Blogs

Netizens discuss why high achiever can’t find love

It seems that owning three apartments in Nanjing, Ivy League qualifications, a job as a professor and other impressive assets will not necessarily guarantee you a wife in China.

07:01PM

Ernest Kao Comment, News

Most 'beef' sold at Hangzhou market is pork, report finds

Five in eight products labelled as beef at a Hangzhou market were discovered to have no beef content in them at all, according to random sampling tests conducted by a Zhejiang newspaper.

Updated 19:04PM

Doug Young Business, Companies

E-House looking to privatise?

26 Mar 2013

Today's headlines include a couple of new developments in the recent privatisation wave for US-listed China firms, underscoring the difficulty of doing such deals that often require big fund...

12:27PM

Ernest Kao Comment, News

'Ridiculous' rape scene 'may be cut' from anti-Japanese war drama

26 Mar 2013

The scene from the mainland TV series Jianzai Xianshang, or “Ready to Fly” in English, received a flood of online complaints ahead of its debut on Sichuan, Guizhou and Henan primetime television....

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12:43PM

Michael Cox Sport

Class Five in a class of its own

25 Mar 2013

Sometimes the owners don’t seem to care if it is Class One or Class Five – they celebrate just the same. It’s all about ‘face’ – brining your friends to the races, showing off, enjoying the thrill...

04:59AM

Ernest Kao Comment, News

Building the 'Chinese dream'

25 Mar 2013

Images spread on social media on Sunday of towering, luxurious palaces - sometimes known as government office buildings in China - instantly stirring up debate over whether these were part of...

05:52PM

Jason Y Ng Lifestyle, Travel, News, Hong Kong

Someone else's party

25 Mar 2013

Unlike the Standard Chartered Marathon or the Stanley Dragon Boat Championships – both of which draw large local crowds – the Sevens is irrelevant to most of the city’s population and receives...

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03:37PM

Anna Healy Fenton Business, Money, Wealth

UK, Germany still hot - Cyprus less so

25 Mar 2013

The Cyprus fiscal nosedive comes as a blow to wealthy Chinese immigrants seeking a relatively cheap route to property and residency in the euro zone.

02:23PM

Doug Young Business, Companies

Brand survey: Nokia, Dangdang still hot

25 Mar 2013

Big names like Lenovo, Tencent and Alibaba are coming out on top in a newly published survey on top brands in China, but the results also include surprisingly strong showings for fading former...

11:12AM

Kevin McBarron Sport

What’s to become of the real game of rugby?

24 Mar 2013

Where it began, I can’t begin to knowin’. But then I know it’s growing strong … It began here in Hong Kong. Well, it began in Melrose, but here was where it went international, and here is where...

09:03AM

Robby Nimmo Sport, Comment, Magazines, Lifestyle

Aussies carry plenty of baggage

24 Mar 2013

They’re a weird mob, Australians at the Sevens. The Land Down Under has won a World Cup 15s more recently than they’ve won a Hong Kong Sevens. The last victory on this turf was in 1988.

12:25PM

Kevin McBarron Sport

Dedication’s what you need if you want to be a record breaker

23 Mar 2013

The South Stand was filled by game three… 9:30am… something of a record, and certainly indicative of a certain amount of dedication, if not to drinking all night then at least to getting up in the...

08:47PM

Our Bloggers

Anna Healy Fenton

Business, Money, Wealth

Anna is a business writer and editor of the SCMP’s Money Magazine. During her 20-year Hong Kong career, she’s written everything from stock market reports and luxury goods sector analysis to speeches for the HKSAR Chief Executive and served as president of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club for two years.
Jason Y Ng

Lifestyle, Travel, News, Hong Kong

Born in Hong Kong, Jason is a globe-trotter who spent his entire adult life in Europe, the United States and Canada before settling back in his birthplace seven years ago. He is a full-time lawyer and a freelance writer who raves and rants about Hong Kong and its people. Jason's first book, HONG KONG State of Mind, was released in December 2010 to rave reviews.
Ivan Zhai

Comment

Ivan Zhai is the Social Media Editor at the South China Morning Post. Prior to his current position, Ivan spent 10 years working for the Guangzhou-based 21st Century World Herald and in the Post's Guangzhou bureau, covering Chinese politics, macroeconomics and online communities. In 2008, Ivan won an Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship. He shares his findings and thoughts on digital media, cognitive neuroscience and China on Twitter and Chinese microblogs as @ivanzhai.
Robby Nimmo

Sport, Comment, Magazines, Lifestyle

Robby Nimmo, an award-winning advertising copywriter, has been writing for the South China Morning Post for 10 years. She writes the left-field rather than the on-field, social commentary rather than sporting commentary. She is also a regular contributor to the Rant column in the Sunday Post Magazine.
Kevin McBarron

Sport

You hear him at the stadium and now you can read him at SCMP.com. Kevin, the canny commentator-cum-columnist, will be calling all the shots.
Mimi Lau

News, China

Mimi Lau has been the Post’s Guangzhou Correspondent since 2009. She covers the Pearl River Delta and southern China extensively, reporting on politics, civil unrest, the environment, and construction and infrastructure. She has covered the latest uprisings and taken an in-depth look at the issues behind the stories unfolding in Hong Kong’s backyard.
Jing Zhang

Lifestyle, Fashion & Watches

Fashion Editor Jing Zhang gives you the inside scoop on style trends, Fashion Weeks, industry news and events in Hong Kong, Asia and internationally. There will be live updates from biggest fashion shows and often daily uploads of the best collections and collaborations. Read for the latest insights on top designers, eccentric local labels, plus what is trending in global and Greater China fashion. Jing was born in Guizhou, China and grew up in Hong Kong and England. Follow her on Twitter @jingerzhanger
Teddy Ng

News, Comment

Teddy worked for various English newspapers after completing his journalism degree at Hong Kong Baptist University, covering local politics, education and medical news. He started working on China news after moving to Beijing three years ago. He jointed the Post’s China desk in 2011, focusing on the nation’s foreign affairs. Teddy finds it interesting to see how China becomes a rising power from a fledging power on the world stage, but also challenging to read between the lines in subtle and opaque Chinese politics.
George Chen

Business, Banking & Finance

George Chen is currently the financial services editor at the South China Morning Post. George has covered the financial industry since 2002 for Reuters and other media outlets. Shanghai-born and Hong Kong-based George is the author of Foreign Banks in China. He muses about the interplay between the two financial centres in Mr. Shangkong columns. facebook.com/mrshangkong
Christy Choi

Lifestyle, Technology

Christy Choi is a news reporter for the South China Morning Post covering science and technology. Before the SCMP, she worked for the Phnom Penh Post and Time, writing about sharks helping tame lionfish invasions, mealybug infestations, human trafficking and the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, among others. As a former contemporary arts curator, she has a soft spot for the arts, and while science is her beat at the Post, she won’t say no to a good yarn about pretty much anything under the sun. Reach her on Twitter @jchristychoi
Helene Franchineau

Videos

I am a multimedia reporter. Originally from France, I graduated from Columbia University Grad School of Journalism in New York. I am into all things related to social issues in China, multimedia and photography. I will try to show what happens "behind the scenes" for a video reporter covering Hong Kong and China. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @Helene_FR
Martyn Cornell

Lifestyle, Food & Wine

Martyn Cornell is an award-wining author and journalist, a founder member of the British Guild of Beer Writers and a former Beer Writer of the Year. He is the author of Amber, Gold and Black: The History of Britain's Great Beers, and Beer: the Story of the Pint and Beer Memorabilia.
Michael Cox

Sport

Michael Cox joined the SCMP for the 2011-12 season and quickly established himself as a talented tipster with an eye for a good story. A former rugby league, soccer, basketball and boxing writer, Michael’s passion is horse racing. His family background in harness racing provided him with a unique insight when he covered the sport as a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun Herald. Michael is an accomplished sports broadcaster and forms an integral part of our new and improved online coverage with multi-media reports and an entertaining post raceday blog.
Doug Young

Business, Companies

Doug Young has lived and worked in China for 15 years, much of that as a journalist for Reuters writing about Chinese companies. He currently lives in Shanghai where he teaches financial journalism at Fudan University. He writes daily on his blog, Young’s China Business Blog (www.youngchinabiz.com), commenting on the latest developments at Chinese companies listed in the US, China and Hong Kong. He is also author of a new book about the media in China, “The Party Line: How the Media Dictates Public Opinion in Modern China.”
John Kennedy

News, China

John Kennedy is Canadian, and a longtime resident of southern China. As a veteran member of the Chinese online community, most notably through his six years as a former editor with Global Voices Online, John knows more than is useful about China today but enjoys sharing his findings on Twitter as @feng37 and @28wordslater.
Jeanny Yu

Business, Money, News, Hong Kong

Jeanny Yu covers stock markets for the South China Morning Post, with a focus on Hong Kong equities. She interviews top economists, fund managers and key market players. She is a graduate of the University of Hong Kong and used to work for Bloomberg and Hong Kong Economic Journal.
Hedy Bok

News, Hong Kong, Videos

As a video reporter for the Post, Hedy spends most of her time roaming the streets talking to locals with interesting viewpoints. Born in mainland China and raised in Hong Kong, she tries to keep abreast of the latest happenings in both places. Whatever intriguing, whatever noteworthy, and whatever outrageous, will find their way into her blog.
Han Han

News, China

Han Han is a champion race car driver, massively popular blogger, best-selling author and publisher. He dropped out of high school and published his first novel at the age of 18.
Ernest Kao

Comment, News

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Ernest is an online news producer for SCMP.com. He is an avid consumer of news and enjoys following local, national and global current affairs. Ernest read journalism and international politics at the University of Hong Kong and graduated in 2012. Follow him on Twitter @ernestkao
Amy Li

News, China

After graduating from the University of Missouri with a master's degree in journalism, Amy Li began her journalism career as a crime news reporter in Queens, New York, in 2004. She joined Reuters in Beijing in 2008 as a multimedia editor. Amy taught journalism at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu and started an environment blog, Green Bullet, before joining SCMP in Hong Kong. She is now an online news editor for SCMP.com. Amy can be reached at chunxiao.li@scmp.com.
Nailene Chou Wiest

Comment, Blogs

Nailene Chou Wiest (Zhou Nai-ling) is a journalist and writer. For much of her career, she plied the trade of financial journalism. In recent years, she combines teaching journalism and writing on business, news media, and international affairs issues.
Chris Luo

News, China

Chris Luo is a Beijing native. He lived in Indiana, U.S. for four years before moving to Hong Kong to study journalism at Hong Kong Baptist University. He joined SCMP in 2012 as a website producer.
Ulf Schaefer

"Thinking out of the box" is what Ulf does best, as he brings a fresh perspective and 15 years' experience in residential and commercial real estate sales to the KF Thailand team. Ulf is a licensed US Real Estate Broker with a loyal base of clients from diverse nationalities and domiciles. He began his real estate career in Phoenix, Arizona. As Managing Partner for a German firm, he was responsible for the acquisition, development and resale of residential subdivisions as well as commercial properties. In 2002, Ulf and his Singapore-born wife Isobel moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, where he was affiliated with the Coldwell Banker and Prudential Realty companies. Prior to joining Knight Frank Thailand, he served for 4 years as Partner and Global Sales Director in a boutique real estate firm in Kahala, one of Honolulu's most exclusive neighbourhoods.
Chinese officials behaving badly

News, China

Since the Communist Party's new leader Xi Jinping announced a crackdown on corruption amongst officials in November 2012, a raft of suspected offenders have been sacked or suspended for alleged wrongdoing. Here, SCMP.com brings you a comprehensive guide to the latest officials under investigation.
Isaac Mao

Comment

Isaac Mao started one of China's first blogs in 2002. He is now one of China's most prominent Internet and global social media researchers, and a passionate advocate for open Internet and open data. He is also the co-founder of the Chinese Blogger Conference. His Twitter account is @isaac.
Hong Kong Around the World

Comment, Blogs, News, Hong Kong

HKEye is a compendium of worldwide coverage about our home city, Hong Kong, by the staff of SCMP.com. Contact us on Twitter @SCMP_News or via e-mail, onlinenews@scmp.com.
Jed Thian

Sport, Comment

New Zealand broadcaster Jed Thian is recognised as the founder of alternative sports commentary worldwide through his online creation, the Alternative Rugby Commentary. Performing live around the world as well as regular appearances on the BBC, RTE in Ireland and Television New Zealand, demand for his unique take on rugby and world have grown massively since trading the radio for the internet.