3 d. ago Terminally ill Taiwan mum loses US$420,000 by selling home to ‘spiritual’ scammers

A terminally ill, cancer-stricken mother in Taiwan was coerced into a so-called spiritual growth cult, which eventually cost her family more than NT$13 million (US$420,000). The sick woman was subjected to various forms of public punishment, such as being forced to kneel by a roadside. She was even forced into a same-sex marriage. Her ordeal began in August 2013, when the mother, surnamed Wang, who was suffering from terminal cancer, joined a “spiritual growth course” run by two women surnamed...

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1 week ago China son seeks refund after late mum’s life savings squandered on plastic surgery

A Chinese man has been left shocked after discovering that his recently deceased elderly mother had spent nearly 480,000 yuan (US$67,000) of her life savings on more than 20 cosmetic procedures over a three-year period. The case came to light when the man, surnamed Yan from Beijing, revealed that his mother, who was nearly 70 years old, had died on June 27. While sorting through her belongings, Yan discovered that her phone was full of messages and missed calls from a stranger called...

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2 w. ago China mum whose kids were thrown from 15th floor by their dad reveals new romance

The heartbroken Chinese mother whose son and daughter were killed when they were thrown from their 15th floor home by their father five years ago has announced a new romantic relationship, sparking controversy online. Tragedy struck on November 2, 2020, when Chen Meilin’s children, her two-year-old daughter Xuexue and one-year-old son Ruirui, were thrown out of the window of their father’s 15th-floor flat in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality. The father, Zhang Bo, committed the...

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2 w. ago Dying China mum entrusts disabled son to resentful daughter, kind brother moves her

A mother in China who, on her deathbed, entrusted her disabled son to the daughter who once resented him has seen her faith posthumously rewarded. Despite the daughter’s feelings, as time passed, her older brother’s unwavering love and care melted her heart and they became each other’s strongest support. Han Tiantian, 26, from Tianjin, northern China, grew up in a rural family, according to the mainland media outlet Vikan. Her older brother, Han Baofa, who is seven years her senior, has cerebral...

Events

3 w. ago Emma Raducanu’s mum watches as she exposes opponent’s weaknesses at China Open

Emma Raducanu’s mum watches as she exposes opponent’s weaknesses at China Open  The Telegraph

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3 w. ago Japan man, 33, falls for classmate’s mum, 54, buys her home to impress her parents

A Japanese man has gone viral for defying age norms by falling in love with his classmate’s mother, who is 21 years his senior. The man even bought a home worth nearly 40 million yen (US$272,000) in an attempt to win over her parents. Isamu Tomioka, now 33 and from Shizuoka Prefecture, first met Midori, who is now 54 and the mother of one of his classmates, during a parent-teacher meeting in his junior school days. Later, when Tomioka was 30, he visited his old classmate’s beauty salon and was...

Society

3 w. ago Japan man, 33, falls for classmate’s mum, 54, buys her a home to impress her parents

A Japanese man has gone viral for defying age norms by falling in love with his classmate’s mother, who is 21 years his senior. The man even bought a home worth nearly 40 million yen (US$272,000) in an attempt to win over her parents. Isamu Tomioka, now 33 and from Shizuoka Prefecture, first met Midori, who is now 54 and the mother of one of his classmates, during a parent-teacher meeting in his junior school days. Later, when Tomioka was 30, he visited his old classmate’s beauty salon and was...

Society