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Mon, July 24, 2017 | 11:46

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US student detained in China after taxi driver dispute

The family of an American university student detained in China for five days without charge or contact beyond the police station have enlisted the help of US politicians to try to secure his release. Guthrie McLean, a student at the University of Montana, was detained on Sunday evening in Zhengzhou in Henan province and formally arrested the following day.

SCMP | 2017-07-21 10:33

100 days down: still no China-US trade deal but all-out row 'unlikely'

China and the United States have failed to reach a deal on ways to reduce their trade imbalance despite high-level talks in Washington. Observers said relations between the two countries had worsened but China and the US would both take steps to avoid an all-out confrontation between their closely tied economies.

SCMP | 2017-07-21 10:27

The secret lives of Chinese missionaries in northern Iraq

Last month’s execution of two Chinese missionaries by Islamic State (IS) militants in Pakistan put the risks of such work into stark relief but two young Chinese Christians who have lived close to an IS stronghold in northern Iraq for more than a year said life could be more peaceful there than back at home.

SCMP | 2017-07-17 13:56

X-Men actress Fan Bingbing hits back at fugitive tycoon Guo Wengui

Chinese actress Fan Bingbing announced on Thursday she was suing exiled tycoon Guo Wengui in the United States for defamation, joining a queue of plaintiffs hitting back at the fugitive over largely unsubstantiated allegations. In a statement posted on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, Fan’s management team accused the Chinese businessman of “malicious slander” that had “sev...

SCMP | 2017-07-17 11:36

17 years of hell: Hong Kong prisoner recounts his time in Philippine jail

Inside his 60 sq ft cell in the notorious New Bilibid Prison in Manila, convicted Hong Kong drug offender Tang Lung-waicompleted a mission impossible - writing a book detailing his ordeal in the Philippines over the past 17 years.

SCMP | 2017-07-16 11:25

Cathay Pacific passenger arrested after kicking, hitting stewardess

A female passenger on a Cathay Pacific flight bound for Hong Kong got so frustrated by slow service that she kicked and hit a flight attendant, according to police. The 34-year-old Chinese national - surnamed Liu - with a Hong Kong identity card was travelling on CX754 from Bangkok to Hong Kong when the incident happened, a police spokeswoman said.

SCMP | 2017-07-16 11:20

Is this Star Wars chess set worth HK$1 million?

Now fans of the epic Star Wars series can own a piece of the expanded universe - for just a little more than HK$1 million. To mark the saga’s 40th anniversary since its debut on the big screen in 1977, French luxury goods manufacturer S.T. Dupont has created this exquisitely handcrafted chess set which is a miniature battlefield for the good versus evil conflict that took pla...

SCMP | 2017-07-12 11:27

Vancouver Mayor splits with Chinese singer, whose mother faces possible death penalty in China

Vancouver’s Mayor Gregor Robertson has broken up with girlfriend Wanting Qu, the Vancouver-based pop star whose mother is facing corruption charges and a possible death penalty in China.

SCMP | 2017-07-07 10:41

Why Chinese submarines could soon be quieter than US ones

The US Navy’s Pacific fleet used to mock Chinese submarines for being too noisy and too easy to detect, but that has largely been remedied in recent years and China is now on the cusp of taking the lead in a cutting-edge propulsion technology.

SCMP | 2017-07-06 10:47

Hong Kong woman who died after beauty treatment felt pain more intense than labor

A woman complained of pain more intense than during labour after receiving an “experimental” cancer treatment at a Hong Kong beauty clinic days before her death, a court heard on Wednesday. The daughter of Chan Yuen-lam, 46, recalled taking her to an outpatient clinic on the night of October 3, 2012, hours after she underwent Cytokine-induced killer cell (CIK) treatment, wher...

SCMP | 2017-07-06 10:37

Park's impeachment