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The only road access to the tiny village of Guoliang in central China takes visitors on a white-knuckle journey through a tunnel carved into the side of a sheer cliff. The stunning views along the road in a mountainous area of Henan province have become a draw for tourists. Many visitors are unaware the tunnel took …
“Yellow vest” protests are an “economic catastrophe” for France, according to government officials speaking after a fourth consecutive weekend of unrest in the country. More vehicles have been torched and shops damaged despite French President Emmanuel Macron’s pledge to suspend an fuel tax hike that sparked the pro…
British architects swapped traditional building materials for sugar and spice to create an edible gingerbread ‘city of the future’ the V&A Museum in London. More than 60 structures were baked. The city features a cable car made of liquorice and bike lanes and pedestrian walkways made of sugar. The gingerbread house …
Overall car sales in China are falling this year for the first time in decades as the economy slows. But sales of the Communist Party’s favourite luxury car brand, Red Flag, or Hongqi in Chinese, have jumped 662 per cent in the first 10 months of this year over the same period last year.
Hong Kong’s Victoria Road Detention Centre has been converted into a modern academic complex for the University of Chicago. Restoration and construction work for the university’s Hong Kong campus cost US$75 million (HK$586 million).
The ‘yellow vest’ protests that have spread throughout France since November 17, turned violent in Paris over the weekend. Angry anti-government protesters wearing yellow safety vests - gilets jaunes - smashed windows and set fire to vehicles and a museum. The Arc de Triomphe was tagged with graffiti and a sculpture…
Five people were killed and 32 injured after a coach on its way to Hong Kong’s airport collided with a taxi on Friday, police said. Three people were thrown from the vehicle.
The 2018 G20 Leaders’ Summit will be held in Buenos Aires from November 30 to December 1 – the first time the Group of Twenty has gathered in South America. World leaders, bankers and their guests from Group of Twenty member economies will focus on sustainable food, infrastructure and the future of work at the summi…
Parts of eastern China including the provinces of Jiangsu and Jiangxi were shrouded in heavy smog and fog on November 27. Reduced visibility has disrupted transport on roads as well as at airports and ferry terminals. (Photo: AP)
On November 25, a massive sandstorm hit Zhangye city in China’s northwest province of Gansu. Carried by 61 kilometre per hour winds, a 100-metre-high “sand wall” engulfed Minle county in Zhangye in just five minutes. The visibility quickly dropped to less than 10 metres; roads and motorways had to be controlled by t…
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.
The idea of private home ownership is still a relatively new concept in China. Housing distribution used to be controlled by the state and linked to employment, but as China’s economy slowed in the mid-1990s, the government turned to Meng Xiaosu, the CEO of China’s first and biggest real estate company, to suggest s…
A two-year-old boy passing by a car wash in eastern China’s Shandong province decided that his scooter also needed a “shower”.
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 …
German driver Sophia Floersch, 17, was hospitalised with a fractured spine after her car flew off the track at the Macau Grand Prix on November 18. The teenager’s car, travelling at a speed of 276.2 km/h, went over the crash barriers and through the safety fencing, before crashing into a photographer's stand. Japane…
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…
China has showcased its most advanced weapon systems at the country's largest aviation exhibition, which is held every two years.
Hongkongers who rushed to buy homes in the Greater Bay Area in hopes of home prices rising further after the opening of the two mega infrastructure projects could be disappointed. Analysts said home prices there will correct by 5 to 10 per cent in the coming 12 months under an overall economic slowdown in China and …
The air disaster involving a Lion Air plane on October 29 happened just four months after the US and the European Union had lifted a decade-long ban on Indonesian airlines. The crash, the second-worst accident in the history of Indonesian aviation, has revived concerns about the country’s poor air safety record.
New footage has emerged of the events that preceded a bus falling into the Yangtze River in southwestern China’s Chongqing city - an argument between a female passenger and the bus driver.
Italy’s lagoon city of Venice has been hit by serious flooding, with 75 per cent of the city underwater as a result. Tourists have been evacuated and public water transport services suspended. Italy was struck by violent storms on October 28.
Rescuers have been trying to locate a sunken bus since it plunged into the Yangtze River after crashing into a car. Over 10 people were believed to be on the bus. Two people have been confirmed dead. The driver of the car is being treated in hospital. Recovery progress has been hampered due to low visibility and dif…
A national highway in China saw an unusual driver on its road - a five-year-old boy cruising in a toy car. His parents were driving by his side on a scooter.
The world’s longest sea crossing, linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau, has just opened. Here’s a first look at what it’s like to drive across the bridge from Hong Kong.
Indonesian Chinese make up just three per cent of the country’s population, but they have played a prominent role in its history. A driving force behind Indonesia’s economic growth, they have also been the target of violent riots and xenophobic sentiment, with many leaving the country where their ancestors have live…
Forty-five years ago, Hong Kong was in the midst of an economic boom. The first cross-harbour tunnel just opened to traffic, making the commute between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon much easier. The 52-storey, then newly-built Connaught Centre, now known as Jardine House, in Central became the tallest building in Hon…
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…
Chinese-owned BYD Auto is the world’s top-selling electric vehicle maker. Inside its factory in Shenzhen, a vehicle rolls off the production line every 90 minutes. China is aiming to be the global leader in electric vehicles, as part of its ambitious “Made in China 2025” initiative. The South China Morning Post got …
A 46-year-old woman is lucky to be alive after falling asleep at the wheel of her car at a railway crossing in Hsinchu in Taiwan. A speeding train slammed into the car. The passenger in the vehicle ran out moments before the train hit to make a dash for the emergency release button on the barriers. The driver, ident…
Hong Kong’s MTR rail operator called on commuters to use other forms of public transport during the morning rush hour on Tuesday October 16, after an unprecedented incident in which four of its lines were hit by severe service delays.
A massive landslide struck the border area between Sichuan province and the Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China on October 11. Over 24,000 people were evacuated. A vast barrier lake was formed as the mudflow blocked the Jinsha (Yangtze) River. Several villages along the river were affected – with roads floode…
Six-year-old Jiajia became her father’s caregiver after a car accident left him partially paralysed. Tian Haicheng, 39, from Ningxia in northwest China, and his daughter began live streaming their plight after his wife took Jiajia’s older brother and walked out on them. The pair have now recorded more than 600 video…
A disabled man beat a female driver after being refused money in central China’s Hubei province. The female driver’s eye was injured.
A car was hit by a slow-moving train in northern China’s Hebei province, after cutting into the path of the train on the tracks. The driver got out of the car, blaming the train operator for not pulling the brakes.
People in Hong Kong can now get to the mainland Chinese cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou in less than an hour thanks to a new high-speed rail link. The link includes Hong Kong in China’s massive high-speed rail network and gives people access to destinations across the mainland, as well as some international destina…
A unit of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force carried out a drill to test the soldiers’ combat capacity. Soldiers were required to take part in a number of exercises, ranging from shooting drills to sniffing different types of fuel while blindfolded.
Hundreds of passengers flocked into the Kowloon West station at dawn on Sunday to be among the first to experience Hong Kong’s new high-speed trains bound for mainland China. The 26km Hong Kong section, which serves 44 destinations and is linked to China’s 25,000-station network, took eight years to build. It was de…
China has been testing its armed police in extreme combat conditions. One drill took place in Henan province, involving 100 special forces soldiers taking part in exercises on rugged roads and mountainous terrain. Another involved soldiers training at an altitude above 4,000 metres in Qinghai province.
A women got an unexpected fight after throwing her trash out a car window. A motorbike pulled up alongside her and its driver threw the trash back.
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has been revealed as the first moon tourist by SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space transport company. Maezawa is the founder and chief executive of online fashion retailer Zozotown and a former punk rock band member. His flight has been tentatively scheduled to take place in 2023.
The beachside village of Shek O in southeast Hong Kong was one of the areas hardest hit by Typhoon Mangkhut, the most intense storm on record to strike the city. Floodwaters pushed debris onto streets and caused extensive damage to homes and businesses. Two days after the storm, its residents are slowly picking up t…
After the most intense storm since records began hit the city, more than 600 sections of road across Hong Kong were blocked by downed trees and other debris. The aftermath of typhoon Mangkhut created delays for commuters. Cleaning and repair work is underway.
Hong Kong commuters suffered a chaotic start to the week after Typhoon Mangkhut swept through the city on Sunday. Most public transport remained suspended on Monday due to collapsed trees and damaged infrastructure. The East Rail line was partially suspended, and the Tai Po Market to Sheung Shui section will not res…
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…
A man driving a Land Rover ploughed into a crowd of people at a busy town square in central China’s Hunan province. At least 11 were killed and more than 40 injured.
In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled an ambitious plan for economic integration on a global scale. What became known as the Belt and Road Initiative has seen at least 68 countries and international organisations sign trade and infrastructure deals with China.
More than one hundred police officers, firefighters and ambulance officers were deployed on Tuesday to conduct a drill along Wui Man Road in Austin near the West Kowloon terminus of the high-speed rail to prepare for the cross-border railway’s opening on 23 September. The exercise simulated a road accident caused by…
A pig fell from a lorry as it drove over a bridge in northern China’s Liaoning province. Its “elegant” response to being left behind took the country’s social media by storm.
A man in central China’s Hunan province lost his patience after waiting in traffic for two minutes, so he tore down the traffic light.
Ever since President Xi’s September 2018 visit to Africa, and an announcement at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation of US$60 billion in support for African nations, Beijing has continued to expand its influence on the continent. Through expansion of the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’, Beijing is increasing trade and …
