The Chinese Internet was abuzz on Sept 13 after popular Chinese stars Wu Jinyan and Hong Yao dropped their surprise announcement: They are married. The pair shared the news at the same time on their respective Weibo accounts on Sept 13 with the same two photos: a picture of their marriage certificates and a shot of...
KUALA LUMPUR: The trade volume between Malaysia and China for the first seven months of this year reached US$117.52bil (RM549.84bil), says China's Ambassador to Malaysia, Ouyang Yujing. The Chinese Embassy in Malaysia reported a 10.8% increase compared to the same period last year. Furthermore, he said China’s non-financial direct investment in Malaysia has grown to US$1.28bil (RM5.99bil),...
BEIJING: A woman in China proudly became a grandmother at the age of 36 after her 18-year-old son welcomed his first child, igniting a heated debate across the country about early marriage and parenthood. The young grandmother, surnamed Liu, hails from Huizhou city in southern China’s Guangdong province and works in the interior decorating industry. On Aug...
Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau gave fans a scare after taking a tumble during his Today... Is The Day tour in Shenzhen, China, on Monday (Sept 9). In multiple videos that have gone viral on Chinese social media, Lau was seen walking along the stage while serenading fans with his song, Nan Ren Ku Ba Bu Shi...
Zhang Ziyi stunned many with her red carpet look from Gucci at the 81st Venice Film Festival closing ceremony on Saturday (Sept 7), but was also stunned onstage herself, and not in a good way. The 45-year-old Chinese actress, who served as one of the jury members at the event, presented the Volpi Cup for Best...
BEIJING: A boy in eastern China dropped out of school after earning 10,000 yuan (US$1,400) in just 10 days, a decision influenced by his mother, who initially encouraged him to sell snacks to instil an understanding of hard work and its inherent challenges. In an interview with the Post, the mother, surnamed Deng, said she concocted...
LIANYUNGANG: With most crimes today often committed by international syndicates, countries must recognise this as a common threat and work hand-in-hand to combat it, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Deputy Prime Minister pointed out that national efforts alone would not be enough to combat transnational crime; it demands strong international collaboration. Law enforcement agencies,...
BEIJING: A nursery school in China fired its principal because she accepted a small box of chocolates, worth US$0.85, from a pupil. Wang, the head of Sanxia Kindergarten in Chongqing, southwestern China, took legal action against her former employer after being dismissed in September last year, reported China National Radio. Surveillance footage of the nursery showed a...
PETALING JAYA: Musang King Durians from Malaysia are being sold at RM350 per fruit in China, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu. "This is what I saw during my visit to Shenzen, China. All the durians were sold off within a couple of hours," he wrote in a Facebook post on Monday (Aug 26). The Agriculture and Food...
Malaysia’s first shipment of fresh durian to the giant China market has arrived, vying for demand from eager consumers who are used to buying the spiky and pungent fruit from Thailand and Vietnam. Deputy agriculture and food security minister Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup said on Saturday that exporters had begun shipping 40 tonnes of fresh durian...
