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Can an ageing, shrinking China still achieve prosperity?

Growing elderly population another conundrum for Chinese policymakers grappling with high youth unemployment and ‘ultra-low’ fertility.

Growing elderly population another conundrum for Chinese policymakers grappling with high youth unemployment and ‘ultra-low’ fertility

13 Oct 2024 - 6:00AMvideocam

How two imperial heirs of the Song dynasty sought refuge in Hong Kong

12 Oct 2024 - 11:00AM

Video | The Chinese couple behind a kitchen that helps cancer patients and families

11 Oct 2024 - 5:15PM

The Chinese couple behind kitchen that helps cancer patients and families heal

11 Oct 2024 - 5:00PM

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Opinion | Can China find a way out of its moral crisis?

Whether the country’s ethical decline has worsened or not, the current situation is dire and must be addressed through education.

11 Oct 2024 - 9:30AMvideocam

Opinion | China’s path to sustainable growth goes beyond economic stimulus

The path to sustained growth requires an approach that goes beyond short-term intervention and addresses underlying issues.

11 Oct 2024 - 2:47AMvideocam

China’s ‘golden week’ saw spending regain its shine, buoyed by confidence boost

Chinese travellers and tourists spent 700.82 billion yuan during the just-ended holiday week – a 7.9 per cent increase from the same period in pre-pandemic 2019.

8 Oct 2024 - 7:30PM

China saw a substantial bump in revenue over the “golden week” holiday as mainland consumers spent more generously. Photo: AFP

The View | China should make its economy work for its youth

As China’s Gen Z opt for more experience-based consumer choices, policymakers must step in to help them support the traditional economy too.

8 Oct 2024 - 7:30PMvideocam

My Take | China’s stock-market frenzy reflects social media’s growing sway over investors

The current investor euphoria has been aroused by the proliferation of upbeat short-video posts on Chinese social media.

8 Oct 2024 - 7:00AM

Letters | Black Myth: Wukong a harbinger of China’s role in global entertainment industry

Readers discuss the impact of a video game from a Chinese studio, and the benefits of tuning out noise.

6 Oct 2024 - 2:30PM

A screenshot from the video game “Black Myth: Wukong”. Photo: Game Science

Opinion | US must clear the fog of misconceptions over its China policy

As US-China tensions escalate, the next presidential administration must reckon with misplaced narratives that undergird American policy.

3 Oct 2024 - 7:03AMvideocam

The Chinese card game censured by Beijing

2 Oct 2024 - 6:30PM

How China’s ‘little emperors’ went from monarchs to overwhelmed caregivers

China’s one-child policy has created a zero-sibling generation – and caring for parents and children in a tough economy is taking its toll.

2 Oct 2024 - 9:52AMvideocam

Why Chinese science fiction is having more than a moment

Hao Jingfang beat Stephen King to the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, while Chen Qiufan’s Waste Tide has drawn comparisons to J.G. Ballard, William Gibson and Ursula Le Guin

30 Sep 2024 - 10:23AM

“Our climate change, our political systems’ failures, AI, all this I call science-fiction realism,” says Chinese science-fiction writer, Chen Qiufan. Illustration: Bo Law

Video | How Chinese citizens feel about raising the retirement age

The Post spoke with local residents to hear what they had to say about the policy change.

29 Sep 2024 - 11:00AM

One in a million: China woman with 2 uteruses gives birth to a child from each womb

Having two uteruses is extremely rare, and successfully giving birth from both is even more uncommon.

29 Sep 2024 - 10:21AM

Chinese micro dramas gain popularity overseas

27 Sep 2024 - 4:00PM

Letters | Why China should do more to curb ultranationalism

Readers discuss the stabbing of a Japanese school pupil in China, and the treatment of indigenous people in Canada and Australia.

27 Sep 2024 - 11:30AM

A woman lays a bouquet of flowers outside Shenzhen Japanese School on September 19, following the death of a 10-year-old child who was stabbed on the way to the school. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | Why China’s women are talking back like never before

A resurgence of content by women for women is a sign that more Chinese females are ready to engage with issues related to their rights.

26 Sep 2024 - 9:30AMvideocam

Video | Meet one of China’s ‘full-time dads’

50 per cent of Chinese men would consider being stay-at-home dads, a survey finds.

25 Sep 2024 - 5:08PM

Opinion | China’s classroom culture of complaint is toxic – and not just for teachers

Educators are wary of what they say to students, fearful that it could cost them their job.

24 Sep 2024 - 8:15PMvideocam

Teachers are growing wary of what they say in the classroom as complaints from parents and students mount. Photo: Xinhua

Opinion | Lifting productivity key to China overcoming demographic challenge

As China confronts the challenges of an ageing population, the path forward lies in boosting productivity across all sectors and age groups.

24 Sep 2024 - 8:27AMvideocam

China firm implies daughters of unmotivated parents will marry older men

Shock and outrage about sexist slogan in civil service training company slideshow.

23 Sep 2024 - 9:00AM

The state of the art: China’s graduates out of work despite culture craze

Though China’s interest in the arts is at an all-time high, a glut of graduates remains unsure of the field’s career prospects.

23 Sep 2024 - 12:05PMvideocam

China woman’s 58-page exposé on cheating boyfriend costs him his job

Incident was top trending post on Chinese social media platform Weibo with 300 million views in one day.

22 Sep 2024 - 7:11AM

The man cheated on his girlfriend with at least 300 women in a year, utilising dating apps and sex workers. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

Being Chinese | What’s come between China and It bags? Maybe it’s not just the economy

Chinese may be growing out of their obsession with high-end Western brands, like how I outgrew my fascination with ‘decadent Western’ jeans.

21 Sep 2024 - 10:37AM

People walk past a Gucci store in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on September 13. China’s slowing growth has begun to weigh on luxury brands. Photo: Bloomberg

China ‘iron butt’ woman travels to 42 cities, spends just US$2,800 on tickets

Blogger travels across the mainland, Russia, Thailand, and Indonesia on budget trips, sometimes paying US$14 for flight.

22 Sep 2024 - 7:09AM

Man accused of stabbing Japanese boy jobless with criminal record: Chinese media

Information about the sensitive case is tightly controlled by Chinese police, media and internet censors.

20 Sep 2024 - 8:16PMvideocam

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9 September, 2024