BEIJING: As the cosmetic surgery industry continues to thrive in China many celebrities have taken advantage of a so-called nip and tuck. However, few openly admit to having work done because it can hurt their public image. Often, their pre-fame photos surface, leading to speculation about whether they have gone under the knife. The Post turns the spotlight...
A fitness influencer in eastern China has trended on social media after he created a “lazy man mountain climbing method” by using a helium balloon to lighten the bag he carried on hikes. The Zhejiang-based blogger, surnamed Pu, released a video on Douyin of him climbing a mountain with a big white helium balloon attached to...
A father in southern China made his three young children kneel in the middle of a busy road in a bid to force the return of his estranged wife, sparking outrage on mainland social media. On Aug 15, a police officer in Foshan, Guangdong province, discovered the youngsters during a patrol. They were all under the age...
The boss of a charity organisation in China has been accused of seeking sexual favours from a desperate mother in exchange for donations to help her seriously ill child. A female charity worker, surnamed Zheng, who helped set up the 9958 Project under the China Charities Aid Foundation for Children, publicly accused Lei Ke, the regional...
BEIJING (SCMP): A top table tennis player in China who was accused of losing an international match in Singapore because he attended a Taylor Swift concert has defended himself by saying he is just an ordinary young man with hobbies. Fan Zhendong, 27, a former world No 1 ping pong champion, was defeated by his teammate...
A former preschool teacher who became famous last year when she appeared in a video singing to children, has claimed she has become the target of an online pornography slur. The woman, surnamed Huang, worked as a music teacher at a nursery school in Wuhan, Hubei province in central China. She shot to fame in April 2023...
Hong Kong martial artist and movie legend Jackie Chan’s second scheduled live-streaming show on Kuaishou, a rival to TikTok’s Chinese sister app Douyin, has racked up record viewer bookings, demonstrating the celebrity’s sustained appeal and the platform’s reach. The popularity of short video as an entertainment medium on the mainland has meant that Douyin, Kuaishou, and...
China’s home-grown durians are poised to hit the market in a matter of days, but their limited yields and high prices are not expected to challenge the market share of Southeast Asian importers until large-scale commercial cultivation can be realised, according to state media. On the southern tropical island of Hainan, the domestically produced durians have...
Hong Kong national security police are investigating family members of fugitive unionist Mung Siu-tat in the latest move against eight wanted activists, the Post has learned. A source on Thursday said officers had two days ago raided the family’s home in Sha Tin and escorted Mung’s older brother as well as his wife and son to...
