33 h. ago China mum, 50, gets into law school after using books of son who failed same test

A 50-year-old woman in China who suffered debilitating and disfiguring long-term injuries in a fire more than a decade ago has been admitted by a top university after she studied the books her failing son had used. In July, the woman, known as Yang, received an admission letter from the graduate school of Southwest Forestry University in Kunming, Yunnan province, southwestern China, where she will study law, Hubei TV reported. She sat the graduate school’s entrance test twice. “I once had an...

Events

5 d. ago China boy with 8 terminal illnesses in heartbreaking ‘stop treatment’ plea to mum

A 13-year-old boy who is suffering from eight terminal conditions has written a heartbreaking letter from his intensive care unit (ICU) bed begging his mother to give up on him. Liu Fuyu from central China’s Henan province only weighs 15kg. He was recently admitted to the ICU for a fifth time due to kidney failure. His doctor, Huo Yufeng at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, told the local media outlet Henan TV that the boy was suffering from a range of terminal...

Politics

7 d. ago China mum offers flat as reward to find son; fulfil late dad’s wish to see grandson

A mother in Shanghai is offering a flat she owns in the city as a reward for information that helps her find her long-lost son who was abducted at the age of 4. Tang Weihua, 55, and her husband, Wang Jie, have been looking for their only son, Wang Lei, for 26 years following his abduction in 1999. Tang has announced on social media, where she has 1.2 million followers, that she would offer the flat as a bounty for effective clues that help find Wang Lei. Property in Shanghai is expensive, with...

Events

1 week ago Dad leaves China boy on highway after sibling spat in car; mum walks 1.5 km to find him

A father in China has sparked controversy for abandoning his young son on a busy highway as punishment for hitting his older brother during a quarrel. The man came under the spotlight after a motorcycle travel influencer posted a video of the abandoned youngster, who is thought to be seven or eight years old, online. It showed a young boy standing alone on the side of No. 219 National Highway in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of northwest China. The stranded boy even tried to hail a lift, the...

Transport

1 week ago Remote testing for US law school exam fueled market for cheating in China

Remote testing for US law school exam fueled market for cheating in China  Reuters

Society

1 week ago Video of a Chinese mum walking ‘calm’ toddler to hospital with knife in head goes viral

A shocking video which shows a mother calmly taking her toddler daughter to the hospital with a fruit knife lodged in the child’s head has stunned social media. The incident came to light on August 15 when a netizen posted a video showing a mother and her three-year-old daughter walking as if nothing had happened into Dongchuan People’s Hospital in Kunming, Yunnan province, in southwestern China. According to reports, the girl’s mother, surnamed Hu, was changing bedsheets when she accidentally...

Politics

2 w. ago Woman, 90, killed by Hong Kong school bus in car park; driver, 72, arrested

A 90-year-old woman has been killed by a school bus in Hong Kong, with the 72-year-old driver arrested by police. Officers received a call at around 4pm on Friday that an elderly woman had been hit by a school bus in a car park at Tai Hang Tung Estate in Shek Kip Mei. She was pronounced dead at the scene after sustaining serious head injuries. Police said the female bus driver, surnamed Lun, was believed to have knocked over the pedestrian while reversing in the car park. The school bus was not...

Events

2 w. ago Cheating concerns shut down US law school admissions test in China

Cheating concerns shut down US law school admissions test in China  Reuters

Society

2 w. ago Chinese universities face online flak over Yale researcher critical of Xinjiang

Some Chinese universities appear to have distanced themselves from a US researcher invited to their events, after social media users in China took aim at his past remarks on Xinjiang and demanded an explanation from the institutes. The latest in the line of fire is Central South University in Changsha, Hunan province. It has faced a barrage of online criticism since last Tuesday for having hosted Darius Longarino, who is a research scholar at Yale Law School and senior fellow at its Paul Tsai...

Culture

2 w. ago Family drama as Chinese mum sues daughter for US$680,000 over elder care dispute

A family drama has sparked intense debate on Chinese social media after a mother – who had given her daughter 4.9 million yuan (US$680,000) as compensation for quitting her job to care for her – sued her to reclaim the money following a heated dispute over unpaid rent. The case originated when the mother, surnamed Jin, whose age remains undisclosed, required help due to health issues. In 2021, she reached an agreement with her daughter, surnamed Lu, asking her to resign from her job in Guangzhou...

Events

3 w. ago China mum, 90, learns law to defend son in US$16 million extortion case

The 90-year-old mother of a defendant in a 117 million yuan (US$16 million) extortion case in China was so devoted to her son that she self-learned the law and appeared in court to defend him. The case was heard at Zhoushan Municipal Intermediate Court in Zhejiang province, eastern China, on July 30, the Huashang News reported. The defendant, a 57-year-old man known as Lin, was arrested in April 2023 for blackmailing a local entrepreneur surnamed Huang out of 117 million yuan, according to...

Economics