Chinese bus driver manages to stop vehicle before fainting | South China Morning Post
A bus driver in central China’s Hubei province managed to pull the vehicle over safely just before he fainted at the wheel.
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Hong Kong’s first black rainstorm causes landslip at Cheung Sha Beach on Lantau Island | South China Morning Post
During Hong Kong’s first black rainstorm of the year on June 28, 2021, a landslide took place on South Lantau Road, near Upper Cheung Sha Beach, as the city was inundated with rain. The severe weather led to the suspension of classes and vaccine services as well as delayed the opening of the stock market. More than …
Hong Kong train fans rush for first rides on long-delayed section of Sha Tin to Central link | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong rail enthusiasts rushed to board the first train on the now fully-operational Tuen Ma Line on the morning of June 27, 2021, as the key section of the long-overdue HK$90.7 billion Sha Tin to Central link – the most expensive rail project in city history – finally opened.
‘It’s not just a bike but a lifestyle’: Hong Kong’s lowrider fans roll out love for Chicano culture | South China Morning Post
The lowrider bike is a highly customised bicycle inspired by classic lowrider car culture which first began in the US state of California in the 1940s. Lowrider bikes, which often feature long bodies with high handlebars and curved banana seats, appeared in Los Angeles and other cities in the 1960s, alongside the ca…
Luxury shopping centres open new battleground for China’s electric car makers | South China Morning Post
China has become the world's fastest-growing market for electric vehicles. The country has set a target of having 40 per cent of all passenger vehicles on the market to be EVs by 2030, up from the current five per cent. To entice China’s growing middle class, top EV makers have turned to upscale shopping centres to …
India tests long-range drone flights to deliver coronavirus vaccines | South China Morning Post
An Indian aviation firm has carried out initial tests of long-range drones for use in delivering medicines including Covid-19 vaccines to hard-to-reach areas. Throttle Aerospace Systems conducted the test flights on June 21, 2021, in India's southwestern state of Karnataka. The company has secured government permits…
Chinese XPeng electric car can drive and park by itself | South China Morning Post
Top Chinese electric carmaker XPeng has added a new function called Valet Parking Assist (VPA) to its P7 Premium version and its Wing edition. Vehicles with the VPA feature can drive automatically while inside a garage and then accurately park themselves.
Endangered tortoises awaiting new home stranded in Hong Kong due to Covid-19 pandemic | South China Morning Post
Dozens of rescued smuggled radiated tortoises and other endangered tortoises at Hong Kong’s Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden have been in limbo since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The reptiles, along with nearly 400 other animals, are waiting to be resettled at other zoos or conservation centres abroad. But sk…
Cobwebs blanket Australian region as spiders flee floods | South China Morning Post
The Gippsland region in Victoria, Australia, is covered in spider webs. Recent flooding forced millions of spiders to seek higher ground on road signs and trees. The phenomenon happens semi-regularly in Victoria during the rainy season.
Parked car in India swallowed by sinkhole after heavy rain | South China Morning Post
A car in Mumbai, India, was swallowed by a sinkhole in a car park of a residential building. Local media reported that the ground gave out after heavy downpour.
Inside the HK$10.8 million flat up for grabs in Hong Kong’s vaccine lottery | South China Morning Post
Responding to an appeal to boost the government’s mass vaccination drive, Hong Kong’s bigwigs, property developers, blue chip companies and business chambers have pitched in with a range of incentives as part of a lucky draw. Prizes include a Tesla car, gold bars, shopping coupons, hard cash, a party on a private fl…
Cat car model takes Chinese automobile shows by storm | South China Morning Post
A British shorthair in southwestern China’s Chongqing has become a popular model at automobile shows. The two-year-old cat can stay still on a vehicle, interact with visitors and pull off different clothing styles. Maomao earns between 5,000 and 10,000 yuan (US$780-1,560) per show.
World’s largest wooden dragon boat carried to river in China ahead of Dragon Boat Festival | South China Morning Post
Over 2,000 people carried the world’s largest dragon boat on June 9, 2021, along a road in Shibing county in China’s Guizhou province ahead of the Dragon Boat Festival. They walked around 2km (1.2 miles) from Shuiwuyuntai Music Fountain Square to Laoda Bridge and placed the boat in the river. Every year, crews of pa…
93-year-old Japanese ex-taxi driver becomes YouTube legend at racing games | South China Morning Post
Ryuji Urabe is 93 years old but he is still driving. A former taxi driver in Tokyo, Urabe became a YouTube sensation after his grandson started sharing videos of him playing racing games online.
China is fixing Hong Kong – but why not housing? | South China Morning Post
SCMP chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo has another go at the sorry state of housing in Hong Kong, where car parks are selling for world record-breaking prices.
Car falls into sinkhole on road in China | South China Morning Post
A car fell into a sinkhole that opened up on a road in eastern China’s Jiangxi province. Fortunately, the driver was rescued by passers-by and is now in a stable condition. The road collapsed because of heavy rainfall, according to local authorities.
US Infrastructure Proposals Target Aging Waterway System
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Spanish Police Remove Climate Change Activists from the Road
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Hong Kong bus crash injures 22 children, police set to arrest driver | South China Morning Post
A video widely circulating online shows the moment a school bus crashed into two other vehicles in Hong Kong on June 4. The incident, on Tai Chung Kiu Road near Belair Gardens in Sha Tin, left 24 people injured. 22 were children. The vehicle was carrying 55 primary school pupils and a nanny. An initial investigation…
Oil spill feared from sinking chemical cargo ship off Sri Lanka after two-week blaze aboard vessel | South China Morning Post
A cargo ship carrying tonnes of chemicals is sinking off Sri Lanka's west coast, according to its navy on June 2, 2021. The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl, carrying nearly 1,500 containers, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid and other chemicals and cosmetics, caught fire following an explosion on May 20. Tonn…
Millions face hunger as food and fuel prices spike in coup-stricken Myanmar | South China Morning Post
Myanmar’s economy has been paralysed since the ousting of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a military coup on February 1, 2021, worsening the plight of the country’s poor. With soaring food prices and rising unemployment, up to 3.4 million more people in Myanmar are predicted to go hungry in the coming six months,…
China’s wedding industry recovers thanks to rising demand | South China Morning Post
China’s wedding industry is on the road to financial recovery. Pent-up demand for weddings caused by the coronavirus pandemic, combined with the country’s traditional peak wedding season, led to an increase in people tying the knot in May 2021. Chinese state media reported that more than 400,000 couples were married…
Wild elephants march on road in China | South China Morning Post
A group of Asian elephants was seen herding from a tropical forest in southwestern China’s Yunnan province to the city. The animals were first spotted last December and soon vanished from sight. They returned in mid-April and started marching northward. The elephants have strolled through villages, walked on main ro…
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with 60 Starlink satellites | South China Morning Post
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket, with 60 Starlink internet satellites, into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the US state of Florida, on May 26, 2021. Falcon 9 is a reusable rocket developed for reliable and safe transport for people and payloads into Earth’s orbit and beyond. Starli…
Chinese man gives paralysed stray dog a new lease of life | South China Morning Post
A man met a paralysed stray dog when he was on a bicycle road trip from China’s Hebei province to the Tibet Autonomous Region in 2019. Since then, Wang has travelled with the dog, named Bitter Melon, for a year. When they returned home, Wang got him a tailor-made wheelchair and built him a doghouse of his own.
More than 200 injured after metro trains collide in Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur | South China Morning Post
More than 200 people were injured in Malaysia on May 24, 2021, when two light rail transit (LRT) trains collided in an underground tunnel close to the Petronas Twin Towers in the capital Kuala Lumpur. District police officers suspect a miscommunication from the trains’ operations control centre. Transport Minister W…
Road explosion in China catapults passers-by into the air | South China Morning Post
A road in central China’s Hubei province suddenly exploded from underneath when workers were doing construction next to a manhole. The road eruption sent four people, including workers and passers-by into the air.
Chinese wheelchair-bound vlogger wants Shanghai to be a more disability-friendly city | South China Morning Post
Narrow pavements and poorly-designed ramps in Shanghai often force wheelchair users off sidewalks and onto busy roads. Despite China’s rapid modernisation in recent years, disabled access and related facilities are still seen as inadequate in major Chinese cities.
Biden Pushes for US to Beat China in Electric Vehicle Race
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Out-of-control car flips over barrier, rolls into 5 vehicles in opposite lane in China | South China Morning Post
A driver lost control of his vehicle after changing lanes too suddenly to overtake another car in northeastern China’s Liaoning province. Five vehicles were damaged and one person suffered minor injuries.
India’s West Bengal in two-week lockdown amid Covid-19 surge after big election rallies | South China Morning Post
The Indian state of West Bengal began a two-week lockdown on May 16, 2021, to halt the rapid spread of Covid-19. A surge in new infections struck the region after mass rallies were held for a key state election in March and early April. All offices, shops and public transport in the region have been told to remain c…
Police officer suspended for using pepper spray on elderly man in China | South China Morning Post
A police officer in China’s Hangzhou province has been suspended for using pepper spray on an elderly man. The latter had tried to be a mediator for a dispute between the officer and two motorcyclists who violated traffic regulations.
Philippine coast guard confronts Chinese maritime ‘militia’ vessels in South China Sea | South China Morning Post
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on May 12, 2021, reported "illegal incursions" by 287 Chinese vessels in waters claimed by Manila. The footage shows the PCG driving away vessels scattered in a part of the South China Sea that the Philippines claims as the West Philippine Sea. The PCG ordered the Chinese ‘militia’ b…
VOA60 America- Fuel shortages spread in the U.S. Southeast over panic hoarding following pipeline shutdown
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China’s ‘longevity city’ may offer road map to country’s greying population | South China Morning Post
Rugao, or China’s “longevity city”, is home to over 78,000 elderly and more than 500 residents who are over the age of 100. According to the 2020 national census, China’s population is becoming older, with retirees expected to make up one-third of the population by 2050. The trend makes Rugao a potential testing gro…
Beaming toll booth worker in China warm the hearts of many online | South China Morning Post
A toll booth worker from eastern China’s Zhejiang province warmed the hearts of many with her cheery demeanour. When she persuaded a driver not to enter a highway, her gentle service and beaming face brought cheer to the driver.
Afghan girls’ school bombing kills at least 68, raises fear of more violence as US withdraws | South China Morning Post
Explosions outside a school in Afghanistan's capital Kabul have killed at least 68 people and wounded at least 165 others, many of them teenage girls. A government spokesman said a car bomb detonated in the afternoon of May 8, 2021, as schoolgirls were leaving class and that two more bombs exploded afterwards as mor…
China-Australia tension rises as Beijing suspends high-level economic dialogue ‘indefinitely’ | South China Morning Post
China’s top economic planner said on May 6, 2021, said Beijing had “indefinitely suspended” high-level economic dialogue with Australia. The announcement was made following Australia’s move last month to revoke participation in China’s Belt and Road Initiative by the state of Victoria, after deeming its agreements w…
Auto-rickshaws used as ambulances in India as coronavirus surge strains health system | South China Morning Post
As India struggles with a second Covid-19 wave, a non-profit organisation in New Delhi has turned more than a dozen auto-rickshaws into ambulances to transport patients for free. The vehicles are disinfected between each ride and equipped with face masks, sanitisers and oxygen cylinders.
Bus runs into motorcyclist and historic post office in Stanley, Hong Kong | South China Morning Post
The Hong Kong government says it will repair the city’s oldest post office in service, a day after a double-decker bus crashed into a motorcyclist and ran into the historic building. According to a press release by Hongkong Post on Thursday, the front entrance and part of the external wall facing the street of the 8…
Chinese highway ‘guardians’ protect Beijing-Urumqi Expressway from desert | South China Morning Post
A group of Chinese maintenance workers are tasked with ensuring the highway that connects Beijing with the city of Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region remains free of sand. Located at the junction of two deserts and buffeted by high winds, the road is often covered in sand blown by strong winds. To furthe…
India’s oxygen crisis: Covid-19 patients rely on express trains and makeshift camps for air supply | South China Morning Post
Hospitals in India are struggling to find enough oxygen supplies for their Covid-19 patients as cases continue to surge across the country. Express trains carrying tonnes of oxygen arrived in New Delhi on May 4, 2021, as part of a government effort to move surplus supplies from eastern India to hard-hit northern and…
New Delhi car park turned into crematorium as India deals with catastrophic Covid-19 crisis | South China Morning Post
Funeral service providers are being overwhelmed by Covid-19 victims as a surge in new cases sweeps across India. Hospitals are struggling to handle the new coronavirus infections, and many families of those who have died are turning to makeshift facilities for burials and cremations. In the capital New Delhi, funera…
Wild tiger in China knocks down villager, attacks car | South China Morning Post
A male wild tiger was found in a village in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province. It was filmed walking in a farm and knocking down a woman, who was saved by a passing motorist. The tiger was later caught and taken to a local tiger zoo for check-ups.
Chinese elderly people stop wedding car to demand for free gifts | South China Morning Post
Elderly people in central China’s Henan province were filmed standing in the middle of the road to stop a wedding car, demanding for free cigarettes and money. The local authorities have been educating residents not to force couples for free gifts, but that has not stopped elderly people from blocking wedding cars.
Indonesia racing to find missing submarine with 53 crew as oxygen soon to run out | South China Morning Post
Indonesia has been racing to find one of its submarines that went missing during a training exercise on April 21, 2021. Oxygen in the KRI Nanggala 402, which was carrying 53 people on board, is expected to run out on Saturday. Officials have reported an oil slick and the smell of diesel fuel near the submarine’s div…