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Why China’s rich should do more to help the poor

29 Feb 2016 - 12:18pm 2

More on Beijing air pollution

Society

Who is that unmasked man? Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shrugs off Beijing’s smog on Tiananmen Square run

18 Mar, 7:08pm 3

Society

Smog returns to Beijing as political elites depart

18 Mar, 8:01am 2

Society

China’s national legislators are back in Beijing ... and so is the smog

2 Mar, 8:41pm 5

Society

Mission: impossible? Can China’s vision of a smog-free Beijing by 2030 really come true?

25 Feb, 3:08pm 7

Society

Leading Chinese scholar moves south to escape Beijing’s ‘suffocating’ smog

23 Feb, 5:26pm 1

More on Chinese tourists

Society

Famous Chinese hutong alleyway bans group tours so future visitors are far from the madding crowd

22 Apr, 2:03pm 1

Economy

Hong Kong tourism shows signs of recovery after poor year

19 Apr, 10:22pm 7

Economy

Sharp fall in mainland tourists sparks Hong Kong tour guide calls for relief measures

19 Apr, 3:28am 11

Society

Australia to trial new China visa rules to boost tourism

15 Apr, 3:00am 3

Society

Field of tulips at flower show in China raided by visitors wanting ‘free’ bouquets

11 Apr, 5:18pm

Society

Three more names added to China’s tourist blacklist

10 Apr, 9:45pm 4

Companies

China’s two top travel companies can expect results to improve this year

8 Apr, 4:50pm

A scavenger reportedly pushed a new bin into Hangzhou’s West Lake after becoming frustrated that he could not reclaim a discarded can. Photo: Thepaper.cn

Chinese scavenger ‘loses temper and damages 30,000 yuan hi-tech bin that stops him picking out rubbish’

A scavenger who makes a meagre living selling rubbish he finds at a popular tourist site was reportedly detained by police and charged with damaging a hi-tech rubbish bin valued at 30,000 yuan (HK$36,000), mainland media reports.

22 Apr 2016 - 5:33pm More on China: Around The Nation

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The suspect pictured during his arrest and the bag the girl was found in. Photo: Lanzhou Morning News

Suspected kidnapper detained in China after girl, seven, found unconscious in his backpack

22 Apr 2016 - 3:40pm 2

Up to 100,000 visitors have been known to crowd into the 800-metre-long Beijing hutong during holidays. Photo: China Central Television

Famous Chinese hutong alleyway bans group tours so future visitors are far from the madding crowd

22 Apr 2016 - 2:03pm 1

An undated picture of Weng Mao. Photo: Sina.com

Former top official at White Rabbit candy firm ‘killed in rockfall’ in China, says report

22 Apr 2016 - 1:51pm 1

The building where the boy fell in Chongqing. Photo: Chongqing Morning Post

Chinese boy, six, falls to death from 21st floor flat while mother out playing mahjong

22 Apr 2016 - 11:41am

Luo Denping climbing cliffs near her home in Guizhou province. Photo: Tencent

High ambition: rural Chinese woman uses traditional skills learned as a child to scale cliffs without a rope to thrill tourists

22 Apr 2016 - 2:10pm

The television journalist keeps her face away from the camera after being interviewed by the alleged assault. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Public outcry after Chinese policeman allegedly assaults television journalist in police station

21 Apr 2016 - 6:06pm

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Another mainland airline passenger opens emergency exit ‘for some fresh air’

21 Apr 2016 - 5:09pm 6

A photograph shows the mini tornado lifting primary school student Li Jiaqi into the air during his school’s sports day on Wednesday. Photo: Chinayouth.com

Chinese boy lifted four metres into air as mini tornado hits school sports day

21 Apr 2016 - 8:25pm 3

The pensioner who rescued the girl in Nanjing points to the spot where he pulled her to safety. Photo: Sohu.com

Chinese mother threw six-year-old daughter into lake because she didn’t want to go to school

21 Apr 2016 - 12:01pm

Alibaba founder Jack Ma in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Photo: Sam Tsang

Alibaba’s Jack Ma reveals why he bought the South China Morning Post and what he wants to do with it

21 Apr 2016 - 4:23pm 22

A Chinese woman soldier tucking into a mealworm during her training. Photo: Xinhua

Can of worms: pictures of elite Chinese female soldiers eating creepy-crawlies in training reignites debate about women’s role in military

20 Apr 2016 - 4:39pm 1

The internet cafe where the man was electrocuted in Wuhan. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chinese man, 18, dies after unhooking mobile phone cable from internet cafe computer

20 Apr 2016 - 3:26pm 4

The school affected in the latest incident in Jiangsu province. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chemical plants feared to have made children ill at another school in eastern Chinese province

20 Apr 2016 - 5:25pm 1

Please, let me protect you. No, I insist. A male student in Kunming throws his body in harm’s way to protect a female classmate. Photo: Metropolitan times

Raging storms in southwest China provide a chance for male students to display their chivalrous side

20 Apr 2016 - 2:43pm 1

A file picture of a ship travelling through Arctic waters near Canada. Photo: SCMP Pictures

China wants its shipping to use faster Arctic route to Europe opened up by global warming

20 Apr 2016 - 2:12pm 1

Injuries suffered by the boys at the nursery school in Nanjing. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chinese kindergarten teacher suspended for organising bare-knuckle boxing bouts among pupils

20 Apr 2016 - 12:15pm 2

The doctor pictured smoking while he examines a patient in Hunan province. Photo: Qq.com

Chinese doctor suspended after video shows him smoking while taking scan of patient

20 Apr 2016 - 11:03am 1

A panel of kindergarten pupils who suffered burns to their eyes after an ultraviolet antibacterial lamp was left on for hours in their classroom. Photo: Qianjiang Evening News

Kindergarten pupils in China suffer burns to eyes after classroom ultraviolet lamp left on for hours

19 Apr 2016 - 4:51pm

The boy injured in the fall in Changzhou. Photo: 163.com

Toddler survives fall from 15th floor of tower block in eastern China

19 Apr 2016 - 3:45pm

The Changzhou Foreign Languages School during construction. The site is locate next to three former chemical plants, where there are concerns about contaminated soil and water. Photo: 163.com

Chinese city government rejects state television report of 500 high school students falling ill from chemical exposure

19 Apr 2016 - 3:05pm

Officials have imposed strict controls over which brands and models of mobile phones the soldiers use. Photo: SCMP Pictures

PLA on call: China’s military orders anti-spy software for soldiers’ smartphones

20 Apr 2016 - 5:01am

Images of the assault in Beijing. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Outcry after film shows motorist in Beijing repeatedly slapping tricycle delivery man for scratching his car

19 Apr 2016 - 1:07pm 2

Fangshan district, the site of Tuesday’s ‘unnatural’ earthquake, lies about 40km southwest of the centre of Beijing. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chinese mountainous district near Beijing hit by ‘unnatural’ 2.7-magnitude earthquake

19 Apr 2016 - 12:45pm

The plant allegedly damaged and a plaque telling its story. Photo: Qq.com

Blooming cheek: neighbour accused of pinching flower cuttings from plant tended by villagers in China for 800 years

19 Apr 2016 - 11:26am 2

Hailstones found after the storms in Hunan province. Photo: Chinanews.com

Four killed as torrential rain, hailstorms lash province in southern China

18 Apr 2016 - 4:30pm

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Chinese university president delivers foul-mouthed tirade against flight attendants in talk to students

18 Apr 2016 - 4:03pm 5

Ren Zhengfei, chief executive of Huawei Technologies, found himself an internet sensation after this photograph of him waiting for a taxi went viral on mainland social media. Photo: SCMP Pictures

‘Down-to-earth’ Chinese tycoon Ren Zhengfei becomes internet sensation as photo of him queuing for taxi goes viral on social media

18 Apr 2016 - 2:25pm

Officials check the paper work of people rescued from the boat. Photo: Southcn.com

19 suspected illegal immigrants on way to Hong Kong rescued after small boat drifts in ocean

18 Apr 2016 - 2:12pm 1