SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Two businessmen living in Singapore since 2021 have been placed on the wanted list in China for their involvement in a cross-border online gambling syndicate. Su Shuiming and Su Shuijun were first added to the list in September 2023, just weeks after the Commercial Affairs Department led a police operation that saw...
KUALA LUMPUR: A delegation of senior officials of the PKR led by its vice-president, Nurul Izzah Anwar, on Tuesday (May 14), met with the Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Liu Jianchao, in Beijing. According to an article published on the International Department of the CPC Central Committee...
Authorities in China have arrested six individuals suspected of engaging in illicit cryptocurrency transactions amounting to 2.94 billion yuan — worth roughly $300 million. According to a May 10 report by local media outlet Chinanews, the suspects were taken into custody by The Public Security Bureau of Panshi in the Northeast Chinese province of Jilin. The authorities claim...
PETALING JAYA: A groom in China was seen bawling the moment a white butterfly landed on his coat as he believed it was his recently departed grandmother, signalling her "presence” at his wedding. In a video shared by the South China Morning Post, the man dressed in a suit for his nuptials was giving his speech...
The Taiwanese singer was actually down with a serious case of gastroenteritis, but finished her set before seeking medical attention. Taiwanese singer Angela Chang, 42, was recently in Kunshan, China, for a performance alongside other stars. Despite feeling unwell that day, Angela stayed on to complete her set, even holding an umbrella while performing to shelter herself from the rain. Following the...
BEIJING (The Straits Times/ANN): At least 18 people were stuck upside down in mid-air after a theme park ride in Chongqing froze on May 4. They were left hanging for about two to three minutes before park employees got the ride moving again, local media reported. While no one was injured, some riders felt dizzy, it said. Videos...
BEIJING (Reuters): China's military took necessary measures to warn Australia, the foreign ministry in Beijing said, after Australia said a Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian military helicopter during an "unsafe" confrontation over the Yellow Sea. "The Australian military aircraft flew near China's airspace in a threatening way," said Lin Jian, a spokesperson for China's foreign...
BEIJING (AFP): Two people were dead and 21 wounded after a man went on a stabbing spree at a hospital in southwest China on Tuesday, local officials said. "A knife attack occurred at the Chengnan Hospital in Zhenxiong County, which resulted in two deaths and 21 injuries," a statement on the county's official WeChat account said. The...
BEIJING (The Straits Times/ANN): Two “panda dogs” have been delighting and perplexing visitors of a zoo in China since a dedicated enclosure opened to the public on May 1. Videos of the animals posted online confused netizens, some of whom mistook them for real pandas, with others asking whether “panda dog” was a real breed. And while...
CHENGDU: World No. 15 Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani walked out of the court with their heads hung low while China’s camp erupted in sheer joy. Sze Fei-Izzuddin had to win to save the tie but went down fighting 21-18, 19-21, 12-21 to world No. 11 He Jiting-Ren Xiangyu in the second doubles in 63 minutes...
