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
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‘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

‘Live life the way you want’: mother bucks tradition with stance on children

A mother in China who told her son and daughter-in-law that she would be fine with them not having children has earned widespread praise on mainland social media.

1 Jul 2023 - 6:56PM
‘Live life the way you want’: mother bucks tradition with stance on children

‘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

‘Live life the way you want’: mother bucks tradition with stance on children

A mother in China who told her son and daughter-in-law that she would be fine with them not having children has earned widespread praise on mainland social media.

1 Jul 2023 - 6:56PM
24 Aug 2022 - 3:12PM

In cities home to large overseas Chinese communities, Cantonese should be about more than just cultural preservation and should be integrated into their infrastructure.

1 Jan 2022 - 11:15AM

When three US women tried to ‘respectfully refresh’ the design of mahjong tiles, the cultural appropriation caused worldwide outrage. But mahjong is more than just a game, it teaches us about who we are.

4 May 2021 - 4:25PM
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Changchun Jingyuetan National Scenic Area. Residents of the northeastern city are escaping for weekends of wild camping on the edge of the city, including at winter ski resorts. Photo: Getty Images

Destinations known | China city residents go off-grid with wild camping weekends in outskirts

Taking a traditional summer holiday is still difficult in China because of Covid-19 restrictions, so city residents have taken to making weekend ‘wild trips’ to ‘secret resorts’ promoted by social influencers.

24 Aug 2022 - 3:12PM

My Hong Kong | Learning Cantonese could save lives in places like San Francisco

In cities home to large overseas Chinese communities, Cantonese should be about more than just cultural preservation and should be integrated into their infrastructure.

In cities home to large overseas Chinese communities, Cantonese should be about more than just cultural preservation and should be integrated into their infrastructure.

1 Jan 2022 - 11:15AM
Learning Cantonese could save lives in places like San Francisco

My Hong Kong | Why mahjong is more than just a game and deserves our respect

When three US women tried to ‘respectfully refresh’ the design of mahjong tiles, the cultural appropriation caused worldwide outrage. But mahjong is more than just a game, it teaches us about who we are.

When three US women tried to ‘respectfully refresh’ the design of mahjong tiles, the cultural appropriation caused worldwide outrage. But mahjong is more than just a game, it teaches us about who we are.

4 May 2021 - 4:25PM
Why mahjong is more than just a game and deserves our respect

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