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A PE teacher from southwestern China’s Sichuan province is capable of unique physical feats while on his hands, including pulling a car with a rope attached to his waist.
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The coronavirus pandemic has had a relatively large impact on the employment of women in the country compared with men. A recent study conducted by the Ashoka University found that Indian women who had jobs before lockdowns were imposed, were 23 per cent less likely than men to be re-employed after restrictions were…
Fa paai or flower plaques have traditionally been used at weddings, birthdays, festivals and other celebrations such as store openings. Most common in rural areas of Hong Kong, the colourful boards decorated with artificial flowers can be several metres wide and high, and are often hand-painted with dragons and phoe…
In the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator, some students are taking a pass on the commonly used Cyrillic alphabet and focusing their efforts on learning a traditional, vertical Mongolian script that dates back to the empire of Genghis Khan. They are among a growing number of Mongolians who are inspired to study the ancien…
An art teacher has become an internet star with his creative videos, in which he uses realistic drawings to prank his audience. That, and more trending videos from China this week.
More than two dozen high-ranking officials in Hong Kong took oaths vowing to uphold the city’s mini-constitution on December 15, 2020. The ceremony is part of the government’s new policy to require roughly 180,000 civil servants to swear allegiance to Hong Kong and promise to uphold the Basic Law.
An art teacher in China’s Jilin province has become an internet star with his creative videos in which he uses realistic drawings to prank his audience.
A 470-metre-long zip line that for more than two decades was part of the daily commute for villagers of Yingge village in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan is being “retired”. The cableway was the main transport for about 2,000 villagers to attend school, go to work and seek medical treatment. But since a …
Jeremy Tam Man-ho is a former Hong Kong lawmaker who had previously worked as a pilot for 18 years. After serving four years in the city’s Legislative Council, he stepped down in 2020 as part of a mass resignation by opposition members protesting against the disqualification and removal of four other lawmakers.
Using a microscope and precise carving tools, an Egyptian artist has been carving tiny pharaonic statues from the tips of pencils. The miniature artworks created from graphite are how law school graduate Ibrahim Bilal tries to showcase his nation’s history.
A pet school in China’s southeastern Anhui province teaches dogs maths and how to skip rope. It offers various classes teaching Mandarin, maths and dance to its “students”.
Croydon University Hospital in south London has received one of the first batches of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as mass vaccinations were set to begin on December 8, 2020. Top priority will be given to those aged 80 and above, frontline healthcare workers and care home staff. Meanwhile, in Russia a mass in…
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About 500,000 students in South Korea took the national university entrance exam on December 3, 2020. The highly competitive day-long test was held despite a resurgence of coronavirus cases. The country reported 540 new Covid-19 infections on December 3, marking the second straight day for its daily tall to be above…
A group of primary school students from China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region performed a horse racing dance in a music appreciation class. Their teacher wanted them to learn about the ethnic culture in a more dynamic way, so she composed the dance based on the traditional Mongolian song.
Growing up in Thailand where the monarchy is promoted everywhere from the school classrooms to television programmes, Mitree Chitinunda had been a devoted royalist for decades. In 2019, he even had a portrait of the king shaved into his hair. But a year later amid protests demanding a new government and reform of th…
After he quit his job as a schoolteacher in Indonesia, Fredi Lugina Priadi has turned his hand to creating unique costumes and cosplay outfits for cats. The 39-year-old has found success by setting up an online business that supplies outfits to pet owners who want to dress their kittens in costumes that make them lo…
The Cambodian government has ordered a two-week closure of all private schools, museums and the capital’s Phnom Penh Hotel following a cluster of cases related to a woman was confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus on November 28, 2020. Officials said the 56-year-old was linked to 17 of the country’s first loc…
Researchers in Singapore have developed a smart mask with sensors that can detect a wearer’s vital signs, including blood oxygen saturation, blood pressure, heart rate and skin temperature. The data can be used to watch for potential illnesses, including Covid-19. Researchers at Nanyang Technological University and …
Lance Lau Hin-yi is an 11-year-old Hong Kong schoolboy who has spent nearly every Friday standing outside the gate of his school before class, raising awareness about climate change. He says he was inspired by “climate girl” Greta Thunberg, the Swedish activist who is internationally known for challenging world lead…
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Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, delivered her fourth policy address on November 25, 2020. Here are some of the key takeaways from her two hour and 15 minute presentation which included over 200 initiatives she proposed for the city in the coming year. Lam delayed her address by more than a month, after she …
A middle school in the Chinese city of Shanghai has installed a robotic cook in its canteen to improve the safety of food preparation during the coronavirus pandemic.
Thousands of people in Taiwan’s capital Taipei have joined an annual demonstration against the easing of restrictions against imports of American pork which contain a controversial food additive. Meat which contains ractopamine is banned in the European Union and in mainland China because of fears about potential ha…
A teenage boy is shot by police on China's National Day, as clashes intensify between hardcore Hong Kong protesters and police. The government gives in to a key protest demand and withdraws its extradition bill, but the protesters now have a list of other demands that Hong Kong's leader finds impossible to meet. Uni…
Emboldened by the pro-democracy demonstrations sweeping Thailand, school pupils — in particular girls — are leading the “Bad Student” movement to challenge the Thai education system . They are demanding a curriculum overhaul, equality at schools, a relaxation of rigid rules and the resignation of the Thai education …
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South Korea began a special two-week coronavirus prevention period on November 19, 2020, ahead of the annual college entrance exams.
Mass, student-led demonstrations began in Thailand in February 2020 after the military government disbanded a pro-democracy party which was popular among younger people in the country. Soon after the dissolution, protesters started to take over campuses and streets around Thailand, demanding political reforms of the…
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a “liquid” window that they say can reduce a building’s energy consumption by as much as 45 per cent. The double-glazed panes, filled with a micro-hydrogel and water solution, cut infrared and ultraviolet energy from sunlight, as well as stor…
The heartwarming moment a classroom of pupils cheered wildly for a classmate who scored full marks in an exam has gone viral on China’s social media, with many people being touched by the kids’ sincere applause.
A seven-year-old girl from China’s Hubei province spends her free time herding 330 goats, having started when she was just three. Her father said that it is a good way for the girl to get closer to nature.
China’s government has praised a UK diplomat who recently dived into a river in Chongqing to save a drowning student. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said the woman was saved by an “act of bravery” on the part of 61-year-old Stephen Ellison, Britain’s consul general in the southwestern city. The spoke…
A British diplomat has been widely praised online in China after he saved a woman from a river. Stephen Ellison, the 61-year-old consul general of Britain’s mission in Chongqing, dived into the river at a nearby tourist town when he saw the student struggling to stay afloat.
People in northern Japan have recently been struggling with a growing number of encounters with hungry bears that roam through towns looking for food. The marauding animals sometimes damage property or end up in dangerous encounters with humans. Worried people in the towns of Bihoro and Takikawa are among those turn…
A project that aims to restore lost coral beds in local Hong Kong waters has found that hexagonal clay tiles made using 3D printing technology provide a suitable habitat for the species to grow and repopulate. Under a project launched in 2016, scientists from the University of Hong Kong placed tiles designed to look…
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Staff members at a university canteen in China’s Hubei province were filmed using their feet to wash vegetables, and picking up sausages that had dropped on the floor and putting them into a basin without washing them.
