SHANGHAI: A flight from Shanghai to Jinan was delayed on June 10 after a passenger’s pet sugar glider escaped in the cabin, causing disruption and prompting the detainment of the pet owner. The authorities identified the woman only by her surname, Guo, and said the 34-year-old violated airline regulations by bringing the small marsupial on board...
Bro needs to relax! The hit TVB drama The Queen of News might have aired its final episode in December, but it seems fans still can’t get enough of the 48-year-old Hong Kong actress Charmaine Sheh. Late last month, a huge crowd gathered at a shopping mall in Shanghai to catch a glimpse of the three-time TVB Best Actress winner for a...
The Chinese really love their celebrities… right? Did the stars come out to play for Halloween this year? It almost seemed so at the Shanghai Halloween Parade where cosplayers walked the streets as celebs that headlined the news for not good reasons. Here are a few of the most creative and hilarious looks from the night. Blackpink's Lisa (left)...
How cool would it have been if the 44-year-old Mandopop King had invited his doppelganger on stage? Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou has a doppelganger who sells egg rolls and another who is a fried noodle hawker. Hey, even Singapore’s very own Swee Choon Dim Sum has a Jay lookalike. This time, another lookalike was reported to have turned up at Jay Chou’s...
Bruneian heartthrob Wu Chun, who turned 44 on Oct 10, his wife Lin Liying and their two children, daughter Nei Nei and son Max, all share the same birthday month, making October every year a big celebratory affair. Though we have to say this year's celebration — a 22-table banquet at an upscale hotel in Shanghai — on Saturday (Oct 14) that Wu Chun...
To be honest, is there anything wrong here? Chinese singer-songwriter Hua Chenyu is no stranger to controversy, be it for his style choices or that he is suddenly a parent with ex-girlfriend Zheng Shuang. We can’t say we are too surprised by the news of Chenyu turning up in a white wedding dress — we honestly thought he was doing a tribute to...
Admiring Myolie from the POV of her husband. Myolie Wu, 43, recently attended a work event in Shanghai, and was accompanied by her husband, businessman Philip Lee, 47. Myolie and Philip have three sons, Brendan, six, Ryan, four, and Liam, two. It was not all work and no play for the couple who took the opportunity to go out on dates while in...
We all know how it works when you apply for medical leave when you're not actually being sick. You stay at home, enjoy some me time, and get back to the grind the next day. Or if you’re daring, head out and pray you don’t run into your boss. But what if you’re a star as famous and popular...
At JJ Lin's concert in Shanghai this past weekend (Aug 19), the Singaporean singer fell victim to what can only be called an extremely childish and hateful act. The singer was midway through a song when an audience member pointed a laser directly into JJ's left eye. JJ immediately lowered his head to avoid the laser. The incident played out on the...
Investors are piling into China's tech, media and telecom shares, with speculative bets on chatbot development crowding out other sectors in a scenario that offers a stark contrast with global caution. Mainland China computer, communications equipment and media indexes have surged between 29 per cent and 35 per cent this year, outstripping a rise of just 3.5 per...
