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As more countries move towards a “living with Covid” strategy, China, which pioneered controlling Covid-19 with lockdown orders and tight border rules, will remain in a “wait and see” mode when it comes to adjusting its zero-tolerance policy. South China Morning Post reporter Simone McCarthy, who has been covering C…
A 21-year-old university student in China’s Jiangsu province has gained fame for impersonating Chinese historical figures and fictional characters based on paintings and poems. Her vivid reenactments have brought her nearly 400,000 followers on various Chinese social media platforms.
Researchers at Osaka University are trying to mass-produce Japan’s famous Wagyu beef using 3D printers. The scientists hope the technology can be applied to regenerative medicine and help address food shortages.
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has demanded the removal of the Pillar of Shame sculpture from its campus. Critics say the decision to remove the controversial sculpture, which pays tribute to the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, is the latest example of how Hongkongers are continuously losing their…
China is the world’s most populous country. For decades, it tried to rein in its population growth with tough family planning laws. But in 2021, Beijing scrapped its one-child policy and instead started encouraging couples to have three children. What prompted the Chinese government to make such a dramatic change?
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jnr is running for president in the 2022 election in the Philippines. A son of the late Philippine dictator, the younger Marcos filed his certificate of candidacy on October 6, 2021, saying he intended to provide “unifying leadership” so the country could “face the Covid-19 crisis and reo…
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor delivered the final policy address of her current term in office on October 6, 2021. The two-hour speech focused on housing and land supply issues, as well as her vision for Hong Kong’s future. At the end of her address she gave an emotional closing remark, thanki…
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Tony Chung is working on his master’s degree in Biomedical Science and has long dreamed of going to medical school. But the Covid-19 pandemic has him considering an additional goal, working alongside his father running a Vietnamese restaurant, Pasteur Grill and Noodles, in New York’s Chinatown. “I started to help ou…
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After years of intense media scrutiny and extended postponement, Japan’s Princess Mako will finally tie the knot with her commoner boyfriend, Kei Komuro, on October 26, 2021. The couple met as students at university and were engaged in 2017. The wedding was initially expected to take place in 2018, but was delayed b…
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A driving centre in Afghanistan is on the verge of closing following the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021. The driving school, which opened around a year ago, is the first in the country to cater to women by having female instructors. Many Afghan women were barred from learning to drive by their famili…
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Torrential rains have been battering China’s Henan province since September 23, 2021. Many low-lying urban areas and villages were flooded, including a secondary school in the city of Pingdingshan, where about 3,000 pupils trapped in the school building had to be rescued. The central Chinese province was also inunda…
Thailand is not unfamiliar with political turmoil. The country has seen 13 military coups since 1932, most recently in 2014. In 2019, the military-backed Palang Pracharath Party won a disputed general election and elevated former military general Prayuth Chan-ocha to prime minister. The latest round of anti-governme…
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Health officials in the Thai capital Bangkok arranged for about 1,500 pupils aged 12-18 to get Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations on September 21, 2021. Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang has set a goal of getting vaccines into the arms of 70 per cent of the city’s estimated over 1 million students aged 12 to 18 by November…
Boxing icon and politician Manny Pacquiao announced his candidacy in the Philippine 2022 presidential elections. Accepting the nomination of his PDP-Laban party at its national convention on September 19, 2021, Pacquiao pledged to campaign against poverty and corruption. He is considered by many to be one of the gre…
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Schools in Hong Kong have been rolling out the newly revamped liberal studies course. The programme went through an overhaul, starting with its renaming to “citizenship and social development”. The themes covered in the senior secondary school subject have also been cut from six to three, now comprising “Hong Kong u…
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Wearing a face mask in most public spaces has been mandatory in Hong Kong since July 2020 as part of the city’s battle against the pandemic. But face masks have had a negative impact on the daily lives of the city's hearing-impaired community, especially for those who lip-read to communicate. Hong Kong’s Lingnan Uni…
The Taliban has marked the first month since sweeping back to power in Afghanistan on September 15, 2021. The insurgents seized the capital Kabul with barely a fight after the US announced its 20-year military presence would end on August 31. A month on, Kabul residents said security has largely improved, but the co…
Two boys in southern China’s Sichuan province tried to finish 24 boxes of milk at their school’s gate after it banned students from bringing in outside food.
Researchers in a lab in the South Korean capital Seoul have created a chameleon robot that instantly changes its skin colour to match its surroundings. The team at Seoul National University developed their camouflage technology using special ink that changes colour based on temperature, controlling the changes with …
The Delta variant outbreak in China’s southeastern province of Fujian continues to surge, with 165 total cases reported as of September 15, 2021. Following the outbreak a week ago, the cities of Putian and Xiamen have stepped up Covid-19 testing, while schools have moved courses online and social gatherings have bee…
A speeding car narrowly missed hitting students on a university campus in central China’s Hubei province.
Nearly 300 completely-veiled women held a march in support of the Taliban on September 11, 2021. They had gathered at a university in Kabul and were seen holding Taliban flags. The hardline group has announced that females will only be allowed to study at university in women-only classrooms and that even their tutor…
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Rising temperatures sparked by global warming have led to an even hotter urban climate, created by the so-called heat island effect. Hong Kong-based social enterprise Nature Makers Lab is seeking to help ease the effects of warm air trapped in urban spaces by planting mini forests around the city that also promote b…
The US is in the grip of a fourth wave of coronavirus infections, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant that has grown over summer 2021. The death toll as of early September was more than 1,100 a day on average, turning the clock back to what the nation was experiencing in mid-March. The nation’s most closel…
Parents at a school were seen climbing onto a fence to check on their children on the first day of class. That, and more trending videos from China this week.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has announced the resumption of the city’s quarantine-free “Return2HK” scheme. Hong Kong residents who have a negative Covid-19 test at least 72 hours before arrival will be able to return home from mainland China and Macau, without being quarantined, from Septemb…
