2018 in visuals: South China Morning Post’s infographic highlights

December, 2018

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

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

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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

The numbers

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

Merry Xmas
and
Happy New Year 2019!

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