A ride-hailing passenger who refused to pay her driver an agreed paltry sum for the return of the phone she had left in his car was hit with instant karma when he took it to a police station 18km away, landing her with a fare five times more expensive.

While China’s economy grew in 2023 by 5.2 per cent, analysts say that maintaining the same pace in 2024 ‘will prove a lot more challenging’, and Beijing’s priorities include the property market, investor confidence and the private sector.
