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Tourists enjoy leisure time on a frozen lake at the Nanhu Park in Changchun, northeast China’s Jilin province, in January 2020. Photo: Xinhua
China travel

China turns to school ‘snow breaks’ to warm up winter tourism industry

Ahead of next year’s record-long Spring Festival, local governments roll out short holidays to lure families to winter getaways.

China jobs

‘Unpredictable risks’: China to see record graduates next year amid jobs crunch

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Sick China teenager draws train to university as self-encouragement but dies

Artificial intelligence

Hong Kong PolyU’s top AI expert Yang Hongxia eyes ‘last mile of generative AI’

Yang aims to broaden the adoption of LLMs, while expanding AI’s scope of innovation via the most cost-effective means for all enterprises.

Artificial intelligence scientist Yang Hongxia envisions a world in which various businesses could train their own “domain-specific” large language models. Photo: Sina
China jobs

China’s urban youth jobless rate falls slightly in tough market for graduates

Record numbers of young people still face intense competition securing employment, pushing more to pursue alternative paths.

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China consumption

800 million: how a new target indicates a shift in China’s economic strategy

China projects it will have 800 million people living on middle incomes in 10 years, as it pledges to ‘invest more in people’.

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China jobs

PhD for landfill supervisor raises a stink over credential excess in China

Job listing raises a stink, stokes debate over credential excess and reflects how hard it can be to find work as pressure is heaped on jobseekers.

A worker deposits waste into a container at a garbage-transfer station in China. Photo: AFP
Education

China’s business schools are innovating to keep talent links strong

Amid decoupling risks, Chinese educators are embracing globalisation by ‘moving ideas’ to resist geopolitical walls.

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China school slammed for making pupils salute teachers arriving in cars

Pupils stand at attention by gates in early morning to greet staff; supporters say it instils respect, critics fear ‘blind obedience’.

Education in Hong Kong

Opinion | 5 ways Hong Kong can stand out as a global education hub

Hong Kong faces a competitive squeeze between an agile Singapore and a rapidly advancing mainland in the race to attract international students.

Students gather inside the University of Hong Kong campus in Pok Fu Lam, on September 12. Photo: Karma Lo
Trending in China

Explainer | Why ancient Chinese imperial exam rated candidates’ looks among selection criteria

Centuries-old exam selected people for some of the most powerful positions in the country; was just as difficult as today’s equivalent.

An imperial examination In ancient China took into account the appearance of candidates when deciding who should sit the test. Photo: SCMP composite/Sohu/RedNote
Artificial intelligence

Opinion | To survive the AI age, humans must hold on to our humanity

As companies promote the investment and adoption of artificial intelligence, we must ensure people stay in control of human-to-human domains.

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China jobs

How China’s retired teachers are helping bridge the urban-rural education divide

A government programme sends highly-experienced urban teachers to less developed regions – but is it enough to close the gap?

Open Questions series

Open Questions | Michael Sandel on Trump’s rise, meritocracy’s downsides

Philosopher on US president’s politics of humiliation, inequality, humanities in peril and his wish for Chinese and Americans to learn from each other.

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
China jobs

China’s civil service exam sees record-breaking applicant pool after age range expansion

Tough job market, wider age thresholds create China's largest candidate cohort for public sector positions, treasured for their stability.

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Examinees preparing to enter a venue for China’s national civil servant exam on November 26, 2023. Photo: China News Service via Getty Images
China jobs

China’s youth jobless rate falls but remains high after record graduation season

Unemployment hits 17.7 per cent among those 16 to 24, down from 18.9 per cent in August, as graduates face competitive labour market.

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US-China relations

As I see it | As Nobel laureates show, the US can’t take tech lead over China for granted

It’s hard to tell who will ultimately win the tech race but this year’s Nobel economics prize gives us some clues.

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Robotics

China’s Unitree builds course for students to learn how to train robot dogs

The curriculum reflects efforts in China to increase robotics training data, while deepening the industry’s talent pool.

A student studies data to figure out how to train and operate Unitree’s latest quadruped robot, the Go2. Photo: qq.com
Trending in China

China pupil suffers mental breakdown after watching horror film at school

Screening of chiller in classroom sees girl hospitalised after she becomes ‘incoherent’, displays signs of ‘mental confusion’.

US-China relations

In Texas, a student trip to China becomes a political act

US academic excursions to China used to just require a passport and curiosity, but today demand a willingness to defy the tide.

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Trending in China

Viral China parents celebrate son’s slim exam pass, value boy’s happiness

‘Inspiring’ parents who stress their children's ‘health and happiness’ reject stereotypical strict parenting; gain online praise.

A video clip of Chinese parents celebrating their son passing his exam by just one point has gone viral. Photo: Screen Capture/ Douyin
China jobs

China bids to break job market ‘curse of 35’ as it raises civil service age cap

The government will now accept candidates aged up to 43 for some positions, a change that comes amid rampant job market age discrimination.

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Jobseekers attend a career fair in eastern China. Chinese workers have long complained of a “curse of 35”, where people struggle to get hired after hitting their mid-30s. Photo: Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

How Chinese paper mills use AI to create ‘higher quality’ academic fraud

Paper mills that sell authorship or fabricate entire papers are a staple of China’s competitive academic landscape.

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China society

Opinion | After decades of struggle, women in China are rewriting their future

The quiet revolution towards upholding women’s rights in China isn’t just about slogans but involves the hard work of families, educators and policymakers.

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‘Guilt exercise’: China school slammed as students cross parental ‘human bridge’

Viral video captures strange activity in which students, some of them blindfolded, clamber over backs of kneeling mums and dads.

A secondary school in China is in trouble with the authorities after parents formed a bizarre “human bridge” for students to clamber over in a so called “guilt education” exercise. Photo: SCMP composite/QQ.com
Science

Open Questions | Shing-Tung Yau on why China needs to ‘chart its own path’ for tech independence

Influential maths expert calls to nurture domestic talent, notes ‘profound symbolic weight’ of Hong Kong’s bid to host top 2030 conference.

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ByteDance

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming makes rare appearance at Shanghai event

One of China’s richest men, Zhang says the Zhichun Innovation Centre in Shanghai continues his focus ‘on talent recruitment and development’.

Open Questions series

Open Questions | Top mathematician on China’s talent gap, role of pure science

Tsinghua University’s Shing-Tung Yau on how China can stop being a follower in science, an opportunity for Hong Kong and chaos in Trump’s US.

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