https://www.scmp.com/rss/324560/feed Tracy Hu is an intern reporter at the South China Morning Post. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A driver was killed when his BMW slammed into a road divider and burst into flames after he swerved suddenly to avoid a Porsche that was turning left. The accident occurred at a junction in the city of Nanchang, Jiangxi province at 1.25am on Tuesday, news portal Sina.com reported on Thursday. Parked car blocking the way? Chinese firm hires crane to move it ... and leave it on the roof A video clip from the surveillance footage shows the BMW crashing into a road sign and railings at high speed... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2108309/chinese-driver-killed-when-bmw-slams-road-divider-and-bursts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2108309/chinese-driver-killed-when-bmw-slams-road-divider-and-bursts?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Aug 2017 08:53:48 +0000 A man in southeast China had a narrow escape when a massive advertising hoarding was blown from a rooftop and landed on his car just as he was about to get in it, Chinese media reported. The incident happened in Jinjiang, Fujian province, on Wednesday morning, the day Typhoon Hato tore through southern China, Sohu.com reported the same day. Video footage from a surveillance camera shows the man crossing the street to his vehicle. Just as he is unlocking the door, he looks up and sees the huge... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2108272/watch-how-man-narrowly-escapes-being-crushed-giant-billboard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2108272/watch-how-man-narrowly-escapes-being-crushed-giant-billboard?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Aug 2017 06:15:22 +0000 People watching a circus performance in northeast China were left shocked after a tiger suddenly turned on its trainer during the show. The incident happened on Saturday at the Liaohe Theatre in Yingkou, Liaoning province, the Liaoshen Evening News reported. A 10-second video circulated widely online shows the tiger pouncing on its trainer and dragging him across the caged ring. Two other performers hit the tiger repeatedly with long sticks to force it to release the trainer. The tiger finally... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2108249/angry-exhausted-tiger-attacks-trainer-circus-show-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2108249/angry-exhausted-tiger-attacks-trainer-circus-show-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Aug 2017 04:17:38 +0000 A Beijing woman has been detained for stealing an iPhone from an Apple store, Chinese media reported. Staff at the shop on Wangfujing Street called the police after noticing a display model had gone missing, Sina.com reported on Tuesday, without saying when the theft took place. Elderly Chinese thief sold stolen iPhone for a pittance as it ‘had only one button’ After reviewing footage from the store’s security cameras, police identified a suspect and went in search of her. The film shows the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2108113/not-so-smart-phone-thief-nabbed-police-chinese-capital?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2108113/not-so-smart-phone-thief-nabbed-police-chinese-capital?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Aug 2017 08:13:14 +0000 Passengers on a surface level section of the Beijing subway got a breezy ride on Wednesday, when the driver of their train decided to go full steam ahead despite one of the doors failing to close, local media reported. The incident happened on the Batong Line, an extension of the underground Line 1, while the train was heading eastbound, news website 163.com reported on Thursday. While the report did not say at what point in the journey the door malfunctioned – the line runs between Sihui in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2108087/mind-massive-gap-beijing-subway-train-keeps-running-door-wide?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2108087/mind-massive-gap-beijing-subway-train-keeps-running-door-wide?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Aug 2017 06:12:49 +0000 Shanghai police have detained three of four men whose photos of them posing in Japanese military uniforms outside a Chinese war memorial site went viral this month. The three men were put under detention on Wednesday after a police investigation, Sina.com reported. Photos of the group, taken outside the Continental Bank Warehouse, had earlier sparked anger among Chinese internet users, who slammed them for their ignorance of China’s history of humiliation. Photos of ‘Japanese soldiers’ posing at... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107991/trio-detained-over-viral-japanese-soldier-photos-taken-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107991/trio-detained-over-viral-japanese-soldier-photos-taken-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Aug 2017 00:30:37 +0000 Two men were each sentenced to two years in jail for beating up air crew and passengers after they refused to move from the first-class cabin on a flight in China, according to media reports. The flight was about to take off from Taiyuan in Shanxi province to Chongqing on June 12 last year when a flight attendant found the two men sitting in the first-class cabin, but with economy class tickets. They were asked to pay a fee to upgrade, but both refused to pay or move, the Global Times... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107986/two-chinese-men-jailed-after-brawl-planes-first-class-cabin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107986/two-chinese-men-jailed-after-brawl-planes-first-class-cabin?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:16:01 +0000 A Hong Kong man was arrested at an immigration checkpoint on the border with the Chinese mainland last week on suspicion of trying to smuggle pornography into the city, local media reported. The suspect, who was not identified, was apprehended on August 17 at the Shatoujiao checkpoint in Shenzhen, which links to the Sha Tau Kok immigration control in Hong Kong, Southern Metropolis Daily reported on Tuesday. Smuggler caught with 102 iPhones tucked into corset at Hong Kong border Immigration... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107950/hong-kong-man-arrested-border-control-porn-smuggling-charge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107950/hong-kong-man-arrested-border-control-porn-smuggling-charge?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Aug 2017 06:55:28 +0000 Visitors to the site of a 2,000-year-old tomb in northern China have been vandalising the ancient relic, but authorities can’t punish the offenders as the site does not have CCTV cameras installed to catch them in the act, according to Chinese news reports. The tomb, which dates back to the Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), is part of the Ancient Tombs Museum in Luoyang, Henan province, state-run China News Agency reported on Wednesday. ‘Vandals are found in all nations’: anger over multilingual... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107936/chinese-tourists-leave-love-declarations-2000-year-old-tomb?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107936/chinese-tourists-leave-love-declarations-2000-year-old-tomb?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Aug 2017 05:47:48 +0000 Police have launched an investigation after 10 Buddha heads went missing from a stone relief in southwest China, mainland media reported. China’s Old Summer Palace goes on the hunt for lion’s missing ball The carvings date back to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and were cut into a rock face in Jiajiang county, Sichuan province, near the former home of Pang Degong, a famed scholar from the Han dynasty (206BC-AD220), Sina.com reported on its news website on Tuesday. Legendary Buddhist temple, lost... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107773/chinese-buddha-reliefs-no-longer-one-10-heads-go-missing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107773/chinese-buddha-reliefs-no-longer-one-10-heads-go-missing?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Aug 2017 06:39:25 +0000 A Chinese couple has been arrested after their drunken antics left 11 cars damaged in southern China. The woman, surnamed Tao, was driving at an outdoor parking area in the town of Changan in Dongguan, Guangdong province, on Saturday night when she hit another vehicle, Chinese news portal ThePaper.cn reported on Monday. As she had hit the vehicle while performing an illegal maneouvre, Tao was afraid and wanted to flee the scene immediately, the report said. She asked her male companion,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107753/drunk-driving-chinese-couple-leave-11-cars-damaged-while-trying?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107753/drunk-driving-chinese-couple-leave-11-cars-damaged-while-trying?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Aug 2017 04:49:52 +0000 A US-based long-standing Chinese critic of China’s family planning policies says Beijing has inflated the country’s official population total by as much as 100 million people and should abandon limits on births as soon as possible. In two unpublished research papers, Yi Fuxian, a senior scientist with the department obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s medical school, said China’s actual population at the end of last year should have been about 1.28 billion, and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2107685/chinas-real-population-total-100-million-fewer-official-mark?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2107685/chinas-real-population-total-100-million-fewer-official-mark?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Aug 2017 02:01:48 +0000 While some children spend their summer holidays flying off on foreign holidays, 12 young cousins from southwestern China decided to use the time to set up a small business selling vegetables, a local newspaper reported. The idea came from 18-year-old Lin Xiangli, who recently finished secondary school in Chongqing and will start university net month, Chongqing Morning News reported on Monday. She was quoted as saying that she wanted to do something “meaningful” over the summer, so she came up... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107636/its-family-affair-12-chinese-cousins-set-summer-business-selling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107636/its-family-affair-12-chinese-cousins-set-summer-business-selling?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Aug 2017 07:33:00 +0000 Traffic police in Guizhou in southwest China had an exhausting time rounding up 200 piglets that escaped from a lorry following an accident last week. The incident happened at 3pm on August 17 after the piglets escaped from a truck which overturned in a road tunnel after its tyre exploded on a highway in Sitang township in Sinan county, according to a report from Guizhou Daily on Saturday. Traffic police at Sinan station were later alerted by other drivers at the scene and officers were sent... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107620/chinese-police-save-drivers-bacon-after-hundreds-piglets-escape?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107620/chinese-police-save-drivers-bacon-after-hundreds-piglets-escape?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Aug 2017 07:05:24 +0000 A 17-year-old girl in Beijing has survived a 50-metre fall into a river after her rope failed to pull her back during a bungee jump. The incident happened at about 1pm on Friday near Juma river at the Shidu Natural Park in the city’s Fangshan District, according to a report from The Beijing Times on Sunday. In a 40-second video clip, which was taken by onlookers, the girl was seen bouncing up and down several times but then the equipment failed and she went plunging into the water. The girl,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107593/chinese-teen-survives-50ft-plunge-river-after-bungee-rope-fails?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107593/chinese-teen-survives-50ft-plunge-river-after-bungee-rope-fails?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Aug 2017 04:34:15 +0000 Police have detained an unemployed man for 10 days for stealing coins tossed into a pond for good luck in southwest China, according to a news website report. The man was caught by security staff on Wednesday at the tourist attraction in Yushui village near Lijiang in Yunnan province, Thepaper.cn reported. He was using a 140cm-long steel tube with a magnet on the end to lift coins from the pond, according to the report. He was caught clutching 7.20 yuan (US$1) in coins when stopped, but police... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107342/chinese-man-caught-stealing-coins-tossed-luck-pond?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107342/chinese-man-caught-stealing-coins-tossed-luck-pond?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Aug 2017 06:23:32 +0000 An investigation has been launched after a four-year-old girl was found buried at a road construction site in eastern China, according to a newspaper report. An initial investigation suggests the girl may have been buried under construction material by a mechanical digger after she strayed onto the building site, the Tencent news website reported. The girl went missing from her home in Bengbu in Anhui province last week after she went out without her mother noticing. One worker killed and two... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107331/chinese-girl-4-found-buried-after-straying-building-site?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107331/chinese-girl-4-found-buried-after-straying-building-site?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Aug 2017 05:51:40 +0000 A Chinese state media video parodying Indians over a border dispute in the Himalayas has been labelled by a leading Indian newspaper as having “racist overtones”. The 3½-minute English-language video “The Spark: 7 Sins of India” was posted on Xinhua’s official YouTube channel on Wednesday, listing India’s “seven sins” in the Doklam border dispute. The clip is hosted by a woman anchor and features a man who appears to be Chinese in a fake turban and beard and using a mock Indian accent to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2107202/chinese-state-news-agency-slammed-over-racist-india?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2107202/chinese-state-news-agency-slammed-over-racist-india?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Aug 2017 07:39:02 +0000 A woman in southern China had a lucky escape this week when a makeshift bridge she was using to cross a river was washed away by a surge of water, mainland media reported. The incident happened about 11am on Monday in the village of Lishui in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, and was caught on camera by an onlooker, The Beijing News reported on Tuesday. Heavy rains in recent days had caused many areas to flood, and the river was running fast and high. In the footage the woman can be seen... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107138/running-her-life-chinese-woman-has-narrow-escape-river-wipes-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107138/running-her-life-chinese-woman-has-narrow-escape-river-wipes-out?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Aug 2017 03:18:57 +0000 Police in Beijing have smashed a dog meat workshop where stolen pets were killed to be eaten. Several cages holding 34 dogs were found at a simple concrete workshop in Yangfang township in the suburban Changping district on August 12 after police officers received an anonymous tip-off, according to a report from state-owned Xinhua on Monday. Several members of the gang have been arrested and hooks and nets that were used to capture the animals – which are thought to have been a mixture of stolen... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107000/chinese-police-smash-illicit-dog-meat-gang-killed-stolen-pets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107000/chinese-police-smash-illicit-dog-meat-gang-killed-stolen-pets?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Aug 2017 05:09:02 +0000 The Chinese embassy in Denmark has warned tourists to beware of fraudsters posing as police officers, according to a newspaper report. The alert was published on the embassy’s website in Copenhagen on Saturday, saying that bogus police were checking tourists’ wallets and travel documents and stealing cash, The Beijing News reported. The fraudsters, speaking poor English, target Asian tourists from countries including China, South Korea and Japan, the article said. Holiday rip-off: Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106974/bogus-police-officers-stealing-chinese-tourists-copenhagen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106974/bogus-police-officers-stealing-chinese-tourists-copenhagen?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Aug 2017 02:57:50 +0000 Police in Beijing are investigating claims that children with autism were mistreated by their teachers at a specialist learning centre in the city, local media reported. The incident came to light last week after video footage appeared online of two teachers from the Senxi Education centre in Changping district apparently abusing their charges, The Beijing News reported on Tuesday. The film runs for about 2½ minutes and appears to have been shot by a surveillance camera inside the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106867/two-teachers-sacked-school-closed-police-probe-alleged-abuse?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106867/two-teachers-sacked-school-closed-police-probe-alleged-abuse?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Aug 2017 07:00:09 +0000 An 18-year-old from eastern China is reported to have died from multiple injuries after he was sent to an internet addiction treatment camp. The young man, identified as Li Ao from Anhui province, was confirmed dead on August 5 – two days after he started receiving gaming addiction treatment at the camp, according to a report from Anhuinews.com. The camp, named as the“Positive Energy Education Centre”, has been ordered to close and its director and staff detained by police. Addiction to online... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106832/teenager-dies-after-being-sent-camp-treat-internet-addiction?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106832/teenager-dies-after-being-sent-camp-treat-internet-addiction?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Aug 2017 04:39:44 +0000 A company has set up a shared folding stool service in Beijing, but more than half the seats went missing – presumed stolen – on the first day, according to a newspaper report. The hired folding seat service was launched on Sunday in the capital, with more than 1,000 stools placed at bus stations and stops, the Beijing Morning Post said. Heavy rain over the weekend meant a slow start for the business, but many of the seats were still missing by the end of the day, the article said. Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106688/shared-folding-stool-service-launched-beijing-over-half-go?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106688/shared-folding-stool-service-launched-beijing-over-half-go?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Aug 2017 04:38:56 +0000 Fitness fanatics in Beijing can now fit in a quick workout on their way to work thanks to the introduction of “mini gyms” on the city’s streets, state media reported. At least they can if they’re lucky enough to live near one. Developed by Beijing-based Mipao Technology, five of the gyms have been installed in eastern parts of the city, Xinhua reported on Thursday. China’s younger generation hit the gym in search of sculpted bodies Each air conditioned booth covers about five square metres and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106431/beijing-firm-launches-mini-gyms-fitness-fans-struggle-see-appeal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106431/beijing-firm-launches-mini-gyms-fitness-fans-struggle-see-appeal?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Aug 2017 08:45:30 +0000 Restaurants at a shopping centre in Xian say they lost some 60,000 yuan (US$8,980) when diners felt tremors from an earthquake in the neighbouring province and abandoned their meals. Thousands of diners ran from the complex when the magnitude 7 quake hit Sichuan on Tuesday night, leaving their meals unfinished and their bills unpaid at some 40 restaurants, News.163.com reported on Wednesday. Tourists watching re-enactment of 2008 Sichuan quake when latest disaster struck One of the restaurant... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106254/xian-diners-flee-restaurants-amid-tremors-leaving-us8900-unpaid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106254/xian-diners-flee-restaurants-amid-tremors-leaving-us8900-unpaid?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Aug 2017 08:22:08 +0000 The hunt is on at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing after one of its stone lions was reported to be missing a ball, Chinese media reported. The incident came to light after a visitor spotted that one of the guardian lion sculptures had changed since he’d last been to see it, China News Agency reported on Wednesday. Luck-seeking Chinese tourists build mound of coins atop ancient relic The keen cultural historian, identified only by his surname Li, was quoted as saying that he first saw the lions... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106231/chinas-old-summer-palace-goes-hunt-lions-missing-ball?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106231/chinas-old-summer-palace-goes-hunt-lions-missing-ball?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Aug 2017 07:03:02 +0000 Chinese internet giant Baidu is assisting the authorities in an investigation after a state media exposé alleged this week that its online mapping services were being used to provide information about venues where sexual services were available. Baidu Maps, a location-based mapping service developed by the internet giant, provides contact information for businesses of all types. They are charged a promotional fee to show up on search results using the service. Hundreds held in Beijing nightclubs... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106205/baidu-maps-list-chinese-saunas-and-massage-parlours-used-fronts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106205/baidu-maps-list-chinese-saunas-and-massage-parlours-used-fronts?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Aug 2017 05:02:55 +0000 The father of a six-year-old boy whose stepmother allegedly beat him, leaving him in a coma in hospital, has been missing for a month, according to Chinese media. Zhao Liang had been released on bail after he and his wife, Pengpeng’s stepmother, who was not named by the media, were arrested in the city of Weinan, northwest China, in March, online news portal Red Star News reported on Monday. The woman was arrested on suspicion of child abuse and is still in custody. It was unclear what, if any,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106126/father-whose-wife-allegedly-beat-6-year-old-son-leaving-him-coma?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106126/father-whose-wife-allegedly-beat-6-year-old-son-leaving-him-coma?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Aug 2017 11:08:39 +0000 A group of animal lovers in eastern China have saved 260 dogs after they stopped a van on a highway and paid 20,000 yuan (US$2,980) for them. The van, carrying hundreds of the dogs packed into small, cramped cages, was first spotted by a dog lover who was driving on the expressway in Shandong province and decided to trace the van after he became suspicious, ThePaper.cn reported. It was not clear what the animals’ eventual fate would have been, but the man contacted the local health authorities... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106059/chinese-animal-lovers-band-together-ransom-260-dogs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106059/chinese-animal-lovers-band-together-ransom-260-dogs?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Aug 2017 05:37:20 +0000 A Chinese domestic helper was arrested by Shanghai police for allegedly stealing 180,000 yuan (US$26,700) and two bottles of expensive liquor from her employer, according to a news website report. The employer alerted the police after he spotted the cash and bottles of Moutai were missing from his apartment in New Jiangwan Town, Thepaper.cn reported. The man said the cash had been kept in his room for several days as he prepared to lend the money to a friend. Domestic helper jailed 18 months for... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106042/chinese-maid-accused-stealing-over-us26000-employer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106042/chinese-maid-accused-stealing-over-us26000-employer?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Aug 2017 04:36:46 +0000 A group of young men who climbed onto the top of a 450-metre high building in Jiansu filmed themselves hanging precariously off the edge – all for the sake of a few “rooftopping” selfies. The members of a Chongqing group dedicated to the daredevil activity, climbed Nanjing’s tallest building, the 89-storey Zifeng Tower, and took selfies while hanging off the edge of its two-metre square spire. Images from the stunt later circulated widely online, according ThePaper.cn. Tong Hu, one of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2105909/chinese-daredevils-risk-450m-fall-sake-rooftopping-selfie?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2105909/chinese-daredevils-risk-450m-fall-sake-rooftopping-selfie?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Aug 2017 05:49:31 +0000 A gang of 14 middle-aged women in northern China has been jailed for using strong-arm tactics to force people to move out of their homes to make way for property developments or to pay up their debts, according to a news website report. The gang members were jailed for up to 11 years at a court in Sui county in Henan province, the news website Sohu.com reported. Some had met while dancing at a local public square. Beijing gets tough on noisy, dancing grannies The women, who were either... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2105872/chinese-granny-enforcers-jailed-organised-crime?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2105872/chinese-granny-enforcers-jailed-organised-crime?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Aug 2017 02:25:01 +0000 Twenty Chinese tourists have been injured after a tour bus ran off the road and hit another two vehicles in Phuket in southern Thailand. The accident happened at around 8pm local time on Sunday near a hill in Patong, according to a report on China News Agency. Chinese father and son killed in Phuket bus crash The tour bus, which was carrying 22 Chinese passengers, failed to brake and rolled on its side before colliding with a van and a car. The injured 20 tourists were sent to hospital and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2105759/chinese-tourists-injured-bus-crash-thai-island?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2105759/chinese-tourists-injured-bus-crash-thai-island?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Aug 2017 06:29:35 +0000 The chance of making money by renting out apartments has led to a construction boom in parts of Shaanxi as residents seek to extend their small buildings. The boom has turned Xixinzhuang, an urban village in the southern part of the provincial capital Xi’an, into a large construction site. The local newspaper Huashang Daily claimed on Saturday that almost every building there was being extended. China’s manufacturing growth cools in July, but construction continues to boom The report also said... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2105708/rental-craze-fuels-chinese-urban-villages-growing-pains?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2105708/rental-craze-fuels-chinese-urban-villages-growing-pains?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Aug 2017 05:13:18 +0000 China’s central government has issued national guidelines to govern the booming bike-sharing industry. The regulations include barring children under 12 from hiring bicycles and ordering local governments to set up designated areas to park cycles to avoid them littering pavements. The guidelines were published on Thursday by the Ministry of Transport, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported. Draft proposals were drawn up in May and 780 comments were received, the article said. Local... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2105413/china-sets-out-rules-govern-booming-bike-sharing-industry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2105413/china-sets-out-rules-govern-booming-bike-sharing-industry?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Aug 2017 06:26:55 +0000 A man in Shanghai is suing a hospital after he found out staff gave him to the wrong parents when he was born 28 years ago. The man, surnamed Wang, was shown not to be the biological son of his mother after undergoing a DNA test in 2016. A previous test in 2011 also showed he has no blood relationship with his father, according to ThePaper.cn. The hospital, Shanghai No 1 Maternity and Children’s Health Hospital, said in a statement last week that it would help to find Wang’s biological... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2105250/man-sues-chinese-hospital-giving-him-wrong-set-parents?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2105250/man-sues-chinese-hospital-giving-him-wrong-set-parents?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Aug 2017 05:52:35 +0000 A patriotic Chinese film released ahead of its army’s 90th anniversary has taken the global box office by storm, raking in US$126 million last weekend on the mainland alone. That compared to the No 2 film Dunkirk, which took US$73 million worldwide, according to US magazine Variety. It’s fade out for Hong Kong’s film industry as China moves into the spotlight In Wolf Warrior 2, Wu Jing – a martial artist who starred in, directed and co-wrote the film – plays a former special forces operative... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2105163/patriotic-chinese-blockbuster-wolf-warrior-2-packs-hollywood?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2105163/patriotic-chinese-blockbuster-wolf-warrior-2-packs-hollywood?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Aug 2017 11:45:00 +0000 While most people were seeking shelter from a torrential downpour in the city of Hanzhong in northwest China last week, one food delivery worker was busy on his scooter collecting lost licence plates that had fallen off vehicles in the storm. How to evade traffic cameras? Chinese driver and pal show you a sure-fail way Wu Zhenlin was making his final delivery of the evening when the rains came down on July 28. He told Shaanxi newspaper Hua Shang Daily on Monday that the water was up to 600mm on... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104914/food-delivery-worker-braves-storm-rescue-lost-licence-plates?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104914/food-delivery-worker-braves-storm-rescue-lost-licence-plates?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Aug 2017 06:49:56 +0000 A woman died after she fell 10 metres off a ride at a theme park in Beijing, Chinese media reported. The accident happened the at Leduogang Amusement Park in the Changping district of the capital, the news website Sina reported. The woman killed was 51 and a tourist from Shanxi province in northern China. An initial investigation suggested she came loose from her seat on a ride called “Fly through the Forbidden City”. Girl, 13, dies after being thrown off ride at Chinese amusement park A member... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104877/woman-dies-after-falling-ride-amusement-park-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104877/woman-dies-after-falling-ride-amusement-park-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Aug 2017 03:45:02 +0000 Ticket scalpers at Shanghai Disney Resort are lining their pockets by selling complimentary “fast pass” vouchers for up to 1,800 yuan (US$270) online, mainland media reported. Since it opened a year ago, the theme park has offered its visitors the option to bypass the inevitable long queues at rides in one of two ways. Shanghai Disney takes the mickey out of Hong Kong with 10 million visitors The first is to purchase a “Premier Access” ticket, which costs between 600 and 750 yuan, depending on... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104751/shanghai-disneyland-scalpers-prove-theres-no-such-thing-free-ride?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104751/shanghai-disneyland-scalpers-prove-theres-no-such-thing-free-ride?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Jul 2017 07:00:45 +0000 Three men in northern China have been sentenced to prison terms of between four and 11 years for raping a girl, starting when she was just 10 years old, mainland media reported. The case came to the attention of the authorities last year after the child’s parents, who are both migrant workers, discovered that Xiaohua – not her real name – was pregnant and reported it to the police in Tanghe county, Henan province, news website Thepaper.cn reported on Thursday. Children living in Hong Kong’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104476/three-men-jailed-rape-preteen-girl-northern-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104476/three-men-jailed-rape-preteen-girl-northern-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Jul 2017 07:06:38 +0000 A woman was caught at a border checkpoint trying to smuggle 203 blood samples of pregnant women into Hong Kong from mainland China for tests to determine the sex of their children, a news website reported. It is illegal in mainland China for doctors to tell mothers the sex of their baby during pregnancy in case it encourages them to have an abortion as Chinese culture traditionally favours boys. The woman, who was not named, was caught at Huanggang checkpoint in Shenzhen with the samples in her... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104458/woman-caught-trying-smuggle-203-blood-samples-baby-gender-tests?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104458/woman-caught-trying-smuggle-203-blood-samples-baby-gender-tests?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Jul 2017 04:58:52 +0000 A breeding centre for giant pandas in southwest China said keepers were simply trying to prevent two of the animals from escaping when they repeatedly dragged and slammed the pandas into the floor of their pen earlier this month. The incident was recorded and posted online by a visitor to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province on July 12, Chengdu Business Daily reported on Monday on its Weibo account. China to build world’s first panda-themed tourist route The... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104340/giant-pandas-bite-back-manhandling-keepers-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104340/giant-pandas-bite-back-manhandling-keepers-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Jul 2017 07:33:31 +0000 A Chinese wind power firm has apparently fallen victim to a scam that traded on the University of Oxford’s name to sell fake awards to companies, according to media reports. State-run Longyuan Power Group allegedly paid for the made-up award of “Best Enterprise” in 2011 from the Europe Business Assembly, which claimed it could provide “recognition from Oxford”, the official Beijing Youth Daily reported on Wednesday. Hong Kong and Taiwan police bust love scam syndicate in joint operation Longyuan... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104212/chinese-wind-energy-firm-oxford-fake-awards-scam-report-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104212/chinese-wind-energy-firm-oxford-fake-awards-scam-report-says?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Jul 2017 09:19:19 +0000 A man from eastern China was arrested and accused of stealing gold from a factory processing the precious metal to help pay off his gambling debts, according to a news website report. The man hid thin threads of gold in his shoes after shifts working in the factory in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, Sina.com reported. The man, 27, was detained after he went to a jewellery store to sell the gold, according to the report. The man, whose full name was not given, had run up gambling debts and also... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104168/chinese-man-accused-stealing-gold-factory-his-shoes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104168/chinese-man-accused-stealing-gold-factory-his-shoes?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Jul 2017 06:18:20 +0000 A chef from southwest China who tried to cook eggs using the power of the sun succeeded only in getting heat exhaustion, local media reported. The man, surnamed Liu, who works at a noodle shop in Chongqing, wanted to demonstrate the sun’s intensity to his customers after seeing a similar stunt performed in a video he’d watched online, Huaxi Metropolis Daily reported via its website on Monday. Hot ways to chill: China’s heat wave inspires creative thinking among sweltering locals After setting... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104006/chinese-chef-tries-harness-suns-power-fry-eggs-manages-only-bake?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2104006/chinese-chef-tries-harness-suns-power-fry-eggs-manages-only-bake?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Jul 2017 06:16:49 +0000 Staff at a beleaguered Chinese safari park had to intervene to ensure the safety of one of its visitors when a tourist stood up through an open car sunroof to get a better view, according to local media reports. The tourist at Beijing’s Badaling Wildlife World was photographed by another visitor with his upper body above the car’s roof on a road in the nature reserve, state-run news website Huanqiu.com reported on Monday. Near the vehicle is a sign warning visitors not to open the windows of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2103863/dont-blame-bears-another-tourist-risks-life-and-limb-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2103863/dont-blame-bears-another-tourist-risks-life-and-limb-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Jul 2017 05:50:03 +0000 A young man from east China who battled kidney disease and overcame his brother’s suicide has achieved both their dreams of going to university, local media reported. Gao Honghui, 26, was diagnosed with uremia in 2010 while at high school and was forced to take many years away from his studies. However, after having a kidney transplant in 2014, he was able to return to school, and after successfully completing the college entrance exam earlier this year, was recently awarded a place at Anhui... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2103589/chinese-kidney-transplant-survivor-living-university-dream-thanks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2103589/chinese-kidney-transplant-survivor-living-university-dream-thanks?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Jul 2017 07:15:40 +0000 Six people were injured last week when a car smashed into an SUV that was trying to reverse along an expressway in eastern China, state media reported. One killed as taxi ploughs into joggers on deserted Chinese road Footage from a surveillance camera shows a white vehicle stopped just beyond a turn off on the Shanghai-Chongqing Highway in Anhui province about 7pm on Saturday, Cctvplus.com reported on Thursday. The SUV appears to have its reversing lights on but isn’t moving. Moments after one... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2103540/six-hurt-crash-after-driver-tries-reverse-east-china-highway?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2103540/six-hurt-crash-after-driver-tries-reverse-east-china-highway?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Jul 2017 03:41:06 +0000