PETALING JAYA: National coaching director Rexy Mainaky wants more from the back-up shuttlers in the national team. Without specifying any players, Rexy believes his charges need to aim to win more titles instead of just being satisfied with improving their rankings. “Our back-up players need to adopt a winning mentality rather than just think about surviving in...
BEIJING: China on Dec 22 unveiled new draft rules for online video games, imposing strict rules on players' spending as Beijing continues to tighten regulations for the sector. Online games need to set spending limits and ban daily login rewards, according to the draft rules released by the National Press and Publication Administration on Friday. The draft rules...
SHANGHAI: China on Dec 22 announced new plans to restrict the online gaming industry, sending shares in tech giants including Tencent tumbling. New draft restrictions published online by the regulator are aimed at limiting in-game purchases and compulsive playing behaviour. Following the news, Tencent dropped over 10% in Hong Kong, while rival Netease was down more than 20%. Beijing...
Canadian-Chinese singer Kris Wu (吳亦凡) is currently serving a 13-year sentence in China, after being convicted of rape and group licentiousness. Through social media posts, influencer Du Meizhu (都美竹) had accused Kris of sexual assault which resulted in the singer’s subsequent investigation and imprisonment. Recently a ghostwriter named Xu posted on social media claiming to be the writer behind Du Meizhu’s (都美竹)...
Beijing health authorities are investigating the leak of a medical report of the late Hong Kong actress Kathy Chow. Kathy died at the age of 57 on Monday (Dec 11) and the news was announced by her studio on Tuesday night. The report, which AsiaOne will not share due to privacy concerns, came from the emergency department of...
Rainie Yang calls people from Henan liars Rainie Yang recently made a joke that did not go down well among the people of Henan in China. The 39-year-old Taiwanese singer was performing in the city of Zhengzhou in the province on Dec 9 when, according to reports, a couple in the audience were caught on camera kissing. Rainie was...
Zhao Lusi dressed in an exquisite orange-yellow costume complete with wings, her phoenix-like aura exciting viewers and fans. Slated to premier on December 11, fantasy drama The Last Immortal <神隱> starring post-95 actresses Rosy Zhao Lusi (趙露思) and Wang Anyu (王安宇) has hit the 3 million reservations mark, and is eagerly anticipated by fans. Being the actress’s first foray into the fantasy drama...
SAN FRANCISCO: Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated that his country will stick to a path of peaceful development as he wrapped his first visit to the US in six years, having eased tensions between the world’s top two economies. "The fundamental goal of China’s development is to improve the well-being of the Chinese people, not to...
BEIJING (AFP): Twenty-six people have died and dozens were sent to hospital after a fire tore through a building in northern China's Shanxi province on Thursday (Nov 16), state media reported. The fire started at a four-storey building belonging to the Yongju coal company in Shanxi province's Luliang city at around 6.50am local time, state media...
BEIJING (Reuters): Three people were killed and one injured after a structural collapse at a fitness club in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, local officials said on Tuesday (Nov 7). Government officials and state media said seven people were in the Yuecheng Fitness Gymnasium in Jiamusi city, Huanan County, when it collapsed late on Monday. Officials said rescue...
