BEIJING (SCMP): A Chinese woman was brutally beaten and blinded by her husband two months after they married because she refused to fund his gaming habit. The woman, known as Lao Chunxue, 28, from Inner Mongolia in northern China, met her husband, surnamed Xie, who is two years older than her, through an introduction by a...
BEIJING: Middle-aged wives in China are participating in “sex appeal training camps” designed to teach them seduction techniques as a means to discourage their husbands from cheating. In July, a group of women convened in the eastern city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province for a two-day programme that charged each participant 2,999 yuan (US$420). A poster advertising...
KUALA LUMPUR: The trade volume between Malaysia and China for the first seven months of this year reached US$117.52bil (RM549.84bil), says China's Ambassador to Malaysia, Ouyang Yujing. The Chinese Embassy in Malaysia reported a 10.8% increase compared to the same period last year. Furthermore, he said China’s non-financial direct investment in Malaysia has grown to US$1.28bil (RM5.99bil),...
So much better than just giving their employees stress. Ever heard of job perks? China-based media company Mediastorm has definitely taken these perks to the next level. A screenshot of the CEO of Mediastorm’s text to his employees has recently gone viral on Chinese social media sites with almost 14 mil views. It read: “As usual, everyone will be given an...
Though the boy has since dropped out of school, his mum still considers it a win. It seems the school of hard knocks didn’t turn out the way one mum in China wanted it to. In an interview with the South China Morning Post (SCMP), a woman surnamed Deng said she had encouraged her 17-year-old son Shen...
Super Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit Asia this year, has left a path of destruction across southern China, Philippines and Vietnam. The storm wreaked havoc in northern Vietnam on September 7, triggering landslides and floods that have left over 65 people dead, and over 750 injured. As the affected cities cope with the aftermath of the calamity,...
BEIJING: A woman in China proudly became a grandmother at the age of 36 after her 18-year-old son welcomed his first child, igniting a heated debate across the country about early marriage and parenthood. The young grandmother, surnamed Liu, hails from Huizhou city in southern China’s Guangdong province and works in the interior decorating industry. On Aug...
BEIJING: A woman in China proudly became a grandmother at the age of 36 after her 18-year-old son welcomed his first child, igniting a heated debate across the country about early marriage and parenthood. The young grandmother, surnamed Liu, hails from Huizhou city in southern China’s Guangdong province and works in the interior decorating industry. On Aug...
BEIJING: A boy in eastern China dropped out of school after earning 10,000 yuan (US$1,400) in just 10 days, a decision influenced by his mother, who initially encouraged him to sell snacks to instil an understanding of hard work and its inherent challenges. In an interview with the Post, the mother, surnamed Deng, said she concocted...
BEIJING: A nursery school in China fired its principal because she accepted a small box of chocolates, worth US$0.85, from a pupil. Wang, the head of Sanxia Kindergarten in Chongqing, southwestern China, took legal action against her former employer after being dismissed in September last year, reported China National Radio. Surveillance footage of the nursery showed a...
