https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/519336/feed The latest news on Cui Chenxi, Chinese professional street skateboarder, including competition news and updates. en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Stephy Zhang,Agence France-Presse Stephy Zhang,Agence France-Presse China’s 15-year-old Zhu Yuanling won gold in the women’s street skateboarding competition at the Asian Games on Sunday, the latest in a series of young winners at this edition of the continental multi-sport event. Zhu’s win came a day after Japanese primary school student Yuki Kurihara, 11, demolished opponents three times his age on the way to a historic gold in esports. Earlier in the Games, Chinese swimmer Yu Zidi, 13, became one of the faces of the event with three golds, all in record... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3368950/chinas-zhu-yuanling-wins-street-skateboarding-just-latest-teen-winner-asian-games?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3368950/chinas-zhu-yuanling-wins-street-skateboarding-just-latest-teen-winner-asian-games?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:00:16 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Japan’s 11-year-old esports prodigy Yuki Kurihara said he was “embarrassed” after winning Asian Games gold on Saturday by thrashing a series of opponents up to three times his age. The bespectacled primary school student, believed to be the youngest competitor at the Games in Aichi-Nagoya, won the Puyo Puyo Champions final 10-2. He is the youngest athlete in host country Japan’s Asian Games history. Puyo Puyo Champions is a puzzle game where players try to clear their screen of coloured blobs by... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3368890/japan-esports-whizz-kid-feels-bit-embarrassed-after-winning-asian-games-gold?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3368890/japan-esports-whizz-kid-feels-bit-embarrassed-after-winning-asian-games-gold?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:24:53 +0000 Huizhao Huang Huizhao Huang Two years ago, Yuki Liu was a university student in the northern Chinese province of Hebei, studying traditional Chinese music and the pipa – a pear-shaped Chinese lute – weighing the usual paths considered by her peers: postgraduate degree or civil service exam. Today, her day begins at 1am in Germany. While many people sleep, she is already working as an apprentice at an industrial bakery in a small town outside Stuttgart in the country’s southwest, preparing the shop for the morning rush. The... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/global-economy/article/3366392/how-chinas-youth-job-crisis-driving-graduates-german-vocational-apprenticeships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/global-economy/article/3366392/how-chinas-youth-job-crisis-driving-graduates-german-vocational-apprenticeships?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Sep 2026 10:00:10 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Yuki Kurihara will become Japan’s youngest competitor in Asian Games history next month and the 11-year-old esports whizz kid wants to be the competition’s youngest ever medallist too. The bespectacled primary school student joined his Japan teammates this week for an inauguration ceremony ahead of their home Games, which take place in Nagoya and the wider Aichi area from September 19 to October 4. Kurihara will compete in esports event Puyo Puyo Champions, a puzzle game where players try to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3364762/eel-powered-japanese-esports-whizz-kid-chases-asian-games-history-home-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3364762/eel-powered-japanese-esports-whizz-kid-chases-asian-games-history-home-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:02:06 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan More elite basketball players from China could emerge and play professionally in the United States after the NBA announced a multi-year deal with its counterpart, the CBA, on Friday. Adam Silver, the NBA commissioner, called the agreement a “transformational partnership” that would allow China’s next generation to become “the greatest players they can be”. News of the league’s partnership with the Chinese Basketball Association came hours before the first of the NBA China Games between the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/basketball/article/3328472/nba-boss-adam-silver-calls-new-multi-year-deal-china-transformational-partnership?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/basketball/article/3328472/nba-boss-adam-silver-calls-new-multi-year-deal-china-transformational-partnership?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Oct 2025 04:19:00 +0000 Skateboarding prodigy Mazel Alegado of the Philippines, who turned nine years old in March, is thought to be the youngest competitor at the Asian Games. Not only did she make it to the Games, but Alegado flew through the qualifying heat of the “women’s” park to make it to the final, where she came seventh with a score of 56.96. She could be one to watch at next year’s Olympics – after all, Paris is her middle name. By then, she may be an experienced campaigner and feel the next generation... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3236110/youngest-athlete-asian-games-meet-philippines-skateboarder-mazel-alegado-who-just-9-years-old?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3236110/youngest-athlete-asian-games-meet-philippines-skateboarder-mazel-alegado-who-just-9-years-old?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Sep 2023 07:24:42 +0000 The Asian Games officially open in Hangzhou on Saturday, and the hosts will again be expecting to top the medal table when the curtain is brought down on the 19th Asiad on October 8. From the pool to the table tennis court and everywhere in between, a squad boasting 36 Olympic champions among its 886 entrants should add a considerable number of medals to the 3,189 won since the country first entered the Games in Tehran in 1974. Swimmer Qin Haiyang will certainly be among those expected to walk... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3235358/asian-games-2023-swim-star-qin-haiyang-13-year-old-cui-chenxi-10-chinese-athletes-watch-hangzhou?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/china/article/3235358/asian-games-2023-swim-star-qin-haiyang-13-year-old-cui-chenxi-10-chinese-athletes-watch-hangzhou?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Sep 2023 01:00:15 +0000