South China Morning Post
A daily digest of the top China stories.
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Director’s plagiarism background may have gotten his movie pulled in China
Guo Jingming was ordered to issue a public apology a...
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Jan 12 2021 3m
Covid-19 causes health problems six months later: study
A new study from China found that coronavirus patien...
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Jan 11 2021 3m
Eye doctor calls stabbing ‘pleasant surprise’
Tao Yong is unlikely to ever perform surgery again b...
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Jan 7 2021 4m
The primary election that resulted in Hong Kong’s national security mass arrests
Hong Kong’s national security unit arrested 53 forme...
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Jan 6 2021 5m
Chinese company fines workers who take more than one bathroom break
A Chinese company was fed up with people playing on ...
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Jan 5 2021 3m
‘Touching fish’ becomes unusual work philosophy of China’s Gen Z
China’s Generation Z are encouraging fellow citizens...
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Jan 4 2021 5m
Trump has put spotlight on pardons. How does it work in China?
The US has a long tradition of Presidents using the ...
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Dec 31 2020 7m
Live in a poor area? Don't smoke or you're more likely to be poor yourself
A new study found that people who live in poor areas...
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Dec 30 2020 2m
China is trying to press mute on noisy public transportation
The government is set to trial a "quiet car" option ...
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Dec 29 2020 2m
Menstrual cycle leave may make it harder for women to find work
A province in northeastern China announced new rules...
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Dec 28 2020 4m
K-pop may help end China’s dispute with South Korea
BTS's famous song ‘Dynamite’ played on a Beijing rad...
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Dec 24 2020 1m
The weird, wacky and wonderful newsmakers of 2020 in Greater China
In a year filled with loss, disruptions and jarring ...
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Dec 23 2020 4m
Court’s punishment of 9-year-old girl highlights concern with China’s expansive social credit system
A Chinese court withdrew the decision to punish a ni...
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Dec 22 2020 4m
The days of the Chinese mega skyscraper appear to be over
China is home to 44 of the world's 100 tallest build...
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Dec 21 2020 5m
Love killer: How the Covid-19 pandemic has left the world a more violent place for the LGBTQ community
In a world battling a lethal global pandemic with a ...
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Dec 18 2020 6m
Baseball boys: Movie portrays struggle of China’s growing number of ‘left-behind’ children
A new documentary gives hope and courage to the plig...
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Dec 17 2020 3m
Chinese granny finds freedom in ‘Eat Pray Love’ road trip
She had sacrificed her personal happiness for decade...
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Dec 16 2020 6m
‘We feel lucky to have survived’: How one family found itself in the middle of a Covid storm
Covid-19 could not defeat three generations of this ...
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Dec 15 2020 6m
Giant buddha rediscovered in China with a high rise apartment built on top of it
A 30ft. stone statue of Buddha was revealed to the g...
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Dec 14 2020 2m
Chinese buzzwords reveal unease and aimlessness
Social inequality, overwork and pandemic fatigue dom...
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Dec 11 2020 5m
Man arrested for doxxing and ‘slut shaming’ Chinese woman with Covid-19
China often publishes the personal information of pe...
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Dec 10 2020 4m
Why Elliot Page’s coming out won’t help China’s trans community
Elliot Page is embraced for coming out as transgende...
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Dec 9 2020 4m
Murder of the ‘perfect victim’ exposes societal failure to protect women against domestic violence
Tragic death a reality check to China’s efforts to c...
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Dec 8 2020 18m
The three young women behind China's Chang'e 5 lunar mission
Chinese state media celebrated three women working i...
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Dec 7 2020 4m
Sexual illiteracy is creating an HIV crisis in China
The world is seeing fewer cases of HIV every year, b...
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Dec 4 2020 7m