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Ian Young

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The goddess: a Vancouver Valentine of love, lawsuits, mansions and millionaires

Peipei Li and Chinese tech tycoon Luhua Rao in a selfie Li shared with Rao via WeChat on August 25, 2016. “Hubby drives the car carrying me. I’m happy as a bird wanting to fly,” Li said of the picture, taken during a trip by Rao to Canada. Photo: BC Supreme Court exhibit / Peipei Li

Peipei Li, accompanied by a lawyer, outside the BC Supreme Court in Vancouver on May 10, 2019. She had been attending her civil trial for allegedly defrauding Vancouver lawyer Dongdong Huang. Photo: Ian Young

A handwritten poem by Dongdong Huang, titled Tribute to Red Ferrari, filed as evidence by lawyers for Peipei Li. Photo: BC Supreme Court exhibit

WeChat messages between Dongdong Huang and Peipei Li dated August 12, 2016, in which Huang criticises Li's relationship with Chinese tycoon Luhua Rao. Photo: BC Supreme Court exhibit

Vancouver lawyer Dongdong Huang delivers a lecture on Chinese maritime disputes in his role as an adjunct professor at Wuhan University in 2017. Photo: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

The BC Supreme Court complex in downtown Vancouver. Photo: Geographic Media

The April 10, 2016, wedding of Peipei Li and Luhua Rao, in the Wynn Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Rao was already married to Yan Yuzhen, mother of his two sons, at the time. Photo: BC Supreme Court exhibit

the BC Provincial Court building in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, where Luhua Rao appeared on February 6, 2017,  on charges of uttering threats against Peipei Li. The charge was stayed. Photo: BC Provincial Court

A photo of Luhua Rao on a visit to Canada, that was sent to him by Peipei Li on August 26, 2016. Photo: BC  Supreme Court exhibit / Peipei Li

The mansion in Vancouver's Shaughnessy neighbourhood that Peipei Li wanted to buy in November 2016 for C$15.5 million. The property on Matthews Avenue is now valued at C$10.2 million. Photo: Ian Young

Luhua Rao delivers a speech at a conference.  Photo: Shenzhen Clou Electronics

The April 10, 2016, wedding of Peipei Li and Luhua Rao, in the Wynn Casino Resort in Las Vegas. They are pictured with celebrant the Reverend Richard Walter. But Rao was already married to Yan Yuzhen, mother of his two sons, at the time. Photo: BC Supreme Court exhibit

Peipei Li and her mechanic brother Daqi Li, in a 2016 photo  she sent to Luhua Rao over WeChat. Daqi Li bought a Mercedes-Benz with money transferred to his account by lawyer Dongdong Huang, who now accuses him of benefiting from his sister's alleged deception of Huang. The allegation is unproven. Photo: BC Supreme Court exhibit / Peipei Li

The headquarters of Shenzhen Clou Electronics, in Shenzhen. Photo: Shenzhen Clou Electronics

The lobby lounge of the Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong. In 2018, Peipei Li and Luhua Rao met at the hotel to try to resolve their differences. Photo: Four Seasons

August 2015 WeChat messages between Luhua Rao and Peipei Li. Photo: BC Supreme Court exhibit

The marriage certificate of Luhua Rao and Peipei Li, showing they wed in Las Vegas  at the Wynn Casino Resort on April 10, 2016. The SCMP has redacted the couple's listed address in Vancouver. Photo: BC Supreme Court exhibit

The Eastside Vancouver home owned by Peipei Li, that was visited by Chinese tycoon Luhua Rao unannounced late on December 1, 2016. He was told to leave by police and was arrested two months later when he returned to the city. Photo: Ian Young

The home in Vancouver's Shaughnessy neighbourhood that was purchased by  by Peipei Li for C$7 million. Photo: Ian Young

Valentine’s Day explainer: how did the holiday of love start, and why do men give women flowers and chocolates on February 14, anyway?

Much like the muddled history of Valentine’s Day, the reason for giving flowers on February 14 also isn’t clear – but this dog doesn’t seem to care.

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Flowers and chocolate

Mass wedding in South Korea attracts turnout of 30,000 despite coronavirus fears

A couple wearing protective face masks attend a mass wedding ceremony in Gapyeong on February 7, 2020. Photo: AFP

Couples from around the world celebrate in a mass wedding ceremony at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. South Korean and foreign couples exchanged or reaffirmed marriage vows in the Unification Church's mass wedding arranged by Hak Ja Han Moon, wife of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the controversial founder of the Unification Church. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A couple wearing masks for protection from the new coronavirus, attends a mass wedding ceremony of the Unification Church at Cheongshim Peace World Centre in Gapyeong, South Korea, February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran

Couples, some with masks for protection from the new coronavirus, attend a mass wedding ceremony of the Unification Church at Cheongshim Peace World Centre in Gapyeong, South Korea, February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran

12 Valentine’s Day restaurants in Hong Kong to put you in the mood for love and romance

This Valentine’s Day, spoil your partner with a romantic candlelit dinner and roses for a memorable night out. Photo: Alibi

Chocolate fondant. Photo: Henry

Japanese fruit tomato with burrata. Photo: Arcane

Calvisius Oscietra, Royal caviar, blue lobster, Atlantic cod, artichoke. Photo: LE PAN

Chef Counter. Photo: Mono

Valentine Special including the Valentine Cocktail, raspberry cheesecake and rose donuts. Photo: Roganic

Turbot  with bone marrow. Photo: Amber

Valentine's Day Menu. Photo: Mak Mak

Duck & Waffle. Photo: Duck & Waffle

Baked Alaska Strawberry & Rose Petal Flambee with Marc de Champagne. Photo: SOMM

Petit Blue Box Cake. Photo: The Tiffany Blue Box Cafe

7 Bone Wagyu 8-Score. Photo: HUE

‘Completely normal’ man who chopped Chinese millionaire Yuan Gang into 108 pieces found guilty of manslaughter in Vancouver

Chinese businessman Yuan Gang lived a playboy's lifestyle before his 2015 murder. Photo: BC Supreme Court

Yuan Gang in an undated file photo from social media. Photo: Weibo

A 2015 courtroom sketch of Li Zhao. Graphic: Reuters / Felicity Don

The Vancouver home where Yuan Gang was shot dead then chopped into 108 pieces. Photo: SCMP Picture

Florence Zhao,  a star of the Vancouver-based reality show Ultra Rich Asian Girls, is the daughter of Zhao Li, whose father killed Chinese millionaire Yuan Gang. Zhao Li said he argued with Yuan after the businessman said he wanted to marry her. Photo: HBIC TV

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A Chinese tycoon gave Peipei Li US$13 million and bigamously wed her in Las Vegas; four weeks later, another man knelt before Li to promise love and a Ferrari
Li is now involved in a mountain of litigation with the men, but she says one tricked her into an illegal marriage and the other was a sexual harasser



A Chinese tycoon gave Peipei Li US$13 million and bigamously wed her in Las Vegas; four weeks later, another man got on his knees to promise her his love and a Ferrari. Li is now involved in a mountain of litigation with the men.
