Search results

Shenzhen airport punished for poor handling of flight delays that caused angry passengers to misbehave PUBLISHED : Monday, 03 August, 2015, 10:33pm UPDATED : Monday, 03 August, 2015, 10:34pm Nectar Gan [email protected] Shenzhen Baoan International Airport failed to deal appropriately...

Guo Boxiong tried to flee China in women's clothing Staff Reporter 2015-08-01 Guo Boxiong, left, and vice chairman of the CMC Xu Qiliang. (Photo/CNS) Retired vice chair of China's Central Military Commission (CMC) Guo Boxiong reportedly boarded an airplane in women's clothing in an attempt...

Ex-PLA chief Guo Boxiong to be prosecuted for allegedly accepting bribes for promotions The former vice-chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission is the most senior military official to be investigated for corruption in the ongoing anti-graft campaign PUBLISHED : Thursday, 30 July...

Britain's Lord Sewel resigns after cocaine and prostitutes scandal AFP July 29, 2015, 1:04 am London (AFP) - A British peer who was in charge of lawmakers' ethics quit the House of Lords on Tuesday after allegedly snorting cocaine off a prostitute's breasts, fuelling calls for reform of the...

17 Chinese tourists injured in Phuket bus accident PUBLISHED : Sunday, 26 July, 2015, 8:26pm UPDATED : Sunday, 26 July, 2015, 10:57pm Mainland Chinese tourists are lead away to safety after their bus overturned in Phuket. Seventeen tourists were treated for minor injuries, while one is in a...

‘This is Sparta!’: Beijing police get hot under the collar about ‘Greek warrior’ publicity stunt PUBLISHED : Thursday, 23 July, 2015, 1:26pm UPDATED : Thursday, 23 July, 2015, 11:26pm Naomi Ng [email protected] Many of the foreigners taking part in the promotion were male models. Photo...

‘This is Sparta!’: Beijing police get hot under the collar about ‘Greek warrior’ publicity stunt PUBLISHED : Thursday, 23 July, 2015, 1:26pm UPDATED : Thursday, 23 July, 2015, 11:26pm Naomi Ng [email protected] Many of the foreigners taking part in the promotion were male models. Photo...

University librarian in China admits he replaced famed artworks with fakes for years Staff member at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts stole more than 140 paintings, worth over 100 million yuan, and sold most of them at auction. Others were doing it too, he tells court PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 21...

Chinese Accuse Qigong Spiritual Leader Of Murder Popular spiritual leader Wang Lin is accused of the kidnap and murder of a politician, who was one of his followers. 14:26 Friday 17 July 2015 Spiritual leader Wang Lin arrested. Pic: South China Morning Post A self-proclaimed master of the...

Qigong master to the stars arrested in China over disciple's murder Wang Lin had been involved in a series of disputes with Jiangxi legislator PUBLISHED : Thursday, 16 July, 2015, 10:27pm UPDATED : Thursday, 16 July, 2015, 10:29pm Li Jing [email protected] Arrested: the qigong master Wang...

China arrests 20 British and South African tourists for 'watching terrorist propaganda videos' Authorities will release 11 travellers, but others will be held without charge at detention centre in Inner Mongolia, says South African charity Gift of the Givers Foundation PUBLISHED : Wednesday...

Nearly 75 per cent of China’s big cities fail to meet air quality standards PUBLISHED : Monday, 13 July, 2015, 4:39pm UPDATED : Monday, 13 July, 2015, 11:35pm Reuters and Li Jing Nineteen cities on the mainland passed air quality standards every day last month, compared to five in June last...

Gang activity poses 'serious threat' in Guangdong China Daily, July 10, 2015 A senior police officer is urging cities and counties in Guangdong province to establish task forces to fight violent gangs involved in drugs, crime, counterfeiting and vote-buying in local elections. A police...

A programmer for China’s State Post Bureau was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday for stealing and selling the personal information of over 150,000 people. He was able to steal the information due to his employment position that required him to work on an information database there. The...

Mainland Chinese woman, 18, who had sex on Hong Kong street, given one-year probation PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 July, 2015, 10:58am UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 July, 2015, 5:35pm Thomas Chan [email protected] A mainland Chinese woman was today sentenced to one year of probation for having...

Oskar Groening trial : Prosecutors seek jail for Bookkeeper of Auschwitz AAP Date July 8, 2015 - 3:00AM Defendant and former Nazi SS officer Oskar Groening, dubbed the 'bookkeeper of Auschwitz', sits in the courtroom prior to the continuation of his trial in Lueneburg, Germany. Photo...

Chinese firm tells women staff to only get pregnant 'according to agreed schedule' PUBLISHED : Friday, 03 July, 2015, 12:15pm UPDATED : Friday, 03 July, 2015, 8:05pm Ellis Liang [email protected] The credit union said it was worried that too many women staff would fall pregnant at the...