China is scheduled to launch an unmanned probe to Mars on Thursday, aiming to demonstrate its technological prowess as it makes a bid for global leadership in space with its first independent mission to visit another planet. The probe, due to blast off on the Long March 5 Y-4 rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre...
Music survival show Youth With You <青春有你> has officially started its casting call for season three, and fans are less than pleased. The music group competition show, which started in 2018 as Idol Producer <偶像练习生>, is known for producing some of the industry’s most popular rising stars, most notably Idol Producer’s Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤). Idol Producer debuted the boy group Nine Percent, which disbanded 18...
Wow. I can’t even! Just when you thought we’ve made great strides forward when it comes to shame tactics in the workplace, someone has to come and prove otherwise. Today, Produce 101 winner and former Rocket Girls member Yamy released a statement detailing the verbal abuse she suffered in the hands of her boss Xu Mingchao. Turns out him constantly bringing her...
When South Korean girl group Miss A disbanded after seven years in 2017, disappointed fans yearned to fill the void in their hearts. Throughout the years, they looked forward to the possibility of a reunion or interaction between the four ladies who went their separate ways after the group split. Their wish finally came true not too...
When Liam Mak Wai-hon began a part-time bartending job at a steakhouse in Hong Kong’s Tsuen Wan earlier this year, he did not sense anything amiss at work. Mak, born a female, started his hormone treatment in around August last year to embark on his transition to becoming a man. Boasting a stylish comb-over, and a totem...
The Trump administration is considering banning travel to the United States by all members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday, a move that would worsen already tense US-China relations. Senior officials discussing the matter have begun circulating a draft of a possible presidential order, but...
With a wire birdcage hanging from his safety harness, Wu Yufeng climbed a 36-metre electricity pylon and fixed the cage, with an artificial bird's nest inside, to the top. Wu, who works for the China Southern Power Grid subsidiary in Hainan province, has made about 60 such installations over the last three years. "We've just placed six...
Maintaining in career in both China and South Korea, GOT7’s Hong Kong member Jackson Wang (王嘉爾) is in currently on hiatus due to travel restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, that hasn’t stopped him from pursuing new goals, including a fitness goal. Debuting a shirtless look on the cover of SuperELLE, Jackson has been spending his time working out, building...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kong’s special status under US law to punish China for what he called “oppressive actions” against the former British colony, prompting Beijing to warn of retaliatory sanctions. Citing China’s decision to enact a new national security law for Hong Kong, Trump signed an executive order that he...
Talent competitions are always a treat to watch but if there’s one thing I really hate about them, it’s the eliminations. It’s always heart wrenching to watch contestants who’ve become super close saying goodbye to each other you know? After watching “sister” Shen Mengchen say a tearful goodbye to her team mates Wang Feifei and Wan Qian in the latest episode of Sister Who...
