https://www.scmp.com/rss/323074/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com More than 900 baby crocodiles have been found in boxes on China’s border with Vietnam, according to a news website report. The animals were found in a border area of the Guangxi region in the early hours of Sunday, People.cn reported. Crocodile caught in residential tower block in China Border guards heard strange noises coming from a pier and found 940 Siamese crocodiles in two boxes, the report said. The 25cm long crocodiles were about 15 days old and had probably been bought for breeding, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2011152/hundreds-baby-crocodiles-found-boxed-and-unattended-chinas-border?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2011152/hundreds-baby-crocodiles-found-boxed-and-unattended-chinas-border?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Aug 2016 05:17:19 +0000 A hospital in southwestern China has been ordered to compensate a young man after medical blunder cost him both his kidneys. Li Xiaobin, 25, was told only 10 days after an operation at the Menghai Hospital of Chinese Medicine in Menghai, Yunnan province, that doctors had removed both his kidneys, the City Express reported. Chinese parents of dead boy accuse clinic staff of medical negligence The operation on March 10 was meant to fix his swollen right kidney after he was involved in a car... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2011108/hospital-rapped-after-doctors-china-accidentally-remove-young?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2011108/hospital-rapped-after-doctors-china-accidentally-remove-young?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Aug 2016 04:06:59 +0000 A food manufacturer in Beijing is defending the “freshness” of its mooncakes after a customer questioned two different production dates on packaging, one from more than a year ago. A spokesperson for the Beijing Er Shang Group, whose dual-dated mooncakes were being sold in Beijing supermarkets, said the packaging had been reused from last year but the mooncakes were freshly made, the Beijing Morning Post reported. A customer, whose full name was not disclosed, noticed two production dates – one... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2010672/production-date-many-moons-ago-mid-autumn-treats?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2010672/production-date-many-moons-ago-mid-autumn-treats?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Aug 2016 07:42:27 +0000 More than 100 people were left stranded on a Ferris wheel after a power failure at an amusement park in eastern China on Sunday night. Firefighters had to rescue the 138 people at the park in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, the Modern Express reported. No one was injured. A woman, who was not named, said she was trapped on the wheel for one and a half hours. She posted online that the power failure on the Ferris wheel occurred around 7.50pm on Sunday. Her carriage stopped near the top of the wheel... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2010670/people-were-screaming-faulty-ferris-wheel-china-leaves-over-100?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2010670/people-were-screaming-faulty-ferris-wheel-china-leaves-over-100?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Aug 2016 07:39:15 +0000 A woman in southwestern China who paid a service to help her reunite with her ex-boyfriend is demanding a refund after she found he had since married, a mainland newspaper reported. Liu Shanshan, from Chengdu, Sichuan province, spent 7,000 yuan (HK$8.150) on the service before she found her ex-boyfriend had married shortly after they broke up in 2014, the West China Metropolis Daily reported. The relationship ended after three months and Liu signed a contract with a dating firm in April this... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2009381/woman-pays-service-rekindle-lost-love-then-learns-ex-married?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2009381/woman-pays-service-rekindle-lost-love-then-learns-ex-married?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Aug 2016 06:16:16 +0000 Two men in southern China have been found guilty of tricking a wealthy woman out of more than 47 million yuan (HK$55 million) by one claiming to be a 300-year-old Qing Dynasty emperor, the Southern Metropolis Daily reports. The woman, Zheng Xueju, wanted to establish a village bank in 2012 in Shenzhen, Guandong province. She met supposed financier Wan Jianmin and Liu Qianzhen, who said he was the Qianlong emperor. Liu said he was still alive after drinking ‘the elixir of life”, and had access to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2009334/man-pretends-be-300-year-old-chinese-emperor-swindles-woman-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2009334/man-pretends-be-300-year-old-chinese-emperor-swindles-woman-out?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Aug 2016 04:57:48 +0000 The tigers involved an attack that left one woman dead and her daughter severely injured after they left their car in wildlife park near Beijing in July will be kept “in captivity,” instead of being put down, a spokesman said. On July 23, a 57-year-old woman was killed by a tiger, and her daughter seriously injured, after they got out of their car in the enclosure, despite there being multiple signs warning visitors to stay inside their vehicles. Woman in serious condition after tiger attack... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008978/tigers-involved-fatal-attack-beijing-zoo-park-remain-enhanced?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008978/tigers-involved-fatal-attack-beijing-zoo-park-remain-enhanced?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:00:29 +0000 Children had to walk over a “mountain of waste” to get to their school in northern China on the first day of classes after the summer break, according to a news website. The refuse blocked a road used by many children to get to the campus in Zhengzhou in Henan province, Eastday.com. Hundreds of tonnes of trash dumped into freshwater lake in eastern China The refuse was mainly construction waste and covered an area 50 metres long and was two metres high, according to the article. Some parents... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008902/chinese-children-have-clamber-over-mountain-dumped-construction?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008902/chinese-children-have-clamber-over-mountain-dumped-construction?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Aug 2016 06:55:31 +0000 A swimming club in northern China admitted responsibility on Wednesday for more than 200 children members falling ill after taking lessons in their pool, a mainland newspaper reports. The hygiene department in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, started investigating the Feiyu swimming club after 225 children were reported as having bacterial infections, with symptoms such as high fever and inflamed eyes, the Beijing Times reported. Swimmers run the risk of infection even if pools are well... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008843/swimming-club-accepts-responsibility-after-more-200-children-fall?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008843/swimming-club-accepts-responsibility-after-more-200-children-fall?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Aug 2016 06:27:32 +0000 Authorities announced on Wednesday that a fatal tiger attack in a Beijing wildlife park in July was not ruled an “industry security accident,” meaning the park holds no responsibility, state television reports. The authority in Yanqing District published a report on Monday ruling that the attack happened because the victims were not following the rules of Badaling Wildlife World, CCTV reported. Tiger kills woman visiting Beijing safari park after she exits car The report said a 32-year-old... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008401/authorities-rule-wildlife-park-not-responsible-fatal-tiger-attack?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008401/authorities-rule-wildlife-park-not-responsible-fatal-tiger-attack?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Aug 2016 10:06:37 +0000 Three men were arrested in southern China in early August after they earned more than 1 million yuan (HK$1.17 million) selling fake alcohol, a Chinese news website reports. The men from Hunan province, whose full names were not disclosed, had been making alcohol since March and selling it to liquor sellers in bottles with foreign brand labels, Ycwb.com reported. They were discovered by police in Guangzhou, Guandong province, filling bottles from mildewed plastic buckets in the early morning of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008323/three-bootleggers-arrested-southern-china-faking-foreign-brand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008323/three-bootleggers-arrested-southern-china-faking-foreign-brand?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Aug 2016 06:35:05 +0000 An 18-year-old Chinese student who was about to go to university died of a heart attack after she was swindled out of 9,900 yuan (HK$11,500) of cash to pay her tuition fees, according to a newspaper report. Xu Yuyu, who came from an underprivileged family, was enrolled as a freshman at a university in Nanjing, the Yimeng Evening News reported. How rampant phone scams highlight China’s need for tighter privacy laws Her mother told the newspaper that her daughter received a phone call from... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008277/chinese-schoolgirl-18-dies-heart-attack-after-falling-victim?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2008277/chinese-schoolgirl-18-dies-heart-attack-after-falling-victim?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Aug 2016 04:53:11 +0000 A university in northwest China has apologised to the family of a former employee who died after she was fired while undergoing cancer treatment. Lanzhou Jiaotong University’s Bowen College in Gansu province published the apology on Monday, news portal Thepaper.cn reported. In China, labour activism is waking up It was addressed to former employee Liu Lingli, an English instructor at the college who died from ovarian cancer on August 14. A group of university employees visited Liu’s family on... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2007855/mainland-university-apologises-firing-cancer-victim?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2007855/mainland-university-apologises-firing-cancer-victim?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Aug 2016 07:15:30 +0000 Two young men from northwest China have been arrested for selling fake banknotes worth more than 200,000 yuan (HK$233,000). The men, both 23, had been sending the counterfeit currency by express delivery, the Chinese Business News reported. They were found by police with bogus bills of 10 and 20 yuan in their home in a village in Xian, Shaanxi province. The report said the men started forging the notes in May and earned 10,000 yuan for every 100,000 yuan of fake notes. Chinese counterfeiters’... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2007808/men-arrested-forging-banknotes-northwest-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2007808/men-arrested-forging-banknotes-northwest-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Aug 2016 05:21:52 +0000 At least two out of 10 dogs suffering from heatstroke died at Saturday’s opening of the 19th Pet Fair Asia as a heatwave descended on Shanghai, a mainland news website reports. A bulldog and a golden retriever died in the long queue outside the exhibition centre in Pudong district, the fair organiser told Thepaper.cn. The event had drawn about 60,000 visitors, many of whom brought their pets. Many had queued up with their pets hours before the doors opened at 9am, and many who arrived later... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2007407/dogs-die-heatstroke-opening-shanghai-pet-show?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2007407/dogs-die-heatstroke-opening-shanghai-pet-show?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Aug 2016 08:58:38 +0000 A Heilongjiang man won a local sports lottery on Wednesday that paid out more than 58 million yuan (HK$68 million), the highest prize in the province on record, a local news website reports. The lottery, which was drawn on Wednesday night, was won by a man in Fujin who bet five times on the winning numbers, increasing his prize from 11.64 million yuan to 58.2 million yuan, Dbw.cn reported. The unidentified man, 28, heard he had won from a friend on Wednesday and then took a taxi at about 4am to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2006116/chinese-man-who-has-bet-sports-lottery-10-years-wins-highest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2006116/chinese-man-who-has-bet-sports-lottery-10-years-wins-highest?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Aug 2016 07:51:40 +0000 A Beijing hospital has, in the wake of public outrage, lifted its decade-long rule requiring its women employees to apply for permission to conceive a child. Authorities in the Tongzhou Maternity and Child Health Institute said they would return all fines previously collected and its leaders would issue a public apology to those employees affected, The Beijing News reported. Young Chinese woman falls pregnant twice in three months thanks to dodgy condoms Public outrage has been growing since... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2006070/beijing-hospital-lifts-rule-requiring-employees-apply-get?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2006070/beijing-hospital-lifts-rule-requiring-employees-apply-get?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Aug 2016 06:03:59 +0000 A group in eastern China who slaughter wild animals live on the internet, some for cash donations, are broadcasting again after their online streaming sessions were briefly shut down this week, according to a newspaper report. Police issued “administrative penalties” on Wednesday against the group, which operates in Yichun in Jiangxi province, but the broadcasts have resumed, the Southern Metropolis News reported. The report gave no details of what punishments were enforced. It’s time to outlaw... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2005607/wild-animals-slaughtered-live-internet-channel-group-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2005607/wild-animals-slaughtered-live-internet-channel-group-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Aug 2016 07:18:16 +0000 A hotel manager in northwest China has been put in detention for threatening a rival business executive and his family with a bulldozer, according to a news website report. The man drove the machine at his rival in Haixi in Qinghai province , the China News Service reported. The manager, who was not named, was placed in detention for 15 days and fined 1,000 yuan (HK$1,670) for disorderly conduct, according to the article. Rival firms battle it out with bulldozers on street in northern... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2005537/chinese-hotel-boss-drives-bulldozer-rival-row-over-customers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2005537/chinese-hotel-boss-drives-bulldozer-rival-row-over-customers?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Aug 2016 04:23:09 +0000 A man in eastern China has been arrested for stealing 10 electric bicycles after police found his notebook listing each of his crimes in detail, according to a newspaper report. The 25-year-old man, whose full name was not given, took the bikes in Suzhou in Jiangsu province, the Modern Express reported. The man originally came from Shaanxi province and had only been based in the city for a few months, the report said. Man cycling around China for more than a year has bike stolen just days from... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2005049/chinese-electric-bike-thief-caught-after-police-find-notebook?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2005049/chinese-electric-bike-thief-caught-after-police-find-notebook?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Aug 2016 04:54:33 +0000 A teenage Sichuan boy who doused a teacher in petrol and set her alight two months ago went to visit the woman, who is in hospital with severe burns, on Sunday for the first time, a mainland newspaper reports. The 13-year-old boy, whose name has not been disclosed, accompanied his father to the hospital in Chengdu on Sunday morning, where the injured teacher Yang Dongling is undergoing treatment. He delivered an apology letter but did not speak to Yang during the visit, the Chengdu Business... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2004566/boy-13-visits-hospital-bed-woman-he-set-alight-apologise?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2004566/boy-13-visits-hospital-bed-woman-he-set-alight-apologise?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Aug 2016 06:01:50 +0000 A father and son suffered serious burns after a hydrogen-filled balloon they were trying to free from a tree exploded in eastern China, according to a news website report. The father Wang Hu, 41, and his son Wang Peng, 17, suffered second-degree burns with one third of their bodies affected, Xhby.net reported. The two-metre wide balloon was stuck in a tree in Changshu in Jiangsu province earlier this month. A “Taibei Hot” logo was written on it and the balloon may have drifted from a shopping... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2004133/father-and-son-badly-burned-after-small-hydrogen-ballon-stuck?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2004133/father-and-son-badly-burned-after-small-hydrogen-ballon-stuck?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Aug 2016 08:33:15 +0000 People in a Sichuan village have begun carrying wooden clubs when they go outside after more than 150 snakes were illegally released into the wild in July, a mainland news website reported. Large numbers of snakes have appeared in and around the village of Shuangdian in Mianyang, Sichuan province, leaving local residents afraid of going outside, especially to the mountains, the Chengdu Business Daily reported. Four strange men drove to the village about 10 days ago and left more than 10 sacks of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002774/chinese-villagers-arm-themselves-wooden-clubs-after-sacks-snakes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002774/chinese-villagers-arm-themselves-wooden-clubs-after-sacks-snakes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Aug 2016 04:12:28 +0000 A bus passenger in Heilongjiang became stuck in a broken front window after the driver hit the brakes suddenly on Thursday morning, mainland news reported. The man was propelled forward when the bus braked at about 8am in Suihua, Heilongjiang province, and crashed into the window, breaking a hole in it, Cctv.cn reported. The photos released show the man stuck in the hole in the window with his head and shoulders and one arm out of the bus and the rest of his body still inside. Thirty-seven... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002727/man-stuck-bus-window-after-falling-forward-when-vehicle-braked?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002727/man-stuck-bus-window-after-falling-forward-when-vehicle-braked?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Aug 2016 02:54:22 +0000 Jiuzhaigou, a famous nature reserve and national park in southwest China and once a place of peace and tranquillity, has been packed with tourists during the holiday season, with tens of thousands queueing up to get in, a news website reported. Some 38,298 tickets were sold to enter the park in Sichuan province by noon on Wednesday, Thepaper.cn reported. Photographs showed huge crowds trying to get into the reserve. China’s Great Wall of tourists: Beijing eyes holiday reforms to reduce... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002305/wish-you-were-here-huge-numbers-tourists-squeeze-chinese-national?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002305/wish-you-were-here-huge-numbers-tourists-squeeze-chinese-national?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Aug 2016 05:53:32 +0000 A Shaanxi meat factory has been fined 5,000 yuan (HK$5,850) for incorrectly labelling ingredients on its preserved meat products that contained extra injected water and food additives, a mainland newspaper reported, but the finished products passed quality tests despite an official describing the factory as the “worst” he had seen. The meat from the factory in Xian, labelled “Hunan Preserved Meat”, is softer and brighter than most similar preserved meats due to the extra water and food additives... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002283/worst-food-factory-fined-only-incorrect-labelling-ingredients?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2002283/worst-food-factory-fined-only-incorrect-labelling-ingredients?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Aug 2016 05:16:07 +0000 Two people died and two are missing after six tourists were washed away on Tuesday by a flash flood in a Guangdong geological park, a mainland news website reports. A group of nine tourists from Jieyang, Guangdong province, was caught by the flash flood in Qinglan Geological Park in Chaozhou, and six of the group were washed away at about 2pm on Tuesday, Ycwb.com reported. Waterfall thrill seeker swept away by flood rescued with 14 others stranded in Hong Kong country park Authorities in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2001773/2-dead-2-missing-after-flash-flood-washes-away-6-tourists?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2001773/2-dead-2-missing-after-flash-flood-washes-away-6-tourists?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Aug 2016 03:51:23 +0000 A Jiangxi police officer has been suspended while under investigation of accepting bribes of money and expensive cigarettes, a mainland news website reports. Fu Changqing, who was suspended from his post in Yongxiu, Jiangxi province, on Monday, was shown in a video posted online being given cartons of cigarettes and asking the person giving them to change the cartons of Chunghwa cigarettes for Jinsheng Qinghuaci, a more expensive brand, Thepaper.cn reported. The man giving Fu the cigarettes also... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2001286/chinese-police-officer-suspended-suspicion-accepting-bribes-cash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2001286/chinese-police-officer-suspended-suspicion-accepting-bribes-cash?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Aug 2016 04:21:52 +0000 More than 100 unlicensed restaurants in a Beijing neighbourhood have been found serving food prepared in unhygienic environments. The 102 restaurants – of which 73 provide take-out services via mobile apps – are located on the first floor of 11 buildings in Beijing’s Xiangsu neighbourhood, The Beijing News reported. Rotting frozen meat from the 1970s smuggled through Hong Kong into China With limited space to operate, most of the restaurants have been providing only take-out services since... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2000851/over-100-beijing-restaurants-found-serving-food-made-filthy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2000851/over-100-beijing-restaurants-found-serving-food-made-filthy?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Aug 2016 07:19:47 +0000 The last of three red pandas that escaped from Hangzhou Zoo in Zhejiang province in December was recovered on Wednesday from a scenic spot about 4km away. The red panda, which had been missing for 242 days, was seen by a security guard in the early afternoon hanging on a tree branch in Dingjiashan, a scenic spot near West Lake. Hangzhou Zoo was informed and a group of zoo workers soon arrived at the spot, the Qianjiang Evening News reported. Jiang Zhi, vice-director of the zoo, said three cars... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1999645/fugitive-red-panda-recovered-chinese-zoo-after-eight-months-run?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1999645/fugitive-red-panda-recovered-chinese-zoo-after-eight-months-run?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Aug 2016 10:41:38 +0000 Farmers in Western China are dumping tomatoes in ditches due to a surplus on the market this year, a mainland news agency reported. The wholesale price of tomatoes this year plummeted to 0.2 to 0.4 yuan per kilogram, from between 2 and 3 yuan last year, with many farmers in Ningxia province unable to find buyers for their harvest, Xinhua news agency reported. An increase in cultivated areas in many parts in China, including Ningxia, Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia, caused the glut of tomatoes... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1999604/farmers-western-china-dump-tomatoes-increased-harvests-cause?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1999604/farmers-western-china-dump-tomatoes-increased-harvests-cause?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Aug 2016 08:36:12 +0000 A villager in Henan province has sold 3,000 kilograms of watermelons in just 11 days by carving calligraphy in the outer skins, a mainland news website reports. Gu Xinliang, a 56-year-old from Pingdingshan, found that the calligraphies he carved on the watermelons for fun created a significant boom in his sales. All the melons he harvested in July, as well as 1,000 kilograms of uncarved muskmelons, sold out in less than two weeks, Dahe.cn reported. Due to the remote location of Gu’s booth next... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1998598/creative-fruits-chinese-farmers-melons-sell-out-after-he-carves?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1998598/creative-fruits-chinese-farmers-melons-sell-out-after-he-carves?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Aug 2016 07:18:26 +0000 A man shown on video torturing his pet dog to death has been detained for investigation in eastern China, with his personal information leaked online by angry vigilantes. The man was apprehended by police officers and taken in for investigation on Monday. Footage of the incident shows the 43-year-old man, surnamed Qi, driving in downtown Weihai with a dog fastened behind his vehicle being dragged along the road, Dzwww.com reported. When witnesses forced the man to stop his car, the dog lay... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1998138/man-who-dragged-dog-death-behind-car-detained-police?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1998138/man-who-dragged-dog-death-behind-car-detained-police?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Aug 2016 06:40:32 +0000 A 103-year-old Chinese retired bank teller is still continuing his lifelong habit of counting money – even though he is mostly confined to his bed, mainland media report. Lin Yongqing, who lives in the city of Pengzhou, in the southwestern province of Sichuan, spent his whole working life as a bank teller, and enjoyed his job so much that his children leave a pile of 100-yuan notes beside his pillow every day for him to count, the news website Scol.com.cn reported. To have and to hold:... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1997680/retired-chinese-bank-teller-now-103-years-old-and-counting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1997680/retired-chinese-bank-teller-now-103-years-old-and-counting?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Aug 2016 05:30:15 +0000 A man who robbed a total of 15,000 yuan (HK$17,400) from five different women on one night in southwest China told police that he didn’t need the money and committed the crimes for the thrill of it, according to a mainland newspaper report. The 26-year-old man, surnamed Wang, followed two women in Chengdu, Sichuan province at about 9pm on the evening of July 15, grabbed their handbags and ran off with them. He took the cash and left the handbags beside the Jin River, the West China Metropolis... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1996504/wealthy-chinese-man-robs-five-women-one-night-thrill?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1996504/wealthy-chinese-man-robs-five-women-one-night-thrill?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Jul 2016 07:50:47 +0000 Cleaners in Yichang braved the heat on Thursday to remove rubbish that was floating in the waters of the Three Gorges Dam, a mainland news website reported. The debris had been flowing into the water above the Three Gorges Dam in Hubei province since major flooding occurred along the Yangtze River this month, Dfic.com reported. With increased rainfall in areas along the Yangtze, the rubbish that filled water areas near the dam came from branches and upstream parts of the river, according to the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1996436/cleaners-brave-heat-remove-debris-three-gorges-dam-waters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1996436/cleaners-brave-heat-remove-debris-three-gorges-dam-waters?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Jul 2016 04:50:30 +0000 Villagers in southwestern China have received warning that they will be named, shamed and fined if they violate a new filial piety rule. Zhang Yiping, secretary of the village of Huangfen in Sichuan province, said shaming those who violated rules was an effective deterrent in the village although such violations did not amount to a crime, E.chengdu.cn reported. Filial piety museum shows what it takes to be an impossibly good child Since the non-governmental regulation on filial piety was updated... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1994921/unfilial-villagers-risk-being-named-shamed-and-fined-southwestern?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1994921/unfilial-villagers-risk-being-named-shamed-and-fined-southwestern?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Jul 2016 04:39:47 +0000