Search results

Man climbs electrical tower and threatens to jump after wife refuses to have second child PUBLISHED : Sunday, 24 January, 2016, 2:32pm UPDATED : Sunday, 24 January, 2016, 2:33pm He Huifeng [email protected] The suicidal father climbs the transmission tower in a rural part of China’s east...

Hong Kong demands answers from mainland Chinese police after five booksellers go missing Protests held on Sunday outside Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong amid fears that five men may have been secretly apprehended by mainland agents PUBLISHED : Sunday, 03 January, 2016, 6:14pm UPDATED ...

Chinese fugitive apprehended despite plastic surgery to avoid police Source: Xinhua Published: 2015-12-18 0:41:52 Police in east China's Jiangxi Province said Thursday they had nabbed a fugitive in Thailand who received plastic surgery to evade police. The fugitive, surnamed He, was captured...

China recommends life term for wife of disgraced official Bo Xilai Reuters December 14, 2015, 4:48 pm A combination of two photographs shows British businessman Neil Heywood (L) in Beijing, May 26, 2010, and Gu Kailai, wife of China's former Chongqing Municipality Communist Party Secretary...

Authority apologizes for confiscating swimmer's clothes CRI, December 8, 2015 The Urban Management Bureau in the city of Sanya in Hainan has been forced to issue an apology after confiscating a swimmer's clothes. A photo taken around 8pm on December 4, 2015 shows Bi Guosheng standing in...

Transgender in China: secrets and surgery AFP November 10, 2015, 3:48 am Beijing (AFP) - At home her son still calls her daddy, at work she dresses in a masculine style, but this Chinese person has a "little secret" -- she was born male, but is not any more. She had long identified as a...

Woman’s face turns purple and swells up after eating wild vegetables and standing in sun PUBLISHED : Sunday, 01 November, 2015, 4:17pm UPDATED : Sunday, 01 November, 2015, 6:54pm Mimi Lau in Guangzhou [email protected] The woman recovers in hospital in Xiangyang city. Photo: SCMP Pictures...

Chinese diplomat and husband held by Cebu police over double-fatal Philippines restaurant shooting which injured official formerly posted to Hong Kong claim diplomatic immunity Guo Jing and her partner Li Qingliang have invoked immunity as authorities try to piece together how a staff...

Chinese diplomat and husband held by Cebu police over double-fatal Philippines restaurant shooting which injured official formerly posted to Hong Kong claim diplomatic immunity Guo Jing and her partner Li Qingliang have invoked immunity as authorities try to piece together how a staff lunch...

Exposing shoddy 'tofu': China's eco-research to clean rivers and lakes squandered billions in funds Investigators find ¥34 billion fund, aimed at cleaner rivers and lakes, is being squandered PUBLISHED : Sunday, 04 October, 2015, 11:18pm UPDATED : Monday, 05 October, 2015, 7:17pm Li Jing...

Smoking gun: one in three young men in China will die from tobacco, study says Mainland labour force and public health system will face severe strain in the future unless smokers get help now to kick the habit, studies warn PUBLISHED : Friday, 09 October, 2015, 11:49am UPDATED : Saturday, 10...

Deadly Typhoon Dujuan slams into Chinese mainland after claiming two lives in Taiwan as 219km/h winds batter island At least two people have been killed after the strong winds struck Taiwan, while hundreds of others were injured and hundreds of thousands were left without power or water...

Senior suffers eye injury after mistaking glue for eye drop Shanghai Daily, September 28, 2015 Doctors warned elderly people not to take eye drops randomly without consulting professionals and must be cautious while using eye drops after a 62-year-old local woman suffered eye injury after...

Logging off: Chinese internet celebrity Guo Meimei jailed for five years for running illegal casinos She was arrested by Beijing police in July last year – one month after suggesting on her microblog she 'could play a role' in the soccer 2014 World Cup that was just about to start PUBLISHED ...

Myanmar sentences 153 Chinese illegal loggers to life imprisonment Embassy in Yangon says it has launched representations over 'too heavy' sentences PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 22 July, 2015, 11:50pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 22 July, 2015, 11:50pm Reuters in Yangon and Staff Reporter Regions along...