https://www.scmp.com/rss/323019/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Seven protected buildings in northern China linked to the nation’s revolutionary past have been illegally demolished, according to a news report. The buildings in Harbin in Heilongjiang were all connected to communist forces in the northeast during the civil war against nationalist troops before the foundation of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, The Beijing News reported. Historic houses in century-old village face threat of demolition The buildings were knocked down during the demolition... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2009391/historical-buildings-linked-chinas-revolutionary-past-illegally?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2009391/historical-buildings-linked-chinas-revolutionary-past-illegally?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Aug 2016 07:01:40 +0000 A man has been arrested in eastern China for killing more than 400 wild birds after luring them with recorded bird sounds, the news portal Qq.com reports. Police on patrol in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, on Tuesday noticed a man on a motorcycle acting suspiciously, and pulled him over for an inspection. More than 300 dead birds were found in a polystyrene box on the back of the motorcycle, including woodpeckers, magpies, falcons and hoopoes. Another 100 birds were later found at the site where... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2009319/chinese-man-poisons-wild-birds-after-luring-them-recorded-bird?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2009319/chinese-man-poisons-wild-birds-after-luring-them-recorded-bird?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Aug 2016 04:30:45 +0000 A stray dog was found pierced through the body with an arrow at a university in central China, a newspaper reported. The injured dog was found lingering near the student dormitories at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan in Hubei province on Wednesday, the Chutian Metropolis Daily said. Animal lovers rescue stray dog shot with crossbow arrow in Beijing’s art district Photographs of the animal were posted on social media and created an outcry among internet users. Volunteers... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008813/stray-dog-pierced-arrow-found-wandering-through-university?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008813/stray-dog-pierced-arrow-found-wandering-through-university?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Aug 2016 04:22:18 +0000 A restaurant owner in western China has been arrested for adding parts of the poppy plant, from which opium is made, to his food, according to a local newspaper report. Market supervision and food safety authorities in Chengdu, Sichuan province, launched an investigation into a popular hotpot restaurant last month after receiving a tip-off from a customer, the Chengdu Commercial Daily reported. Authorities found substances suspected to be poppy shells – the bud of the plant in which poppy seeds... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008809/restaurant-owner-arrested-lacing-chilli-oil-poppy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008809/restaurant-owner-arrested-lacing-chilli-oil-poppy?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Aug 2016 04:20:50 +0000 A man arrested for stealing a cellphone at a metro station in central China said he would have let himself down not to do so, news portal Ctdsb.net reported. A woman called the railway police station, in Wuhan, Hubei province, last week to report her mobile phone had been stolen at the Chongren station. A 56-year-old man was arrested at his home two days later, after a police investigation. The man, who was not named, first denied the theft but confessed after seeing the police... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2007790/i-would-be-letting-down-my-art-if-i-didnt-steal-it-phone-thief?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2007790/i-would-be-letting-down-my-art-if-i-didnt-steal-it-phone-thief?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Aug 2016 04:27:21 +0000 Authorities in Tibet say a 29-year-old man with movie-star looks who has been passing himself off as a living Buddha is a fraud, according to an official website. The man claimed to be “Kyabje Ling Rinpoche,” and was offering training sessions on reincarnation for 300,000 yuan (HK$350,000), Tibet.cn reported. Last Sunday, the Buddhist Association of China launched its Tibetan Living Buddha Query System, a database of 1,307 living Buddhas in eight mainland provinces, but there we none matching... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2007491/tibetan-living-buddha-movie-star-looks-exposed-sham?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2007491/tibetan-living-buddha-movie-star-looks-exposed-sham?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:38:16 +0000 Three men from southern China have been arrested for allegedly selling used Apple iPhones and passing them off as new, according to a news website. The men are said to have made more than 10 million yuan (HK$11.6 million) in the scam, reported Sun0769.com, the news website of Dongguan Broadcasting Television in Guangdong province. ‘Patriotic’ Chinese company warns staff they face sack if they buy yet-to-be released iPhone 7 The refurbished second-hand phones were sold in more than 20 provinces... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2007292/three-men-arrested-southern-china-made-millions-selling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2007292/three-men-arrested-southern-china-made-millions-selling?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Aug 2016 04:10:43 +0000 A vocational school graduate in eastern China has been arrested for counterfeiting money with a total nominal amount of more than 10 million yuan (HK$11.7 million) with a technique he invented himself, local media reports. The 23-year-old man, who studied in Yantai, Shandong province, designed a fake 20 yuan template using the Photoshop graphics editing software and produced more than 500,000 notes using 20 printers, the news portal of the Qilu Evening News reported. Chinese counterfeiters’... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2006068/chinese-vocational-school-graduate-arrested-printing-10m-yuan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2006068/chinese-vocational-school-graduate-arrested-printing-10m-yuan?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Aug 2016 05:54:09 +0000 The China Urine Therapy Association is still active on the internet despite being listed as an illegal organisation, the People’s Daily reports. The group, which advocates drinking one’s own urine to cure disease and aid good health, was registered in Hong Kong in 2008. The association was exposed by a mainland media outlet in 2014 as not having qualifications from the Chinese government, although it claimed it did. Drinking your own urine: The unorthodox Chinese 'miracle cure' It was later... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2004627/group-advocates-drinking-urine-still-active-despite-being-ruled?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2004627/group-advocates-drinking-urine-still-active-despite-being-ruled?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Aug 2016 07:23:49 +0000 One girl was killed and another injured after they got trapped and pulled upwards by electric rolling shutters on a doorway in southwest China, a newspaper reported. The girls, both seven, were playing unaccompanied at a village in Dayi county in Sichuan province on Friday, the Chengdu Business Daily reported. Subway horror: 4-year-old Chinese boy killed while playing unattended on escalator at Chongqing metro Villagers found the girls hoisted above the ground, their heads and hands caught in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2004114/chinese-girl-7-dies-after-she-got-head-caught-electronic-rolling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2004114/chinese-girl-7-dies-after-she-got-head-caught-electronic-rolling?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Aug 2016 07:45:00 +0000 A one-metre long crocodile was caught in the staircase of a residential block in central China over the weekend, according to a newspaper report. The animal was spotted early on Sunday in Wuhan in Hubei province, the Chutian Golden News reported. Later gator: Chinese villagers ‘kill, cook and eat’ one of 92 escapee alligators from flood-hit farm Residents called the police who eventually managed to catch the crocodile in a sack, the report said. It is not clear where the animal came from, but it... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2004107/crocodile-caught-residential-tower-block-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2004107/crocodile-caught-residential-tower-block-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Aug 2016 06:53:00 +0000 A five-year-old girl in Qingdao, Shandong province, has had surgery to removes balls of hair that were taking up about two-thirds of her stomach, the Qilu Evening News reports. The unnamed girl, who often experienced stomach aches, was taken by her parents to Qingdao Women and Infant’s Hospital earlier this month. The doctors discovered the hairballs and she was diagnosed with allotriophagy, a craving to eat unusual substances. Police probe videos of Chinese woman ‘forced to eat’ the strangest... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002778/chinese-girl-5-has-surgery-remove-hairballs-her-stomach?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002778/chinese-girl-5-has-surgery-remove-hairballs-her-stomach?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Aug 2016 04:11:33 +0000 A man removed a bicycle chained to a camphor tree by felling the tree valued at more than 1,000 yuan (HK$1,170), in Changsha, Hunan province, the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported. A sanitation man discovered the felled tree and noticed that the bicycle was missing last Saturday and called the police. According to CCTV footage of the scene, a man in a white T-shirt pulled up on a motorcycle with a handsaw. It took him in less than 20 minutes to cut down the tree. Hundreds of trees felled in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002739/man-china-takes-chained-bicycle-felling-healthy-camphor-tree?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002739/man-china-takes-chained-bicycle-felling-healthy-camphor-tree?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Aug 2016 03:28:50 +0000 A two-year-old girl in central China has been in a coma for almost a year after she was severely abused by her mother’s lover. Liu Xinyi, from Henan province’s Song county, suffered traumatic brain injuries and second-degree burns from the abuse, The Beijing News reported. Father who beat baby daughter and sent pictures of her injuries to ex-wife arrested in China She was taken to hospital a day after she was badly beaten by her mother’s lover last September and has been in a coma since. Her... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002324/girl-2-year-long-coma-after-mothers-lover-severely-abuses-her?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002324/girl-2-year-long-coma-after-mothers-lover-severely-abuses-her?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:03:29 +0000 An 18-year-old boy in southeastern China has been jailed for life for smuggling weapons into the country after the fake guns he bought online turned out to be real. Liu Dawei was arrested by the Shishi customs branch in Quanzhou, Fujian province, in September 2014, the Procuratorial Daily reported. Liu had bought 24 imitation guns from a Taiwanese seller through the internet two months earlier. But police said 20 of the 24 guns were considered real guns. According to China’s gun identification... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002298/chinese-boy-18-gets-life-jail-after-fake-guns-he-buys-online-turn?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002298/chinese-boy-18-gets-life-jail-after-fake-guns-he-buys-online-turn?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Aug 2016 05:23:31 +0000 A high school teacher in northern China was stripped naked and publicly shamed after he was accused of having an illicit affair with a female pupil. Internet users claiming to be the man’s former pupils posted photos and an account of the incident online on Tuesday, the Beijing Morning Post reported. Naked Chinese school employee ‘tries to rape girl during lunch break’ In the pictures taken at the scene, the unnamed teacher was shown naked and sporting bruises around his shoulders and legs. One... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2001770/teacher-stripped-naked-and-publicly-shamed-after-illicit-affair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2001770/teacher-stripped-naked-and-publicly-shamed-after-illicit-affair?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Aug 2016 03:38:40 +0000 Some 100,000 butterflies are on display for free in a shopping mall in eastern China. The display of the 500 species of butterflies, which opened in Jiangsu province’s Changzhou Shopping Centre on Saturday, was to celebrate Chinese Valentine’s Day, Modern Express reported. Lights out: China’s firefly display called off after animal rights group’s open letter Chinese Valentine’s Day falls on Tuesday this year. The display will go on until Sunday. Chinese tourists smash up resort office after... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2001251/shopping-mall-displays-100000-butterflies-mark-chinese-valentines?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2001251/shopping-mall-displays-100000-butterflies-mark-chinese-valentines?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Aug 2016 03:45:15 +0000 A sick elderly woman in eastern China has been abandoned beside a rubbish bin by one of her sons. The woman, about 90 years old, had been supported by her four sons, who took turns every month to care for her, before she fell ill, news portal Yangtse.com reported. On Sunday, when she was taken to her youngest son’s home in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, after spending time with her third son, the youngest child found her with knee injuries from a fall. Elderly Chinese parents left to sleep in lobby... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2000789/taken-trash-sick-elderly-woman-abandoned-son-beside-rubbish-bin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2000789/taken-trash-sick-elderly-woman-abandoned-son-beside-rubbish-bin?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Aug 2016 04:52:13 +0000 Come September, the top leaders of the world’s biggest economies will gather in Hangzhou, capital of China’s eastern Zhejiang province, for the G20 summit. Click here to view our multimedia series In our multimedia package, the South China Morning Post documents the unassuming city’s dramatic transformation as China showcases it on the international stage as a shining example of all that the country has achieved so far and what more it can deliver in the future. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2000723/multimedia-interactive-special-historic-g20-meeting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2000723/multimedia-interactive-special-historic-g20-meeting?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Aug 2016 02:30:30 +0000 Sanitation workers ploughed through five tonnes of rubbish at a collection depot in Shanghai to help a woman find her lost mobile phone, a news website reported. The woman from Beijing was in the city for a meeting and lost her mobile in a restaurant near the City God Temple, Thepaper.cn reported. Man tries to enter southern China with 9,000 mobile phone cards strapped to his body She and her boyfriend later realised the phone, containing important documents, was gone and used tracking... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1999552/shanghai-sanitation-workers-search-through-tonnes-garbage-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1999552/shanghai-sanitation-workers-search-through-tonnes-garbage-after?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Aug 2016 05:57:30 +0000 Two students claim they were ordered to half strip by a teacher and then beaten after they requested a refund from a vocational school they were dissatisfied with. The male students enrolled with the Shandong Lanxiang Senior Technical School in Jinan, Shandong province, in May to study cooking. The tuition fee was 7,000 yuan (HK$8,180) for three months, in which the school said they would learn 300 dishes, news portal Thepaper.cn reported. When the students found only 150 dishes would be taught... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1999547/chinese-students-claim-they-were-told-strip-and-later-beaten?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1999547/chinese-students-claim-they-were-told-strip-and-later-beaten?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Aug 2016 05:39:00 +0000 A bank clerk stole 142,800 yuan (HK$167,100) from his workplace and replaced it with “hell notes” to play a lottery, after already spending all his savings buying tickets, West China City Daily reports. Bank teller jailed for stealing HK$1.2m to get married The 27-year-old man started working at an unnamed commercial bank in Ziyang, Sichuan province, in 2015, where he was responsible for automatic teller machine management and cash control. The unnamed man learned of a lottery called Shishicai... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1999119/bank-teller-steals-cash-play-lottery-replaces-it-hell-money?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1999119/bank-teller-steals-cash-play-lottery-replaces-it-hell-money?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Aug 2016 06:17:33 +0000 Police in the city of Suining have seized a modified and unregistered minivan that was being used to transport two cows. The cows and four human passengers were travelling in a refitted van, on which the insurance and registration had expired, the People’s Daily reported. The van was noticed by police in Anju district, in Anda Lu, on Tuesday. The cows were standing at the back of the van, from which the seats and windows had been removed, while the people sat in the front row. The driver, a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1999065/police-seize-uninsured-modified-minivan-transporting-2-cows-4?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1999065/police-seize-uninsured-modified-minivan-transporting-2-cows-4?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Aug 2016 04:22:11 +0000 Tons of food and beverages that soaked in polluted water for more than two weeks after flooding are being rinsed and repackaged by merchants in central China, news portal Yangtse.com reports. Multiple photos accompanying the report show piles of waterlogged food and beverage items heaped on the ground in the city of Hankou, in Wuhan municipality, Hubei province, after flooding affected the area from May to July. Some of the photos show women and children sorting through piles of foodstuffs,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1998589/vendors-wash-waterlogged-food-and-drink-resale-after-floods?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1998589/vendors-wash-waterlogged-food-and-drink-resale-after-floods?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Aug 2016 04:54:48 +0000 A Chinese motorist jailed for two years for killing a pedestrian has yet to start her prison term more than 18 months after the accident because of a bureaucratic mix-up involving courts and security officials, mainland media report. Motorist who ran over and killed Shanghai traffic cop thought officer was ‘picking on him’ Pang Jing was driving in Zhanqian district in the city of Yingkou, in Liaoning province, in January 2015 when she collided with Ren Yanhua, who later died from her injuries,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1998130/chinese-bureaucratic-mix-means-motorist-jailed-killing-pedestrian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1998130/chinese-bureaucratic-mix-means-motorist-jailed-killing-pedestrian?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Aug 2016 06:13:44 +0000 Three young Russians are funding their travels around China by asking people to pay to have their picture taken with them, according to a newspaper report. The trio started their travels last month in the Xinjiang region and plan to travel south to Guangzhou and then back north to Beijing after hiking and hitchhiking around the country, the Chongqing Economic Times reported. Russia draws hordes of Chinese tourists with ‘red circuit’ packages retracing nation’s turbulent revolutionary... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1997683/russians-funding-low-budget-trip-round-china-one-snap-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1997683/russians-funding-low-budget-trip-round-china-one-snap-time?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Aug 2016 05:51:34 +0000 A two-year-old “left-behind” child has died from heatstroke in the mountains of Hubei province, apparently while looking for his grandmother on Monday, a mainland newspaper reports. The plight of China’s “left-behind” children must be resolved The unattended boy was found missing when his grandmother returned to their home in Meichuan town in the city of Wuxue after working in the fields, having told the boy an hour before to stay at home and watch television, the ChuTian Metropolis Daily... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1996483/boy-2-dies-heatstroke-central-china-mountains-while-looking-his?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1996483/boy-2-dies-heatstroke-central-china-mountains-while-looking-his?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Jul 2016 06:17:12 +0000 A shop owner in southern China has been forced to eat a cockroach by a customer who said he found it in his plate of fried noodles. The customer had ordered the noodles at a shop in Changsha, Hunan province, on Monday evening, Changsha Evening News reported. Upon finishing the noodles, the customer then beckoned the shop owner over and showed her the cockroach, saying that he had found it in his food. Restaurant owner told pregnant woman who found cockroach in her noodles: ‘It’s a feature of our... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1996440/chinese-shop-owner-forced-eat-cockroach-found-food-or-pay?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1996440/chinese-shop-owner-forced-eat-cockroach-found-food-or-pay?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Jul 2016 04:52:03 +0000 A former state media reporter in China is fighting to have his conviction overturned after serving 12 years in jail for charges he claims were trumped up after he exposed a sham by officials in Shanxi province, a news website reports. The now 66-year-old Gao Qinrong was a reporter for the Xinhua News Agency in the city of Yuncheng. His reportage exposed a political scam involving local officials who claimed to have applied the latest water-conserving irrigation system in the late 1990s,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1996071/chinese-journalist-jailed-12-years-claims-charges-were?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1996071/chinese-journalist-jailed-12-years-claims-charges-were?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:59:27 +0000 Tons of fish have died in a heatwave in China’s Sichuan province as fishponds turned into hot pools under the sweltering sun. About 15 tons of fish in an aquatic farm in the city of Dazhou died, causing a loss of at least 200,000 yuan (HK$ 232, 500) to the owner, the Sichuan Daily reported. The owner said he had kept fish for about 30 years but he had never experienced anything like this before. Heatwaves affect man and beast around China “The temperature is too high and the water is scalding,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1995959/tons-fish-fry-southwestern-china-aquatic-farm-ongoing-heatwave?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1995959/tons-fish-fry-southwestern-china-aquatic-farm-ongoing-heatwave?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Jul 2016 05:36:01 +0000 A farmer in Hubei, central China, has grown “bizarre” watermelons that bounce like rubber balls but are still juicy and mild, a news website reports. The watermelons looked no different than others on the outside, but could bounce like a rubber ball when thrown to the ground, the news website Qq.com reported. One watermelon cracked only after being thrown at the ground three times but even then, it was very hard to tear it apart. The pulp of the watermelon was a faint creamy yellow with green... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1995497/chinese-farmer-grows-watermelons-bounce-have-yellow-flesh-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1995497/chinese-farmer-grows-watermelons-bounce-have-yellow-flesh-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Jul 2016 08:15:45 +0000 A man in his 40s has severely injured his spine in an attempt to retrieve his glasses that he dropped by the Qiantang River, known for its ferocious tidal waves, in Zhejiang province, a mainland newspaper reports. The migrant worker from Hunan province was seen lying by the shoreline of the river by a reporter going to conduct an interview nearby for the Dushi Kuaibao, a paper under the Hangzhou Daily Group. The reporter initially thought the man was sleeping but he was lying in the same... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1995467/man-injures-spine-leaping-river-embankment-retrieve-dropped?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1995467/man-injures-spine-leaping-river-embankment-retrieve-dropped?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Jul 2016 07:12:38 +0000 An six-month-old baby in Jiangsu province has been badly burned after an electric hair drier his mother left running on a bed beside him short circuited and set fire to the sheet on Sunday, a news website reported. The unnamed baby boy was taken to the intensive care unit of the Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Suzhou University on Sunday afternoon. According to the chief doctor, the baby was in shock when he reached the hospital with burns covering about 50 per cent of his body surface, news... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1994998/unattended-baby-badly-burned-after-hairdryer-left-running-beside?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1994998/unattended-baby-badly-burned-after-hairdryer-left-running-beside?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Jul 2016 08:07:12 +0000 SICHUAN – Attempts were made to block media coverage of a seven-month pregnant woman being transferred to a position 37km from her home without her consent, a news portal reports. The unnamed graphic designer was notified by the Chengdu Yifeng Rongxing Packing Company earlier this month that she was being transferred from her current post in Chenghua District, Chengdu, to Jintang county, news portal Huaxi100.com reported. The new position would entail a commute of three hours using three... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1994948/company-tries-block-media-coverage-involuntary-transfer-heavily?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1994948/company-tries-block-media-coverage-involuntary-transfer-heavily?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Jul 2016 06:29:06 +0000 A woman who gave 80,000 yuan (HK$93,000) to take care of a three-year-old boy in central China after meeting his father online has reported herself to the police, a news website reported. The unnamed woman got to know the boy’s father earlier this month through QQ, a Chinese instant messaging service, after searching online for information about adoption, Huanqiu.com reported. Girl, five, rescued from suspected child traffickers in China The woman met the father and child earlier this month at... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1994496/woman-turns-herself-police-after-buying-boy-3-central-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1994496/woman-turns-herself-police-after-buying-boy-3-central-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Jul 2016 07:14:51 +0000 A marked contrast is apparent between business class and economy class in the newly opened Line 11 of the Shenzhen Metro in terms of passenger flow, mainland media report. It has been less than a month since Line 11 went into use between Futian and Bitou with two classes available, business or economy, news portal Sznews.com reported. It is the first subway line in China to have a business class. , Ticket prices for business class are three times that of economy, according to Shenzhen Metro’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1993229/few-passengers-pay-triple-shenzhens-business-class-subway-cars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1993229/few-passengers-pay-triple-shenzhens-business-class-subway-cars?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Jul 2016 05:54:17 +0000 A Chinese suspected burglar who hurt his ankle while fleeing from a flat, later felt ashamed and confessed after a woman victim tried to help him by massaging his injury, mainland media report. Chinese burglar arrested after he got head stuck between window bars escaping from house The unnamed burglar twisted his ankle while leaping from the third-floor balcony of a flat to a second-floor landing and then to the ground after a man living in the property in the Dadukou district of Chongqing came... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1992716/chinese-burglary-suspect-confesses-after-woman-victim-massages?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1992716/chinese-burglary-suspect-confesses-after-woman-victim-massages?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Jul 2016 05:19:58 +0000 A Chinese company has warned its staff that they will be sacked if they buy the yet-to-be released iPhone 7, mainland media report. Hangzhou Bina Industrial Technology Company, which employs 50 people, issued its stern warning in what it called a “Patriotic Notice”, which was sent to all employees on Monday, the news portal Sohu.com reported. Alleged iPhone 7 leak caught on video The move appears to be in response to widespread anger on mainland social media over what appeared to be an apparent... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1992324/patriotic-chinese-company-warns-staff-they-face-sack-if-they-buy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1992324/patriotic-chinese-company-warns-staff-they-face-sack-if-they-buy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:12:45 +0000 A former national-level athlete has been arrested for robbery, a news website reports. The unnamed man robbed a woman of her handbag earlier this month in Xian by coming up behind her while riding a motorcycle, Hsw.cn reported. The woman was dragged behind the motorcycle for about 600 meters. Thick as thieves: Chinese armed robber caught because bag of stolen cash was so heavy he couldn’t make his getaway The suspect was familiar with the district and initially evaded capture but a 47-year-old... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1992263/snatch-and-grab-former-representative-wrestler-arrested-handbag?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1992263/snatch-and-grab-former-representative-wrestler-arrested-handbag?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Jul 2016 07:14:21 +0000 A Chinese woman died when she crashed her motorcycle and was stabbed in the throat by a broken umbrella, mainland media reports. The unnamed woman lost control and fell from her motorcycle after a strong gust of wind broke off the attached umbrella as she rode in the city of Lianjiang, in Guangdong province, on Tuesday morning, the news portal Sina.com.cn reported. Man dies after getting head stuck in railings of road fence She fell on the broken umbrella handle, which stabbed her in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1991724/woman-dies-after-falling-motorcycle-broken-umbrella-handle?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1991724/woman-dies-after-falling-motorcycle-broken-umbrella-handle?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Jul 2016 05:50:05 +0000 A Chinese fugitive who has been on the run for 14 years has given himself up to the police after he became emotional and regretful watching a TV drama, a news website reported. The man stole 20,000 yuan (HK$23,000) from a hotel in Taizhou in Jiangsu province where he worked as a security guard in 2002, Sina.com.cn reported. China wants more cooperation with West in fight to track down fugitive corrupt officials He then fled to Guangdong province, leaving his newlywed wife behind. He constantly... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1991712/chinese-fugitive-hands-himself-police-after-watching-emotional-tv?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1991712/chinese-fugitive-hands-himself-police-after-watching-emotional-tv?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Jul 2016 05:28:18 +0000 A 65-year-old man was found trapped in a well after allegedly trying to commit suicide, news portal Sina.com.cn reports. The incident occurred on Friday when the man, who was naked, was found by villagers at the bottom of a well located in the countryside of Jining. Elderly Hong Kong man armed with knives survives 18-floor leap from flat The villagers threw ropes to the man but he refused to take them, the report said. Police were called by villagers and delivered oxygen down the well then sent... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1991315/reluctant-rescue-police-save-uncooperative-man-bottom-well?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1991315/reluctant-rescue-police-save-uncooperative-man-bottom-well?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Jul 2016 08:38:00 +0000