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Riot police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who had built barricades on a road in front of a police station on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong. It came after a tense stand-off following the latest mass anti-government protest march.
Robotic bird ‘Wind Rider’ can flap its wings and glide in the air just like a real bird. For drone users who want to fly with discretion, this is a perfect way to hide.
The Daliushu market in Beijing opens every Tuesday night as darkness falls in the Chinese capital only to close before dawn the next day. Known as “ghost markets” among locals, they feature stalls selling antiques, jade, and housewares. While Beijing was once home to several nighttime markets, Daliushu is the only o…
Dozens of protesters gathered outside Dragon Centre shopping centre, near Sham Shui Po Police Station, on the evening of August 14, 2019 to burn traditional joss paper and incense to mark the Hungry Ghost Festival.
Sunday saw another day and night of violent clashes in Hong Kong between the police and anti-government protesters who are angry with the government’s handling of the extradition bill crisis. A potential clash in North Point between protesters and Beijing loyalists never materialised. Instead, an approved rally in V…
Angry protests took place in at least 7 locations across Hong Kong on August 5, 2019. Violent clashes broke out near multiple police stations in the city at night. Protesters started a fire outside the police station in Sha Tin. The working-class district of Sham Shui Po saw the protests again target the police. A j…
Following a morning of transport disruption, some Hong Kong protesters taking part in a citywide strike have clashed with police, who fired tear gas and made dozens of arrests.
A day after thousands of civil servants took to the streets in Central to urge authorities to give in to the protesters' demands, people gathered on August 3 for an approved rally in the shopping hub of Mong Kok. The march soon splintered and ended with clashes in Mong Kok, Tsim Sha Tsui and Wong Tai Sin, where poli…
A new solar-powered unmanned aircraft, the MOZI 2, completed its first successful test flight at an airport in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang on July 27, 2019.
Tropical Storm Wipha moved away from Hong Kong on the morning of August 1, 2019, leaving the No 3 strong wind and amber rainstorm warning signals in place. At 1.40pm on July 31, the Hong Kong Observatory issued its first No 8 typhoon signal of the year as Wipha hit the city. The signal was downgraded to No 3 about 1…
SCMP Chief News Editor Yonden Lhatoo bemoans the breakdown of law and order in a city that used to boast of being the safest in the world.
Police and protesters clashed July 28, 2019 on the streets of Hong Kong's central business district for a second straight Sunday. Despite multiple rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets fired by police, the protesters continued to regroup and return, resulting in stand-offs and clashes that went on late into the night.
Police have fired tear gas at tens of thousands of Hongkongers protesting in Yuen Long, a town in the northern New Territories that has been gripped by tension over the past week, following earlier scenes of unprecedented violence at a railway station.
Police have fired tear gas on extradition bill protesters in Yuen Long in Hong Kong’s New Territories. Tens of thousands of people showed up to the march, despite police rejecting applications by three protest organisers and the event being deemed an illegal assembly.
Former Chinese premier Li Peng has died at age 90. He rose through the ranks and gained power in the energy industry after Deng Xiaoping became paramount leader in the late 1970s. Li succeeded Zhao Ziyang and served as the premier from 1987 to 1998. He was seen as a hardliner in the Communist Party for crushing the …
Hong Kong police used tear gas and fired rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who occupied a major road following the latest protest march against the contentious extradition bill. Although police had shortened the march route due to security concerns, many protesters continued past the designated en…
Two people were killed and 12 others are missing after an explosion at a gas plant Friday afternoon in Yima county of central China’s Henan province, local authorities reported. Phone footage showed smoke billowing from the blast site and shattered windows of buildings within a 3km radius. An investigation into the …
A fire broke out after a liquid gas storage tank exploded in a shop in Cangzhou, Hebei. Firefighters came to the rescue by removing two burning tanks from the scene.
Around 4,000 bitcoin-mining machines hidden in 12 hideouts in Zhenjiang in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu province were confiscated by police on July 12, 2019. Investigators said they found the computers after getting a tip from a local power company about abnormal electricity usage in the area.
The popular Chinese payment app, Alipay, is encouraging users to fight desertification. An initiative in the app allows users to engage in low carbon emissions activities to grow virtual trees and collect energy points. With enough energy points, a virtual tree can then be converted into one real tree that will be p…
When residents of Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province found signs that a waste-to-energy plant project had already started near their homes, protests broke out on June 28, 2019.
Hong Kong police moved in to clear anti-government protesters who had broken into and vandalised the city’s legislative council building. They fired several rounds of tear gas to disperse the crowd. The protesters had laid siege to the building, breaking barriers, fences and shattering glass doors. The invasion came…
Vinasolar, fully-owned by Shanghai-based Yize New Energy, was forced to start production in Vietnam in 2014 after the United States and European Union first placed tariffs on solar panels.
Hong Kong police said 150 rounds of tear gas were fired during the anti-extradition protest clashes on June 12. It was almost double the amount fired during the Occupy Central movement in 2014. Several rubber bullets were also fired.
Extradition bill protesters have retreated to the surrounding areas after police used tear gas and rubber bullets to clear the crowds.
World leaders from the UK, US and Germany voiced concerns over Hong Kong’s extradition bill as protesters continued to stand their ground against the government. Riot police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd in a standoff on June 12. China says it firmly supports the Hong Kong government and cond…
A protest against a contentious extradition bill turns violent in Hong Kong on June 12, 2019, as police used pepper spray and tear gas to disperse thousands of demonstrators from an area near the city's legislative complex.
Clashes between police and anti-extradition bill protesters in Hong Kong have turned violent in the afternoon of June 12, 2019, as officers used pepper spray and tear gas to try and disperse thousands of demonstrators.
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Vietnamese authorities have evicted a 99-year-old woman and demolished her home to make way for a coal-fired power plant near Van Phong Bay on Vietnam’s south-central coast.
Globally, livestock and meat production have been linked to deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. The rapid growth of plant-based meat products offers a way for meat lovers to enjoy meaty products and for investors access to a potential new market.
Chinese scientists have built a device that can sustain fusion reactions to generate a limitless source of energy. They have created a fusion reactor that can generate incredible amounts of heat and power. The doughnut-shaped reactor, which some call an “artificial sun”, hit a personal-best temperature of 100 millio…
After a man accidentally spilled oil on a train in central China’s Hubei province, he sacrificed his T-shirt to clean it up, attracting praise online for his considerate act.
The massive Cauchari solar farm project in northern Argentina is a testament to China’s rising influence in Latin America.
New-energy vehicles were among the biggest stars at China’s 2019 Shanghai auto show. Domestic carmakers from China as well as foreign manufacturers rolled out their latest electric and self-driving models for the event in one of the world's biggest auto markets.
A dog was rescued some 220km (135 miles) off the coast in the Gulf of Thailand by oil rig workers who spotted him on April 12, 2019, paddling around their drilling platform.
The petroleum spa resort of Naftalan in oil-rich Azerbaijan has been attracting thousands of visitors to what some customers consider “a gift from God” that is as enjoyable as it is medically beneficial.
Founded by He Xiaopeng and partners in 2014, Xpeng Motors is among the dozens of Chinese electric car start-ups that have emerged in recent years amid the country’s efforts to shift away from gas guzzlers to smart and greener vehicles.
Nuclear talks between United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un ended without an agreement on February 28, 2019. The two sides cancelled plans to hold a joint signing ceremony after making little progress on the way forward for Pyongyang to dismantle its decades-old push to be a nuclear power. In a press …
Huge fireballs erupted while two workers were placing big cotton yarn rolls into the back of a truck in southern China’s Guangdong province. The massive fire was caused by static electricity.
China has discovered a reserve of over 100 billion cubic metres of natural gas inside the country’s second largest oil and gas field.
At least 70 people have died in a fire that engulfed several buildings in the historic Chawkbazar district of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. The blaze reportedly started on a gas cylinder before quickly spreading through a residential building where chemicals were stored. The flames raced through adjoining building…
While most people across China were able to spend plenty of time with loved ones during the recent Lunar New Year holiday, railway workers Hao Kang and Lei Jie had less than two minutes to deepen their romance. Both were on duty during the Spring Festival holiday, he as a cargo train driver and she on a passenger tr…
Thirteen Chinese tourists were injured in two separate speedboat accidents days apart in Thailand. On February 9, 2019, a speedboat boat crashed into an oil tanker injuring 11 holidaymakers, five of whom remain in hospital. Two days earlier (February 7, 2019), two others suffered minor injuries when another speedboa…
Roasted pork, also known as ‘siu juk’ in Cantonese, is a unique delicacy in Hong Kong. The Red Seasons Aroma Restaurant roasting facility in Tuen Mun, New Territories is one of the places in the city that roasts pigs traditionally – in deep pits with firewood. Roasting with firewood gives a crispiness and smoky flav…
Chinese solar-powered drone “Meiying” has successfully completed its 10-hour long-haul test flight in dimly-lit winter. Scientists from the Northwestern Polytechnical University hope the drone can fly throughout the year even in low light conditions.
As President Donald Trump digs in his heels over demands for funding of a wall on the US border with Mexico, the SCMP has spoken with a veteran Korean photojournalist who earned worldwide attention for his image depicting the humanitarian crisis related to Washington's immigration policies. Kim Kyung Hoon's photo do…
Bangladeshi police used water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse 10,000 striking garment workers who were blocking a major highway in a fourth day of industrial action on January 9. One worker was killed and 50 others injured after police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at some 5,000 workers protesti…
At least one person has died and two others are still missing after an oil and chemical tanker caught fire off the coast of Lamma Island in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
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