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…
An Arcadia City Council member is the fiancée of a man charged by federal prosecutors this week with acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government by attempting to influence local politicians, according to court records and interviews. The personal relationship between Eileen Wang, elected two years ago to the council of the San…
A woman in central China has astonished social media users by constructing a door in the external wall of a residential building and installing stairs to connect to the adjacent block as an emergency exit in the event of a fire. The modifications made by the resident surnamed Wang, who lives in Changde, Hunan province,…
The past month has been disastrous for some of China’s leading influencers, including the top-earning KOL Crazy Xiaoyangge, who boasts 100 million followers. They have inadvertently tarnished their reputations by selling fake products or attacking strangers during live-streams, inciting online outrage and jeopardising their lucrative careers. The Post examines these cases to illustrate how, to…
US President Joe Biden’s restrictions on hi-tech trade with China came to a head in meetings between the countries’ top commerce officials. In a call with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo defended these rules put in place on national-security grounds as “not negotiable”, her department said on Tuesday. Raimondo…
China’s ambassador to the US called on Washington to avoid “strategic miscalculation” in its approach to Beijing, warning that Washington’s trade and tech restrictions could be “double-edged swords”. Addressing an audience of more than 400 at a National Day reception at the Chinese embassy in Washington on Monday, Xie Feng said the “small yard, high…
China and Brazil on Friday sought to advance their long-standing bid to mediate peace between Russia and Ukraine on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, a diplomatic effort marked by broad objectives yet few specifics. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi voiced hope that the international community would convene a peace conference with a…
Taiwan is intensifying efforts to prevent maritime borders being breached after mainland Chinese men used small boats to land on its coast twice in recent months. Lawmakers have pointed to the two incidents – neither spotted by Taipei until the men turned themselves in – as representing possible weaknesses in the event of a military…