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Are Asian men 'undateable'? [VIDEO]

Tinder has come under fire over a Hong Kong login video that shows a white woman accepting all her potential matches apart from the one Asian man on her feed. Critics say the dating app is perpetuating the stereotype that Asian men are unattractive.

SCMP | 2017-08-30 11:12

China's dilemma: how much pressure can it exert on N. Korea?

China hit back this week against fresh North Korea-related sanctions by the United States, which targeted six Chinese firms and one individual for supporting Pyongyang’s weapons programme.

SCMP | 2017-08-29 11:18

How China's 'ugliest' girl group reclaimed taunt that brought them fame [VIDEO]

They don’t look anything like your typical celebrities and aren’t particularly talented performers, but five teenage girls have made a name for themselves in China for precisely these reasons.

SCMP | 2017-08-29 10:39

How China quietly grew into 'cannabis superpower'

Every year in April, Jiang Xingquan sets aside part of his farm in northern China to grow cannabis. The size of the plot varies with market demand but over the last few years it has been about 600 hectares.

SCMP | 2017-08-29 10:33

Macau residents recount horror of Typhoon Hato

Little Ip Jon-kei is standing at the entrance of his grandparents’ antique shop in Macau visibly confused at the brooms dancing around him. It is hard to imagine his thoughts about the chaos that unfolded in the Inner Harbour, one of the areas worst hit by Typhoon Hato on Wednesday.

SCMP | 2017-08-27 11:17

China close to transplanting pig organs into humans

Chinese scientists say they are waiting for the government to approve clinical trials using genetically modified pig organs for human transplants.

SCMP | 2017-08-27 11:12

How noisy Chinese tourists may be drowning out alien signals at the world's biggest telescope

So many Chinese tourists have been swarming to the site of the world’s biggest radio telescope that they may affect the giant dish from performing its job properly, scientists say. In just the first half of the year, nearly four million tourists visited Fast, the 500-metre aperture spherical telescope, in Pingtang county, Guizhou province, according to government statistics r...

SCMP | 2017-08-24 11:19

Typhoon Hato hits Hong Kong, kills five

Hong Kong was left picking up the pieces on Wednesday after a battering by the biggest storm in five years, which killed five people in neighbouring Macau and paralysed cities along mainland China’s southern coast. Typhoon Hato triggered the No 10 signal - the highest in Hong Kong’s storm warning system - for the first time since 2012, forced the cancellation of hundreds of f...

SCMP | 2017-08-24 11:07

US imposes new sanctions on Chinese, Russian companies to cut off N. Korea support

The US announced a set of secondary sanctions against 16 Chinese and Russian entities as part of its efforts to cut off trade with North Korea and starve the country’s military of the cash it needs to develop nuclear weapons. The move opened a new rift with China, which blasted the US for its “long-arm jurisdiction” and demanded that Washington “immediately correct its mistak...

SCMP | 2017-08-23 11:09

World's fastest train to run Shanghai-Beijing

China will officially start operation of the world’s fastest train service next month, knocking an hour off the 1,318km journey between Beijing and Shanghai.

SCMP | 2017-08-21 10:24

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