Mainland social media has saluted a brave man in China who has passed away after suffering from a debilitating form of muscular dystrophy and who defied the death predictions of doctors to help support his family. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
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Inspirational: death-defying disabled man passes away, receives online praise

8 Dec 2023 - 2:00PM

A brave man in China has died from a debilitating form of muscular dystrophy, aged 40, after defying doctors’ predictions that he would not survive past 20, and helping support his family by setting up online businesses.

Mainland social media has saluted a brave man in China who has passed away after suffering from a debilitating form of muscular dystrophy and who defied the death predictions of doctors to help support his family. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

Inspirational: death-defying disabled man passes away, receives online praise

A brave man in China has died from a debilitating form of muscular dystrophy, aged 40, after defying doctors’ predictions that he would not survive past 20, and helping support his family by setting up online businesses.

8 Dec 2023 - 2:00PM

No makeup: top China influencer Sister Yu prefers snaring pigs to cosmetics

Rural China vlogger and top online personality, Sister Yu, is often described as a “combative” version of one-time internet superstar, Li Ziqi, thanks to her no-nonsense depiction of rural life in the harsh environs of northeastern China.

5 Dec 2023 - 11:33AM

‘Smacked himself’: fans flee good-boy China live-streamer after ‘cash-making’ gaffe

A popular online influencer in China has seen his fan base flee in large numbers after he admitted his wholesome video clips were all about making cash.

20 Nov 2023 - 2:25PM
An unlikely middle-aged woman, whose rise to become one of China’s top online influencers has been built on her experiences in one of the mainland’s most harsh rural environments, is known by her vast army of fans as simply “Sister Yu”. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo/The Paper

No makeup: top China influencer Sister Yu prefers snaring pigs to cosmetics

Rural China vlogger and top online personality, Sister Yu, is often described as a “combative” version of one-time internet superstar, Li Ziqi, thanks to her no-nonsense depiction of rural life in the harsh environs of northeastern China.

5 Dec 2023 - 11:33AM
Trending in China

‘Smacked himself’: fans flee good-boy China live-streamer after ‘cash-making’ gaffe

A popular online influencer in China has seen his fan base flee in large numbers after he admitted his wholesome video clips were all about making cash.

A popular online influencer in China has seen his fan base flee in large numbers after he admitted his wholesome video clips were all about making cash.

20 Nov 2023 - 2:25PM
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China firefighter suffers brain damage after using own mask to save girl in blaze

A firefighter in China suffered brain damage after he used his own gas mask to save the life of a little girl stuck in a burning building.

A firefighter in China suffered brain damage after he used his own gas mask to save the life of a little girl stuck in a burning building.

17 Nov 2023 - 6:00PM

‘Unclean’: top China monk suspended over US$440,000 sex extortion scandal

An abbot at a famous temple in China has been suspended over a sex and extortion racket involving a married woman and US$440,000 in illicit payments.

12 Nov 2023 - 7:43PM
‘Unclean’: top China monk suspended over US$440,000 sex extortion scandal

Sadness over death mixed with nostalgia for show which touched millions in China

A wave of sorrow has swept mainland social media following the death of the actor Matthew Perry who starred in the iconic US television series, Friends.

31 Oct 2023 - 8:28AM
Sadness over death mixed with nostalgia for show which touched millions in China

China firefighter suffers brain damage after using own mask to save girl in blaze

A firefighter in China suffered brain damage after he used his own gas mask to save the life of a little girl stuck in a burning building.

17 Nov 2023 - 6:00PM

‘Unclean’: top China monk suspended over US$440,000 sex extortion scandal

An abbot at a famous temple in China has been suspended over a sex and extortion racket involving a married woman and US$440,000 in illicit payments.

12 Nov 2023 - 7:43PM

Sadness over death mixed with nostalgia for show which touched millions in China

A wave of sorrow has swept mainland social media following the death of the actor Matthew Perry who starred in the iconic US television series, Friends.

31 Oct 2023 - 8:28AM

To the Chinese, food opens all doors – but it can also close some doors if not used in the right way. Just ask comedian Uncle Roger, who found himself in hot water over a video he made with anti-Beijing food vlogger Mike Chen.

4 May 2021 - 4:25PM

To the Chinese, food opens all doors – but it can also close some doors if not used in the right way. Just ask comedian Uncle Roger, who found himself in hot water over a video he made with anti-Beijing food vlogger Mike Chen.

4 May 2021 - 4:25PM

A comedic persona created by Malaysian stand-up comedian Nigel Ng, Uncle Roger will remind most Asians of at least one grumpy family member who’s never afraid to speak their mind.

4 May 2021 - 4:25PM
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Comedian Nigel Ng’s “Uncle Roger” recently landed in hot water over a video he did with a fellow vlogger who often criticises the Chinese government. Photo: YouTube

My Hong Kong | ‘Let’s eat and talk business’: the role food plays in Chinese culture

To the Chinese, food opens all doors – but it can also close some doors if not used in the right way. Just ask comedian Uncle Roger, who found himself in hot water over a video he made with anti-Beijing food vlogger Mike Chen.

4 May 2021 - 4:25PM

My Hong Kong | Why Asians love Uncle Roger – we’ve all got one in the family

A comedic persona created by Malaysian stand-up comedian Nigel Ng, Uncle Roger will remind most Asians of at least one grumpy family member who’s never afraid to speak their mind.

A comedic persona created by Malaysian stand-up comedian Nigel Ng, Uncle Roger will remind most Asians of at least one grumpy family member who’s never afraid to speak their mind.

4 May 2021 - 4:25PM
Why Asians love Uncle Roger – we’ve all got one in the family

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