Karm Gilespie, a former Australian actor best known for a minor role in Blue Heelersduring the 1990s, is at risk of execution in China if his final appeal against a drug trafficking conviction is denied. The 61-year-old, originally from Ballarat,...
Beijing, October 11 (CCTV News) – As of 8 a.m. on Monday, 137 stranded trekkers have been safely evacuated from the eastern slope base camp of Mount Qomolangma (Everest) after a sudden snowstorm hit the region, leaving one person dead...
On October 4th, an incident involving a foreign national and local traffic police took place in Changsha, Hunan Province. The foreigner was stopped for riding an electric bike without a helmet and using a motor vehicle lane—both violations of local...
While President Donald Trump’s travel plans to China remain uncertain, a 42-year-old marketer from Chongqing has become a global sensation by embodying the former U.S. leader in a way that’s both entertaining and culturally enlightening. Ryan Chen—known online as the...
A 41-year-old Chinese woman’s plans to begin a fresh chapter in Singapore were shattered when she learned her sister had unknowingly rented what she described as a filthy, severely overcrowded living space — likened to a "pigsty." According to Liu,...
In early September, an 82-year-old woman from eastern China made news after consuming eight live frogs in a traditional yet dangerous attempt to relieve her chronic back pain. The incident, which occurred in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, ended with the woman...
In January 2025, a six-year-old girl from Shenzhen, China, named Zi Handong accidentally left behind her diary during a family vacation to the picturesque Lake Tekapo in New Zealand. What began as a simple childhood mishap quickly transformed into a...
South Korea has launched a visa-free pilot program for Chinese tourist groups, allowing groups of three or more from mainland China to stay for up to 15 days without a visa. The initiative, running from September 29 to next June,...
On September 25, multiple social media users shared videos showing a fatal fall on Naimafeng Mountain, a snow-covered peak in Kangding, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province. The footage captures a group of hikers traversing high-altitude terrain when suddenly, a man dressed...
As Typhoon Bualoi—the 20th typhoon of the year—nears, South China’s Hainan Province elevated its flood and storm emergency response to Level III (the third highest in China’s four-tier system) at 8:00 AM on Saturday. The upgrade came as Bualoi was...
The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in Guizhou Province, southwestern China, will officially open to traffic on September 28 after over three years of construction, local authorities announced on Wednesday. Spanning 2,890 meters with a main span of 1,420 meters, the...
The 2025 Expat Insider survey, conducted by InterNations (the world’s largest expat community with over 5.7 million members), has unveiled the latest rankings of popular expat destinations based on feedback from more than 10,000 respondents across 172 nationalities. The survey—now...
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