An iOS app with the chilling title “死了么” (Are You Dead?) has unexpectedly climbed to the top of China’s paid App Store rankings. Its rapid rise has little to do with technological sophistication and everything to do with how a...
A young woman from eastern China has become the focus of intense online discussion after sharing how months of excessive exercise led to the complete disappearance of her menstrual cycle, raising concerns about the dangers of overtraining. The 23-year-old, based...
Five years on from a horrific car accident that cost her left arm and leg, Chinese content creator Weng Xinyi has transformed her personal catastrophe into a force for empowerment. Not only has she carved out a mission to create...
On Sunday, the MTR Corporation announced that the Hong Kong section of the high-speed railway linking the mainland and Hong Kong will add 16 new destinations starting January 26. The expansion will connect Hong Kong with popular tourist cities such...
Authorities in Taibai County, located in northwestern China’s Shaanxi Province, have mounted an intensive search-and-rescue mission after five outsiders trespassed into Aoshan Mountain, resulting in four people going missing. As of Tuesday, two of the missing have been confirmed dead,...
On January 7, 2026, IKEA China said it will shutter seven physical stores on February 2, 2026, after reviewing all customer touchpoints. The affected locations are Shanghai Baoshan, Guangzhou Panyu, Tianjin Zhongbei, Nantong, Xuzhou, Ningbo, and Harbin. The pivot is...
A value shock in American beverages A new contender has arrived in the U.S. beverage scene, wielding an old-school advantage: rock-bottom prices. Mixue Ice Cream & Tea, a Chinese drinks-and-ice-cream giant, has launched its first American outlets—one in Los Angeles...
In the early morning hours of January 2, 2026, traffic officers in Yichun, Jiangxi Province, apprehended a foreign national for drunk driving during a targeted nighttime crackdown on impaired driving — reaffirming China's firm zero-tolerance policy against driving under the...
A suspected domestic homicide in Hong Kong has sparked significant public attention, following the death of a 30-year-old Filipino woman in a private apartment. Her husband — a 48-year-old French national and holder of a Hong Kong Identity Card —...
Donald Trump says on social media that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been captured and flown out of the country. He also confirmed a large-scale U.S. strike against Venezuela. The announcement followed reports of multiple blasts in...
VariFlight announced on December 29 that airlines have been notified of a cut in domestic passenger flight fuel surcharges, effective 00:00 on January 5, 2026. What changes for adults Flights of 800 km or less: CNY 10 per adult passenger....
A 24-year-old MBA student from Tripura, Anjel Chakma, died in a Dehradun hospital in the early hours of Friday after more than two weeks in intensive care following a violent assault on December 9 in Selaqui. He and his younger...
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