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German camera manufacturer Leica is dealing with a Chinese social media backlash over an advertisement video depicting a man standing off against a column of tanks – recalling the iconic “Tank Man” filmed during the bloody suppression of 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
A woman in China has charmed social media users with video of her morning walk to breakfast with a flock of 6,000 ducklings.
A Chinese mum has charmed social media users with a video showing her pretending to watch TV whenever her nine-month-old son tried to catch her snacking on an apple. The award-worthy performance filmed in China’s central province of Hubei shows the baby being fooled at first by his mother’s hilarious attempt to keep…
A massive fire broke out at Paris’ famed Notre Dame Cathedral, causing its spire to collapse, on April 15th. Videos posted on social media showed enormous plumes of smoke billowing into the Parisian skyline as firefighters rushed to the historic site. The cause of the fire is being investigated. The French authoriti…
Electrical workers who manage to catch naps 50 metres (160 ft) high above the ground on a transmission tower in central China have become an online sensation after video illustrating their comfort with heights was shared on social media. Most of the comments from Chinese social media users voiced respect for the wor…
The Burger King franchisee in New Zealand has been forced to drop a social media advertisement depicting westerners using oversize chopsticks to eat a new Vietnamese-themed burger offered by the fast-food chain.
When a truck crashed into a house in the city of Enshi in China’s central province of Hubei on March 30, a young girl was trapped in the wreckage. Among those who came to her rescue was firefighter Zong Jiamin, who climbed into the damaged vehicle and sat next to the girl to soothe her while she was freed. Their hea…
Maria Ressa, the CEO of Rappler, a Philippine online news site that has been critical of President Rodrigo Duterte, pleaded not guilty on April 3 to tax violation charges. She says these charges are part of the government’s move to muzzle critical media. Rappler is one of the few local media that has criticised Dute…
A Chinese ad for vitamins featuring British actor Tom Hiddleston went viral on social media. The ad is shot from the viewpoint of Hiddleston’s unseen partner, who wakes up to find the actor making her a salad for breakfast before complimenting her and reminding her to take vitamin supplements in Mandarin Chinese. Re…
Thailand’s election commission said it cannot announce the official results of Sunday’s election until May 9, after the king’s coronation. With 95 per cent of ballots counted, the Palang Pracharat Party, led by incumbent prime minister and former general Prayuth Chan-ocha, is projected to win the most parliamentary …
A construction worker from China’s northeastern Liaoning province is using skills developed during his day job to propel himself to social media stardom. Using the online handle “Lao Pang”, the self-described “common digger driver”, has earned millions of views for his carefully choreographed excavator stunts, poste…
Ten-year-old He Yue from northeast China’s Jilin province can play the piano and Chinese guzheng, also known as the Chinese zither, at the same time. The girl came up with the musical multitasking idea herself, and spend a few months developing her unusual talent. Videos of her practising the two instruments simulta…
In a 3-hour press conference, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang spoke to reporters about the country’s economy, society, diplomatic issues, and more.
In a press conference attended by dozens of journalists, Xinjiang regional government chairman Shohrat Zakir rebuked criticisms of the area’s controversial “education camps” for ethnic minorities.
Hong Kong singer and actress Deanie Ip has applied her bold persona to a series of advertisements promoting positive behaviour on public transport services. The ads, which have proved a hit on social media, were filmed for the Hong Kong Transport Department.
A video of a male police officer dressing up as woman has gone viral on Chinese social media. Many people who commented said they were awed by his impressive makeover. Local police from Shunde district in Foshan, a city in southern China’s Guangdong province, intend to use the video to warn of the dangers of online …
Two legislators from India’s ruling party were set to be disciplined for fighting with a shoe after video of the incident was widely shared on social media. The shoe spat has caused embarrassment for the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Shoes are considered unclean in the country, and usin…
Imran Khan, prime minister of Pakistan, said in a televised broadcast that they had no plans to inflict casualties, and that shooting down two Indian jets was only a show of military capability. He warned of the possibility of a nuclear war with India as tension escalates.
A 7-year-old girl amazed people with her magic tricks in China. She has more than 1.5 million followers on Chinese social media.
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 …
A drunk man arrived at a police station in Taiwan, “confessing his love” in his drunken stupor to a police officer. The hilarious conversation went viral on Chinese social media.
A clip showing the process of making hotpot soup went viral on Chinese social media. Many people were amazed and called it ‘visual feast’.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on February 22. The two sides signed US$28 billion worth of economic cooperation agreements. Beijing vowed support for Saudi Arabia’s economic diversification, and Riyadh endorsed China's “de-extremism” efforts in Xinjiang. The visit …
A man used a meat cleaver to cut cakes in China. The clip went viral on Chinese social media.
China’s state-owned aircraft maker says it will have three more C919 passenger planes ready for test flights by the end of this year. The jets will join three other domestically-built C919s already making test runs, according to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC). Chinese state media reports said C…
Video of a wild boar taking a swim in Hong Kong waters has resurfaced online, as being widely shared as the city debates what to do about the indigenous species’ rapidly rising population. Rob Partridge shot the footage in October 2017 while on an afternoon sailing trip near Repulse Bay on the south side of Hong Kon…
Footage of “reverse fireworks” have gone viral in China in the country’s latest social media challenge.
British tourist Auj-e Taqaddas has been handed a six-month jail sentence for slapping an immigration officer in Bali, after video of the assault was widely shared on social media. The video also showed the 42-year-old woman’s expletive-laden rant directed at the officer from Indonesian immigration. She had been info…
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…
Footage shared on Chinese social media has sparked outrage after it showed a carousel with real horses tied to metal pillars a zoo in eastern China. The Nantong Forest Wildlife Zoo in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu says the live carousel is legal, and an innovative amusement ride. But visitors have not been sup…
More than 300 guests joined in a mannequin challenge at a wedding in Taiwan, in a video that has gone viral on Chinese social media.
Across China, live video streaming has become a popular form of entertainment. There are an estimated more than 900 live-streaming platforms and over 10 million active hosts in the country, cashing in on the concept of “entertainmerce” – a blend of e-commerce and entertainment. These enterprises are raking in billio…
A Chinese surgeon has become an online media sensation for posting videos of fruit operations to raise medical awareness. Wang Yexiao, 31, based in Heilongjiang province, first filmed short videos of fruit surgeries for his two-year-old son. He now regularly posts them on video-sharing platform Kuaishou to help educ…
A father created a giant drawing of beloved cartoon character Peppa Pig on a snow-covered lot in Chifeng City in China’s northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The man charmed his 21-month-old daughter, and viewers on social media, by taking up a broom to make the 150-square-metre (1,600 sq ft) cartoon. Video ap…
The latest social media craze in China is the heartwarming “four-generation challenge” that features children calling out to their parents, who then call out to their parents, and so on.
When Cai Mingjing, the youngest recipient of the Ma Yun Rural Teacher Award, made a live broadcast to her students from a beach in Sanya on China’s Hainan Island, Jack Ma made a surprise appearance. The chairman of the Alibaba Group – which owns the South China Morning Post – was in Hainan for the awards event launc…
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…
Asian women in the arts and entertainment industry have been making history in what many in the media are calling the "year of diversity." One example is young Malaysian-born artist 'Red' Hong Yi, who says "our time is now" to tell stories about Asia. The SCMP spoke with Red about her work being exhibited across the…
Exposing a sinister state-funded underhand influence network is a scoop. Yet the real conspiracy is the blind eye turned by the Western establishment, which appears fine with subterfuge, as long as it doesn't come from Russia.
As more and more male beauty vloggers are gaining popularity on social media, men’s make-up has become a trend in Asia, including Hong Kong, mainland China and South Korea. This opens up male grooming market as major beauty brands such as L’Oreal, Tom Ford and Chanel begin to launch new men’s make-up line.
A source has given CNN a transcript of an audio recording of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's final moments. The transcript, which corroborates CIA descriptions of “screaming” and “gasping” from Khashoggi, notes his final words and describes sounds of a body being dismembered by a saw. In October, the prominent jo…
Two women told media that they worked at the Trump National Golf Club as undocumented immigrants, a revelation at odds with the president’s hardline immigration rhetoric. Their attorney says they are prepared to provide proof to authorities if an investigation into the Trump Organization's hiring practices is launched.
An eccentric inventor in China, known as the country’s “‘useless’ Edison”, is planning to manufacture his inventions, letting his more than 3 million fans on social media buy his unusual creations.
An Uygur woman has described torture and abuse she said she experienced at an internment camp in China’s western Xinjiang region. Speaking at a US Congressional hearing on November 28, Mihrigul Tursun, 29, said she was detained three times since traveling back to China in 2015. She said her four-month-old son, who w…
A video of an elderly man who verbally abused an overweight passenger at a subway station in Beijing went viral on Chinese social media. The overweight passenger had accidentally stepped on the elderly man.
A group of artists based in an urban village facing demolition in the southern city of Guangzhou are encouraging residents to report issues not covered by China’s state media – becoming an incubator for citizen journalism. The Chinese government maintains a tight grip on the press, with content deemed sensitive, con…
Hong Kong’s divided political camps competed in a neck-and-neck battle for the Kowloon West district on November 25, 2018. Pro-Beijing candidate Chan Hoi-yan won the by-election with 106,457 votes, beating veteran pan-democrat Lee Cheuk-yan, who got 93,047. Chan, a former journalist and political assistant, denies h…
Here are more “useless” inventions from a welder in northern China’s Hebei province who has gone viral on the country’s social media for his quirky inventions, including an earthquake-proof noodle bowl and a steel tie.
An adorable boy in China convinced himself to be brave for a blood test in a clip that went viral on the country’s social media.
Akihiko Kondo, 35, held an unofficial ceremony to ‘marry’ Hatsune Miku, a virtual reality character designed by a Japanese media company. The Tokyo resident lives with a hologram projection and dolls of Hatsune at home. (Photo: Reuters)
