A man in China whose 10 million yuan (US$1.4 million) lottery jackpot was falsely claimed by another person has won a lawsuit demanding the money back. However, the man, surnamed Yao, has still not received his winnings after a five-year battle to secure his rights. The case has attracted huge attention on mainland social media…
A man in China has paid 20,000 yuan (US$2,800) in registration fees to participate in a “self-discipline challenge” three times, hoping to win a substantial cash prize, but he was unsuccessful in all attempts. The man, surnamed Zhang, took the company behind the challenge to court in Xian, in northwestern China, believing his dream of…
A Chinese mistress paid a “divorce fee” of 1.2 million yuan (US$165,000) to the legal wife of her married lover, only to have her petition for a refund rejected by the court after the wife accepted the money but refused to divorce. In December 2013, a man surnamed Han, based in Shishi, Fujian province in…