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India starts delivery of components for global clean energy project

India has started delivery of the components for a global project to build world's largest fusion device in France.

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Racial sensitivity urged as ad causes outrage, Chinese company offers apology

The Chinese firm behind a detergent commercial featuring a black man crammed into a washing machine who emerges as a light-skinned Asian has apologised after the commercial went viral overseas and was held up as an example of Chinese prejudices.

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Yes, Facebook has editors who pick news articles

Most major social media platforms have, in recent years, amassed editorial teams of their own - groups that select, tame and fill gaps in the material produced by users and media outlets.

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China moves to silence a rising online celebrity

Beijing removes Papi Jiang’s monologues as part of its effort to clean up cyberspace

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Robin Hu still helms SCMP media business

Singaporean Robin Hu remains at the helm of the media company to which the South China Morning Post (SCMP) belongs, under a new owner and with a new name.

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Greek PM vows to break "triangle of corruption", main opposition calls for elections

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reiterated on Tuesday his Left-led government's pledge to break the "vicious triangle of corruption" between part of banks, media barons and the political elite during a heated debate in parliament on justice affairs.

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Pakistani Taliban splinter group claims Lahore attack

A Pakistan Taliban splinter group claimed responsibility for the deadly suicide attack in Lahore that killed over 60 people and injured over 300 on Sunday.

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Time for stronger China's voice to be heard

Newsrooms across the country have been abuzz since Friday's speech by President Xi Jinping on news reporting and public opinion in which he said that media work by Communist Party of China (CPC) should connect with the outside world and help the nation's message be heard overseas.

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Xi's speech on news reporting resonates with China's domestic outlets

​President Xi Jinping's speech at a symposium on news reporting and public opinion on Friday has generated discussions across domestic media outlets.

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China Focus: President Xi's media tour draws positive feedback from reporters, journalism academia

During a tour to the People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television and at a symposium afterwards, Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, urged the news outlets to follow the Party's leadership and focus on "positive reporting."

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Hundreds trapped in damaged buildings as quake hits Taiwan

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake in southern Taiwan early Saturday morning damaged several buildings, with at least one building collapsed, trapping hundreds of residents, according to local media reports.

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China, Arabs look for enhancing media cooperation

Participants in the "Chinese-Arab Media Dialogue Conference," which kicked off in Cairo on Monday, called for enhancing means of mutual media cooperation, deeming it as "witnesses and protectors for Sino-Arab friendship."

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Can Donald Trump's social media genius take him all the way to the White House?

He has millions of followers and likes on Facebook, Twitter, Vine and Instagram. He uses YouTube and Periscope. His polling numbers remain high. Could Trump’s social media strategy really win him the biggest job of all?

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Ma leverages SCMP for a greater voice for China: China Daily

The challenge of burnishing the image of China globally and maintaining the SCMP’s editorial independence may be more difficult than boosting Alibaba’s bottom line.

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Latest India, Pakistan engagement suggests thawing ties, but skepticism remains

The fresh diplomatic engagement between New Delhi and Islamabad is being viewed by analysts as a thaw in bilateral relations of the two nuclear neighbors.

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Media cooperation to inject fresh vigor, vitality into BRICS development

Leaders of 25 media organizations from BRICS countries are to gather here for an unprecedented event dedicated to promoting media cooperation within the BRICS framework, which will inject new vigor and vitality into common development of the five-member bloc.