21+ hour, 5+ min ago  (164+ words) A retired American teacher is planning to travel to China in late summer for a reunion with a female farmer he assisted decades ago. In 1999, Ronald Sakolsky, then teaching English in China, was inspired by Inner Mongolian farmer Yin Yuzhen's…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (208+ words) Weather forecaster says four to seven typhoons expected to hit Hong Kong this year could be made more intense by El Nino The El Nino weather phenomenon could turn the four to seven tropical cyclones predicted to hit Hong Kong…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (239+ words) Nurses and social workers visited older residents living in poorer districts to teach them ways to stay cool and avoid health risks tied to heat A project designed to teach elderly residents how to protect themselves during extreme heat has…...

3+ day, 11+ min ago  (277+ words) Climate agencies predict planet will experience a new hottest-ever year before 2031 In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (194+ words) Rich community of organisms discovered living on rocks at depths of more than 9km, feeding on organic debris from the surface Scientists have discovered a thriving and previously unknown ecosystem in the planet's deepest ocean trenches, feeding on organic debris from…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (14+ words) In pictures: Hong Kong covered in fluff from cotton trees South China Morning Post...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (239+ words) The UK's Met Office said Monday was the hottest May day on record, with the mercury hitting 33. 5 C at Heathrow near London by 1pm Temperatures hit record highs for May in the United Kingdom and France on Monday, as forecasters warned…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (807+ words) First published in 1903, South China Morning Post is Hong Kong's premier English language newspaper and has the city's most affluent and influential readership. With a reputation for authoritative, influential and independent reporting on Hong Kong and China. The newspaper is…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (152+ words) Ken Mak says he wants to save decades-old trees planted by his grandfather from "being crushed to death by excavators" Ken Mak"s greatest wish before leaving his village in Hong Kong this month is to save the fruit trees…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (157+ words) South China Morning Post China is leaning into its industrial strengths to extract germanium, aluminium, lithium and gallium from fossil fuel "The coal refuse contains a variety of metal elements and could become an important source of critical metal supply,…...