Hong Kong parents should also have the option of BioNTech jabs for their younger children, the head of the city's pharmacists association has suggested ahead of a Monday (Nov 15) meeting expected to determine if children as young as three will be allowed to take the Sinovac vaccine. Sinovac's mainland Chinese manufacturer last month applied to...
The focus of China's Singles' Day shopping festival should shift from a "traffic and sales war" to one of science and technology, a state-backed newspaper said on Friday (Nov 12), describing the "worship of turnover" as incompatible with China's new development path. The article in the Securities Daily comes a day after the annual shopping blitz...
China's State Council said there had been some improvements in the country's ecological situation since the launch of its anti-pollution campaign.Reuters China has a "long way to go" on environmental protection, its State Council acknowledged on Sunday (Nov 7), as it announced an "in-depth" fight against pollution with new targets for cleaner air and water, and...
Amid sweeping funeral reforms to phase out ground burials, authorities in a remote town in southern China have dug up the body of an elderly woman for cremation after her son gave her a traditional burial, the Chuncheng Evening News reported on Tuesday (Nov 2). A villager surnamed Yang from Datang township of Pingtang county, Guizhou province, southern...
Generating plenty of online buzz since premier with its star cast of 33 male celebrities including actors, singers and rappers, reality show Call Me By Fire <披荊斬棘的哥哥> aired its finale on October 29, announcing the winning line-up of 17 stars! Winning Contestants The male version of Sisters Who Make Waves <乘風破浪的姐姐>, the reality talent show saw celebrities above 30 – the...
Appearing in popular variety shows such as Viva La Romance 2<妻子的浪漫旅行> and Call Me by Fire <披荊斬棘的哥哥>, Chilam Cheung (張智霖) continues to maintain popularity in the Greater China Region. His playful, yet authentic interaction with his wife Anita Yuen (袁詠儀) is often the dream content for reality shows. In an earlier episode of talk show Three Sisters <串椒3姊妹>, Chilam shared his marriage dynamics with hosts Margie Tsang (曾華倩), Cutie...
The P4 laboratory of Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen behind a fence during the visit by the World Health Organisation (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on Feb 3, 2021.Reuters file A declassified US intelligence report saying it was plausible that the Covid-19 pandemic...
Actress Zheng Shuang (left) was fined US$46 million (S$61.8 million) for tax evasion and her ex-partner Zhang Heng was fined US$5 million for abetting the crime.Weibo The former partner of Zheng Shuang, who has run afoul of Chinese regulators, was fined more than 32 million yuan (S$6.7 million) on Monday (Oct 17) for helping the disgraced...
A handout photo. Textbook publisher embarrassed by insect mix-up.South China Morning Post A Chinese father lay down in the middle of a road begging police to detain him because his daughter could not solve a simple mathematics calculation. The man, a resident of Kunshan in Jiangsu eastern China, said he felt “so angry and so helpless” that...
Beneath the glitz and glamour, many celebrities in showbiz have secrets they’d prefer to keep close to their chests. But in some instances, the past can come back to haunt certain people. As seen in the list below, some of these famous A-listers from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and even Japan apparently have close connection to triads. ...
