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Shock as China building workers hung on gate by harnesses as safety training

21 Mar 2025 - 2:00PM

Three construction workers in China were hung from a gate by their harnesses as part of their safety training, sparking public shock. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin

Military

Chinese satellites seen ‘dogfighting’, US Space Force official says

20 Mar 2025 - 1:38AMvideocam

A Shiyan-24C experimental satellite is launched from a sea platform in 2024. The satellite is among those seen “dogfighting in space”, according to the USSF. Photo: Handout

Military

China’s 6th-gen fighter sighted again as Trump ‘set to announce’ jet contract

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China’s sixth-generation stealth fighter has been spotted on another test run. Photo: Weibo/第一军情

Science

Chinese breakthrough challenges Elon Musk’s verdict on paralysed patients

19 Mar 2025 - 7:00PMvideocam

Four patients with spinal cord injuries were able to move their limbs hours after groundbreaking surgery as part of a clinical trial led by Shanghai’s Fudan University. Photo: Fudan University

Science

Former US defence researcher Zhan Hanyu joins China’s elite aerospace university

20 Mar 2025 - 3:25PMvideocam

In December, Zhan Hanyu became a full-time professor at the college of automation engineering at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics after studying and working in the US for more than 15 years. Photo: The Paper

Amazing feats of strength on display in Hong Kong park where men as old as 70 work out

Hong Kong society

Video | Hong Kong’s outdoor workout lovers, aged 17-70

21 Sep 2024 - 1:29PM

Video | The Nepali teen staring down the world’s tallest peaks

9 Sep 2024 - 5:12PM

Video | ‘Most significant photo’ of the Paris Games

1 Aug 2024 - 3:49PM

Video | North Korea wins 1st Olympic medal in 8 years

31 Jul 2024 - 5:32PM

Surprise win for North Korea in Paris as table tennis doubles team earns Olympic silver

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Video | Indonesian speed climbers race for rare Olympic gold

29 Jul 2024 - 4:00PM

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Video | Parisians express love for Chinese culture ahead of Olympics

26 Jul 2024 - 1:04PM

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Video | Indonesia’s first Olympic gymnast

18 Jul 2024 - 6:00PM

‘The world will know my country’: Indonesia’s first Olympic gymnast sets her sights on Paris

Video | Kenyan marathoner gives China’s He Jie the Beijing win

16 Apr 2024 - 9:41PM

Video | First foreign-born sumo champion dies

12 Apr 2024 - 3:28PM

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Video | LA Dodger interpreter steals US$4.5 million from Ohtani

26 Mar 2024 - 5:00PM

LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani denies betting on baseball, claims to be victim of ‘massive theft’

Singapore’s sprint queen blazes a trail

Shanti Pereira, Asia’s fastest woman sprinter, is rewriting Singapore’s track history with breakneck speed, paving her way to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

8 Oct 2024 - 4:37PM

Singapore’s sprint queen blazes a trail

Video | Arm wrestling in India eyes sporting spotlight

18 Aug 2023 - 5:11PM

Video | First Picklemall opens to tap US Pickleball craze

12 Aug 2023 - 12:23AM

Video | Mountain bikers race down Bolivia’s cityscapes

23 May 2023 - 4:00PM

All downhill from here: Mountain bikers race down Bolivia’s cityscapes

Video | Australian Blake Johnston smashes record for world’s longest surf

17 Mar 2023 - 5:00PM

Australian surfer goes back for more after breaking world record for longest surf

Video | Field hockey hopes to come back on the upswing in India

30 Jan 2023 - 10:25AM

Video | Pele lookalike mourns Brazilian football legend

3 Jan 2023 - 10:24AM

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Video | In World Cup first, host country Qatar loses opening match

21 Nov 2022 - 6:06PM

World Cup 2022 host Qatar starts off on wrong foot with opening match loss to Ecuador

Guinness World Records

Video | Filipino man skips to his 2nd Guinness World Record

26 Oct 2022 - 7:00AM

Video | Indonesia to demolish stadium where stampede killed over 130

18 Oct 2022 - 10:04PM

Video | Why so many Japanese kids are quitting judo

28 Jun 2022 - 8:00AM

Japan may be losing future generations of judo practitioners as burned-out kids drop out in droves

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

Explainer | Beijing wants the Winter Olympics to be a green Games - how?

The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing was among several games that have committed to the goal of carbon neutrality, with officials boasting of venues powered by renewable energy. How do you achieve a green Olympic?

16 Feb 2022 - 2:45PM

How the Beijing Winter Olympics are being made green, visually explained

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

Explainer | How China put the Winter Olympics in a Covid-free bubble

The strict measures to maintain the barrier between 60 thousand participants and the Chinese population during the weeks of competitions.

4 Feb 2022 - 12:00PM

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

Explainer | Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 visual guide

Amid Covid-19 concerns, China is determined to successfully host the Winter Olympics in a closed-loop system.

4 Feb 2022 - 12:09PM

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

Video | Robot ‘coach’ trains Olympic curlers

4 Jan 2022 - 1:20PM

Robot ‘coach’ helps Chinese curlers prepare for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Video | HK helpers box to beat Covid blues

17 Feb 2022 - 10:40AM

Muay Thai boxing helps Hong Kong domestic helpers beat stress of family separation during pandemic

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Video | Tokyo 2020 Chinese athletes perform sports demonstrations in Hong Kong

4 Dec 2021 - 1:41PM

Health & Fitness

Video | Special needs teens learn dragon boating

30 Sep 2021 - 2:35PM

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