Follow South China Morning Post - Society, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/scmp11 Fri, 31 Mar 2023 21:23:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_Cttyh3bfYh-MvaCY3L745TL_ Millions of people on mainland social media have been delighted to read about a young Chinese man who received a posthumous reply after sending his late father a frustration-filled text message on failing an important examination.]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:00:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_Cttyh3bfYh-MvaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtuvHtKZ2d63hOzdsCmHakzH Mainland social media has been delighted by a canine-friendly event in Shanghai which saw dozens of dog owners take their pets to watch a Chinese remake of a famous Japanese movie about animal loyalty.]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 08:00:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtuvHtKZ2d63hOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CttkRt0un--hl8b1naedg1wr Mainland social media has expressed anger after a group of people swarmed over a steep and narrow rock formation in eastern China sparking fears that it could collapse.]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 03:00:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CttkRt0un--hl8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_Ctv0HSVLwmNdGF1cWWor9YPv A social media debate has been triggered after Taiwan singer Sandee Chan revealed that her latest song was “sung” using artificial intelligence.]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:00:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_Ctv0HSVLwmNdGF1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_Ctsg0Z8Hhe_NRps0ohxaO6Yr A parked car in China was filmed rolling down a slope and hitting a man, who was luckily unhurt, before crashing into a river where two men had to jump in and drag it back to dry land.]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:00:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_Ctsg0Z8Hhe_NRps0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtsMlm-rYMlxqSlmFkX7M1Jw A video of a police officer being directed by a lost toddler all over an apartment building in China has gone viral after the officer’s body cam recorded the adventure.]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 03:00:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtsMlm-rYMlxqSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtuybfVx9KdnniejEQ2Mq9rY Rising US-China tension makes climate cooperation between the world’s two largest emitters unlikely. But strategic climate rivalry, with the promise of global influence, more competitive industries and greater national wealth, may prove effective.]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:30:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtuybfVx9KdnniejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_Ctvkx_sof0dF3-zdsCmHakzH Film star Tony Leung becomes first Chinese actor to be awarded a prestigious Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the world’s oldest film festival]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:05:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_Ctvkx_sof0dF3-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtscL7Zm8IeHrJVjH6qdYdAk A 30-year-old woman in China with a master’s degree and a high-paying career in marketing has turned her back on it all to become a farmer, renewing the debate on work-life balance.]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 12:00:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtscL7Zm8IeHrJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtsjdADRhcts2iejEQ2Mq9rY Hong Kong social media has been outraged by a humiliating – and violent – ‘motivational’ strategy employed by an insurance company in the city.]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 08:00:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtsjdADRhcts2iejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_Ctva_iUOLp9HZSlmFkX7M1Jw Online praise has been showered on three Hong Kong search and rescue dogs – and their handlers – after they paid a high-profile visit to the official residence of the city’s leader to receive thanks for their work in earthquake-hit Turkey.]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 05:00:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_Ctva_iUOLp9HZSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtvTchJCkCs6n-T5HJgy6HUf Maye Musk, the mother of global business phenomenon, Elon, is visiting China for the first time and news of her tour of the country is making it big on mainland social media.]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:00:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtvTchJCkCs6n-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtvJJtBv2CUsuJs0ohxaO6Yr Millions of people on mainland social media have been gripped by the story of a drug-trafficking love triangle which has been described as a Chinese version of the US crime drama “Breaking Bad”.]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:00:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtvJJtBv2CUsuJs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CttyClThdg9qFpVjH6qdYdAk The difficulties raising giant pandas in captivity are in the news after a Chinese zoo said hundreds of CVs it received for panda keeper roles yielded zero suitable applicants.]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:00:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CttyClThdg9qFpVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_Ctt4wA1AoD07wsb1naedg1wr More than 100 million on mainland social media shocked by story about a 7-year-old girl who threw her 4-year-old neighbour into a 5-metre-deep well and left him before he was rescued.]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 03:00:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_Ctt4wA1AoD07wsb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtuVCbOZjAT9s11cWWor9YPv Hundreds of thousands of people on mainland social media have engaged with the story of a young Chinese student who has spent US$1,500 simply to get a decent night’s sleep.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 12:00:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtuVCbOZjAT9s11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtuVLzefuHV2QV1cWWor9YPv A woman watching a Chinese opera performance confuses the line between fiction and reality and tries to intervene and help a character by storming onto the stage before she is restrained.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:00:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtuVLzefuHV2QV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtucRjO8ugXhhSejEQ2Mq9rY A video of a girl in China opening what she thinks is a present from her father but finds a school exercise book inside as her mother laughs hysterically has outraged mainland social media.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 03:00:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtucRjO8ugXhhSejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtsFG-Kcmo-VxJVjH6qdYdAk A video of two women leaping from a moving electric car on a highway in China has left mainland social media in hysterics after they claimed they smelt petrol and thought the car would explode.]]> Sun, 26 Mar 2023 12:00:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_CtsFG-Kcmo-VxJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_Ctupy41BxqbrFuzdsCmHakzH Millions of people on social media have been moved by an unusual – and touching – gift given by Hong Kong actor Andy Lau Tak-wah.]]> Sun, 26 Mar 2023 09:00:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/l02wgZA_Ctupy41BxqbrFuzdsCmHakzH