https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/328912/feed en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg One of the four Hong Kong activists who were turned away when they sought refuge in the US consulate in October has revealed to the Post that he was the teenager who was shot in the chest by a police officer during last year’s protest violence. Tsang Chi-kin, 19, described the rejection as plunging him “from heaven to hell” as he recounted how he had sought to flee Hong Kong, and his fears of being prosecuted under the national security law imposed on the city by Beijing. The Form Six student... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3114925/hong-kong-activist-rejected-us-consulate-reveals-he-was https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3114925/hong-kong-activist-rejected-us-consulate-reveals-he-was Tue, 22 Dec 2020 06:42:44 +0000 US drug maker Pfizer said on November 9, 2020, that its experimental Covid-19 vaccine was more than 90 percent effective. The findings were based on the first interim analysis conducted this month. Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech SE are the first drug makers to release successful data from a large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine. The companies said they have so far found no serious safety concerns and expect to seek US authorization this month for emergency use of the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/health/pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-more-90-cent-effective-us-drug-maker-says/article/3109175 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/health/pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-more-90-cent-effective-us-drug-maker-says/article/3109175 Tue, 10 Nov 2020 10:55:30 +0000 The four Hong Kong activists who sought protection at the US consulate on Tuesday had discussed their intentions with staff from the diplomatic outpost who gave them the green light to enter the compound before “firmly” asking them to leave, a Britain-based group helping them has alleged. Three of the activists were seeking asylum, while the fourth, who claims to be a US citizen, is accusing the consulate of neglecting its duty to help him, the Post has learned, raising more questions about a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3107850/hong-kong-activists-turned-away-us-consulate-had-received https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3107850/hong-kong-activists-turned-away-us-consulate-had-received Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:00:31 +0000 Four Hong Kong activists entered the US consulate on Tuesday afternoon in a dramatic bid for asylum. The drama took place just hours after the city’s police national security unit arrested the former leader of a pro-independence group as he was planning a similar move at the diplomatic mission. A South China Morning Post reporter saw the four running toward the consulate and talking to security guards at the entrance before they were allowed into the compound. It is understood that they were... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/politics/4-hong-kong-activists-tried-seek-asylum-us-consulate-they-didnt-get-it/article/3107338 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/politics/4-hong-kong-activists-tried-seek-asylum-us-consulate-they-didnt-get-it/article/3107338 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:02:07 +0000 Four Hong Kong activists entered the US consulate on Tuesday afternoon in a dramatic bid for asylum, just hours after the city’s police national security unit arrested the former leader of a pro-independence group as he was planning a similar move at the diplomatic mission. It is understood that the four – after a Post reporter saw them running up Garden Road and talking to security guards at the entrance before they were allowed into the compound – were later rejected, but there was no official... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3107208/hong-kong-national-security-police-arrest-activist-coffee https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3107208/hong-kong-national-security-police-arrest-activist-coffee Tue, 27 Oct 2020 05:15:00 +0000 Hong Kong marked the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown amid a police ban on the annual Victoria Park vigil because of Covid-19 social distancing restrictions. Thousands defied the ban and gathered in the park anyway. Elsewhere in the city, people gathered to light candles and held a moment of silence to commemorate those who died in the crackdown on June 4, 1989. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/politics/hongkongers-defy-ban-mark-tiananmen-crackdown/article/3087662 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/politics/hongkongers-defy-ban-mark-tiananmen-crackdown/article/3087662 Fri, 05 Jun 2020 11:20:57 +0000 Felicity Feng, a Canadian visiting her parents in Wuhan over the Lunar New Year holiday, was caught up in the deadly coronavirus outbreak and the lockdown. Feng said her father was one of the project managers overseeing the construction of a new hospital for coronavirus patients.  Feng said she is worried about her father’s situation but is also glad that her family can contribute to the fight against the disease. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/health/very-hard-moment-us-says-daughter-project-manager-new-wuhan-coronavirus-hospital/article/3048446 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/health/very-hard-moment-us-says-daughter-project-manager-new-wuhan-coronavirus-hospital/article/3048446 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:36:47 +0000 Hundreds of anti-government protesters gathered on Tuesday night a month since the introduction of a mask ban in Hong Kong, marching through the tourist hotspot of Tsim Sha Tsui. Police deployed a water cannon to disperse the crowd. Many demonstrators wore the smiling masks made famous by the 2005 dystopian film V for Vendetta. The masks commemorate Guy Fawkes, a British figure whose failed bid to blow up parliament in 1605 is remembered in the UK every year on November 5. In recent years, the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/society/hong-kong-protests-hundreds-don-masks-guy-fawkes-day/article/3036510 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/society/hong-kong-protests-hundreds-don-masks-guy-fawkes-day/article/3036510 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 10:10:23 +0000 Thousands of Hong Kong protesters – some waving American flags – filled Hong Kong streets on Monday night to ask the US government and President Trump for help. They urged the US Congress to pass a bill that would sanction and penalize Beijing and Hong Kong officials deemed to have suppressed “basic freedoms” in the city. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/society/hong-kong-rally-urges-us-congress-pass-hong-kong-human-rights-and-democracy-act/article/3032980 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/society/hong-kong-rally-urges-us-congress-pass-hong-kong-human-rights-and-democracy-act/article/3032980 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:55:31 +0000 Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Hong Kong over the weekend. Many wearing masks, they defied a new anti-mask law introduced by the city’s leader, who invoked emergency powers as demonstrations grew increasingly violent. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/hong-kong-protesters-defy-anti-mask-law-weekend-marches/article/3031834 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/hong-kong-protesters-defy-anti-mask-law-weekend-marches/article/3031834 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:10:16 +0000 Downtown Hong Kong descended into chaos on Sunday as anti-government demonstrations entered their 17th straight week. Violent clashes took place two days before the People’s Republic of China marks 70 years since its founding. More protests are expected before and during the anniversary. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/tear-gas-petrol-bombs-and-mass-arrests-17th-straight-sunday-anti-government-protests-hong-kong/article/3030910 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/tear-gas-petrol-bombs-and-mass-arrests-17th-straight-sunday-anti-government-protests-hong-kong/article/3030910 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:00:29 +0000 Hong Kong soccer fans decided to show their support for protesters at a recent World Cup qualifying match between Hong Kong and Iran. Before the match started, Hong Kong fans booed the Chinese national anthem. Fans also sang a new anthem of the Hong Kong protests, “Glory to Hong Kong,” during the match, as unrest in the city entered its 14th week. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sports/chinese-national-anthem-booed-hong-kong-v-iran-world-cup-soccer-qualifier/article/3026656 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sports/chinese-national-anthem-booed-hong-kong-v-iran-world-cup-soccer-qualifier/article/3026656 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:28:43 +0000 Hong Kong has been rocked by more than 13 weeks of protests, which have increasingly led to clashes between police and protesters. On the front line of these confrontations are mostly young people, many of them students or fresh out of school. Without a clear leadership in the movement, the demonstrators are figuring out their own ways to make their voices heard. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/politics/front-line-hong-kongs-protesters/article/3025827 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/politics/front-line-hong-kongs-protesters/article/3025827 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:40:59 +0000 For the first time in 12 weekends of anti-government protests in Hong Kong, a police officer fired a warning shot during clashes with demonstrators on Sunday. Earlier in the day, police also deployed water cannons for the first time, threatening to use them in order to disperse hundreds of protesters who had occupied a road following a march. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/politics/shot-fired-and-water-cannon-deployed-police-and-protesters-clash-hong-kongs-western-new-territories/article/3024329 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/politics/shot-fired-and-water-cannon-deployed-police-and-protesters-clash-hong-kongs-western-new-territories/article/3024329 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:02:36 +0000 Hundreds have rallied at a tourist hotspot in Hong Kong to demand the release of a student arrested for carrying laser pointers. Keith Fong, president of Hong Kong Baptist University’s student union, was arrested Monday on suspicion of possessing “offensive weapons.” The university's faculty, students and alumni of the university held rallies to condemn the police for spreading “white terror” and demanded Fong’s release. Laser pointers have been commonly seen in anti-government protests in Hong... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/politics/hong-kong-protest-laser-rally-against-student-arrest/article/3021951 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/politics/hong-kong-protest-laser-rally-against-student-arrest/article/3021951 Thu, 08 Aug 2019 09:31:29 +0000 Baijiu is the most-consumed spirit in the world, but most of those drinkers are in China. Producers of the spirit want to change that. Although people drank some 2.7 billion gallons of baijiu in 2018, efforts to take “China’s national drink” abroad have so far failed to take off. Yet distilleries in China remain optimistic they can follow the path to international fame taken by once-obscure drinks such as vodka and tequila. Watch the video above to find out more. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/china-wants-take-its-national-spirit-baijiu-around-world/article/3015122 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/china-wants-take-its-national-spirit-baijiu-around-world/article/3015122 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 09:40:57 +0000 Thirty years have passed since the Tiananmen Square crackdown, where hundreds of pro-democracy protesters were gunned down in the middle of Beijing by Chinese troops. Many people in Hong Kong still vividly recall joining a million-strong march in the city to support the student movement in Beijing. In the decades since the crackdown, pro-democracy advocates have called for justice for the demonstrators. Letting go of their memories is not an option. Watch the video above. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/tiananmen-square-crackdown-hong-kongs-struggle-against-forgetting/article/3012602 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/tiananmen-square-crackdown-hong-kongs-struggle-against-forgetting/article/3012602 Fri, 31 May 2019 10:29:30 +0000 A woman in China has charmed social media users with video of her morning walk to breakfast with a flock of 6,000 ducklings. The woman, Long Shangyan, said she leads the baby ducks for 6 miles or more to find a field where they can feed on grass and seeds. Watch our video, above, to see how the quacky creatures take over the streets of southeast China. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/last-wonton-taking-6000-ducklings-out-breakfast/article/3006843 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/last-wonton-taking-6000-ducklings-out-breakfast/article/3006843 Fri, 19 Apr 2019 09:54:54 +0000 Unlike most people, Li Bingcai has no fear or loathing about cockroaches. In fact, he has been breeding millions of the insects for his niche business providing cockroaches for human consumption. Li says cockroaches can be cooked up for meals and even have health benefits, treating ailments such as sore throats, ulcers and gastric problems. Watch our video, above, to embark on a unique culinary journey. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/food/dishing-cockroaches-china/article/3006697 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/food/dishing-cockroaches-china/article/3006697 Thu, 18 Apr 2019 09:54:11 +0000 A parking lot in Chongqing, China is experimenting with a new strategy called “incline parking.” Drivers park their cars on a rack which slides away and tilts back at an angle of about 30 degrees. The method has increased parking capacity in the lot from 24 to 40 vehicles. Check out our video, above,  for more. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/last-wonton-chinese-incline-parking-saves-space-cars/article/3004827 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/last-wonton-chinese-incline-parking-saves-space-cars/article/3004827 Fri, 05 Apr 2019 09:56:13 +0000 A boy narrowly escaped injury after he dropped lit fireworks into the opening of a manhole cover in northern China. The incident, including the boy nearly being caught up by a huge fireball, was caught on camera. Thankfully, the boy walked away from the blast. Police in Chifeng city in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region blamed the explosion on the fireworks igniting methane in the sewer system below. Check out the video, above, for more. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/society/last-wonton-fireworks-causes-huge-manhole-explosion/article/3000710 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/society/last-wonton-fireworks-causes-huge-manhole-explosion/article/3000710 Mon, 04 Feb 2019 09:29:44 +0000 A Chinese hotel in Hangzhou has laid on “human hotpots” for true adherents of the meal. The hotpot-inspired hot spring is covered with fruit and vegetables including lettuce, bananas, chlli peppers and apples. The hotel says it wants to promote a healthier lifestyle in the run-up to the Lunar New Year. Check out the video, above, for more. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/last-wonton-chinas-human-hotpot/article/3000668 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/last-wonton-chinas-human-hotpot/article/3000668 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:20:42 +0000 At the Xi Guan Middle School in China’s northern Shanxi province, students are taking part in an unusual kind of exercise. They're learning to shuffle dance with their principal. The 40-year-old Zhang Pengfei learned a Chinese shuffle dance called guibu, or the “ghost step,” and taught it to his students. A video of the school’s dance routine has gone viral online.  Daily exercise is compulsory in Chinese schools: but most schools stick to calisthenics, not dance. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/education/chinese-school-dances-their-way-fitness/article/3000542 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/education/chinese-school-dances-their-way-fitness/article/3000542 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:22:26 +0000 A Chinese surgeon has become an online media sensation for posting videos of his operations… on fruit. Wang Yexiao, 31, based in Heilongjiang province, first filmed short videos of fruit surgeries to entertain his two-year-old son. He now regularly posts them on video-sharing platform Kuaishou to help educate the public. Check out our video, above, for more. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/last-wonton-chinese-surgeon-films-his-operations-fruit/article/2182640 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/last-wonton-chinese-surgeon-films-his-operations-fruit/article/2182640 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 03:51:43 +0000 Work on Beijing’s new airport has passed another major milestone, after the completion of a three-year job to build a roof over the main terminal. The airport, located in the Chinese capital’s southern Daxing District, is now expected to open by October 2019. When fully operational with planned expansions, the facility will handle as many as 100 million passengers each year – making it the world’s busiest airport. It joins the city’s existing Beijing Capital Airport – which is itself the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/construction-roof-finishes-beijing-daxing-international-airport/article/2180377 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/construction-roof-finishes-beijing-daxing-international-airport/article/2180377 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 09:16:31 +0000 Several apartment buildings in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu have been turned into “vertical forests.” The developer hopes that the housing developments will keep residents in touch with nature — even if they never leave the urban jungle. Watch the video, above, to see how lush vegetation turns balconies into gardens. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/last-wonton-chinese-housing-development-goes-green-vertical-forests/article/2179895 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/last-wonton-chinese-housing-development-goes-green-vertical-forests/article/2179895 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 10:00:00 +0000 You may think of them as household pests, but in China cockroaches can be everything from medicines, to waste processors – to a delicious meal. Check out our video above to find out more – if you’re not too squeamish. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/how-china-processes-waste-and-makes-medicine-cockroaches/article/2178282 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/how-china-processes-waste-and-makes-medicine-cockroaches/article/2178282 Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:15:15 +0000 Forty-five years ago, Hong Kong was in the midst of an economic boom. The city’s first cross-harbor tunnel had just opened to traffic, making the commute between Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon peninsula far easier. The 52-story Connaught Centre had just become the tallest building in Hong Kong. But over the past four-and-a-half decades, the skyline has only shot ever-upwards. Hong Kong’s tallest building now clocks in at a lofty 118 stories. The city has constantly evolved… although some... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/society/last-wonton-split-screen-video-hong-kong-1973-and-2018/article/2170811 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/society/last-wonton-split-screen-video-hong-kong-1973-and-2018/article/2170811 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:13:23 +0000 Tianmen Mountain in China is a tourist hotspot on public holidays. But the influx of tourists often leads to littering. Trash collector Zhong Lin rappels down the cliff face to collect left-behind garbage that tourists throw over the edge. But he says the littering situation is getting better. https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/last-wonton-chinese-trash-collector-scales-cliff-collect-tourist-trash/article/2167619 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/china/last-wonton-chinese-trash-collector-scales-cliff-collect-tourist-trash/article/2167619 Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:06:51 +0000