South China Morning Post

The search for all-natural foods has turned many American millennials into foragers.

But in China, it’s the older generation you’ll see searching for edible weeds in public parks.

Beijing’s elderly residents are wreaking havoc on the city’s parks in pursuit of wild spring vegetables, a traditional favorite at this time of year.

In some parks in the capital, people are uprooting wild plants and filling bags with foraged fruits and vegetables, despite signs prohibiting the practice, according…

A Chinese woman carrying a thumb drive containing malware got through Secret Service agents and gained access to President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort this past weekend, according to court documents.

The woman managed to reach the reception area of the resort on the afternoon of March 30, when Trump was golfing at a club 4.5 miles west of Mar-a-Lago.

The case has raised questions over the security of President Trump’s Florida resort, where the president is known to stay frequently and which…

The US government says China’s plan to tighten its ban on fentanyl could help fight America’s opioid crisis, which has caused tens of thousands in overdose deaths.

Washington is struggling to contain a rising trend of fentanyl use across the country, and the Trump administration has accused China of being the main supplier of the synthetic opioid, which is up to 50 times stronger than heroin.

On Monday, the Chinese government said it would designate all fentanyl-related substances as…

President Trump’s national security advisor, John Bolton, has rebuked China for sending warplanes into Taiwanese airspace, backing the self-ruled island against Beijing.

In a Twitter message on Tuesday, Bolton wrote: “Chinese military provocation won’t win any hearts or minds in Taiwan.”

Beijing considers Taiwan a wayward province subject to eventual union – by force if necessary.

On Sunday, two People’s Liberation Army warplanes flew over the Taiwan Strait and crossed a “median line” that…

In the Inkstone index, we break down China into the simplest possible chunk: a single number. What can one number tell us about China? Quite a lot.

Starting this month, Chinese consumers who are in the market for iPhones and Maseratis will be saving big. Or at least saving a bit.

Apple has shaved about 6% off the price tags of iPhone XS models, and Maserati is offering a $5,000 discount – about 2% – off its Quattroporte sports sedan.

This is partly the result of tax cuts meant to help arrest an economic slowdown amid the US-China trade war which started in March 2018.

Under a plan announced by Premier Li Keqiang last month, value-added…

In a quiet dojo in the center of Hong Kong, the dull rhythmic thuds of hands striking wood ring out, first slowly, then gradually increasing in pace.

The lightning jabs, from a flurry of angles on a wooden dummy – come from Wing Chun master Ip Chun, 95, son of the legendary Ip Man.

What Ip lacks in glamor and folklore of his father, renowned as the master of kung fu star Bruce Lee, he more than makes up for with his vitality. Hs weekly schedule, eight classes totaling 15 hours, on top of…

Trade and nuclear weapons. On the surface, they seem like two completely different issues. One is business, the other is geopolitics. But President Donald Trump has made no bones about linking the two.

This is why the two most-watched diplomatic events of the past year or so – the negotiations over the US-China trade war and Trump-Kim summits – have been so heavily intertwined.

The two issues are part of a three-way chess game between China, the US and North Korea, one that in recent months…

Even as China has leapfrogged other countries in building the world’s most extensive subway networks, one city has stood out as something of a laggard.

Subway builders in the northwestern city of Xian, have run into the most insurmountable obstacle of all: history, in the form of old clay pots and bronze mirrors.

The city’s struggle to keep up with China’s national building frenzy underscores the country’s changing approach to balancing development with preserving the past.

Nowadays it’s the…

For many Chinese people, the first week of April usually means a trip down memory lane.

On April 5, also known as tomb-sweeping day, millions across China make a trip to burial sites to pay homage to their ancestors, laying flowers and burning incense.

But this year, some sweepers won’t be heading to a headstone to lay a wreath. They’ll be scanning a QR code in front of a tree.

Scan the barcode-like label, and visitors will be able to light a digital candle or leave a digital flower for the…