The machines may be immensely popular in casinos elsewhere but in Macau the table game is king. Olivia Rosenman looks at the challenges facing electronic gaming companies in the world’s largest gambling centre.
Each year, some of the world’s most dramatic storms hit southern China. This interactive multimedia piece looks at some of the most dramatic and deadly storms in Hong Kong's history, and consider what can be learned from the destruction and recovery.
It took less than four decades for this onetime fishing village on the Pearl River Delta to transform itself into southern China’s manufacturing hub. Now one of the largest cities in the country, can Shenzhen achieve the same success as a centre of design?
Subterranean explosions, freezing earth and plans for superfast elevators help the MTR inch steadily towards its next phase of service
I wrote a regular column called Six Degrees for the South China Morning Post's Sunday Magazine. The weekly column was a humorous and informative exploration of connections between six celebrities and well-known historical figures.
A leafy enclave of carp ponds and pavilions, Hollywood Road Park occupies a storied patch of Hong Kong Island—the very spot, in fact, where the British first raised their flag.
South China Morning Post 23 June 2013 The Ministry of Agriculture's recent approval of imports of three new kinds of genetically modified soya bean has sparked concern over safety assessments…
Australians are wrong to fear Chinese investment, but right to stand by their strong military alliance with the US, Australian foreign minister Bob Carr said in Hong Kong yesterday. In…
I reported on a group of Chinese intellectuals and activists who wrote an open letter to the government urging them to sign the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.…
