BEIJING: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, the King of Malaysia, graciously took time to meet with the Malaysian diaspora in China. Sultan Ibrahim, who is on his maiden state visit to the republic from Sept 19 to 22 at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, attended the reception held at a hotel here at 10am on Saturday...
Hong Kong singer Andy Lau defied the odds of getting injured again during one of his recent Beijing concerts last week. While belting out his hit ‘Truly Forever’, the 62-year-old was seen nearly missing a step while on a circular platform that lifted him about five meters to the ceiling. Videos posted online also heard concertgoers gasp in fear at what they...
The actress' cause of death was revealed in a statement by her sister, who also shared that Kathy's multiple pets will remain in Beijing and will be cared for by friends. The circumstances surrounding the death of HK actress Kathy Chow, who passed away earlier this month (Dec 11) at the age of 57, has finally been...
Seriously, the next time you want to meet a celeb, maybe spring for those business class tickets. Some people really have all the luck when it comes to running into celebs during their travels. A netizen recently took a super clear picture of Jackson Wang, 29, in his business class seat on a flight to China. And if one doesn’t share such encounters...
Those who arrived in outfits sporting rainbow motifs were asked to change their clothes on the spot, no thanks to the country's strict anti-LGBTQ laws. Fans of Taiwanese pop diva A-mei, 50, will know she is a huge advocate for gender equality and LGBTQ rights. However, at her recent concert in Beijing, her fans were not allowed to show their...
French President Emmanuel Macron began a series of meetings with Chinese leaders in Beijing on Thursday (April 6) on a visit with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen that could set a course for the bloc's future relations with China after years of strained ties. Newly-appointed Premier Li Qiang greeted Macron at the Great Hall of...
China’s capital Beijing has dialled up measures to stop Covid-19, strengthening public checks and locking down some residential compounds after a quadrupling of its case load in recent weeks, just as a key Communist Party congress entered full swing. The city of 21 million people on Thursday reported 18 new locally transmitted cases for the previous...
China's Miniso Group has apologised for promoting itself as a Japanese-style brand and said it would make changes across its stores to rectify this, becoming the latest retailer to respond to a surge in patriotism among Chinese shoppers. The company, which has over 5,000 stores in China and abroad, has for years described itself as "a...
In Madrid, Spain, protesters hold Ukrainian flags and placards during a protest against Russian invasion of Ukraine. Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares held a phone meeting “about the consequences of the war in Ukraine and the means to end it” with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday.Reuters Beijing has been going its “own way”...
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was on hand on Tuesday (Feb 8) to watch China's Eileen Gu as she won gold in the Big Air competition in Beijing to put the host nation at the top of the medals table. Peng, who could be seen in the stands wearing a black knit hat with the Olympic...
