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Inside China

Want to learn more about China first-hand, from reporters on the ground? In every episode, we take a

Episodes

Total: 100

Shanghai's lockdown crisis, China's zero-Covid crossroads, a global trade threat
2022/4/13

 SCMP journalists in Shanghai report on the ongoing lockdown in the Puxi district. Thomas Yau d

Shanghai split in two as megacity locks down to fight Omicron variant surge
2022/3/31

China’s most-populous city Shanghai has plunged its people into a historic half-half lockdown

Hong Kong’s Omicron crisis: testing, health systems, supply chains on the brink
2022/2/17

SCMP’s Mimi Lau presents the latest update on Hong Kong's Omicron surge, with reporter Gigi C

Hong Kong's zero-Covid crossroads: Dr Ben Cowling's forecast, Singapore's lessons
2022/2/10

Hong Kong is desperately implementing new Covid-19 rules and penalties in an effort to stop the spre

Hong Kong Omicron: hamster cull outrage, zero Covid crumbles, finance exodus
2022/1/27

Hear about Hong Kong’s fifth wave of the pandemic. Microbiologist Dr Siddharth Sridhar unpack

Beijing battles Omicron outbreaks; Hong Kong culls hamsters, restaurants in crisis
2022/1/20

As the Winter Olympics and the Lunar New Year holiday loom, Mimi Lau looks at Beijing's desperate me

China’s year of the crackdown: gaming, IPOs, live streaming and tutoring
2021/12/31

SCMP journalist Xinmei Shen is joined by her fellow technology reporters Josh Ye and Jane Zhang to u

Beijing Olympics diplomatic boycott: what it means and echoes of Moscow 1980
2021/12/8

Mimi Lau talks with SCMP deputy sports editor Josh Ball about the diplomatic snub announced on the B

Dr Ben Cowling: Omicron, border closures, Hong Kong quarantine and mainland China
2021/12/4

SCMP digital editor Jarrod Watt speaks with Professor Ben Cowling, Chair Professor of Epidemiology a

What Omicron means; a historic pandemic treaty; China’s new Covid antibody drugs and boosters
2021/12/2

SCMP reporters Mimi Lau, Simone McCarthy and Josephine Ma discuss the latest coronavirus news from i

Why Peng Shuai matters: #MeToo in China, WTA, Olympics and global narrative
2021/11/24

Mimi Lau looks at how a since-deleted social media post by Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has ignite

China after COP26: how does the country move on from coal?
2021/11/17

SCMP China desk reporter Holly Chik presents the second part of our series looking at the technologi

Analysing Xi Jinping’s historic resolution and China’s future
2021/11/12

Mimi Lau speaks with the Post’s Beijing-based news editor Mai Jun about the historic resoluti

China and COP26: coal powered crisis as renewable energy rises
2021/10/31

With the COP26 global climate summit being seen as one of the last chances for the planet, SCMP Chin

The metaverse beyond Facebook: Tencent, ByteDance, Roblox, Fortnite go all in
2021/10/28

Are you ready, player one? A change is coming, promising to transform the web into the “metav

Xi Jinping, Kunming COP15 and China’s escalating power crisis
2021/10/14

SCMP reporter Echo Xie reports from Kunming and the COP15 Biodiversity conference, where China&#x201

China’s coal crisis: how to balance supply, demand and a changing climate
2021/10/6

Mass power outages, factories with restricted hours and the prospect of major disruptions in the pro

Meng Wanzhou and the two Michaels: what’s next for Huawei, Canada and China?
2021/9/29

SCMP tech journalist Xinmei Shen speaks with Vancouver-based correspondent Ian Young about his three

Evergrande debt crisis: China’s ‘Lehman moment’ vs Xi’s ‘Common Prosperity’
2021/9/23

Mimi Lau speaks with SCMP reporter Pearl Liu about the background to the US$300 billion debt crisis

China's online gaming ban: the players, the parents and an industry reset
2021/9/15

SCMP tech journalists Xinmei Shen and Josh Ye analyse the the impact of Beijing's crackdown on onlin