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The Chinese government is going on a charm offensive over what is happening in Xinjiang. The governor of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has spoken for the first time and in detail about its network of camps for Muslim minorities. Shohrat Zakir describes the facilities as “professional vocational training instituti…
An Islamic boarding school in Bantul, Indonesia is known amongst the trans community to be a safe haven for transgender people, or “waria” – a word blending the Indonesian words for “woman” and “man”. In 2016 the school was raided by a group of vigilante Islamists, but people are now slowly returning to pray and study.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam delivered her second annual policy address to the city’s legislature on October 10, 2018. She was first met by protesters outside the building. And on entering the chamber, she was confronted by opposition lawmakers shouting and waving banners, calling for press freedom, a universal pensi…
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor delivered her second policy address on October 10, 2018. She presented 244 new initiatives – from artificial islands to longer maternity leave. Here are the highlights from her speech to the Legislative Council.
A reporter from mainland China arrested in Britain for slapping a student volunteer at a conference, attended by Hong Kong democracy activists, has been released by police without charges after the Chinese embassy in London intervened.
The Lantau Boat Club organised a mass paddle around Lantau Island. They teamed up with Discovery Bay International School to promote conservation, responsible plastic use and protecting marine wildlife.
A primary school vice-principal in eastern China’s Jiangsu province started a project called “Teacher mums” back in 2008. Chen Jinghua wanted to do something for students whose parents work far away from home. Over the years, many teachers from other schools joined his initiative.
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is one of the most tightly controlled areas in China. Human rights activists accuse the Chinese government of carrying out a full scale crackdown on ethnic Uygurs and other Muslim minorities who live in the region, sending up to 1 million to political re-education camps. But auth…
A kindergarten principal in southern China’s Guangdong province has been fired after she allowed pole dancers to perform on the opening day of the new school year, in front of children. The fiasco has sparked widespread anger, both among parents and online.
China’s parliament gave the clearest signal yet that the leadership is moving to end limits on the number of children families can have by striking “family planning” policies from the latest draft of a sweeping civil code slated for adoption in 2020. The Communist Party began enforcing a one-child policy in 1979 to …
Hong Kong’s Department of Health has carried out a mass campaign to combat mosquitoes following an unprecedented dengue fever outbreak in the lead up to the new academic year in September. During August, 26 people contracted the mosquito-borne virus in Hong Kong. People with dengue fever display symptoms including h…
Video of a lorry carrying stranded students across their flooded campus has gone viral in China. The campus flooded after several days of heavy rain in Xiaoxian county of eastern Anhui province.
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Cervical cancer was the seventh most common form of cancer among women in Hong Kong in 2015, and the eighth most common cause of death. The Karen Leung Foundation, a local NGO, is raising awareness through education, prevention promotion and support women for in treatment.
Hannah Tam and James Koo are two of the awardees of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund this year. The scholarship aims at helping talented musicians and dancers to continue studying in either local or overseas institutions. Tam and Koo will be pursuing a diploma and a bachelor degree respectively in the US.
Most children spend school holidays playing, travelling or studying to improve their grades. But more and more are using their time off school to work – as child actors in Chinese TV series and films.
A study led by a professor at the University of Hong Kong has found that, along with the 5 million people who take the city’s Mass Transit Railway (MTR) each day, many more millions of microbes also make the commute. The study examined how humans pick up microbes, offering valuable insight into managing the spread o…
Coffins have been smashed and exhumed as part of a campaign in southeastern China that bans people from burying their dead. The “zero burial” policy in Jiangxi province has stirred anger and resentment among locals. Officials were seen forcibly removing coffins from people’s homes in posts shared on Chinese social m…
Scientists from the University of Aberdeen and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have found out the best way to avoid getting fat after testing 30 different diets on mice.
A medical school student rushed to the rescue of an 81-year-old man after he collapsed and lost consciousness at a train station in northeastern China.
High school students received their results for the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) on Wednesday, July 11. A record low of 59,000 HKDSE candidates are battling for 15,000 University Grants Committee (UGC) funded places. Worried students flocked to the Vocational Training Council (VTC) to apply for c…
In a tea gathering with Hong Kong media, tycoon Li Ka-shing talked about education and finally stepping down as the honorary chairman of Shantou University, a school he founded in 1981.
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing gave a graduation ceremony speech for the final time on June 29 in his role as honorary chairman of Shantou University. Li, who turns 90 in July, helped found the university in 1981 but will pass the reins to his youngest son, Richard Li Tzar-kai, as he withdraws from public life.
Fireworks lit up the sky in St. Petersburg on Saturday night, as 80,000 middle school students celebrated school graduation alongside football fans, as the Russian team found victory in the World Cup on the night of the Scarlet Sails festival.
The traditional practice of ear picking in China, using fine instruments to remove ear wax and “massage” the ear canal, dates back generations. It is especially popular in the city of Chengdu, where ear picking craftsmen offer their services to customers in tea houses and public parks. But one ear picking practition…
Since the relaxation of China’s one-child policy in 2016, more couples have been turning to in vitro fertilisation (IVF) to conceive their second child. The IVF baby boom is leading to a growing trend in assisted-reproduction tourism in places like Thailand.
A devoted dog in southern China’s Guizhou province not only accompanies her owners to school every day, but also waits for them faithfully outside the gates.
As housing prices continue to rise in Hong Kong, young professionals are living in ever-shrinking spaces. Finance worker Adrian Law, 25, paid more than HK$6 million (US$765,000) two years ago for his tiny 292 sq foot studio apartment. Meanwhile teacher Jezz Ng, 29, has chosen to live in a new co-sharing apartment, r…
A two-year-old boy lost both of his parents in a crash in central China’s Guangxi province. The family was riding an electric bike, with the toddler in their arms, when a truck turned and hit them. After the tragedy, local police set up a fund to support him until he graduates from university.
More than 10 million Chinese students are taking the university entrance exam, known as gaokao. For many students it's the test they have been studying years for, as their result will determine which universities they will be eligible to apply to. Pressure to do well in the exam is not only on the students, but also…
Chinese high-school seniors across the country are tearing up their textbooks to relieve stress ahead of the country’s famous national college entrance examinations, gaokao.
When a typhoon of signal 8 or above heads towards Hong Kong, the government takes measures to ensure everyone stays safe. Schools close and non-essential staff are given the day off or allowed to go home early before the storm hits. But there also a few key dos and don’ts that Hongkongers should take note of.
A pair of instructors at a flight school in northern California are alleged to have kidnapped and tried to deport a student pilot back to China. It is claimed they did so because they thought trainee’s English wasn’t good enough to communicate with air traffic control.
A schoolgirl was seen going to extreme lengths to do her homework in central China’s Henan province. She stuck her body out of a moving taxi’s window, using the roof as an impromptu desk.
Taiwan is seeking to boost its domestic defence industry amid rising tensions with Beijing, which has recently sent several warplanes and an aircraft carrier close to the island on multiple occasions. The push for a “self-reliance policy” in domestic defence is a priority for President Tsai Ing-wen, as concern grows…
Dennis Lo, Li Ka Shing professor of medicine at Chinese University, explains how he cracked the mother-fetal DNA blood code to develop the groundbreaking non-invasive perinatal testing for Down syndrome.
A research team from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University has developed a pair of robotic arms to solve one of the “hardest tasks on earth” - assembling IKEA furniture. The robotic arms can build an IKEA Stefan chair frame in just over 20 minutes, as it brings different parts together with the help of the pr…
This black bear waking up from hibernation at Glacier National Park in the United States is amusing Chinese people on the internet. Its hilarious actions have been compared to people struggling to muster up enthusiasm to return to school or work after a long weekend.
Lucmacha primary school used to have more than 300 students, now there are only three. Every day, these three students have to cross a deep valley to get to and from school. In the village nearest to the school, there are no people who are younger than 40 years-old, all the young people have left. SCMP reporter went…
Only men loyal to the party can now donate sperm in Beijing. This is part of an announcement made by the Third Hospital of Peking University in a sperm donation campaign.
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been sentenced for 24 years in jail for corruption-related charges by a court in Seoul. Prosecutors said Park accepted or was promised US$110 million in bribes from three South Korean companies in exchange for policy favours. The scandal exposed the shady links between…
The government has long followed a policy to sell land to the highest bidder. With limited supply and increasing demand, property prices have shot through the roof in the last two decades. Should the government continue with this policy or is it time for a change?
Young Hong Kong author Annabel Lucy Yue was inspired to write her first book at age six when she saw an ant crawling up the wall. Now eight years old, Yue has published three books and donated all the proceeds – a total of HK$44,523 – to Teach For China.
Chinese President Xi Jinping set out his vision for China’s place in the world – highlighting his signature Belt and Road policy – in his closing speech to the National People’s Congress in Beijing.
A Chinese boy ran away from home, clad only in underwear, to avoid a spanking from his father. The man had heard about his son's bad behaviour at school.
Authorities released surveillance footage of what happened outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on the day a student opened fire and killed 17 people.
When emergency calls began pouring in from parents and students during the Florida high school massacre, 911 operators at first tried to grasp the enormity of the emergency, and then sought to calm the callers while gathering information to assist arriving law enforcement officers.
A 10-year-old girl was rescued after she accidentally stuck her leg into a squat toilet at her school in Guangxi, China.
How technology is improving education in rural China.
Delegates from around China are in Beijing to take part in the annual meetings of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and National People’s Congress. The two meetings will give clues about what the government’s priorities will be in the year ahead. Delegates are expected to discuss issues ranging …
