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A thief in China who carefully planned a burglary using a boat was caught by police within 24 hours of carrying out his crime. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin

China thief rows boat to steal US$70,000 from company he targeted for a year

Former employee of firm thinks breaking in via river next to premises will confuse police but caught within 24 hours.

‘Caring’ Taiwan KOL mother of 5 accused of killing toddler, 2, under her care

Chinese officials told to ‘sift out losers’ to stop random attacks on public

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Opinion | Can China find a way out of its moral crisis?

Whether the country’s ethical decline has worsened or not, the current situation is dire and must be addressed through education.

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Children read the Analects at the Temple of Confucius in Qufu, Shandong province, on June 27, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese eye doctor resumes surgeries 4 years after being stabbed by patient

Doctor becomes famous during recovery process, pursues advanced technologies in medicine.

‘Deeply worrying’: false claims of Chinese crime wave in Japan spark outrage

Social media has become a fertile breeding ground for extremist sentiment, analysts say, amid deepening distrust and growing online hatred.

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Knife attack on eve of China’s National Day holiday leaves 3 dead in Shanghai

15 people are recovering in hospital and a man has been detained after supermarket assault motivated by ‘personal grievances’.

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A man has been detained after a knife attack in a Shanghai supermarket on Monday left three people dead and 15 injured. Photo: Weibo/ 瓜王本律

Pet lover in China studies law to make sure man who poisoned her dog is jailed

Lack of specific pet protection law in China means animal killers regularly get away with simple fines.

Viral video shows Chinese teen viciously attacking mum for not giving him money

Boy caught chasing, kicking mother, could not contain his rage after being subdued.

Woman in China choked to death by step-grandad after rejecting demand for money

University student killed because she would not give old man money to buy a farm.

A 20-year-old Chinese woman was killed by strangulation after she declined her step-grandfather’s request for money. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

Boy’s stabbing sparks anger in Japan over China’s ‘anti-Japanese’ education

Editorials, analysts say the Chinese government’s policies have contributed to rising xenophobia and violence targeting Japanese nationals.

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Police and security check a delivery rider (second from left) who arrived with what appeared to be a bouquet of flowers at the entrance of the Japanese embassy in Beijing on September 19. Photo: TNS

Japan sends official to China ‘to deal with’ boy’s fatal stabbing in Shenzhen

Fumio Kishida has demanded an explanation for the attack at Shenzhen Japanese School and urged China to ensure Japanese citizens’ safety.

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China knife attacker subdued by woman with umbrella, 2 chefs brandishing ladles

Restaurant owner and chef use ladles as weapons to corner attacker.

China faces calls for transparency over safety fears after stabbing death

Series of recent assaults on foreigners could harm country’s image and further set back Beijing’s attempts to lure more people to visit, observers say.

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A woman lays flowers outside a school in Shenzhen attended by a Japanese boy who died after being stabbed on his way to the school on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

Man accused of stabbing Japanese boy jobless with criminal record: Chinese media

Information about the sensitive case is tightly controlled by Chinese police, media and internet censors.

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Chinese paramilitary police officers march past the entrance of the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Thursday. China has expressed “regret and sadness” after a Japanese schoolboy died after being stabbed on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

Mainland China puts exit ban on Taiwan Formosa Plastics Group exec

The executive was detained on arrival in Shanghai and has not been able to return since, report says.

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Japanese child’s fatal stabbing in China is an ‘isolated case’, Beijing says

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Tokyo views child’s death ‘as a serious and grave matter’ and urges Beijing to protect Japanese in China.

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China newlywed woman blinded by husband after refusing to top up gaming account

Violent husband hit wife with frying pan, strangled her with pyjamas.

A Chinese newlywed woman is tragically blinded by her husband after she declines to replenish his online gaming account. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Baidu

China to train 3,000 foreign police officers to protect overseas interests

Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong says Beijing will also send consultants to help countries improve law enforcement and tackle cross-border crime.

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Chinese legal community asks: where is the line on death penalty for corruption?

Inner Mongolia court dismisses appeal by party official who pleaded guilty to pocketing more than US$422 million and was sentenced to death.

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China woman fakes multiple miscarriages to claim US$9,300 insurance money

A woman in China who filed five maternity insurance claims in four years has been handed a suspended jail term after confessing to her crimes.

A woman in China who faked multiple miscarriages to claim maternity insurance worth US$9,300 has been handed a suspended jail term. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Sina

Arrests and fines in fallout from China’s cooking oil scandal

Team led by State Council’s food safety body says perpetrators were ‘trampling on the bottom line of morality and the red line of the law’.

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A team investigating China’s cooking oil scandal has vowed “zero tolerance” for such incidents, pledging to continue to control the transport of cooking oil. Photo: AP

Thailand extradites Malaysian fugitive to China over cryptocurrency scam

Beijing calls handover of Tedy Teow a ‘positive example’ for cross-border crime-busting efforts.

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China’s money laundering crackdown puts crypto investors, USDT traders at risk

China’s highest court says use of virtual assets to transfer criminal proceeds is among a range of money laundering methods on the mainland.

Chinese commercial bank chairman killed, ex-subordinate held by police: report

Bank of Handan chairman Zheng Zhiying died in hospital on Thursday having been allegedly killed by his former employee, according to reports.

Zheng Zhiying, the 61-year-old chairman of the Bank of Handan. Photo: Weibo

ByteDance cracks down on corruption and bribery cases in first half of 2024

About 88 ByteDance employees were sacked, while 17 others were taken into custody by public security authorities for the reported offences.

The internal misconduct cases reported by ByteDance included incidents of bribery and misappropriation of company property. Photo: Shutterstock

Mainland China returns Taiwan fishing boat and 4 crew; captain investigated

Release of Taiwanese and Indonesian fishermen the latest development in series of combative fishing-related incidents between Beijing and Taipei.

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China woman sets cockroaches free, human ‘seal sunbathing’, air cooler thief

Among the strangest news from China in recent days is a woman filmed tipping cockroaches into a residential area, crowds basking like seals in a Shanghai park and a thief who steals air conditioning units.

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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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