https://www.scmp.com/rss/524675/feed Emily Chan is a journalist who is passionate about video storytelling on Hong Kong and China. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Emily Chan Emily Chan Li Xia suffers from an incurable genetic disease that has left him paralysed from the neck down. Yet the 36-year-old has overcome the odds by setting up a mini farm that he cultivates from inside his home in China. https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3341881/quadriplegic-man-china-runs-smart-farm-just-1-finger?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3341881/quadriplegic-man-china-runs-smart-farm-just-1-finger?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:15:10 +0000 Emily Chan Emily Chan Images widely circulating on social media showed the Ham Tin Wan Campsite in the Hong Kong neighbourhood of Sai Kung polluted with litter, including a public bathroom sink flooded with dirt and trash, following New Year’s Eve celebrations. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3338498/sai-kung-campsite-flooded-trash-after-new-years-eve-celebration?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3338498/sai-kung-campsite-flooded-trash-after-new-years-eve-celebration?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Jan 2026 07:32:31 +0000 Emily Chan Emily Chan Yayuk Setyowati tried desperately to contact her sister when she learned the Hong Kong housing estate where her sibling lived and worked had caught fire on November 26. Her messages went unanswered. It took four days before a DNA test confirmed that her sister, a foreign domestic worker, had lost her life in the blaze at Wang Fuk Court. The bodies of Sri Wahyuni and the elderly woman she cared for were found in the same room. In an interview with the Post, Yayuk, who is also a domestic worker in... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3334895/hong-kong-fire-tragedy-bodies-indonesian-helper-woman-she-cared-found-together?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3334895/hong-kong-fire-tragedy-bodies-indonesian-helper-woman-she-cared-found-together?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:39:20 +0000 Emily Chan Emily Chan The renowned European electronic music festival, Tomorrowland, made its China debut in Shanghai on Saturday. Held for the first time indoors, the electronic dance music (EDM) festival drew thousands of ravers to the Hero Dome. Many say the EDM genre has become mainstream in China’s music scene. https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3333928/european-edm-festival-tomorrowland-makes-china-debut-shanghai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3333928/european-edm-festival-tomorrowland-makes-china-debut-shanghai?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:17:28 +0000 Emily Chan Emily Chan A company in Australia says it has developed a 3D-printing robot that could revolutionise construction on Earth or in the future, even on the moon. Charlotte is a semi-autonomous prototype robot that can create structures and design features such as curves, arches and domes in ways that overcome the limitations of regular construction techniques. Charlotte’s developer, Earthbuilt Technology, says the technology significantly lowers construction costs and can help make the industry green and... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3331714/meet-spider-robot-3d-prints-homes-earth-and-possibly-moon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3331714/meet-spider-robot-3d-prints-homes-earth-and-possibly-moon?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Nov 2025 04:16:32 +0000