South China Morning Post

Three boys from southeastern China offered 10.5 yuan (US$1.5) to a convenience store owner on the brink of closing, igniting a wave of public support. Five years after borrowing money to establish his convenience store in Guangzhou, Chen decided to shut down the shop as business continued to decline. On August 12, three primary school boys visited the store, as they often did, t...

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Hong Kong is pursuing its most ambitious development agenda in a generation, led by the Northern Metropolis, with the backing of the Hong Kong’s First Five-Year Plan which proactively aligns with the national development strategies in the National 15th Five-Year Plan. Yet delivering Hong Kong’s developme...

Londoners are facing historic levels of subsidence risk after five successive heatwaves dried out the clay soil on which much of the British capital is built. Insurance claims tied to subsidence – a phenomenon associated with bouts of hot, dry weather that shrink the soil and destabilise the foundations on which buildings stand – hit a record last quarter, according to data prov...

Half of Hong Kong’s government departments and public bodies have not disclosed their greenhouse gas emissions data and some calculations have been based on outdated information, a green group has found. The findings from The Green Earth have prompted calls for stronger carbon reporting and the setting of reduction targets across the public sector to align with the city’s goal o...

For generations, Ulanqab – a city several hundred kilometres northwest of Beijing whose Mongolian name means “red cliff pass” – was known for its windswept pastureland, where cattle grazed and potatoes thrived under long hours of sunlight. Its economy hinged on the weather, driven by the cool, strong breezes sweeping through the Yinshan mountain range. Today, giant wind turbines...