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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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The world’s tallest power-transmission towers were getting their final check in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on January 6, 2019.
15 Indian miners have been trapped underground for more than two weeks after water from a river poured into an illegal mine at Ksan village in Meghalaya, India. Indian Navy divers entered the coal pit on December 30, 2018, but could not get very far as the shaft was flooded. Workers have used heavy-duty machines to …
China’s first 100-megawatt solar power plant has gone into operation in Dunhuang in the northwestern province of Gansu. The molten-salt solar-tower plant covers 7.8 sq km, and uses 12,000 large movable mirrors, to concentrate sunlight on a 260-metre tall tower that absorbs heat. China has set a goal of using renewab…
In China’s Heilongjiang province, one of the coldest regions in the country, thousands gather in the winter chill to hurl hot water into the icy air in celebration of the solstice. This day marks the start of the coldest period of the solar year, according to the traditional Chinese calendar.
China, the world’s largest energy consumer, relies heavily on coal to meet its unrelenting demand for electricity, heating and transportation. The nation is also the world’s biggest producer of energy – generating vast amounts using natural gas, hydropower, nuclear reactors as well as solar and wind.
A fire engine, rushing to the scene of a traffic accident that had caused a natural gas leak, was delayed at a toll booth in central China’s Hubei province.
President Xi Jinping met with his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte in Manila on November 20. During Xi’s two-day state visit, China and the Philippines signed a joint oil and gas exploration deal and agreed to cooperate on Beijing’s “Belt and Road Initiative”. Hundreds protested at the Chinese embassy against …
A large area in northern China, including Beijing, Tianjin and the rest of Hebei province, has been shrouded in heavy smog since November 13. Beijing has issued a yellow alert for smog, the least severe in its current three-tier warning system. It triggers measures such as halting outdoor construction operations, ve…
A Christmas advertisement from supermarket chain Iceland has been banned from airing on British television channels. Ad clearance body Clearcast rejected the clip, which criticises the palm oil industry, for being too ‘political’. (Photo: Iceland)
The southern Chinese city of Shenzhen is taking the lead in new-energy vehicles. All the buses in the city are powered by electricity, and taxis will be too by the end of 2018. The new-energy drive is part of China’s strategy to become a global leader in electric vehicles as part of its “Made in China 2025” industri…
The world’s longest flight, from Singapore to New York, resumed on Thursday, October 11. The journey takes about 19 hours and spans 16,700km (10,400 miles). The route was abandoned five years ago due to high oil prices. The Singapore Airlines’ A350-900ULR can carry 161 passengers in business and premium economy clas…
China is building the world’s largest and most distant offshore wind farm in the middle of the Yellow Sea, aiming to complete it by the end of November. But due to bad weather over the summer – including 10 typhoons – construction is behind schedule. Weather permitting, labourers work day and night, even during the …
The Chinese government and the country's biggest gas players are under pressure to avoid a repeat of the winter gas crisis from last year.
Typhoon Mangkhut has caused significant damage to Hong Kong's Duddell Street Steps. The famous steps in Central were the site of Hong Kong’s last four gas lights. Built between 1875 and 1889, the historic steps have been a popular backdrop for local movies and drama series. A falling tree destroyed the stairs' hand …
Typhoon Mangkhut smashed into Hong Kong on Sunday, September 16, packing wind gusts of over 230km/h. The Hong Kong Observatory issued a No 10 signal, the highest on its typhoon alert scale, and urged people to stay indoors and away from windows. The storm uprooted trees, blew in windows and caused flooding in variou…
Visibility was drastically reduced as powerful Typhoon Mangkut hit Hong Kong. The normally iconic view of the Hong Kong island skyline from the Kowloon side was practically erased by the severe wind and rains. A few brave souls dared to try to get an up-close view of the waters, despite the Hong Kong Observatory's a…
The scene from Heng Fa Chuen, located on the eastern part of Hong Kong island, on Sunday, September 16, 2018. Severe Typhoon Mangkhut battered the city with wind gusts of up to 232km/h. The Hong Kong Observatory issued at No 10 signal, the highest on its typhoon alert scale.
In the 1970s, oil prospectors uncovered one of the world’s richest deposits of Jurassic-era fossils just outside the Sichuan city of Zigong. Over the past decade, the city has developed the world’s largest industry for large-scale animatronic dinosaurs, accounting for more than 80 per cent of the total global market…
In China, the world’s biggest producer of meat, pork farmers are feeling the heat of the trade war as the price of soybean-based feed has risen. In July China imposed 25 per cent tariffs on imports of US soybeans, which are mainly used in cooking oil and animal feed. The industry is also under threat from an oversup…
Fresh data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted that by 2020, the city would overtake oil-rich Qatar with the highest per-capita gross domestic product of any country or jurisdiction on earth. The IMF’s World Economic Outlook Update – published at the end of last month – expected that economic gro…
The village of Houtong, about an hour’s drive from Taiwan’s capital Taipei, has become known as the island’s “cat heaven”, with more than 200 cats living there. It has become a popular tourist attraction, with nearly 1 million visitors annually. Once a coal mine, the village has reinvented itself through its cat cul…
The main steel structure of the Shanghai Planetarium has been completed. Covering 38,164 square metres, it will be one of the world’s largest planetariums and will include an observation base for young people, a solar tower and an observatory. It is expected to open to the public in 2020.
The story of White Flower Oil, also known as Pak Fah Yeow, began in the 1920s in Penang, Malaysia, when Gan Geok Eng first developed the medicated oil for private use, named after his favourite flower - the daffodil. After it became popular among his family and friends, Gan decided to produce it commercially.
Zhang Zhongsheng, the former vice-mayor of a poverty-stricken city in China’s Shanxi province, was sentenced to death, without reprieve, for accepting over 1 billion yuan (US$160 million) in bribes. Zhang was known for his hilltop mansions and dubbed the “godfather” because of his influence in the city of Luliang. H…
Firefighters in China's Anhui province averted a potentially catastrophic situation by extinguishing a blaze at an oil tanker and preventing it from spreading to other tankers parked nearby.
Four Chinese rescuers were sent to the doomed Sanchi oil tanker. They were tasked with finding survivors and locating the tanker’s voyage data recorder.
Clean-up crews are trying to clear 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil that spilled into the East China Sea. The oil was on an Iranian tanker that sank after being on fire for more than a week. Officials found three long oil slicks near where the tanker sank.
An Iranian oil tanker sank after a sudden explosion around noon in the East China Sea.
The fire on an Iranian oil tanker is still going strong, five days after a collision with a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter in the East China Sea. A rescue operation for the 31 missing crew members has resumed after the rescue team were earlier forced to retreat after an explosion.
Thirty-two crew members on an Iranian oil tanker were reported missing after it collided with a Chinese freighter off China’s east coast on Saturday night.
A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, denied Donald Trump’s accusation on Twitter that China is violating the United Nations’ sanctions on North Korea by selling oil to the isolated country. Hua also urged Trump to produce firm and detailed evidence.
A highly active volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has erupted again, sending gas and ash almost 5km down its slope.
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Genlin is a Shanghai-born dog lover and animal rights campaigner. Hoping to draw attention to the scale of dog meat consumption in Asia, he has started creating oil paintings to express his concerns.
The UN Security Council unanimously imposes new sanctions on North Korea, slapping a ban on textile exports and restricting shipments of oil products to punish Pyongyang for its sixth and largest nuclear test.
Macau, the gambling capital of Asia, was hit hard on Wednesday by Typhoon Hato, leaving residents in major districts without water or electricity. The storm has resulted in at least 12 casualties and injured hundreds.
A revolving door in a shopping mall inZhongshan, Guangdong is propelled by the wind from Typhoon Hato.
North Korean seafood has gained popularity in China in last few years. On August 14, China imposed import bans on North Korean iron, coal and seafood as Pyongyang continues with its missile programmes. Chinese seafood traders are among the first to feel the sting from new sanctions.
Around 130 volunteers are cleaning up the spilled palm oil on Lamma Island's beaches following a ship collision in the Pearl River estuary on August 3.
A man hit the gas pedal by mistake instead of the brake when arriving at a hospital, sending his car crashing into the hospital wall and injuring a passer-by.
The United States slapped a $2 million fine on energy giant Exxon Mobil Thursday for deals it made with the head of Russian oil company Rosneft that violated sanctions. The deals happened when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson still ran the company.
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A major ransomware attack on Tuesday hit computers at Russia's biggest oil company, the country's banks, Ukraine's international airport as well as large companies in countries including the Netherlands, France and the UK.
At Ikari Area in Kwun Tong, participants are invited to don orange jumpsuits and gas masks, arm themselves with metal pipes, and let out their rage on the nearest household appliance.
Oil prices up on the week as OPEC seen cutting output further
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