https://www.scmp.com/rss/516915/feed The South China Morning Post was founded in 1903, and celebrates its 120th anniversary in 2023. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com December 2023 marks the exciting launch of the redesigned South China Morning Post homepage on SCMP.com, bringing our readers a host of new features and a more dynamic, reader-first experience. The SCMP homepage is visited by millions of users from around the world every month. Our readers turn to us for breaking news updates, China and Asia insight and thought-provoking op-eds, which inform and empower them in their day-to-day lives. For the homepage revamp, facilitating an exceptional reader... https://www.scmp.com/announcements/article/3243440/refreshed-south-china-morning-post-homepage-elevates-reader-first-experience?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/announcements/article/3243440/refreshed-south-china-morning-post-homepage-elevates-reader-first-experience?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Dec 2023 07:00:24 +0000 “What’s the capital of Saudi Arabia?” a senior Sunday Post editor shouted out, likely working on an editorial or proofreading a story about the Middle East. A voice from a few desks away, belonging to an Australian, promptly responded: “Riyadh.” The senior editor, also Australian, sought clarification, asking: “Do you spell it with one ‘d’ or two ‘ds’?” This was a common scene in the newsroom at the South China Morning Post when I first joined in the 1980s (I had the opportunity to work for the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3240745/what-south-china-morning-post-was-1980s-and-how-it-has-shaped-me-person?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3240745/what-south-china-morning-post-was-1980s-and-how-it-has-shaped-me-person?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:30:23 +0000 When I joined the media industry in the early 1980s, the first story I wrote was on a manual typewriter, a remarkable machine that few, if any, in Generations X, Y and Z would recognise, let alone understand. I remember carefully pulling an A4-sized sheet of paper from the typewriter and, nervously, presenting it to an assistant news editor who, with a heavy sigh, brought out his thick red pen and proceeded to make various markings ­– arrows, dashes and other signs that only they could... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3240772/120-years-scmp-where-only-constant-has-been-never-ending-change?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3240772/120-years-scmp-where-only-constant-has-been-never-ending-change?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:30:11 +0000 I started drawing as soon as I could hold a pencil and didn’t stop. When I was 15, my art teacher told my parents I could have a career in serious art if I applied myself and stopped drawing silly pictures to make my mates laugh. But I worked in a supermarket and in interior design until deciding, at 26, that I wanted to be an illustrator. I found work in Sydney and Hong Kong before returning to London. Cartooning was a sideline at that time. I first came to Hong Kong because I was running out... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3239228/being-south-china-morning-post-cartoonist-possibly-more-challenging-ever?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3239228/being-south-china-morning-post-cartoonist-possibly-more-challenging-ever?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Nov 2023 04:30:07 +0000 When I first joined the South China Morning Post as a graduate trainee in 1994, the China desk was a big wooden desk with piles of newspapers and fax paper. The fax machine on the desk would spit out dispatches from Xinhua, China’s state new agency. At the time colleagues joked that if a fax was lost in the disorganisation, we could miss important news. But reporting on China amounted to more than just waiting by the fax machine for official announcements. For 120 years, the Post has been in a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3240457/posts-china-desk-witness-changes-inside-and-out-including-beijings-rising-economic-power-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3240457/posts-china-desk-witness-changes-inside-and-out-including-beijings-rising-economic-power-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Nov 2023 02:30:08 +0000 SCMP Reporters SCMP Reporters When the Australian-Chinese activist Tse Tsan-tai and the British journalist Alfred Cunningham published the first print run of the South China Morning Post in November 1903, Hong Kong was already a bustling entrepot teeming with a vibrant business community that served foreign merchants in their commercial activities. At least a dozen of those companies that preceded the birth year of the Post remain to this day. AS Watson, 1828 The company traces its roots to 1828 as the Canton Dispensary and... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3240188/watson-hsbc-and-star-ferry-many-hong-kongs-oldest-businesses-predated-post?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3240188/watson-hsbc-and-star-ferry-many-hong-kongs-oldest-businesses-predated-post?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:15:13 +0000 The front page of the South China Morning Post has been catching the attention of readers for 120 years. It has retained its power in the digital age. The early print front pages carried only advertisements, a common practice in the newspaper industry at the time. But for most of the Post’s history, the front page has been the perfect home for the most important stories of the day. The aim is for the newspaper to leap off the newstands, compelling potential readers to pick up a copy. This... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3240585/south-china-morning-post-front-pages-drawing-attention-important-stories-day-hong-kong-mainland?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3240585/south-china-morning-post-front-pages-drawing-attention-important-stories-day-hong-kong-mainland?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Nov 2023 12:15:20 +0000 My love of photography started at school, in the 1980s, and led to an eventful career with the South China Morning Post, spanning 34 years. My first camera was a Nikon FM2. It cost me HK$1,800. In those days before the digital revolution, everything was done manually, from focusing to setting the aperture and shutter speed. We used 35mm film. After a spell with the Hong Kong Standard, first as a darkroom technician and then as a photographer, I was hired by the Post in 1989. I was delighted to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3240528/chasing-after-perfect-shot-post-photographer-34-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3240528/chasing-after-perfect-shot-post-photographer-34-years?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:30:13 +0000 The first day of my internship with the South China Morning Post’s business news desk in the 1990s was intimidating. It was a quiet office with a couple of editors around and everyone I came across was an expat. An editor glanced at me for a second, turned back to the black-and-white monitor of his desktop computer and continued typing on a keyboard. When the phone rang, he answered it and said: “Grave diggers!” and hung up. This was the newsroom. During my six-week internship, I learned about... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3240517/moving-times-always-same-passion-and-pursuit-truth-and-facts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3240517/moving-times-always-same-passion-and-pursuit-truth-and-facts?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Nov 2023 06:30:10 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/series/3240578/hong-kong-issues-matter-you?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/series/3240578/hong-kong-issues-matter-you?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Nov 2023 02:39:37 +0000 A day after Hong Kong’s wealthiest man closed what was in 2018 the world’s largest real estate deal, Peggy Sito was assigned to figure out how a consortium of buyers would share the spoils of the HK$40.2 billion (US$5.15 billion) office tower they just bought from Li Ka-shing. It was an assignment that involved numerous searches of company registrations, corporate filings, dozens of interviews and phone calls, in addition to her duty as the Deputy Business Editor at the South China Morning... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3240192/hong-kongs-property-finance-esg-and-technology-through-pens-and-key-strokes-posts-veteran?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3240192/hong-kongs-property-finance-esg-and-technology-through-pens-and-key-strokes-posts-veteran?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Nov 2023 02:30:11 +0000 As a frequent contributor to this column, I wish to congratulate the South China Morning Post on its 120th anniversary and thank the editors for their support for my research and advocacy work in the past 10 years. I started writing to the Letters section in 2013 and have published over 100 letters. Since 2020, I have also been working with my colleague, Dr Benedict Rowlett, at Baptist University, helping over 300 students to publish nearly 140 letters. My first published letter to the editor... https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3239231/letters-south-china-morning-post-bridge-space-between-public-and-ivory-tower?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3239231/letters-south-china-morning-post-bridge-space-between-public-and-ivory-tower?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Nov 2023 04:30:08 +0000 “I am pleased to congratulate the South China Morning Post on its 120th anniversary. We read the Post – I read it daily – for insights into every aspect of our lives: our governance and institutions, communities and families, careers and businesses, lifestyle and dining, sports and entertainment, too. An award-winning media organisation, the Post boasts a vast array of multitalented employees, from print and digital journalists and editors, to photographers and videographers, together with... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3239224/thanks-good-stories-and-keep-them-coming-readers-south-china-morning-post-reflect-its-120th?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3239224/thanks-good-stories-and-keep-them-coming-readers-south-china-morning-post-reflect-its-120th?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Nov 2023 02:30:09 +0000 What a journey it has been for the South China Morning Post since it first hit the streets of Hong Kong on November 6, 1903. On the front page of that maiden issue on Friday was a wall of advertisements for passage on steamers – no aeroplanes back then because the first was about to be flown only in the following month – and businesses hawking furniture, whisky, typewriters and printing presses, all reflecting the international nature of this already thriving city. Now, 120 years later,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3239708/south-china-morning-post-still-dedicated-journalism-120-years-later?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3239708/south-china-morning-post-still-dedicated-journalism-120-years-later?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Nov 2023 00:15:20 +0000 There was a time when I considered myself to be as “minority” as they come among Hong Kong’s ethnic minority demographic. For years since I first started working as a rookie reporter in this city in the lead-up to its 1997 transfer of sovereignty to China, most local people would tell me I was the first Tibetan journalist they had ever encountered, if not the first Tibetan person full stop. We used to joke back then that any company that hired me would instantly fill its diversity quota – and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3240429/why-south-china-morning-post-city-we-call-home-one-great-melting-pot?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3240429/why-south-china-morning-post-city-we-call-home-one-great-melting-pot?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Nov 2023 22:00:32 +0000 The role of a newspaper is to “tell the truth for the good of humanity”, the South China Morning Post declared in its first edition, which hit the streets of Hong Kong on November 6, 1903. This bold statement of intent was in keeping with the principles of journalism that were just beginning to take root in the British colony. Shareholders in the new company were told at their first meeting the aim was to provide “something very much better and more interesting than we have been accustomed... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3240225/history-south-china-morning-post-story-spans-120-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3240225/history-south-china-morning-post-story-spans-120-years?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Nov 2023 22:00:24 +0000 Today marks the 120th anniversary of the first edition of the South China Morning Post. Our journey has been long and eventful. The first copy, on November 6, 1903, comprising eight broadsheet pages, brought readers news on Hong Kong, including plans for a new post office and the development of tramways. There was coverage of Qing dynasty China and reports from Britain, the US, Russia, South Africa and Japan. Editorials expressed opinions on the virtues of a Sunday newspaper (which we supported)... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3240423/today-post-120-years-young-we-continue-our-journey?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3240423/today-post-120-years-young-we-continue-our-journey?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Nov 2023 21:30:19 +0000 Martin Choi Martin Choi Hong Kong’s edge as Asia’s “super-connector” with the world, combined with its resilience and adaptability, place the city in position to thrive in an uncertain world, said guests and panellists at a half-day seminar held on Friday to mark the 120th anniversary of the South China Morning Post. Hong Kong’s extraordinary ability to bridge diverse cultures and religions, and to serve as a channel of dialogue between civilisations, will bolster the city’s super-connector role, said Financial... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3238705/hong-kongs-immigrant-dna-allows-city-thrive-super-connector-seminar-celebrating-scmps-120th?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3238705/hong-kongs-immigrant-dna-allows-city-thrive-super-connector-seminar-celebrating-scmps-120th?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:10:24 +0000 Tap here to launch this special feature https://www.scmp.com/infographics/hong-kong/article/3154851/south-china-morning-post-hong-kong-story-120-years-making?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/infographics/hong-kong/article/3154851/south-china-morning-post-hong-kong-story-120-years-making?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Nov 2021 00:30:17 +0000