China’s National Immigration Administration (NIA) released a new notice today, unveiling that starting from August 20, 2026, ordinary passport holders from Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam will be covered by two preferential entry policies in China: the 240-hour visa-free transit scheme and...
A Wuhan woman filed for divorce from her African husband due to his repeated infidelity, yet the court-mediated settlement left her paying him 170,000 yuan. The outcome has sparked widespread public astonishment, as most people assume a cheating partner in...
A 19-year-old female visitor from Japan is believed to have been assaulted and robbed in her hotel room in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, after she invited a man she had just connected with on WeChat for an in-person chat....
A violent knife assault broke out in Hong Kong on the morning of Monday, August 10, leaving several members of the public wounded. A male perpetrator reportedly ran amok chasing pedestrians with a blade outside a private residential compound in...
China is grappling with a dual assault of extreme weather, as torrential rains trigger mass evacuations in the southwest while scorching heatwaves grip other regions—a pattern meteorologists link to a rapidly intensifying El Niño event threatening to prolong climate volatility...
Hong Kong police have busted a triad-linked drug ring that allegedly employed foreign women in revealing attire to peddle narcotics across bars and nightlife hotspots. The Kowloon East Regional Anti-Triad Unit led the operation, targeting the financial infrastructure of the...
The People’s Court of Hekou County has concluded a public trial concerning the distribution of counterfeit Vietnamese G7 coffee, delivering a swift guilty verdict. The defendant, Nguyen, a Vietnamese national, exploited high-frequency cross-border mobility to procure counterfeit G7 products via...
Citing JLL data, Ingka Group has put eight wholly-owned Chinese properties on the market, spanning key cities including Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Harbin, Nantong, Xuzhou, Guiyang, and Ningbo. Currently vacant and free of lease encumbrances, these assets offer immediate delivery to...
According to a notice released by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) on Wednesday, Apple Intelligence has successfully completed the registration process required to provide mobile generative artificial intelligence services within China. Industry experts view this milestone as a crucial...
China recorded 369 million cross-border trips in the first half of 2026, a 10.8% increase year-on-year, the National Immigration Administration (NIA) reported Friday. Foreign arrivals surged 20.6% to 45.9 million, with visa-free entries jumping 30.6% to 17.8 million—accounting for 77.7%...
Life along China’s east coast is being put on hold as Typhoon Bavi approaches. With the storm expected to land between Fujian and Zhejiang, air travel has been thrown into disarray—Zhoushan and Wenzhou airports have already scrapped dozens of flights....
China is stepping up emergency readiness as Super Typhoon Bavi—the ninth typhoon of the year—edges closer to the eastern coastline. According to the China Meteorological Administration, forecast tracks indicate that Bavi will move into the nation’s 48‑hour typhoon warning zone...
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