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Teenager in China dies of heart attack after teacher forces her to exercise, insists illness is ‘fake’, delays first aid, enrages mainland social media

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[ A college student in China with congenital heart disease died suddenly after being forced by her teacher to take part in sport despite her medical history, her family has claimed. The first-year student at Baicheng Medical College in northeastern Jilin province had the seizure while running with her classmates on April 12, according to … Read more

China road rage woman claims husband is national footballer, threatens other driver saying he can ‘kick you to death’ while victim records ordeal on phone

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[ A wealthy woman in China has been detained after she slapped and kicked the vehicle of another driver following a minor accident – even threatening to kill the other woman. The accused, surnamed Lin, 38, from Zhejiang province in eastern China, was driving a Porsche on April 12 when she accidentally scratched a car … Read more

Hong Kong privacy watchdog to grill authorities over ‘serious’ leak of 17,000 people’s data

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[ Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog will investigate a “serious” data leak involving the personal information of 17,000 residents collected during the Covid-19 pandemic that resulted from an error in a government department’s password login system. Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data Ada Chung Lai-ling on Friday also urged the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department to notify … Read more

China influencer with five million fans spitting image of murder fugitive, prompting followers to call police

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[ People among the five million fans of an influencer in China have been calling the police because the online personality bears a striking resemblance to a fugitive wanted for murder. Key opinion leader Zhao Shilei, 37, has gained a large number of followers on the mainland short video-sharing app Kuaishou by discussing scandals in … Read more

Apple still leads high-end smartphone sales in China, but Huawei and Honor are catching up

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[ Apple’s dominance in China’s high-end smartphone market is being challenged by local rivals, including Huawei Technologies, according to new data from industry consultancy IDC. While smartphone shipments in China rose 6.5% to 69.3 million devices in the first quarter, Apple shipped 10.8 million iPhones, down from 14.7 million in the fourth quarter last year, … Read more

Brave China ‘cancer warrior’ dies two days after 25th birthday, final wish to find brother a girlfriend left unfulfilled, leaves netizens devastated

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[ Social media in China is mourning the death of a young woman from cancer, whose life ended abruptly two days after she turned 25, but her hope never faded. Liu Yi, 25, from southwestern China’s Sichuan province, passed away in April. Two days before her death, she posted a video on Douyin, saying: “I … Read more

HK$888,888 for a set of plastic utensils? Hongkongers have some fun with ban

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[ Hongkongers were quick to respond to Monday’s ban on single-use plastics in creative if not mocking ways, taking to online trading platforms to sell off unused disposable utensils made from the synthetic material. While major fast food chains switched to providing reusable non-plastic utensils for takeaways, some online traders moved swiftly to try and … Read more

China’s thirsty data centres, AI industry could use more water than size of South Korea’s population by 2030, report warns

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[ China’s thirsty data centres and the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) could dramatically increase demand on the country’s water resources, according to a new report by think tank China Water Risk. The Hong Kong-based non-profit estimated the annual water consumption of data centres in China to be around 1.3 billion cubic metres (343 … Read more

Attractive China farm worker, 26, becomes Internet sensation after quitting office job to work with animals

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[ A 26-year-old pig farmer in China has gone viral because she is educated and beautiful but has chosen an agricultural lifestyle for a monthly salary of 6,000 yuan (RM3,972). The woman, surnamed Zhou, from Yunnan province in southwestern China, holds a bachelor’s degree and was a literature major. She has worked on the farm … Read more

China’s first Corgi police dog makes public debut, hailed for under-car bomb detection skills, attitude and fitness, wins netizens over

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[ When it comes to canine police work, a cute and cuddly short-legged Corgi dog is not the first breed that springs to mind. But a diminutive doggy of that particular breed has just made an impressive crime-fighting debut in China. The six-month-old male called Fuzai has appeared at a police camp open day event … Read more