industry-rides-summer-wave-pandemic-delayed-movies-will-it-last?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3236402/chinas-film-industry-rides-summer-wave-pandemic-delayed-movies-will-it-last?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Oct 2023 10:00:18 +0000 Planned TED talks in the Chinese city of Guangzhou have been called off after police contacted the organisers to express concern that it was associated with a foreign non-governmental organisation. The TEDxGuangzhou 2023 conference, planned for August 13, would have been the first since the start of the Covid pandemic and was expected to attract 800 attendees. The schedule included 12 talks by artists, researchers, entrepreneurs and campus anti-bullying advocates. The event brochure also said it... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3229484/chinese-ted-talk-called-after-police-express-concern-about-links-foreign-organisation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3229484/chinese-ted-talk-called-after-police-express-concern-about-links-foreign-organisation?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Jul 2023 08:25:58 +0000 The Chinese-Canadian rapper and singer Kris Wu Yifan has appeared in court for an appeal hearing following his rape conviction last year. Beijing No 3 Intermediate People’s Court said a ruling would be delivered at an unspecified date following Tuesday’s hearing. It added that it had notified the Canadian embassy ahead of the hearing and that Wu’s rights had been protected in accordance with the law. Wu was sentenced to a total of 13 years for rape and “group lewdness” in November last year and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3228834/chinese-canadian-rapper-kris-wu-appeals-against-rape-sentence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3228834/chinese-canadian-rapper-kris-wu-appeals-against-rape-sentence?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Jul 2023 07:46:18 +0000 After months of struggle, Jackie Lee, a final-year PhD student specialising in computational and applied mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, decided to work at a research centre in Beijing after graduation this year. Lee, who prefers scientific research over working in the financial industry, had turned down an earlier job offer from US investment banker Goldman Sachs. When faced with the prospect of working as a Chinese scientist in the United States, Lee, 27, said he felt such a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3228533/chinas-top-overseas-students-face-glass-ceiling-hard-choices-amid-fraught-us-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3228533/chinas-top-overseas-students-face-glass-ceiling-hard-choices-amid-fraught-us-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Jul 2023 12:00:14 +0000 K-pop fans in China have found new ways to navigate Beijing’s de facto ban on South Korean content, despite widening cracks in the relationship between the two countries. Two years since it appeared the ban had started to ease, fans have continued to come up with creative methods to indulge their passion, while also working to have their idols seen in a good light by Chinese society. Restrictions on South Korean entertainment, including a ban on K-pop idols from Chinese television, were first... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3226879/how-chinas-k-pop-fans-skirt-ban-south-korean-content-strained-political-landscape?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3226879/how-chinas-k-pop-fans-skirt-ban-south-korean-content-strained-political-landscape?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Jul 2023 13:00:17 +0000 This is the first story in a three-part series about China’s employment environment, from migrant workers and fresh graduates to new job sources. For Li Jiamei, the monotony of labelling data for hours on end is matched perhaps only by the ambivalence she feels after grinding away like a machine every workday. But work is work, and the 22-year-old is just happy to have an easy job to make ends meet. At 9am, Li stands in front of a facial-recognition camera at the Baidu Intelligent Cloud Data... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3226813/china-jobs-struggling-youth-embrace-emerging-gigs-will-tedium-zonk-them-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3226813/china-jobs-struggling-youth-embrace-emerging-gigs-will-tedium-zonk-them-out?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Jul 2023 22:00:22 +0000 China’s embassy in Japan on Wednesday said officials had visited a Chinese researcher accused of leaking trade secrets and expressed “serious concern” through diplomatic channels. Beijing demanded that Japan ensure the “legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens”, the embassy said in a statement. “The Chinese embassy in Japan conducted consular visits to relevant personnel. It is hoped that the Japanese side will abide by the principles of market economy and fair competition to create a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3225750/chinese-embassy-officials-visit-researcher-detained-japanese-trade-secrets-case-repeat-serious?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3225750/chinese-embassy-officials-visit-researcher-detained-japanese-trade-secrets-case-repeat-serious?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Jun 2023 09:46:22 +0000 For the first time in nine years, Beijing has been put on the highest-level heat alert, as the temperature topped 41 degrees Celsius (105 Fahrenheit) in the Chinese capital. The Beijing Meteorological Service issued the red alert – the highest in the three-tier system – on Friday morning. China unlikely to face large-scale power outages this summer, analysts say This was the first time that temperatures of more than 40 degrees were recorded over two consecutive days since an observatory went... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3225143/northern-china-red-alert-record-temperatures-bake-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3225143/northern-china-red-alert-record-temperatures-bake-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Jun 2023 08:11:41 +0000 Cities across parts of northern China are bracing for further hot weather this weekend as high-pressure ridges persist across a swathe of the country. The heatwave has engulfed much of the north this week, sending temperatures soaring in an area stretching from Inner Mongolia, across northern Hebei province to western Liaoning. By 5pm Thursday, eight provincial-level capitals had recorded their highest temperatures of the year, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday. The heat was expected... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3224356/northern-china-feels-heat-el-nino-summer-looms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3224356/northern-china-feels-heat-el-nino-summer-looms?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:00:08 +0000 China’s latest Covid-19 wave has peaked with nearly 2,800 severe cases and 164 deaths – much lower than during the winter surge, according to health authorities. Most serious illness and deaths were among the elderly population, the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report on the Covid-19 situation in China published on Sunday. It said the average age of those who died was 79.3, and more than 90 per cent of those deaths were caused by underlying conditions combined with... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3223773/latest-covid-19-outbreak-has-peaked-164-deaths-china-cdc-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3223773/latest-covid-19-outbreak-has-peaked-164-deaths-china-cdc-says?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Jun 2023 07:00:28 +0000 China’s latest Covid-19 wave is likely to peak this month at 11 million cases a week, according to UK-based health data firm Airfinity. The new outbreak – driven by the Omicron variant XBB – is expected to be far smaller than the massive wave of infections that ripped through the country in winter after Beijing ended its zero-Covid restrictions. “Our modelling estimates the wave will peak at the beginning of June at around 11 million per week, with 112 million people being infected during this... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3223383/chinas-new-covid-wave-expected-peak-june-11-million-cases-week?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3223383/chinas-new-covid-wave-expected-peak-june-11-million-cases-week?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jun 2023 09:00:22 +0000