A conman in China who tricked eight women out of US$415,000 has been caught by police on a high-rise window ledge as he tried to flee one of his victims who had come to get her money back. Photo: SCMP composite/Anqing Public Security Bureau
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‘Dug himself a hole’: man who scammed 8 women caught on 23rd-storey window ledge

4 Jul 2023 - 9:49AM

A love scammer in China who stole US$415,000 from eight women was arrested while trying to flee a highrise flat through a window and becoming trapped on a window ledge.

A conman in China who tricked eight women out of US$415,000 has been caught by police on a high-rise window ledge as he tried to flee one of his victims who had come to get her money back. Photo: SCMP composite/Anqing Public Security Bureau

‘Dug himself a hole’: man who scammed 8 women caught on 23rd-storey window ledge

A love scammer in China who stole US$415,000 from eight women was arrested while trying to flee a highrise flat through a window and becoming trapped on a window ledge.

4 Jul 2023 - 9:49AM

‘Fate sent you to a loving family’: millions view story of life-saving father

Millions of people on mainland social media have been moved by the story of a young woman who was abandoned as a newborn baby and the labourer who saved her and brought her up.

3 Jul 2023 - 7:10PM

‘Dreamed of dad last night’: girl reading to dead father at grave moves China

A video of a little girl at her father’s grave reading the stories he used to tell her while raising her as a single parent has struck a chord with many people online in China.

3 Jul 2023 - 7:12PM
The moving story of a woman in China who was left for dead on a road when she was just four days old and the man who saved her and became her father has touched millions of people on mainland social media. Photo: SCMP composite/CCTV

‘Fate sent you to a loving family’: millions view story of life-saving father

Millions of people on mainland social media have been moved by the story of a young woman who was abandoned as a newborn baby and the labourer who saved her and brought her up.

3 Jul 2023 - 7:10PM
Trending in China

‘Dreamed of dad last night’: girl reading to dead father at grave moves China

A video of a little girl at her father’s grave reading the stories he used to tell her while raising her as a single parent has struck a chord with many people online in China.

A video of a little girl at her father’s grave reading the stories he used to tell her while raising her as a single parent has struck a chord with many people online in China.

3 Jul 2023 - 7:12PM
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‘Teach by example’: father shows thieving son in China how to apologise

Mainland social media observers have praised the parenting skills of a father in China who made his son apologise to a shop owner for stealing from her eatery.

Mainland social media observers have praised the parenting skills of a father in China who made his son apologise to a shop owner for stealing from her eatery.

3 Jul 2023 - 8:16PM

Boy, 6, in China grips base of collapsing ladder to save dad from nasty fall

A home surveillance video which captures the moment a six-year-old boy in China held onto a collapsing ladder to prevent his father from suffering a nasty fall has delighted mainland social media.

3 Jul 2023 - 4:36PM
Boy, 6, in China grips base of collapsing ladder to save dad from nasty fall

‘Very human and cute’: rent-a-dad bathhouse in China keeps women’s areas boy-free

A bathhouse in China has begun offering a “rent-a-dad” service so that women can bathe in a boy-free environment.

2 Jul 2023 - 9:00AM
‘Very human and cute’: rent-a-dad bathhouse in China keeps women’s areas boy-free

‘Teach by example’: father shows thieving son in China how to apologise

Mainland social media observers have praised the parenting skills of a father in China who made his son apologise to a shop owner for stealing from her eatery.

3 Jul 2023 - 8:16PM

Boy, 6, in China grips base of collapsing ladder to save dad from nasty fall

A home surveillance video which captures the moment a six-year-old boy in China held onto a collapsing ladder to prevent his father from suffering a nasty fall has delighted mainland social media.

3 Jul 2023 - 4:36PM

‘Very human and cute’: rent-a-dad bathhouse in China keeps women’s areas boy-free

A bathhouse in China has begun offering a “rent-a-dad” service so that women can bathe in a boy-free environment.

2 Jul 2023 - 9:00AM

‘BMW since birth’: mother says ‘poor’ teacher who rides bike sets a bad example

A mother in China mocks her son’s teacher for riding a bike as too poor to buy a car and says it will make her son think ‘studying is useless’, and outrages mainland social media.

A mother in China mocks her son’s teacher for riding a bike as too poor to buy a car and says it will make her son think ‘studying is useless’, and outrages mainland social media.

11 Aug 2022 - 2:01AM

‘Gentle butcher’: woman who kills, skins a sheep in 8 minutes becomes online star

A 21-year-old woman who has drawn more than 5 million followers with posts on life in a remote part of China says she never thought about popularity, she wanted to share her life and the beautiful landscape of her home.

A 21-year-old woman who has drawn more than 5 million followers with posts on life in a remote part of China says she never thought about popularity, she wanted to share her life and the beautiful landscape of her home.

4 Sep 2022 - 3:36PM

Horrific video: man allegedly drives over girlfriend repeatedly in shock killing

Violence against women is in the spotlight in China again after a man allegedly ran down and killed his girlfriend in a horrifying attack in the same city where just two months ago a vicious assault on four women caught on video went viral.

Violence against women is in the spotlight in China again after a man allegedly ran down and killed his girlfriend in a horrifying attack in the same city where just two months ago a vicious assault on four women caught on video went viral.

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31 May 2023 - 8:15AM

Donnie Yen’s stand-out appearance in John Wick: Chapter 4 is an excellent opportunity to raise Hong Kong’s global prominence, and the city’s government must step up to take it.

3 Apr 2023 - 7:35PM

Forget ‘Hello Hong Kong’, we risk being labelled ‘Heartless Hong Kong’ after the recent street hawker case, which really isn’t fair to our mostly hospitable and welcoming people.

20 Mar 2023 - 5:41PM
24 Feb 2023 - 8:15AM

From the ‘Hello Hong Kong’ campaign’s free air tickets to the need to ‘grab’ talent from elsewhere, Hong Kong seems desperate – and that’s ugly. We must focus on why we are unique.

19 Feb 2023 - 4:14PM

‘BMW since birth’: mother says ‘poor’ teacher who rides bike sets a bad example

A mother in China mocks her son’s teacher for riding a bike as too poor to buy a car and says it will make her son think ‘studying is useless’, and outrages mainland social media.

A mother in China mocks her son’s teacher for riding a bike as too poor to buy a car and says it will make her son think ‘studying is useless’, and outrages mainland social media.

11 Aug 2022 - 2:01AM

‘Gentle butcher’: woman who kills, skins a sheep in 8 minutes becomes online star

A 21-year-old woman who has drawn more than 5 million followers with posts on life in a remote part of China says she never thought about popularity, she wanted to share her life and the beautiful landscape of her home.

A 21-year-old woman who has drawn more than 5 million followers with posts on life in a remote part of China says she never thought about popularity, she wanted to share her life and the beautiful landscape of her home.

4 Sep 2022 - 3:36PM

Horrific video: man allegedly drives over girlfriend repeatedly in shock killing

Violence against women is in the spotlight in China again after a man allegedly ran down and killed his girlfriend in a horrifying attack in the same city where just two months ago a vicious assault on four women caught on video went viral.

Violence against women is in the spotlight in China again after a man allegedly ran down and killed his girlfriend in a horrifying attack in the same city where just two months ago a vicious assault on four women caught on video went viral.

8 Aug 2022 - 10:50AM
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A Beijing-based choir comprising members of the LGBT community prepares backstage  before a concert during Shanghai’s Pride celebrations in June 2018. Photo: Simon Song

Opinion | China’s LGBT community doesn’t need Western ‘gay pride’

For LGBT people in China, sexuality is part, not all, of who they are as their familial role and national identity take precedence. What they want most is love and acceptance, not pride parades.

13 Jun 2023 - 4:30PM

Opinion | Global climate change policy still failing women after 50 years

Focusing on the effects of climate change on women and ensuring they are involved in climate decision-making can help build a just and sustainable future for all.

Focusing on the effects of climate change on women and ensuring they are involved in climate decision-making can help build a just and sustainable future for all.

4 Jun 2023 - 3:00AM
Global climate change policy still failing women after 50 years

Opinion | What we can learn from a Chinese comedian’s PLA joke that backfired

Neither the anger of Chinese nationalists at the first sign of an insult, nor the self-righteousness of critics in the West is helpful. Recognising cultural differences and proceeding with patience and tolerance is a first step towards better understanding.

Neither the anger of Chinese nationalists at the first sign of an insult, nor the self-righteousness of critics in the West is helpful. Recognising cultural differences and proceeding with patience and tolerance is a first step towards better understanding.

31 May 2023 - 8:15AM
What we can learn from a Chinese comedian’s PLA joke that backfired

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