People & Culture /
Environment
Related Topics:
China’s carbon neutral goal
Beijing air pollution
Climate change
China pollution
Energy
Environment
China tourist accused of hurting wild animal in Japan park by ‘scary’ volunteer
Tourist claims he was being ‘playful’, local man says he was ‘abusing’ deer, video viewed 30 million times.
8 Sep 2024 - 4:00PM
Video
|
Shanghai worker trades car for kayak to get to office
25 Aug 2024 - 11:15AM
Video
|
How a Taiwanese manufacturer turns shell waste into ‘seawool’ fabric
23 Aug 2024 - 5:15PM
Environment
Coin-throwing visitors cast ecological threat over Japan heritage site
A special heritage site in Japan is facing ecological danger because of visitors who persist in throwing coins into a pond.
30 Jul 2024 - 6:16PM
A tourist site in Japan is facing an eco-threat from misbehaving visitors. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Xiaohongshu
Politics
Plan for China flood emergencies, Politburo Standing Committee tells cadres
Chinese Communist Party’s highest decision-making body issues orders as Super Typhoon Gaemi reaches mainland’s coast and weather service declares red alert.
26 Jul 2024 - 1:43AM
videocam
Environment
China Good Samaritans - landslip hero, delivery mercy man, rubbish mission
The Post takes a look at a selection of Good Samaritan stories which have come out of China in recent days.
21 Jul 2024 - 4:32PM
Environment
Heroic men keep pregnant woman afloat in China flood for hours awaiting rescue
Three men in central China who supported an exhausted pregnant woman in three-metre-high flood water while they awaited rescuers have been hailed as heroes.
12 Jul 2024 - 9:16AM
Environment
Stonehenge of the sea built 4,000 years ago as a prayer for warmer climate
New research into “Seahenge” suggests the monuments were built as a plea to extend summer amid a frigid climate.
4 Jul 2024 - 8:00PM
During an era of severe cold, “Seahenge”, a 4,000-year-old structure, was constructed to purportedly prolong the summer season through ritualistic means. Photo: SCMP composite/Springer Link
China Economy
Storms lash China’s early-season rice fields, flooding and diluting harvests
Persistent rain in China’s major areas for the early cultivation of rice is likely to reduce those harvests, putting pressure on the country as it attempts to meet its ambitious goals for food security.
3 Jul 2024 - 9:00PM
videocam
Environment
Thoughtful China diver moves urns of dead from sea burial to avoid accident
A veteran diver from China was concerned that urns containing people’s ashes that he found underwater might pose a threat of accident, so he took prompt action.
3 Jul 2024 - 4:00PM
Environment
Unstoppable: China couple determined to wed despite flood, use home-made boat
A couple in rural China who planned their big day for an auspicious date were not going to let a little thing like a flood stop their nuptials.
30 Jun 2024 - 6:00PM
Environment
China hero son dies in flood after lifting mother to rooftop safety
A son in China saved his mother during a sudden deluge, giving his life for her in a dramatic display of filial piety.
26 Jun 2024 - 2:04PM
A 48-year-old man in China who swam to pluck his elderly mother from raging flood waters then lost his own life has been hailed as a hero on mainland social media. Photo: SCMP composite/Xinhua/Douyin/Jimu
Environment
China tourist survives deadly Africa floods, spends night up tree in underwear
A brave tourist from China has survived huge floods in Kenya by using brute force to rip her way out of an inundated tent and climbing up a tree in her underwear as a torrent swept her accommodation away.
24 Jun 2024 - 6:31PM
Environment
How a beautiful Song dynasty pagoda stood for over 1,000 years in China
Archaeologists in China revealed the remarkable architecture that allowed a Song dynasty pagoda to stand for more than 1,000 years.
23 Jun 2024 - 11:01AM
Environment
‘Natural’ China waterfall exposed as partly man-made with pipes
One of the mainland’s most beautiful natural attractions has become the subject of controversy after it was revealed that it may be getting a helping hand from humans.
8 Jun 2024 - 6:00PM
China
China warned to prepare for hotter than average summer
The country needs to be ready to combat drought and secure electricity supplies when the heatwave arrives, forecasters say.
8 Jun 2024 - 12:11PM
videocam
A child cools down in a fountain during last year’s heatwave in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
Environment
Early humans in China survived Gobi Desert by adapting technological development
New research indicates that early humans in China thrived in the harsh environment of the Gobi Desert by embracing technological advancements.
26 May 2024 - 6:00PM
Environment
‘Star in the sky’: China university honours student killed in road collapse
University student Xu Zinuo, 21, who was tragically killed alongside his parents and four-year-old sister in the Meizhou-Dabu highway collapse, has been fondly remembered by his teachers and peers in a moving obituary.
23 May 2024 - 3:44PM
Environment
Chinese man drives 800km to thank elderly man who saved him on collapsed road
When a section of motorway in southern China caved in, leaving 48 people dead and 30 injured, one man disregarded his own safety to help others, including a survivor who went out of his way to thank him.
22 May 2024 - 8:04PM
Environment
Fears for ‘panda dogs’ in China zoo dyed black and white to look like bears
A pair of dogs in China have had their coats artificially coloured to resemble pandas so that a zoo can attract more visitors, sparking accusations of animal cruelty.
21 May 2024 - 9:16AM
A zoo in China is facing allegations of animal cruelty for putting dyed dogs on display which look like, but are not, Giant Pandas. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo/163.com
Environment
Explainer
|
7 curious and intriguing facts about the Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is the country’s most famous monument, and it is full of interesting facts that may not be well known to the general public.
11 May 2024 - 2:00PM
Environment
Taiwan hiker trapped in ravine for 10 days blocks water pipe to alert locals
A lone hiker who tumbled down a mountainside in Taiwan and was unable to move because of his injuries, devised a creative solution to end his plight.
8 May 2024 - 4:44PM
Environment
Explainer
|
Why is ‘grain rain’ celebrated in China and what are its origins?
The idea of solar terms, such as “guyu” – grain rain – dates back to the Shang dynasty 3,600 years ago and was created by inhabitants near the Yellow River to optimise agricultural production.
1 May 2024 - 2:56PM
HIGHLIGHTS FROM
The Hong Kong stuntman reviving classic kung fu
Philip Ng, star of new movie Stuntman, reflects on Hong Kong’s golden action film era when Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan reigned – and why it’s back.
Reading Time:
5 minutes
How this organiser went from corporate DEI to planning music festivals
Reading Time:
3 minutes
The unspoilt nature of Indonesia’s West Bali National Park
Reading Time:
4 minutes
Inside the food kitchen serving the underserved in Hong Kong
Reading Time:
2 minutes
In 2007, a Hong Kong civil servant was nearly kidnapped
Reading Time:
2 minutes
MORE IN POSTMAG
Content from SCMP's Specialist Publications
OPINION
Simon Ng
,
Katie Chan
Opinion
|
How Hong Kong can help businesses better contribute to biodiversity protection
18 Aug 2024 - 5:30AM
Ryan Ip
,
Jason Leung Yeuk-ho
,
Calvin Au
Opinion
|
South Lantau can become an attraction without being overdeveloped
15 Aug 2024 - 1:34PM
6
Annika Park
Opinion
|
Searching for Hong Kong’s soul? Look to its street life
31 Jul 2024 - 11:14AM
David Dodwell
Outside In
|
Humans need a new relationship with fire to control global warming
21 Jun 2024 - 8:30PM
4
Kamala Thiagarajan
Opinion
|
How Asia’s demand for air con threatens its climate change goals
5 Jun 2024 - 3:30PM
Mohammad Yunus
Opinion
|
Why Asia’s dying rivers will take people and economies down with them
18 May 2024 - 5:30AM
MULTIMEDIA
Video
China’s Yangtze fishing communities struggle amid 10-year fishing ban
03:17
Video
Invasive species seized at China’s borders
01:50
Video
China’s breathtaking winter wonderland
05:07
Video
China’s ‘grass dress’ tailor
02:17
TRENDING TOPICS
China society
Chinese tourists
Chinese overseas
Beijing air pollution
Families in China
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.
SUPPORT NOW
