WASHINGTON: While Donald Trump hailed the outcome of trade talks in London, Xi Jinping walked away with an understated strategic gain: a negotiating process that buys China time and helps defuse the threat of more harmful tariffs and technology curbs. Shortly after two days of negotiations wrapped, Trump declared Wednesday (June 11) on social media that...
Young women in southern China are spending 99 yuan (US$14) to relax with fit, handsome men who treat them to luxury car rides after work. According to the mainland media outlet Vista Hydrogen Business, a new trend called “city ride” is gaining traction in cities like Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Xiamen. This service features so-called “man bodhisattvas,” who...
BEIJING: (Bernama-dpa) The United States and China have made progress in resolving differences on their economies and trade, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said in Beijing on Thursday (June 12) without providing details, German Press Agency (dpa) reported. Lin was speaking after US President Donald Trump said that a trade agreement that would include Chinese...
Curious netizens have found out that the singer, Pan Hongyue, first gained popularity in 2009 for competing in a Chinese singing programme. Those who caught Lady Gaga's Singapore concerts at the National Stadium last month would have experienced first-hand just how amazing of a performer the 39-year-old pop star is. What if we told you there is a 'fake Lady Gaga'...
BEIJING: Cao Yalin, a girl from Sanjiang Dong autonomous county, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, who suffers from myasthenia gravis, entered the examination venue on her father's back to take the national college entrance examination, or gaokao, on Saturday (June 7), Chinanews.com reported. Before entering, Cao hugged her father tightly, whispering gratitude: "Dad, thank you for all...
TOKYO: Japan said Tuesday (June 10) that two Chinese aircraft carriers had been seen operating in the Pacific for the first time as Beijing boosts its military capability in far-flung areas. On Monday (June 9), China's Shandong carrier and four other vessels, including a missile destroyer, sailed inside the Japanese economic waters surrounding the remote Pacific...
It seems that simply confiscating mobile phones doesn’t cut it these days. At a middle school in China, seven students who repeatedly brought their phones to school, despite being told countless times not to, were made to destroy them by tossing them into a pail of water. If you think furious parents stormed the school demanding twist,...
BEIJING: In the first five months of this year, the customs of two major airports in Beijing processed departure tax refund applications for overseas travellers totalling approximately 478 million yuan (about US$66.52 million), up 91.61 per cent year-on-year, setting a new record high for the same period in history, according to Beijing Customs. From January to...
SEOUL: A new Boeing 737 MAX landed back in China on Monday (June 9), flight tracking data showed, a sign the US planemaker was resuming deliveries to Chinese customers as Beijing and Washington ease their tariff war. Boeing, which halted deliveries of new planes to China in April as the world's two largest economies ramped up...
A growing number of young women in China are shelling out 50 yuan (US$7) for five-minute stress-relieving hugs from “man mums”. The so-called man mums are a trending group on mainland social media. The term originally described muscular gym-goers but it now refers to men who combine physical strength with traditionally feminine traits like gentleness and patience. A...
