South China Morning Post

A 92-year-old Asian man with dementia was lost and wandered into a convenience store. Another man began to hurl racist abuse at the elderly man and shoved him out of the store and threw him to the ground.

Neighborhood monitoring made up of community cells was at the heart of China’s containment of the coronavirus. An analyst said the approach came “at the expense of public autonomy and vitality.”

A Chinese research facility in the city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak first emerged, has attracted US attention for alleged links to the pathogen.

A recent poll from the Pew Research Center shows that American opinions about China have fallen significantly in recent years, driven by mutually antagonistic rhetoric that has gotten worse during the coronavirus pandemic.

Living in a pandemic is tearing families and relationships apart. In China, lawyers are overwhelmed with divorce inquiries and local governments are swamped by applications to separate.

Children have a high risk of being infected by Covid-19, even if they are less likely to die, and that could overwhelm pediatric services, a new report has warned.

The country’s extensive adult entertainment industry relies on face-to-face contacts. But now the coronavirus has left many bars and clubs facing a tough decision between staying safe and staying in business.

China named 80 geographical features off the South China Sea in an effort to assert territorial rights.

Surging demand for equipment for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic has turned the Chinese market for medical gear into the Wild West, forcing buyers, sellers and regulators to adapt at virtually a moment’s notice.

Hong Kong activists vow to return to the streets after 15 opposition leaders are arrested and Beijing is accused of meddling in the city’s politics.