People & Culture /

Trending in China

Related Topics:
China technology
Social media
China’s internet users mocked a tourist destination in the mainland that features a hilltop painted white to mimic Mount Fuji. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/RedNote
Trending in China

Chinese tourist site faces backlash for its faux Mount Fuji look

Tourist site’s management describes hill as ‘volcano’, complete with staged ‘eruptions’ that release artificial pink smoke on weekends.

Trending in China

China woman shares ‘reservoir guardian’ work clips, sparks lively debates online

Trending in China

Off-duty doctor in China saves victim using badminton racquet and plastic bag

Trending in China

Top China influencer falsely accuses boss of sexual harassment, loses lawsuit

Cosplaying blogger with 33 million online followers banned from social media, ordered to pay US$82,000, make public apology.

A popular Chinese dance influencer who falsely accused her boss of sexual harassment has lost a lawsuit and been ordered to pay him compensation. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
A popular Chinese dance influencer who falsely accused her boss of sexual harassment has lost a lawsuit and been ordered to pay him compensation. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
Trending in China

Chinese man quits job to care for baby, suffers ‘post-partum depression’, divorces

Man cares for baby daughter around the clock, says physical stress of carrying her every day has left him with joint problems.

Trending in China

Chinese firm live-streams staff at work to boost client trust and transparency

Boss says some firms claim to have in-house teams while outsourcing work, live-streaming can reassure clients of presence of dedicated staff.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Trending in China

Chinese man celebrates month-old puppies, berated for disrupting public order

Dog lover holds traditional one-month, ‘full moon’ banquet for husky puppies, invites friends and family, gets official ‘morals’ warning.

A Chinese man who staged a celebration for his month-old puppies has been berated by officials for disrupting public order. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
A Chinese man who staged a celebration for his month-old puppies has been berated by officials for disrupting public order. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
Trending in China

Taiwan influencer slammed for wasting food after vacuuming fried egg in advert

Fashion, cosmetics, and product-selling blogger forced to make online apology after ‘pepper-spilling’ fried egg stunt.

Trending in China

Chinese programmer lives in car for 4 years, despite owning spacious house

Family man places mattress in back of parked electric vehicle for ‘comfortable’ working week lifestyle, heads home at weekend.

Trending in China

Beautiful deaf-mute Chinese student defended after ‘AI face’ taunts

Fine arts student who has been deaf since she was 2 admits to having cosmetic surgery but insists her looks are fundamentally natural.

A beautiful deaf-mute student in China whose looks have been accredited to artificial intelligence has been defended for her academic excellence and kind nature. Photo: SCMP composite/RedNote
Trending in China

‘Wonderful fate’: China woman suffers 95% burns, reveals fiance shares birthday

‘Strong’ victim who had her fingers amputated, suffered horrific burns in kitchen blaze, battles adversity to find love and happiness.

A woman in China who suffered horrific burns in a kitchen fire when she was young has revealed that she and her fiance share the same birthday. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
A woman in China who suffered horrific burns in a kitchen fire when she was young has revealed that she and her fiance share the same birthday. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
Trending in China

Chinese student accuses married tutor with 2 kids of having gay affair with him

Student reveals salacious details of homosexual affair in 104-page online slide show using nude photos, chat records.

Trending in China

Man quits top China university, declines US PhD offer to sell street snacks

Academic pressure makes 24-year-old from poor family veer off pathway to elite education into humble world of making mashed potatoes.

Trending in China

‘God’s gift’: China elderly couple raising 5-year-old daughter spark controversy

Under dad’s guidance, Tianci is learning valuable skills like cooking, cleaning; he also teaches her how to navigate life, relationships.

An elderly Chinese couple have sparked controversy after the woman gave birth at the age of 67 and they are now raising their daughter themselves. Photo: Douyin
Trending in China

‘Never forget this brave sister’: Xinjiang dad tells girl about heroic officer

Petite police officer descends into 40-metre deep well, suffers from severe oxygen deprivation to pull toddler to safety.

A father in Xinjiang, China has told his toddler daughter to “never forget” the woman police officer who rescued her from a deep well she had fallen into. Photo: SCMP composite/The Paper/YouTube
A father in Xinjiang, China has told his toddler daughter to “never forget” the woman police officer who rescued her from a deep well she had fallen into. Photo: SCMP composite/The Paper/YouTube
Trending in China

Japanese man demands guard kneel and bow at Osaka Expo, sparks public outrage

Viral video shows guard kowtowing in front of tourist after he failed to direct the latter to a car park correctly.

Trending in China

Chinese man faces backlash for posting wedding photo with 2 women

Wedding invitation shared online sparks considerable envy among netizens, with many commenting on how fortunate groom appears to be.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Trending in China

South Korean bus driver rushes collapsed China student to hospital, saves her life

Good Samaritan carries student to emergency unit on back, pays woman’s hospital bill, cries tears of joy when she recovers.

4
A South Korean bus driver has been praised after she rushed an unconscious Chinese student to hospital, saving her life. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Weibo
A South Korean bus driver has been praised after she rushed an unconscious Chinese student to hospital, saving her life. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Weibo
SCMP Highlights

Husband’s affair filmed, science experiment goes wrong: 5 trending stories

From a boy swallowing a gold bar to a woman paying her late boyfriend’s debt, here are five stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Trending in China

China ‘big stomach’ eater devours expensive Japan buffet, slammed for being cheap

Competitive eater with millions of followers has downed 25kg of king crabs in single sitting, eaten 35 burgers and 30 chicken drumsticks in 4 hours.

Trending in China

Chinese man buys US$210,000 car for taxi business, claims to earn US$4,800 a month

Man splashes out on luxury Mercedes-Maybach S480 for ride-hailing business, embarks on journey to ‘break even’.

A man in China has splashed out on a US$210,000 car for his ride-hailing business. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin/mercedes-benz
Trending in China

‘Hit a villain’: China bar offers cocktails for customers to banish bad vibes

Traditional ritual involves use of a slipper to hit piece of paper on which customers write the names of ‘villains’ in their life.

A bar in China is selling cocktails with slippers so that customers can partake in a ritual to banish bad vibes. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin
A bar in China is selling cocktails with slippers so that customers can partake in a ritual to banish bad vibes. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin
Trending in China

Fury as China driver kills family of 3 in rage-fuelled crash, jokes about it

Heartbroken grandmother of killed baby boy calls for death penalty to be handed to ‘inhumane’ driver who is labelled a ‘monster’ online.

5
Trending in China

China teacher fired for dating students using fake ID, pressuring 1 into abortion

Economics teacher forged name, age, job, family background to lure young women into relationships, expelled from Communist Party.

Trending in China

China dad finds lost son, is blocked for urging him to quit rich adoptive family

Father admits putting ‘pressure’ on long-lost biological son by insisting that he call him ‘dad’, apologises.

4
A father in China who was reunited with his son after 22 years has been blocked by his offspring online after urging him to leave his rich adoptive family. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
HIGHLIGHTS FROM
Chen Rui, known online as @trumpbyryan and by his English name Ryan, is a content creator from Chongqing, China known for imitating Donald Trump. Photo: @trumpbyryan/ Instagram

The influencer from China who speaks exactly like Donald Trump

Chen Rui, a Chinese marketer who went viral for his spot on Trump impressions, teaches English through his social media.

Reading Time:3 minutes
There was little festive cheer 75 years ago, as the Battle of Hong Kong raged to a bloody conclusion. Some of the people who lived through the invasion recall how they suddenly found themselves in a war zone

The Battle of Hong Kong: eyewitness accounts

Reading Time:11 minutes
4
André Fu in his office in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Bangkok’s landmark Dusit Thani hotel reimagined by André Fu

Reading Time:6 minutes
The good, bad and ugly sides to a holiday in Kathmandu, Nepal

The good, bad and ugly sides to being a tourist in Kathmandu

Reading Time:4 minutes
View from the Patan Museum looking onto Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Getty Images

Insiders’ guide to Kathmandu, 3 city states that became the Nepalese capital

Reading Time:5 minutes
Hong Kong artist Chow Chun-fai’s Interview the Interviewer II series of paintings will be on display at Art Basel Hong Kong’s Insights sector. Photo: SC Gallery

The best inspiration is found at home, this artist finds

Reading Time:5 minutes
MORE IN POSTMAG
Content from SCMP's Specialist Publications
OPINION
Phoebe Zhang

Opinion | China’s youth must be taught bad behaviour will not be tolerated

Phoebe Zhang
5
Wei Wei

Opinion | How foreign travellers are showing China to a global audience

Wei Wei
9
Luisa Tam

My Hong Kong | Beckham could have played for Messi in ‘PR disaster of the century’ match

Luisa Tam
22
April Zhang

Opinion | Mao-tai latte shows how to keep Chinese culture modern and relevant

April Zhang
13
Mark Footer

Destinations known | China city residents go off-grid with wild camping weekends in outskirts

Mark Footer
Luisa Tam

My Hong Kong | Learning Cantonese could save lives in places like San Francisco

Luisa Tam
24
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.
SUPPORT NOW