Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic studies are conducted on Middle Triassic Badong Formation red beds from the South China Block (SCB). The anisotropy of high-field isothermal remanent magnetization (hf-AIR) method indicates that the characteristic remanent magnetization (ChRM) is significantly affected by inclination shallowing with a flattening factor f = 0.63. Rock magnetic analysis indicates that hematite is the main magnetic carrier with a subordinate contribution from magnetite. Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) and hf-AIR results both show a typical depositional fabrics without significant distortion from tectonic stress. The ChRM, carried by detrital hematite, has a unique negative polarity and passes the fold test at the 95% confidence level. The ChRM yields a common mean direction with that previously reported from the same section. The ChRM yields a tilt-corrected mean direction of D_s = 222.1°, I_s = ?27.2° (α₉₅ = 8.7°) and a corresponding paleomagnetic pole at 48.1°N, 215.5°E (A₉₅ = 8.4°). Combined with high quality published data (Q≥5) for the Middle Triassic, the mean paleomagnetic pole for the SCB is corrected to 48.5°N, 207.6°E with A₉₅ = 10.7° by using a flattening factor f = 0.63. Comparing this inclination shallowing-corrected mean paleomagnetic pole with Early Triassic pole for the North China Block, which has also inclination shallowing-corrected by the hf-AIR method, it shows that paleolatitudes of these two blocks at their eastern reference points are exactly compatible. This further confirms that the South and North China blocks experienced a scissors-like rotational collision during the Mesozoic times, as proposed by previous researches.