A pyramid scheme mastermind has been uncovered, having transformed himself into a traditional Chinese culture guru who “educates” students through corporal punishment.
In July, a pre-recorded video by a 16-year-old Chinese girl named Lin went viral among her friends. In the video, Lin pleads for help: “I don’t want to be sent to an internet addiction treatment school or a behaviour boot camp. If you can’t reach me, please call the police and rescue me.”
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Leung Kai-lok, 19, is potentially the first person to avoid a custodial sentence for violating the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
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This article was first published on August 14, 2016.
by James Porteous
Singapore exploded into celebration as it feted a new sporting hero yesterday (August 13, 2016) after swimmer Joseph Schooling did the improbable – beat his one-time idol Michael Phelps – to win the Lion City’s first ever gold medal. Schooling completed a wire-to-wire victory to deny American Phelps a fourth successive title in the 100 metres butterfly,
The new variety, named “Cuimi”, was bred using the Shixia longan – a popular cultivar in Guangdong province – as its maternal parent and a lychee as its paternal parent, according to the research team. The hybrid fruit breaks long-standing reproductive barriers between plant genera.
It has been planted across Guangdong, Sichuan
North Korea usually reports launches but its silence in the recent launches raises the possibility they involved a top-secret new missile
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At about 6am on Wednesday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS
Dr Rayson Lee Rui Sheng, 36, and 29-year-old Tan Li Ming both intend to appeal against their convictions.
The pair had contested their respective charges of taking MDMA, also known as Ecstasy, claiming their drinks had been spiked.
Hong Kong authorities have charged a woman on suspicion of keeping 136 dogs without valid licences at a shelter previously investigated for alleged animal cruelty, the South China Morning Post has learned.
A spokesman for the Agriculture, Conservation and Fisheries Department (AFCD) said on Wednesday that the department commenced prosecution after conducting a raid in response to complaints about the shelter in Yuen Long district.
“During the operation, a total of 136 dogs were suspected of being kept without valid licences,” the spokesman said.
Authorities
Hong Kong remained gripped by extreme heat on Wednesday with temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) in parts of the city, prompting labour representatives to urge authorities to introduce a district-level index to better protect outdoor workers.
The Very Hot Weather Warning and the Amber Heat Stress at Work Warning have been in effect since Wednesday morning, with parts of northern Hong Kong including Yuen Long and Ta Kwu Ling already surpassing 35 degrees before noon, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.
The sustained heat followed Sunday
“If a top US quant team goes to Japan or India, they can beat virtually all the native quants,” Xia Chun, founder and chief economist at Chinese financial research firm Wiselink Group and former finance professor at the University
At a time of year when Beijing’s vegetation should be at its greenest, thousands of trees of various species in a park in the city’s Chaoyang district have withered and died because they were too wet.
Beijing Daily, the city’s official newspaper, said on Monday that rising groundwater levels might be to blame.
Jinzhandian Park, a lush flood-storage wetland park nicknamed Beijing’s “Little Lake Baikal” for its lake and extensive woodlands, has drawn large numbers of visitors since opening in September