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Among China’s 56 ethnic groups, the Lahu ethnic minority stands out for its distinct traditions, such as women shaving their heads before marriage and locals drowning pigs at funerals. Originally, the...
A woman in northwestern China, battling uremia, married a cancer patient, agreeing to care for him during his treatment in exchange for his kidney after his death. As they spent time together, their s...
A Chinese man attempted a “Trojan horse” trick to infiltrate a residential building and steal gold worth 200,000 yuan (US$28,000) but was caught within a week. The 46-year-old man, surnamed Zhao, conc...
A university graduate gave up her glamorous life in the finance industry to embark on a new journey as an actress, stating that she values freedom above all else. Zeng Shuangyi, 30, gained public atte...
Two Chinese tourists travelling in Japan were verbally assaulted and kicked out of a popular restaurant simply for wearing sports vests and loose trousers, which the owner deemed “too revealing.” The ...
A Chinese woman accused her husband of infidelity based solely on an online fortune-telling session, during which the fortune-teller alleged that her partner had visited prostitutes and checked into h...
An unconventional funeral ritual among China’s Bouyei ethnic minority is the custom of Tou Zhu, or “Stealing the Pig”. The traditional ritual blends humour and physical comedy into a time of profound ...
A speech by a prominent exponent of dog therapy in China, who gave up a well-paid job to focus on his canine passion, has gone viral online. Wu Qi, known as “the father of China’s therapy dogs”, pione...
A violent attack on a Chinese boxing champion and his wife in Australia left the fighter in a coma and his partner with multiple bruises. The athlete later decided to divorce the woman, saying he had ...
Young Chinese adults have been sharing extreme tips online on how to be frugal. One of the suggestions bizarrely recommends bread worms as a cheap, high-quality protein source, claiming they have a “m...
When Tikendra Dewan enlisted in the famed Gurkha brigade of the British army in the early 1970s, he was not thinking much about the future, let alone a comfortable retirement. Like many Nepalis who si...
Australia on Wednesday launched a task force to clamp down on foreign interference at universities amid growing concerns about Chinese influence on college campuses. Education Minister Dan Tehan said ...
The children of Antonio Sanchez, a former Philippine mayor serving a 360-year sentence for rape and multiple murders, went to New Bilibid prison last week expecting their father to be released after s...
From Japan to Germany, governments are unveiling policies to support nightlife in cities, but in Singapore, one of Asia’s major entertainment hubs, operators say the sector is suffering from neglect. ...
In the winter of 1962, panic gripped India’s northeastern state of Assam. A border war had broken out with China, and a victorious Chinese army was marching towards Assam as India’s defences crumbled....
Singapore’s education ministry has advised the city state’s six government-funded universities to postpone all trips to Hong Kong, with the institutions immediately pulling the plug on student exchang...
Nguyen Thi Hanh had never eaten a cherry before the trade war between Washington and Beijing. A 64-year-old retiree living in Hanoi, she had often seen the fruit for sale at a local shop, but with a m...
A kidnapped mainland Chinese man has been rescued from a loan shark syndicate by Philippine police, in what they say is the 53rd case of casino-related abductions by fellow Chinese nationals since 201...
Mawlamyine (or Moulmein) in Myanmar is one of those Southeast Asian cities like Sandakan (Malaysia), Bacolod (Philippines) and Songkhla (Thailand) – where the past looms large but the present seems fa...
A top Philippine official has come up with a novel proposal to ease Manila’s chronic traffic congestion – schools and banks should stay open 24 hours a day. President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman Salva...