https://www.scmp.com/rss/326904/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Alice Yan Alice Yan A food delivery rider and a man on an electric bike in southern China blocked each other for at least four hours at a narrow crossing, as neither was willing to budge. Video clips of these two determined individuals went viral on mainland China, delighting millions of internet users, according to Dafeng News. The incident took place on August 24 in the bustling Huicheng District of Huizhou, Guangdong province. It involved a food delivery man and a young man, both perched on their electric bikes,... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3323876/chinese-delivery-rider-and-biker-face-4-hours-narrow-crossing-refuse-yield?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3323876/chinese-delivery-rider-and-biker-face-4-hours-narrow-crossing-refuse-yield?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Sep 2025 10:00:08 +0000 Alice Yan Alice Yan A bicycle rider in China has been detained for staging road accidents to blackmail car drivers after netting 100,000 yuan (US$14,000) in ill-gotten gains over a two-month period. The modus operandi of the man, surnamed Zhang, was to ride a bicycle on streets in Beijing during rush hours and deliberately approach vehicles which were illegally driving on the non-motorised lanes so that he would easily be knocked down, reported Beijing TV. Many drivers use the non-motorised driveways because they... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3264638/china-traffic-trickster-stages-rush-hour-crashes-cash-caught-previous-victim?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3264638/china-traffic-trickster-stages-rush-hour-crashes-cash-caught-previous-victim?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Jun 2024 06:00:08 +0000 Science reporter Holly Chik investigates Chinese-Thai collaboration in fundamental science and cutting-edge technology. As part of the Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing’s influence on Bangkok spans everything from smart city AI to fusion energy. In the fifth part of the series, she looks at how the two countries have teamed up to tackle traffic congestion. In the world of transport, scientists share a common mathematical language to solve traffic problems in major cities through data analysis... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3202665/chinese-and-thai-researchers-work-together-solve-traffic-woes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3202665/chinese-and-thai-researchers-work-together-solve-traffic-woes?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Jan 2023 10:00:17 +0000 Four people died and eight others were injured after a 500-metre stretch of expressway flyover collapsed in central China’s Hubei province on Saturday, according to state media. The collapse occurred at around 3.30pm in Ezhou, a city about 40km (25 miles) from the provincial capital of Wuhan, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. Photos posted online showed the bridge tipped on its side. Officials said three trucks were on the bridge at the time and crashed below. A car was also crushed... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3160287/4-dead-expressway-flyover-collapse-chinas-hubei-province?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3160287/4-dead-expressway-flyover-collapse-chinas-hubei-province?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Dec 2021 06:29:56 +0000 Dirty, lonely and exhausted from driving hundreds of kilometres at a time on only a few hours of sleep, Wang Ping is one of China’s army of 30 million truck drivers working long hours for low pay. Ping, who is in his early 40s, has just finished a gruelling 36-hour, 2,500km journey from the central Chinese province of Hubei to the Pearl River Delta in his 49-tonne truck. After a few days’ rest, he’ll climb back behind the wheel and do it all over again – a round trip he grinds out about four... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3045532/chinas-truck-drivers-see-dead-end-ahead-amid-rising-costs-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3045532/chinas-truck-drivers-see-dead-end-ahead-amid-rising-costs-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Jan 2020 07:00:08 +0000 Beijing motorists desperate to use their cars are resorting to sham marriages to get around strict license plate rules. The rules are designed to limit the number of vehicles allowed on the city’s congested roads. Some drivers were willing to pay the equivalent of tens of thousands of dollars to marry someone with one of the prized plates, according to CCTV. They then have the license transferred to their name before getting a divorce. Specialist agencies charge over $20,000 to help clients use... https://www.scmp.com/society/beijing-license-restrictions-has-people-resorting-fake-marriages-drive-roads/article/3039364?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/beijing-license-restrictions-has-people-resorting-fake-marriages-drive-roads/article/3039364?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Nov 2019 09:11:36 +0000 An overpass collapsed onto busy traffic in Wuxi city in east China’s Jiangsu province on October 10. Reports say that three vehicles were trapped and three people died. https://www.scmp.com/china/overpass-collapses-busy-traffic-and-kills-three-china/article/3032469?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/overpass-collapses-busy-traffic-and-kills-three-china/article/3032469?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:06:44 +0000 Three people were killed and two others injured when a raised section of a major highway in eastern China suddenly collapsed on top of their vehicles on Thursday evening. The casualties were occupants of two vehicles crushed by the falling flyover on China National Highway 312 in the city of Wuxi, Jiangsu province, soon after 6pm, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Friday. The third vehicle parked on the road was also crushed but there was no one inside. Three cars and two trucks were on the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3032527/three-dead-highway-flyover-collapse-eastern-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3032527/three-dead-highway-flyover-collapse-eastern-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Oct 2019 07:22:15 +0000 Pedestrians who use their mobile phones while crossing the road in eastern China could face a fine of up to 50 yuan (US$7), according to Chinese state media. The People’s Congress of Jiaxing in Zhejiang province, the city’s legislature, banned people from browsing on handheld electronic devices such mobile phones or “frolicking” [playing] on zebra crossings, Xinhua reported on Sunday. People who were caught would face a fine of between five and 50 yuan, the report said. It was not clear when the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3032024/pedestrians-eastern-china-face-us7-fine-checking-mobile-phones?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3032024/pedestrians-eastern-china-face-us7-fine-checking-mobile-phones?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Oct 2019 10:21:27 +0000 After a long and exhausting shift driving his taxi, 33-year-old Wu Fuchun pulled over to find a toilet. Five minutes later, a message popped up on his phone saying his car had been parked in the wrong place, in violation of traffic laws. What came next was three penalty points on his licence and a fine of 200 yuan (US$28). Far from being surprised, Wu accepted his fate, as being fined like this is nothing new in Chongqing, officially the world’s most surveilled city. As of 2019 Chongqing had... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3031390/chongqing-worlds-most-surveilled-city-these-residents-are-happy-trade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3031390/chongqing-worlds-most-surveilled-city-these-residents-are-happy-trade?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Oct 2019 01:15:11 +0000 Thirty-six people were killed and another 36 injured when a coach had a tyre blowout and crashed into a truck on an expressway in eastern China on Saturday. The coach, which had 69 passengers on board, collided with a road divider before slamming into a truck in the opposite lane at about 7am, the Yixing municipal police department said in a statement on Sunday. There were three people in the truck. The accident happened on the Yixing section of the Changchun-Shenzhen Expressway in Jiangsu... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3030840/36-people-killed-after-coach-slams-truck-expressway-eastern?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3030840/36-people-killed-after-coach-slams-truck-expressway-eastern?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Sep 2019 09:05:33 +0000 Police in southern China are investigating the death of a woman who suddenly leapt from her seat and through the door of a moving bus on the weekend. The unidentified woman was confirmed dead at hospital in Fenggang county, Guizhou province, on Sunday after alighting from the bus through the rear door which should have been closed, according to county police. An officer from the county’s traffic police bureau told the South China Morning Post that an investigation into the woman’s action and the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3027645/safety-questions-after-woman-dies-stepping-moving-bus-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3027645/safety-questions-after-woman-dies-stepping-moving-bus-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Sep 2019 08:08:27 +0000 “The handsome young lad on the black electric scooter in dark green clothes and glasses – please put on your helmet!” A surprised scooter rider and others waiting at a red traffic light in southeast China look around to see where the announcement is coming from. The rider then puts on his helmet. Had he looked up, he would have seen that the order came from above – from a police-operated drone hovering over the intersection in the city of Putian, Fujian province. Shaky camera footage of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3026051/traffic-police-china-are-using-drones-give-orders-above?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3026051/traffic-police-china-are-using-drones-give-orders-above?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Sep 2019 09:21:39 +0000 Five people, including a four-year-old boy, were killed and 31 were injured in eastern China after a freight truck caught fire in a motorway tunnel, Chinese media reported. Investigators said the fire started on the tyres of the truck as it neared the middle of the 3.7km (2.3 mile) Maoliling tunnel near Taizhou in Zhejiang province at about 6.27pm on Tuesday, news portal Zjol.com.cn reported. As the cargo of leather goods caught fire, the driver – 46-year-old Qin Houyu from southeastern Anhui... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3024715/four-year-old-boy-among-five-dead-after-tunnel-truck-fire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3024715/four-year-old-boy-among-five-dead-after-tunnel-truck-fire?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Aug 2019 08:34:04 +0000 Kunming, the capital of southwestern Yunnan province, plans to become the third mainland Chinese city to ban public transport users from listening to loud music, watching noisy videos or talking loudly on phones. Acting on complaints from passengers, the city is testing public support for a change to its subway passenger code of conduct that would ban excessive noise, the municipal transport bureau said last week. At least two other cities, Beijing and Lanzhou – the capital of northwestern Gansu... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3024379/chinese-city-plans-ban-loud-music-and-videos-subway-system?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3024379/chinese-city-plans-ban-loud-music-and-videos-subway-system?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Aug 2019 09:24:56 +0000 A fake road accident staged and filmed by a “humour blogger” has landed him and his cast and crew – including his mother – in detention for five days in central China. Officers in Zhengzhou, Henan province, said on Wednesday they received a complaint on the weekend about an “online celebrity who planned and filmed a car crash video in the street that seriously disturbed the traffic order”. At about 6pm on Sunday, a 26-year-old man identified only as Chao drove a blue Lamborghini to an... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3024081/chinese-humour-blogger-and-his-crew-detained-and-fined-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3024081/chinese-humour-blogger-and-his-crew-detained-and-fined-after?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Aug 2019 08:38:55 +0000 A young woman was threatened and pushed off her seat on a subway train in central China after she refused to offer it to an older male passenger. The incident, which happened at around 6pm on Tuesday in Changsha, Hunan province, was filmed by another passenger, surnamed Jin, who provided the footage to the Xiaoxiang Morning Post. In the footage, the man, wearing a yellow T-shirt and sunglasses, can be heard scolding the woman on the crowded train, which was about to depart from Nanhu Road... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3023726/woman-threatened-and-pushed-china-subway-seat-argument?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3023726/woman-threatened-and-pushed-china-subway-seat-argument?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Aug 2019 08:36:26 +0000 The driver of a Rolls-Royce who blocked emergency vehicles’ access to a Beijing hospital after a row with security has apologised for her actions. The woman, surnamed Shan, faced extensive criticism after footage of the incident went viral on social media. She had tried to enter the Beijing Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital on Wednesday though an entrance reserved for ambulances and other emergency services when she was stopped by security. She refused their request to use another entrance... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3022912/rolls-royce-driver-apologises-blocking-beijing-hospitals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3022912/rolls-royce-driver-apologises-blocking-beijing-hospitals?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Aug 2019 07:46:26 +0000 A short video in which a woman driving a Porsche argued with a man driving a more modest car and slapped him before being slapped back harder has gone viral in China. The incident on Tuesday in the southwestern city of Chongqing began when the woman tried to perform a U-turn but could not because the man driving behind did not give her enough space, website Pear Video reported. The video shows the woman, wearing a white wide-rimmed hat and high-heeled shoes, getting out of her red Porsche to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3020817/chinese-woman-driving-porsche-faces-online-backlash-over-road?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3020817/chinese-woman-driving-porsche-faces-online-backlash-over-road?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Jul 2019 09:38:14 +0000 Three commuters were killed and 10 were injured in eastern Jiangsu province on Wednesday after a driver lost control of his car and ran into a cycle lane, Changzhou police said. A black Mercedes-Benz veered into the lane at around 10.47am, hit commuters on their electric scooters, headed towards an intersection and struck riders who were waiting at traffic lights. Police said 13 people were taken to hospital for treatment. Three later died of their injuries. A video by from Southern Metropolis... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3019112/driver-jiangsu-crash-killed-three-may-have-passed-out-wheel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3019112/driver-jiangsu-crash-killed-three-may-have-passed-out-wheel?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:57:54 +0000 A woman from southeast China who staged being knocked off her bicycle by a truck in an attempt to cheat the driver into paying her compensation might have gotten away with it had the scam not been caught on surveillance camera. Footage of the incident, which happened on July 4 in Wuhu, Anhui province, shows the would-be victim, surnamed Tang, running alongside the truck while carrying a bicycle. As the vehicle turns a corner, Tang throws the bike to the ground and as the truck stops, slides her... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3018068/chinese-woman-caught-camera-faking-road-accident-bid-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3018068/chinese-woman-caught-camera-faking-road-accident-bid-win?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:31:50 +0000 A Chinese woman was detained after attacking a bus driver and trying to grab the steering wheel on Wednesday in central China’s Henan province. The woman, surnamed Chen, had flagged down the bus in Zhoukou when not at a designated bus stop, local police said in a statement on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. The driver stopped to let her board anyway, but advised her to wait at the bus stop next time, the police said. Video footage shows the woman yelling at the driver, throwing a water... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3017225/chinese-bus-rage-strikes-again-woman-kicks-and-punches-driver?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3017225/chinese-bus-rage-strikes-again-woman-kicks-and-punches-driver?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jul 2019 05:22:26 +0000 A 76-year-old man from northwest China has taken to wearing an LED badge on his chest that says “no need to give up your seat [for me]” on the subway. The photos of the man riding the subway in Dalian in Liaoning province started circulating on Weibo last week, Dalian Radio Television Network reported on Thursday. The man, identified as retiree Liu Zengsheng, put his actions down to his sympathy for the younger generation. “Nowadays, young people don’t have it easy. It is obviously more... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3016783/young-people-dont-have-it-easy-chinese-pensioner-takes-stand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3016783/young-people-dont-have-it-easy-chinese-pensioner-takes-stand?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Jul 2019 07:54:59 +0000 A motorist in eastern China has been praised after stopping a runaway unmanned heavy truck on a motorway. The government in Zhejiang province’s Wencheng county was considering giving Liu Wenzhong a Samaritan award for his heroic actions on a state highway on Wednesday, news app Red Star News reported. Liu, a 42-year-old excavator driver, said he was driving to work when he noticed something amiss with a truck in front of him. “It was on the left-hand side of the road. I thought its driver was... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3011707/chinese-man-hailed-hero-chasing-and-halting-runaway-truck?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3011707/chinese-man-hailed-hero-chasing-and-halting-runaway-truck?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 May 2019 10:30:09 +0000 A 24-year-old traffic policeman has died in the line of duty after he was hit from behind by a car in eastern China. Auxiliary policeman Yao Xiaoqi was killed while dealing with the aftermath of a rear-end collision on Wednesday morning in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Yao and his colleague Xu Weidong responded to the accident which was causing congestion on Donghu Elevated Road. At about 11.20am, after one of the cars had been removed, Xu left Yao at the scene to flash warning lights and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3011520/chinese-traffic-police-mourn-officer-killed-duty?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3011520/chinese-traffic-police-mourn-officer-killed-duty?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 May 2019 09:18:27 +0000 The Chinese megacity of Shanghai is using big data and online technology to ease parking nightmares in some of its most crowded areas. In a city where cars outnumber parking spaces six to one, municipal authorities and residential communities are deploying mobile apps to alert motorists to free spaces, according to People’s Daily. There are about 100 official car park-sharing projects in Shanghai, including a citywide app operated by the municipal government. The scheme was making a big... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3011170/apps-helping-shanghai-tackle-its-chronic-car-park-shortage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3011170/apps-helping-shanghai-tackle-its-chronic-car-park-shortage?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 May 2019 10:44:20 +0000 Twelve elderly people were killed and 11 injured after their truck overturned on a mountain road in eastern China on Sunday. The vehicle was overloaded with pilgrims in Wenling, Zhejiang province, on their way home from a temple visit, Thepaper.cn reported. The driver, who was not identified and among the injured, offered 22 pilgrims a lift but lost control of the vehicle halfway down a hill. The truck rolled over and fell three metres (10 feet) downhill. Eight passengers died at the scene, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3010000/elderly-chinese-pilgrims-killed-overloaded-truck-tumbles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3010000/elderly-chinese-pilgrims-killed-overloaded-truck-tumbles?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 May 2019 07:25:25 +0000 The owners of about 1 million unlicensed electric bikes in Beijing that do not meet national safety standards have been reminded that as of Wednesday they could be fined 1,000 yuan (US$150) for riding their machines in public, unless that is they can show proof they plan to get a licence soon, local media reported. Authorities in the Chinese capital passed a by-law last autumn that seeks to rid the city of e-bikes that fail to meet the standards and threatens hefty fines for those who fail to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3008474/riders-unlicensed-e-bikes-beijing-face-us150-fine-unless-they?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3008474/riders-unlicensed-e-bikes-beijing-face-us150-fine-unless-they?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 May 2019 12:59:55 +0000 A man in central China who allowed his unleashed dog to run around a bus is suspected of assaulting the driver after he was told to get off. Driver Li Jian was working on the 168 route in Hunan’s provincial capital, Changsha, on Monday when he noticed a dog on board. He stopped the bus, opened the doors and told the owner to take the dog and get off, the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported. The owner ran towards Li, grabbed him by his neck and began hitting him in the face. Passengers came to Li’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3005337/chinese-pet-owner-questioned-police-after-bus-driver-assaulted-argument?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3005337/chinese-pet-owner-questioned-police-after-bus-driver-assaulted-argument?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Apr 2019 05:21:19 +0000 A traffic police officer in southern China with years of experience thought he had seen everything until he pulled over a motorbike rider with a handwritten ID and licence. The biker, surnamed Qin, claimed he had a valid driving licence when he was stopped for a routine traffic check, the Liuzhou city traffic police office in Guangxi said. The driving licence turned out to be a piece of paper on which the 47-year-old had his name, date of birth, the model of his motorcycle, a licence plate... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3004100/chinese-biker-busted-fake-licence-traffic-cop-says-liuzhou?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3004100/chinese-biker-busted-fake-licence-traffic-cop-says-liuzhou?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Apr 2019 05:59:00 +0000 At least 26 people are dead and 28 injured after a tourist coach suddenly caught fire in Hunan province on Friday night. Five people were seriously injured. There were 53 passengers, two drivers and a tour guide on the bus when the fire broke out, Xinhua reported. There was no mention of arson. Xinhua said the accident happened around 7:15pm on Friday evening and the bus was travelling from neighbouring Henan province. Chinese chemical plant survivors recall ‘earth-shattering’ blast It said the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3002964/central-china-bus-blaze-kills-least-26-injures-28?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3002964/central-china-bus-blaze-kills-least-26-injures-28?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Mar 2019 01:52:15 +0000 The 29-year-old Liu Fucao lives on the south bank of the Yangtze River in the sprawling southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing. But his office lies on the north bank, and takes about an hour to get to thanks to the city’s congested roads. So this former competitive paddleboarder has come up with a shortcut that slashes his commute from an hour… to six minutes. Check out our video, above, for more. https://www.scmp.com/sports/last-wonton-chongqing-man-paddles-across-yangtze-river-cut-commute/article/3000970?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sports/last-wonton-chongqing-man-paddles-across-yangtze-river-cut-commute/article/3000970?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Feb 2019 09:44:38 +0000 A family in eastern China is blaming motorists who clogged up an expressway emergency lane for contributing to the death of a man injured in a traffic accident last week. Police in Luan, Anhui province, said on Thursday that they had questioned the drivers of at least three cars blocking the lane as an ambulance tried to take the injured man to hospital on the outskirts of the city last Friday night. The traffic jam delayed the ambulance by about half an hour and the man died within hours of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2187331/family-blames-motorists-blocking-ambulance-china-grandfathers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2187331/family-blames-motorists-blocking-ambulance-china-grandfathers?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:19:09 +0000 Motorists in a city in eastern China have been condemned for clogging up an expressway emergency lane, delaying an ambulance on its way to hospital with an injured man. The man’s distraught daughter pleaded with drivers and kowtowed to them to let the ambulance pass after they failed to pull over in Luan, Anhui province, on Friday night, according to footage on video site Pear Video. The ambulance’s siren blared for over 10 minutes but no car moved to get out of the lane until the woman made her... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2187115/chinese-mother-forced-make-desperate-plea-motorists-blocking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2187115/chinese-mother-forced-make-desperate-plea-motorists-blocking?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:03:09 +0000 A man set fire to his own pickup truck when he threw a cigarette butt out of the window on a motorway in southeast China. Flames and heavy smoke engulfed the back of the vehicle as it came off a motorway in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, and stopped near a toll station, according to local media reports. Several people rushed from the toll station to put out the blaze with fire extinguishers, according to Fujian Transportation Radio. China aims to sell 6 billion cigarettes but tells people to quit... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2175651/chinese-driver-sets-fire-his-own-truck-carelessly-discarded?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2175651/chinese-driver-sets-fire-his-own-truck-carelessly-discarded?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Nov 2018 09:54:14 +0000 While China has moved ahead of the rest of the world in making facial recognition technology a part of people’s everyday life, there are systems in the country that need tweaking. Making a compelling case for change is the recent experience of Dong Mingzhu, chairwoman of China’s biggest maker of air conditioners Gree Electric Appliances, who found her face splashed on a huge screen erected along a street in the port city of Ningbo that displays images of people caught jaywalking by surveillance... https://www.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/2174564/facial-recognition-catches-chinas-air-con-queen-dong-mingzhu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/2174564/facial-recognition-catches-chinas-air-con-queen-dong-mingzhu?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Nov 2018 22:33:01 +0000 Nine people were killed and nine more were injured in a pile-up involving 28 heavy trucks on a highway in central China during thick fog on Monday morning, according to state media. The vehicles collided as they entered a section of the Daguang highway in Zhumadian, Henan province at about 7.20am, state broadcaster CCTV reported. Three people were declared dead at the scene, while the rescue effort to free those trapped in their vehicles continued into the afternoon, with 15 people taken to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2174000/3-killed-28-truck-pile-central-china-highway-during-thick-fog?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2174000/3-killed-28-truck-pile-central-china-highway-during-thick-fog?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Nov 2018 10:38:09 +0000 A series of attacks on bus drivers across China has come to light after a bus plunged from a bridge and plunged into the Yangtze river last month, killing 15 people on board. At first, the internet and media blamed a woman driver caught up in the crash. But subsequent video released has revealed that the crash came about because of a passenger who was fighting with the driver. It’s hardly the first time altercations on Chinese buses have caused trouble. Watch our video to find out more. https://www.scmp.com/society/after-chongqing-bus-crash-attacks-bus-drivers-come-light/article/2172285?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/after-chongqing-bus-crash-attacks-bus-drivers-come-light/article/2172285?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Nov 2018 09:15:30 +0000 China’s high traffic fatality rate is back in the spotlight after 15 people died and dozens more were hurt in a horrific pile-up on a motorway exit ramp in northwest China’s Lanzhou city. A semi-trailer slammed into 31 vehicles at a toll booth on Sunday along a 17km (10 mile) downhill section of the Lanzhou-Lintao motorway on which more than 40 people lost their lives over the nine years between 2004 and 2013, according to local media reports. The driver of the truck, identified as Li Feng, said... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2172015/china-accounts-fifth-road-fatalities-world-why?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2172015/china-accounts-fifth-road-fatalities-world-why?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Nov 2018 05:01:36 +0000 At least 15 people were killed and 44 hurt in northwest China on Saturday night when a truck slammed into 31 vehicles on a motorway exit ramp that is regarded as an accident black spot, local media reported. The driver of the truck, identified as Li Feng, said his vehicle’s brakes failed as he was leaving the Lanzhou-Haikou motorway close to the city of Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, Xinhua reported on Sunday. The exit ramp is along a 17km (10 mile) downhill section of the road on which... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2171594/15-killed-chinese-motorway-truck-ploughs-31-vehicles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2171594/15-killed-chinese-motorway-truck-ploughs-31-vehicles?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Nov 2018 08:03:22 +0000 Before it turned tragic, the fight was petty. A passenger had missed her stop, and began arguing with the bus driver. The vehicle was traveling over a bridge in Chongqing, a sprawling municipality in southwest China known for its bustling industry and spicy hotpot. The fight was first verbal, Chinese investigators said, and then physical. The passenger hit the driver in his head with the phone in her hand. The driver hit back, taking his right hand off the steering wheel to swipe at the woman.... https://www.scmp.com/society/video-chongqing-bus-crash-reveals-fight-between-driver-and-passenger/article/2171410?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/video-chongqing-bus-crash-reveals-fight-between-driver-and-passenger/article/2171410?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Nov 2018 09:45:00 +0000 A star of Stephen Chow’s 2016 box office smash The Mermaid, Zhang Yuqi, also known as Kitty Zhang, and her husband have divorced, it was announced on Thursday. The announcement came after a screenshot of a police report on a violent marital dispute went viral on social media. Zhang was accused of wounding her husband, businessman Yuan Bayuan, with a fruit knife on Monday evening, a claim she denies, leaving him with two scratches to his back, around one centimetre (less than half an inch)... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2166055/star-smash-film-mermaid-divorces-after-police-report-domestic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2166055/star-smash-film-mermaid-divorces-after-police-report-domestic?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:00:00 +0000 A man who missed out on the chance to ride the very first high-speed train from Hunan province in central China to Hong Kong on Sunday because he was being interviewed for a live television broadcast says he has no regrets and does not blame the reporter who waylaid him. Lin Zutao – as his name was given by Changsha TV, which conducted the interview – runs a food manufacturing company in Changsha, Hunan and was returning home to Hong Kong to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday with his family.... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2165568/hongkonger-misses-train-chinas-new-high-speed-rail-link-thanks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2165568/hongkonger-misses-train-chinas-new-high-speed-rail-link-thanks?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:07:07 +0000 China has the world’s largest rail network. It’s fast, cheap and efficient. But that doesn’t mean it’s always a great experience. China’s internet has recently been dominated by debate over a number of high-profile “seat robbers:” people who refuse to sit in their assigned seats on crowded trains. Last month, a man was caught on camera sitting in the wrong seat on a Beijing-bound high-speed train. When an attendant told him to give the seat back to its owner, he refused. And this week, another... https://www.scmp.com/society/videos-seat-robbers-trains-trigger-public-anger-china/article/2165191?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/videos-seat-robbers-trains-trigger-public-anger-china/article/2165191?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:45:00 +0000 At least 11 people were killed and 44 others wounded after a sports utility vehicle ploughed through a busy town square in central China on Wednesday evening. The driver of the Land Rover also attacked people with a knife and a spade at the square in Lishui in Hunan province. Local media reports identified a man detained at the scene as 54-year-old Yang Zanyun. The local government said in a statement on Thursday that the suspect in the case has a long criminal record with previous convictions... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2163963/3-killed-after-driver-ploughs-through-busy-town-square-central?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2163963/3-killed-after-driver-ploughs-through-busy-town-square-central?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:55:26 +0000 A motorist in central China has been detained for demolishing a temporary traffic light in an apparent fit of pique, according to local media. The 36-year-old, surnamed Xin, was driving home in Jinshi, Hunan province, about 10pm on August 21 when he was stopped by a red light at an intersection, news website Cdyee.com reported on Thursday. After waiting for about two minutes, Xin got out of his car, walked up to the temporary structure and pulled it to the floor, footage from a nearby... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2163041/chinese-driver-gets-five-days-behind-bars-demolishing-traffic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2163041/chinese-driver-gets-five-days-behind-bars-demolishing-traffic?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Sep 2018 09:30:30 +0000 A traffic accident in east China that left the driver of a fruit truck seriously injured also sparked a looting frenzy as dozens of people raced to gather up the vehicle’s spilled cargo. The incident happened on Friday in the city of Dezhou, Shandong province, when the truck, which was carrying about five tonnes of peaches, collided with a car, news website Dzwww reported. A video of the aftermath of the crash showed the looters filling boxes and bags with the fruit as police tried to bring the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2162671/should-these-chinese-fruit-looters-be-impeached?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2162671/should-these-chinese-fruit-looters-be-impeached?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Sep 2018 07:15:30 +0000 A cyclist who fatally wounded a drunk driver with a machete in eastern China last week will not face charges after police determined that he acted in self-defence. In the latest twist in the nationally debated case, police in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, said late on Saturday that the cyclist, 41-year-old electrician Yu Haiming, did not bear any criminal responsibility for the death of Liu Hailong. “As such, the police have closed the case against Yu,” the police said in a statement. The two men... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2162412/chinese-cyclist-acted-self-defence-fatal-road-rage-machete-attack?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2162412/chinese-cyclist-acted-self-defence-fatal-road-rage-machete-attack?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Sep 2018 08:36:05 +0000 A confrontation between a cyclist and a BMW driver who attacked him with a machete has sparked a heated debate in China about where the acceptable limits of self-defence lie after the cyclist fought back and killed the attacker after seizing his weapon. The cyclist could face a lengthy prison sentence if the courts decide his actions were excessive. CCTV footage widely circulated on social media shows how the incident on Monday night unfolded after the BMW veered into the bike lane in Kunshan, a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2162031/cyclist-who-killed-machete-wielding-bmw-driver-triggers-heated?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2162031/cyclist-who-killed-machete-wielding-bmw-driver-triggers-heated?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Aug 2018 10:32:53 +0000 A Chinese man who got into a row with a fellow rail passenger about a seat has been subjected to a high-profile shaming after an online vigilante mob started exposing all aspects of his life to public scrutiny. Footage of the incident shows the cause of the row was trivial enough. The man, a PhD student surnamed Sun, started arguing with a woman who claimed he had taken the seat she had booked on a high-speed train between Jinan, the capital of Shandong province, and Beijing on Tuesday. Sun had... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2161259/chinese-passenger-suffers-public-shaming-crime-taking-someone?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2161259/chinese-passenger-suffers-public-shaming-crime-taking-someone?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Aug 2018 11:00:00 +0000