https://www.scmp.com/rss/522685/feed The latest news and top stories on Chen Hong, Director of the Australian Studies Centre at East China Normal University. He also chairs the Department of English Language and Literature and serves as President of the Chinese Association for Australian Studies. His expertise encompasses China-Australia relations, Australian politics culture and literature. He has authored several books on Australian Studies, receiving an Australian government prize for his work. Known for commenting on the... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar The spring/summer 2026 season has officially come to an end with the conclusion of Paris Fashion Week. However, social media is still abuzz with all the stand-out style moments delivered by celebrities in the French capital. One actor in particular, Arthur Chen, has set the internet ablaze with his all-black ensemble at Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Balenciaga show. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ChenFeiyu.th (@thechenarthur_diary) The Chinese star... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3328776/meet-arthur-chen-chinese-actor-who-turned-heads-paris-fashion-weeks-balenciaga-show?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3328776/meet-arthur-chen-chinese-actor-who-turned-heads-paris-fashion-weeks-balenciaga-show?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:00:10 +0000 Zhao Ziwen Zhao Ziwen When Mary Wang, a 27-year-old Chinese woman living in the West Australian capital of Perth, heard that thousands of anti-immigration protesters would be marching across the country late last month, she immediately cancelled plans to leave the house. Wang, who works in IT, was planning to continue her volunteer work teaching the elderly how to use smartphones, but the disturbing rallies gave her pause. “I just feel insecure,” Wang said. “I’m already in an environment I didn’t grow up in, and I... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3325127/i-feel-insecure-chinese-nationals-australia-blindsided-anti-immigration-marches?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3325127/i-feel-insecure-chinese-nationals-australia-blindsided-anti-immigration-marches?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Sep 2025 04:03:48 +0000 Fran Lu Fran Lu A Chinese woman who kept becoming pregnant to avoid jail has finally been brought to justice. The woman, who is known by the pseudonym Chen Hong, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for fraud in December 2020 in central China’s Shanxi province, the Shanxi Evening News reported. However, she was never properly incarcerated. Instead, Chen kept getting pregnant, having three children with one man in four years. In China, convicts who suffer serious illnesses, are pregnant and nursing their... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3321676/chinese-woman-keeps-getting-pregnant-has-3-kids-4-years-avoid-5-year-jail-sentence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3321676/chinese-woman-keeps-getting-pregnant-has-3-kids-4-years-avoid-5-year-jail-sentence?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:00:10 +0000 Orange Wang Orange Wang The US appears to be strengthening its allied deterrence against China by deploying its Dark Eagle hypersonic missile, a move that could “further intensify” regional rivalry, Chinese experts have warned. The United States Army Pacific, a service component for America’s Indo-Pacific Command, confirmed on the weekend that it had deployed a Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) system – commonly referred to as Dark Eagle – to Australia’s Northern Territory as part of the three-week Talisman Sabre... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3320992/us-debuts-dark-eagle-hypersonic-australia-china-mind?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3320992/us-debuts-dark-eagle-hypersonic-australia-china-mind?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Aug 2025 01:30:12 +0000 Laura Zhou Laura Zhou A month after US President Donald Trump cancelled talks with Anthony Albanese, China rolled out the red carpet for the Australian leader this week. In Beijing, he had a two-hour meeting with President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People. Albanese’s fiancee, Jodie Haydon, joined the lunch that followed. He held separate talks with Premier Li Qiang, and they co-chaired a CEO round table attended by nearly 30 Chinese and Australian business executives. At the banquet hosted by Li that... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3318724/albaneses-china-trip-shows-stiffening-canberras-spine-face-us-pressure?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3318724/albaneses-china-trip-shows-stiffening-canberras-spine-face-us-pressure?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Jul 2025 22:00:11 +0000