Releasing its latest teaser, the second season to popular web drama Joy of Life <慶餘年> has attracted 11.72 million views in just 2 days. Besides showing Sweet Li (李沁) in a stunning wedding outfit, an epic battle of wits between Zhang Ruoyun (張若昀), Chen Daoming (陳道明) and Wu Gang (吳剛), is balanced by several humorous scenes, while the addition of supporting actresses Gina Jin (金晨), Wang Churan (王楚然) and Mao...
A new report from The New York Times sheds light on how Chinese investors, aided by Binance, acquired a Texas mining facility. A 23-year-old Chinese national and NYU student, Jerry Yu, appears to be the majority owner of a Texas-based crypto mining facility BitRush, which was backed by $6 million in Tether (USDT) by undisclosed Chinese investors,...
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping (pic) vowed on Tuesday (Dec 26) to resolutely prevent anyone from "splitting Taiwan from China in any way", the official Xinhua news agency reported, a little more than two weeks before Taiwan elects a new leader. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, despite the strong objections of the government in...
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...
