Egypt’s reported purchase of Chinese fighter jets is a sign of Beijing’s increasing leverage in the Middle East as the region tries to diversify its military procurement to rely less on the United States, analysts have said. According to Bulgarian defence news portal Bulgarian Military, the Egyptian defence ministry reportedly placed its first order for…
A Chinese woman created a 58-page PowerPoint file detailing her boyfriend’s history of infidelity with more than 300 women and shared it online. The incident rapidly became the top trending post on the Chinese social media platform Weibo on September 19, garnering 300 million views. In the PowerPoint file she crafted, she accused the man,…
Chinese singer Zhang Jie inadvertently revealed a random phone number as his own during a concert, resulting in a surge of calls to an unsuspecting Shanghai resident. The 41-year-old made his television debut by winning the mainland reality singing competition My Show in 2004 and was later signed by Universal Music China. Zhang’s cheerful personality…
A woman and two chefs in China used an umbrella and kitchen tools to thwart a knife-wielding man during a street attack, earning widespread praise on mainland social media. On September 11, a photographer assaulted his female client with a fruit knife following an argument over her dissatisfaction with his work. The incident occurred on…
A young woman in China has gained popularity on social media for traveling to 42 cities at home and abroad in the past year, all for just 20,000 yuan (US$2,800). The 25-year-old Douyin blogger, known by the alias Xinxin, exemplifies the trend of “iron butt” travel – a movement among younger generations who seek out…
China is outraged after officials in eastern China said that a case in which a boy stabbed his classmate more than 200 times with a sewing awl over three months “did not meet the standards of bullying”. According to the victim’s parents, their daughter was stabbed in her thigh by a male transfer student at…
BEIJING, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 – Visitors visit the booth of Tesla at the 2024 China Beijing … [+] International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China, September 16, 2024. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images China has emerged as the biggest growth market…
Multiple witness sightings of a Type 094 submarine transiting in the Taiwan Strait in June and earlier may be a sign that China’s nuclear submarines and missile technology has matured, according to mainland observers. A military magazine analysis estimates that the Chinese ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) force has at least two vessels and four crews…
A celebrated plus-size model in China has openly shared her transformative journey of overcoming appearance anxiety and now confidently and joyfully pursues her work. At 29 years old, Gong Zhen, standing 170cm tall and weighing 80kg, has emerged as a prominent figure in the fashion industry. She has been photographed more than 700 times for…
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Chinese electric car Neta X was introduced in Indonesia at the Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS 2024). With this model, PT Neta Auto Indonesia offers a fresh thing in the mid-size SUV segment in Indonesia. Now, the brand has announced the first production of Neta X in Completely Knocked Down (CKD)…