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As we greet the New Year and wave goodbye to 2018, we would like to refresh your memories of the diverse range of stories the graphics team tackled. We look forward to evolving in the year ahead, but in the meantime here are some shortlists for the best of our visual stories from 2018

Most viewed stories These are our five most visited stories from January to mid December

JULY 2018:

Forbidden City, chapter 4 Life inside the Forbidden City: how women were selected for service By Marcelo Duhalde VISIT JULY 2018:

Breaking, Thai cave boys How the Thai cave rescue mission unfolded Graphics Team VISIT JULY 2018:

Forbidden City, chapter 5 How an army of eunuchs ran the Forbidden City BY Marcelo Duhalde VISIT AUGUST 2018:

Forbidden City, chapter 6 In the Forbidden City, being the emperor didn’t equate to a life of limitless power BY Marcelo Duhalde VISIT JULY 2018:

Breaking, Thai cave boys Thai cave boys: what are the rescue options? Graphics Team VISIT Previous Next 1 2 3 4 5

A year of publishing online Most of our projects have separate versions for online and print which affects how we schedule our releases. This is how our team managed the online publications

Evergreen top five It’s not just about instant page views. Some of the stories we created this year might have less impressive launch metrics but remain popular with readers long after their initial release. Here are five evergreen stories with which our readers continue to engage:

AUGUST 2018:

The arcade The renewed South China Morning Post Infographics Arcade GRAPHICS Team VISIT OCTOBER 2018:

AIRPLANE PATHS Why the world’s flight paths

are such a mess BY MARCO HERNANDEZ VISIT MAY 2018:

China Ship, chapter 1 The discovery of the roundtrip and the beginning of globalisation By Adolfo Arranz VISIT AUGUST 2018:

China’s overseas base How Djibouti took the spotlight

on the global stage By Dennis Wong VISIT MAY 2018:

Forbidden City, Chapter 1 The origins of Beijing’s

Forbidden City By Marco Hernandez VISIT Previous Next 1 2 3 4 5

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The creator’s favourites And because we are a happy team family, we asked our content creators to choose which of their own stories they are most proud of. And, in no particular order, here they are:

MAY 2018:

HK weather How Hong Kong’s weather is getting hotter and more extreme Pick by Pablo Robles VISIT AUGUST 2018:

Shooters The faces behind the trigger Pick by Marcelo Duhalde VISIT MAY 2018:

China Ship, Chapter 3 A journey of dread Pick by Adolfo Arranz VISIT OCTOBER 2018:

MIC2025 -Aviation Can ‘MIC 2025’ help turn

China’s aerospace industry into a world leader? Pick by Dennis Wong VISIT AUGUST 2018:

MIC2025 -Electric cars The stones in the road for China’s 2025 plan on electric vehicles Pick by Marco Hernandez VISIT Previous Next 1 2 3 4 5

The numbers The timeline for 2018 shows when views of our visual stories peaked