A Chinese woman who sought shelter from the rain in a lottery shop and casually bought a scratch card has won a million yuan (US$140,000), astonishing and delighting many people online. On August 8 in Yuxi, Yunnan province, southwestern China, an unidentified woman was caught in a sudden downpour and stepped into a lottery shop in the Hongta District to ...

The massive success of Chinas mini dramas at home has prompted the industry to set its sights more squarely on the global market, with ever more studios exploring potential in North America, Southeast Asia and beyond. The productions going overseas include translated Chinese dramas and original ones made with local teams. The push comes as Beijing urges ...

Hong Kongs restaurant sector is in crisis, with a wave of closures, shrinking margins and residents lured by cheaper options locally and across the border. In the second of a two-part series, the Post looks at how operators are bucking the trend to thrive and survive. Read part one here. Shortly after Italian chef Stefano Rossi opened his restaurant in one ...

Canadas status as the dominant supplier of canola to China appears to be under threat as shipments plunge amid a tit-for-tat tariff battle between the two nations. And Australia is already emerging as an alternative source of the staple vegetable oil, analysts and industry insiders say. Chinas imports of canola from Canada fell by 55 per cent year on year ...

A unit of Foxconn Technology Group, the worlds largest electronics contract manufacturer, is investing US$30 million in Hong Kong-based Robocore Technology, marking the Taiwanese companys foray into the smart robotics market. Foxconn Technology an independently listed firm in Taipei that is 9.88 per cent owned by the Apple and Nvidia supplier made the ...

Elon Musk was ordered on Wednesday by a federal judge to face a lawsuit by voters accusing the worlds richest person of defrauding them into signing a petition to support the US Constitution for a chance to win his US$1 million-a-day giveaway. US District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin, Texas said Jacqueline McAferty plausibly alleged in her proposed class ...

Hong Kong stocks remain favourable, as attractive valuations and easing tariff uncertainty have enhanced the predictability of corporate earnings on the citys stock market, according to US fund manager Franklin Templeton. The firm, which manages US$1.5 trillion of assets worldwide, was constructive on Hong Kong and mainland Chinas stock markets, as the ...

French researcher Laurent Vinatier, already jailed in Russia on charges of violating the countrys foreign agent laws, now faces a new espionage charge, according to court documents cited by Russian news agencies. Vinatier was jailed for three years last October for failing to comply with laws requiring individuals deemed foreign agents to register and meet ...

At least 600 employees of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving permanent termination notices in the wake of a recent court decision that protected some CDC employees from lay-offs but not others. The notices went out this week and many people have not yet received them, according to the American Federation of Government Employees ...

A team of Hong Kong footballers and coaches, who have struggled with gambling and drug abuse, are aiming to overcome their pasts by competing in the 20th Homeless World Cup in Norway this week. The players, led by captain Habib Akeel Amjid, flew to Oslo on Thursday to represent Hong Kong at the tournament, where they will compete against 39 other mens teams ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered that Gaza City be captured more quickly than previously planned. The timeline for conquering the last terrorist strongholds and defeating Hamas should be shortened, Netanyahus office said on Wednesday without giving details. Army spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin announced that Israeli forces had ...

Russia said on Wednesday it had to be part of any discussion on security guarantees for Ukraine and downplayed the likelihood of an imminent summit with President Volodymyr Zelensky, tempering hopes for a quick peace deal. Nato military chiefs, meanwhile, held a virtual summit on security guarantees for Ukraine, the latest in a flurry of global diplomacy ...

As tensions intensify across the Taiwan Strait, Beijing has ramped up its firepower capacity to prepare for a possible war in the region. One of the weapon systems key to these efforts is the PHL-16, a truck-mounted self-propelled multiple rocket launcher (MRL) that incorporates modular design and long-range precision-strike capabilities. The system is ...

The Silk Road once connected China and the Arab world, stretching from Cordoba to Canton. The network not only fostered trade, but also cultural and intellectual exchange. Today, as humanity stands on the brink of a new age of exploration, this time of the cosmos, the stage is set to revive this historic partnership. For Arab countries, especially the Gulf ...

Hundreds of fans turned out to support a member of Irish rap group Kneecap on Wednesday at a London court as he sought to throw out a terrorism charge for allegedly displaying a flag in support of the Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah. Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who was initially charged under the Anglicised name Liam OHanna and whose stage name is Mo Chara, ...

Hong Kong has recorded its first case of Japanese encephalitis in six years after a 49-year-old woman was diagnosed with the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease upon returning from the Philippines. The Centre for Health Protection said on Wednesday that the imported case involved a foreign woman who was in a stable condition. She had travelled to the ...

Polands defence minister said a flying object that crashed and exploded in a cornfield in eastern Poland early on Wednesday was identified as a Russian drone, calling it a provocation by Russia. At a news conference in Warsaw, Deputy Prime Minister Wadysaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, who also serves as defence minister, accused Russia of provoking Nato during a ...

Scientists for the first time have spotted the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare peek into stellar evolution. Stars can live for millions to trillions of years until they run out of fuel. The most massive ones go out with a bang in an explosion called a supernova. Using telescopes that peer deep into space, researchers have observed ...

The widow of a lift repairman who died last year after working for 59 hours straight is planning to take legal action against her late husbands employer, as an advocacy group raised concerns about the citys lack of laws protecting against overwork. The widow, who only wished to be identified as Mrs Chan, said on Wednesday that her late husband, Chan Ka-yee, ...

Restaurants and bars near Hong Kong Stadium have enjoyed a spike in business of at least 20 per cent thanks to the city hosting the Saudi Super Cup and are gearing up for Saturday when football legend Cristiano Ronaldo is set to play again. More than 30,000 spectators watched Ronaldo and his team Al-Nassr beat Al-Ittihad 2-1 at the Causeway Bay stadium on ...

Mathematician Zhang Yitang, who joined Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou from California in June, has called the wave of Chinese researchers exiting the US a positive trend. Zhang, known for his prime number research, told Phoenix TV, a partially state-owned broadcaster, in a programme aired on Monday that he had been thinking about returning to the ...

Hong Kong police have arrested a man on suspicion of targeting two restaurants and a bakery in a string of burglaries amid extreme weather, resulting in the theft of HK$80,000 (US$10,250) worth of items and cash. Inspector Wan Man-kin of the Wong Tai Sin police district on Wednesday said officers launched an investigation last Thursday after an employee of ...

Catch up on some of SCMPs biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trumps tariff blitz sparks unexpected India-China reset The worlds two most-populous countries made significant progress on the diplomatic front recently, and those championing such moves may have Washington to thank. ...

Maritime tensions between the Philippines and China have entered what analysts describe as a risky and potentially volatile phase after an accidental collision between two Chinese vessels near Scarborough Shoal, one of the most contested features in the South China Sea. The rare mishap involving the vessels from the Chinese coastguard and navy during a ...