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A jealous Chinese husband has been jailed after he flew into a rage when a local butcher gave his wife discounts on the meat she was buying and stabbed her multiple times. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

Trending in China

Chinese man stabs wife after suspecting her of infidelity with butcher over meat discount

Cut-price premium cuts send jealous husband into murderous rage, leading to brutal attack on wife; court jails man for 10 and a half years.

19 Oct 2025 - 9:00AM

US-China relations

Gangs in China exploiting US gift cards to move stolen cash, DHS says

19 Oct 2025 - 8:56AMvideocam

Trending in China

Taiwan woman caught taking fingerprints from dead person to forge loan agreement

16 Oct 2025 - 2:00PM

Myanmar

China airs confession from northern Myanmar crime boss Wei Huairen

The alleged Kokang gang leader tells state broadcaster CCTV that he had been the ‘supreme commander of the border forces’.

16 Oct 2025 - 9:45AMvideocam

State television aired a confession by Myanmar crime boss Wei Huairen. Photo: CCTV

Trending in China

Chinese woman wakes from coma to uncover ‘most devoted’ boyfriend’s abuse

Before the truth comes to light, Liu’s tale of sacrifice and devotion captivates the nation.

16 Oct 2025 - 6:35PM

Trending in China

China court grants woman divorce 6 years after husband pushed her off Thai cliff

Her then-husband earlier demanded US$4 million for ‘emotional suffering, loss of youth,’ asserting he would not agree to a divorce otherwise.

16 Oct 2025 - 10:03AM

Trending in China

China thief steals US$53,000 from newlyweds after learning about pair online

Suspect explains that he chose to target families hosting weddings because they are more likely to have cash on hand.

14 Oct 2025 - 6:00PM

A Chinese man was arrested for stealing 380,000 yuan from a newlywed family, discovered through Douyin; he targeted the family, knowing they might downplay the loss. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin/Sohu

Crime

China, US and Thailand seize record meth haul near disputed South China Sea reef

Raid nets nearly 5,000kg of methamphetamine, marking Asia-Pacific’s biggest maritime drug bust in years.

11 Oct 2025 - 12:56PM

Trending in China

China mum whose kids were thrown from 15th floor by their dad reveals new romance

Grieving mother of two dead children faces a mixed reaction on social media after she hooks up with ‘bad boy with charm’.

7 Oct 2025 - 10:55AM

Scams and swindles

Editorial | Hong Kong’s growing cross-border cooperation against crime is bearing fruit

Security authorities in the region are seeing the benefits of timely intelligence exchange and joint operations against scam syndicates.

5 Oct 2025 - 7:15AM

People walk past a poster warning of scam threats, in the business district of Raffles Place in Singapore, on September 3. Hong Kong’s police chief met top security officials from Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore and South Korea recently to discuss closer collaboration in combating scams and enhancing training. Photo: AFP

Trending in China

China woman becomes first to have sex assault recognised as ‘industrial injury’

Landmark case sees drunk woman who was sexually assaulted by her boss seek US$280,000 in compensation.

25 Sep 2025 - 3:17PM

A rape victim in China has become the first such person to have the crime committed by her boss classified as an “industrial injury”. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin

China’s Communist Party

AI-enhanced bodycams among advanced police gear China shows developing nations

At 3-day forum, officials from nations such as Belarus, DRC, Nicaragua and Ethiopia meet China’s minister for public security.

18 Sep 2025 - 12:00PMvideocam

Trending in China

China teens fined US$308,000 over hotpot pee video that led to 4,000 diner refunds

Drunken teenage duo’s disgusting ‘prank’ causes popular restaurant chain to throw out all its tableware, disinfect entire premises.

17 Sep 2025 - 2:00PM

China's military weapons

Chinese man detained for ‘inappropriate comments’ about Victory Day parade

Cyber police in Hubei province say he made slanderous remarks and spread rumours on social media posts about WWII anniversary event.

5 Sep 2025 - 6:09PMvideocam

Military vehicles take part in the Victory Day parade in Beijing on Wednesday. The parade is among China’s most important political and military events of the year. Photo: Eugene Lee

Trending in China

Tomb-raiding fiction-fixated China thief breaches burial site, steals 20 relics

Storybook fanatic who poured over works of fiction turns real-life tomb raider; puts together team of criminals, masterminds heist.

3 Sep 2025 - 6:00PM

A Chinese man obsessed with fictional tomb-raiding stories has broken into a burial site and stolen 20 cultural relics from 771 BC. Photo: SCMP composite/CCTV

Trending in China

Chinese man jailed for invading woman’s home, drawing her blood for ‘stress relief’

Repeat offender flees scene after victim’s husband hits him with a kettle; two-year jail term issued by court raises eyebrows online.

28 Aug 2025 - 9:00AM

Trending in China

‘Go catch him’: Chinese musician stops show to help woman capture sexual assailant

A female audience member interrupts the live show and says, ‘The pervert discharged onto my leg’.

23 Aug 2025 - 4:00PM

Trending in China

Chinese woman keeps getting pregnant, has 3 kids in 4 years to avoid jail

Investigation finds woman convicted of fraud gives babies away, is already divorced from man with whom she conceived them.

20 Aug 2025 - 12:09AM

A woman in China has sought to avoid a five-year jail term for fraud by repeatedly getting pregnant and having three children. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

Trending in China

China mum, 90, learns law to defend son in US$16 million extortion case

Elderly grandmother studies case law, pours over legal documents to represent son in court, needs medical attention as result.

10 Aug 2025 - 6:00PM

Trending in China

Chinese woman jailed for killing lover who told her to hit him and not break up

Girlfriend appears to snap over self-hating, prostitute-hiring boyfriend’s betrayals, smashes his head against wall several times.

9 Aug 2025 - 2:24PM

Trending in China

New abbot at China Shaolin Temple enforces ‘Buddhist 996’ rule; 30 monks quit

Stringent regime at famous temple slashes monk’s screen time on mobile phones, imposes strict diet, long working hours.

10 Aug 2025 - 9:09AM

The new head of China’s scandal-hit Shaolin Temple has introduced strict new rules, sparking a reported wave of monk resignations. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Xinhua/Weibo

Human rights in China

Police deployed in China to quell teen bullying case protest

Swat officers called to the Sichuan city of Jiangyou as crowd gathers to demand tougher penalties for alleged perpetrators.

7 Aug 2025 - 5:48PMvideocam

Jiangyou in Sichuan province was the scene of conflict and confrontation on Monday and Tuesday after residents expressed anger over a bullying case involving a 14-year-old victim. Photo: Handout

Diplomacy

Opinion | China’s safeguarding of cultural heritage signals its global ambition

For China, the protection of antiquities is not just about safeguarding objects of its past – it is about defining its place in the future.

2 Aug 2025 - 9:30AMvideocam

China-Japan relations

Taiwan’s Lai vows to lower US tariff rate as Trump’s 20% sparks backlash

US government is willing to talk, William Lai says, as KMT chief slams ‘serious setback’ and local media hint at billions in concessions.

1 Aug 2025 - 8:20PMvideocam

Yuan

Explainer | China’s money launderers exploited a gem of a loophole - Beijing just plugged it

Financial crime watchdog targets dealers of precious metals and gems – and experts say that’s just the start as non-financial sectors come under the money microscope.

1 Aug 2025 - 8:03PMvideocam

If China’s dealers of precious metals and gems have reason to suspect that a customer intends to use such transactions to launder money, they must report it. Photo: Getty Images

China-Japan relations

Japan asks China to ensure citizens’ safety after latest attack in Suzhou

The attack on a mother and son triggers a plea from the embassy and follows a similar incident in the same city last year.

11 Aug 2025 - 4:33PMvideocam

The attack follows a similar incident in the same city last year. Photo: Shutterstock

Xinjiang

Chinese police mount Xinjiang manhunt for fugitive wanted over attack on 2 people

Authorities say attack took place near border with Kazakhstan and victims are in a stable condition.

30 Jul 2025 - 5:05PMvideocam

Religion in China

China’s Shaolin Temple gets new abbot after scandal fells Shi Yongxin

White Horse Temple abbot Shi Yinle will replace Shaolin head who is under investigation for alleged financial and sexual misconduct.

30 Jul 2025 - 7:39AMvideocam

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