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One up to foreigners for their balls. Sue the Metro! Passenger sues Beijing subway operator after his leg was broken by rush-hour crowd PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 09 June, 2015, 5:43pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 09 June, 2015, 5:43pm Angela Meng [email protected] Beijing's subway system is...

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Monk goes shopping with 200,000 coins PUBLISHED : Thursday, 21 May, 2015, 4:35pm UPDATED : Thursday, 21 May, 2015, 4:35pm Celine Sun [email protected] A monk in Shanghai paid for new water heaters with a load of 10-fen coins that weighed nearly three quarters of a tonne. The nearly...

Alibaba slammed for ‘porn’ help-wanted ad By Chen Heying Source: Global Times Published: 2015-5-5 0:23:01 Netizens cry foul over call for adult actress look-alikes to ‘motivate’ teams Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba recently withdrew a recruitment advertisement for "computer programmer...

'They wanted $130,000 ... and then more': explosive Bali nine bribe allegations Date April 27, 2015 - 4:45AM Tom Allard National Affairs Editor EXCLUSIVE The former lawyer of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran has outlined explosive allegations of corruption by the judges that sentenced the...

'They wanted $130,000 ... and then more': explosive Bali nine bribe allegations Date April 27, 2015 - 4:45AM Tom Allard National Affairs Editor EXCLUSIVE The former lawyer of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran has outlined explosive allegations of corruption by the judges that sentenced the...

Chinese mistress accused of slaying ex-lover’s wife and grandson, 4, with garden shears PUBLISHED : Thursday, 02 April, 2015, 11:47am UPDATED : Thursday, 02 April, 2015, 9:07pm Agence France-Presse in Melbourne Cai Xia Liao, 45, is pictured in the back of a police car, in this scene shot by...

11 detained in int'l marriage scam in east China Xinhua, March 27, 2015 Police in east China's Jiangxi Province have detained 11 suspects for involvement in an international marriage scam in which Vietnamese women were used to swindle money from local villagers, authorities said Friday. The...

Dutch seek five-year jail term for horsemeat scandal trader AFP March 25, 2015, 4:46 am Dutch prosecutors demanded Tuesday a five-year sentence for a local meat wholesaler suspected of being a key player in Europe's massive 2013 horsemeat scandal. Prosecutors accused Willy Selten of forging...

No more lavish staff weddings or funerals for staff at oil giant Sinopec: Chinese authorities A new directive states that the number of guests at the wedding or funeral of any middle-level or high-level Sinopec employee must be not exceed 150, the oil company’s official website reported...

Boy starts car, nearly runs over baby in Beijing shopping mall By Dong Zhen | March 9, 2015, Monday | Online Edition A young boy nearly ran over a baby when he started a car that was being displayed in a shopping mall in Beijing on Saturday, Beijing Morning Post reported today. Witnesses...

Hungary to ban shopping on most Sundays AP March 9, 2015, 8:27 pm Hungarians have taken advantage of the last opportunity to shop on Sundays before new regulations kick in greatly limiting opening hours for most stores. Starting March 15, stores can only open between 6am and 10pm and are...

Great Firewall rises: darkness descends as China tightens online censorship Hopes fade for innovation economy as mainland tightens censorship online and in classrooms PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 18 February, 2015, 3:01am UPDATED : Wednesday, 18 February, 2015, 11:57am Associated Press in Beijing...

How the stormy career of Anwar Ibrahim gripped Malaysia Could Malaysia's opposition draw strength from the imprisonment of its leader Anwar Ibrahim? He has bounced back from adversity before PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 10 February, 2015, 11:21pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 10 February, 2015, 11:29pm Agence...

Confucius Institutes ban Taiwanese from expat teacher list Luo Yin-chong and Staff Reporter 2015-02-02 A woman poses among plastic Confucius dolls in Taipei, Dec. 23, 2014. (Photo/Xinhua) The Confucius Institute, China's international network of Chinese-language teaching institutions...

Police probe tourist assault The Nation January 30, 2015 1:00 am Police are investigating a case in which 20 employees of a go-kart course in Chon Buri's Bang Lamung district assaulted four Kuwaiti tourists on Wednesday. The victims aged 18-20 sustained bruises and were sent for medical...

Chinese police officials under probe after allegedly assaulting journalists at 'secretive' luxury dinner PUBLISHED : Monday, 26 January, 2015, 4:10pm UPDATED : Monday, 26 January, 2015, 4:24pm Chris Luo [email protected] The diners are seen walking out of the seafood restaurant in this...

Censors close WeChat accounts for ‘spreading distorted historical information’ Over 130 accounts on the mobile phone messaging service shut down PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 20 January, 2015, 11:43am UPDATED : Tuesday, 20 January, 2015, 10:49pm [email protected] Regulators alleged the WeChat...

Interpol issues global 'wanted' notice for ex-Ukraine leader Yanukovych AFP January 13, 2015, 2:58 am Lyon (AFP) - Interpol issued a global wanted "red notice" for former Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych on Monday. Yanukovych, 64, is wanted for misappropriation of funds and embezzlement...

Chinese passengers yank open moving plane's emergency doors after row with pilot PUBLISHED : Sunday, 11 January, 2015, 3:14am UPDATED : Sunday, 11 January, 2015, 12:08pm Adrian Wan [email protected] The plane's emergency exits were forced open. Passengers on a flight to Beijing yanked...