Category: China
China’s tech hub Shenzhen to get indoor ski resort as big as ‘11 football pitches’ by 2025
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The world’s largest indoor ski resort, Wanda Snow Park in northern China, is the size of about nine football pitches. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3227783/chinas-tech-hub-shenzhen-get-indoor-ski-resort-big-11-football-pitches-2025?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina appears to be readying 2 advanced warships for launch, adding muscle to aircraft carrier group
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Photos circulating on social media show Type 054B frigates at shipyards in Shanghai and Guangzhou, vessels that naval experts say will be bigger and faster than predecessors. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3227841/china-appears-be-readying-2-advanced-warships-launch-adding-muscle-aircraft-carrier-group?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChinese literary world reflects on how ‘Kundera fever’ chimed with country’s 1980s intellectual ferment
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Translators and former students of Milan Kundera pay tribute to the Franco-Czech writer who died last week at the age of 94. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3227773/chinese-literary-world-reflects-how-kundera-fever-chimed-countrys-1980s-intellectual-ferment?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChinese city plans months of rock ‘n’ roll events to crank economy to 11
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Local authorities in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, saw what a massive barbecue festival did for a third-tier Chinese city earlier this year, and they’re hoping music pulls in similarly large crowds. https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3227738/chinese-city-plans-months-rock-n-roll-events-crank-economy-11?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreWhy African nations are keen to join the expanding BRICS club
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. A number of countries on the continent are lining up to join the emerging global player, which many hope will rival Western-led groups including the G7 and G20. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3227835/why-african-nations-are-keen-join-expanding-brics-club?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHeavy rain takes toll on China’s summer wheat crop
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Wet weather during critical growing stage pushes down yields, statistics bureau says. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3227834/heavy-rain-takes-toll-chinas-summer-wheat-crop?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreClimate change: what does El Nino mean for global energy, trade and agriculture? And where does China stand?
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Extreme heat, floods and droughts are creating problems for the global economy, especially for trade, agriculture and energy, as the debate over climate change rumbles on. https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3227743/climate-change-what-does-el-nino-mean-global-energy-trade-and-agriculture-and-where-does-china-stand?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreMainland Chinese students arrive in Taiwan for visit aimed at easing tensions
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The group, invited by former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou, is the first major academic delegation to travel to the island in three years, and the trip is expected to be monitored by Taipei authorities…
Read MoreChina and Russia to hold joint military drill in strategic waters near Japan
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Moscow will send air force and navy to the Sea of Japan, or East Sea, to take part in exercise analysts say is response to Washington’s efforts to work more closely with Tokyo and…
Read MoreAncient Chinese relics point to unbroken cultural links that began a million years ago
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. ‘Powerful’ new evidence connects hominin activity to the rise of Chinese culture. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3227538/ancient-chinese-relics-point-unbroken-cultural-links-began-million-years-ago?utm_source=rss_feed
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