A knife-wielding brawl in the southwestern province of Sichuan ended with the fatal stabbing of a man, in China’s third deadly episode in recent days. According to Chengdu police, a 35-year-old man surnamed Zhu stabbed a man on Monday afternoon after a traffic dispute. The victim died despite medical treatment. Zhu has been placed under criminal detention...
BEIJING: A girl died after falling four storeys to the ground in a shopping mall in eastern China’s Shandong province on Saturday (Nov 16). The girl had been standing near the top of an escalator, leaning on an adjacent glass panel when it gave way at about 8.30pm, according to media outlets. The accident occurred at...
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday (Nov 7) Beijing and Washington must find a way to "get along" in a message to US president-elect Donald Trump, state media reported. Trump's crushing presidential victory ushers in a new era of uncertainty in the United States and the world, and heralds a possible shift in US-China relations,...
SHANGHAI: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim begins the third day of his working visit here with a dialogue session with Chinese investors organised by Khazanah Nasional Bhd. Among the investors are Chengwei Capital and NRL Capital, according to Sinar Harian. Anwar is expected to meet several companies and hold a roundtable session with 23 industry leaders here...
SHANGHAI: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim held a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang at The Grand Halls on Tuesday (Nov 5), following up on matters concerning Malaysia and China since their last meeting in Putrajaya on June 19, 2024. During the meeting, Anwar said Malaysia is "extremely thankful” that China has been...
BEIJING: An associate professor at a prestigious university in China has posted videos of her working out in the gym to recruit chemistry PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows. Yang Xuemei, 31, from Harbin Institute of Technology’s Shenzhen campus in southern China began posting videos of herself training in gyms and showing off her muscles as “advertisements”...
BEIJING (SCMP): A young Chinese man has astonished mainland social media with his remarkable academic accomplishments, which include two postdoctoral degrees, four PhDs, four master’s degrees, and more than 20 memberships in academic organisations. Zhao Zijian, 29, sparked intense public debate after the Inner Mongolian National Culture and Art Research Institute announced his appointment as a...
BEIJING: Visitors to a new aquarium in China were left furious this week after discovering one of its top aquatic stars was a robot, despite it being marketed as such. Xiaomeisha Ocean World in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, opened on October 1 but was quickly slammed for its high prices, long queues, and poor conditions for its...
Jackson Wang's visit to the Under The Castle horror house attraction at Universal Studios Singapore's Halloween Horror Nights (USS HHN) last Saturday (Oct 12) was both a memorable experience for park visitors and the man himself. Speaking to AsiaOne recently, the 30-year-old Hong Kong pop idol recounted his experience. "That night at Under The Castle was my...
A fitness influencer in eastern China has trended on social media after he created a “lazy man mountain climbing method” by using a helium balloon to lighten the bag he carried on hikes. The Zhejiang-based blogger, surnamed Pu, released a video on Douyin of him climbing a mountain with a big white helium balloon attached to...
