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The Chinese rocket that was anticipated to fall to Earth, finally landed on early Sunday morning in the Indian Ocean, near the Maldives. CNN reports that according to China’s space administration, a majority of the debris burned up as it re-entered the atmosphere. NASA administrator Bill Nelson denounced China for the rocket’s uncontrollable landing and […]
A portion of a rocket from China that’s traveling 18,000 miles per hour may possibly fall back to earth this weekend, with nobody knowing exactly where it will land. The debris is a 100-foot-long piece from a Chinese Long March 5B, according to the U.S. Space Command, which the Associated Press reports brought the main module […]
A 90-year-old woman was defrauded out of $32.8 million dollars in what was believed to be Hong Kong’s biggest phone scams. CNN reports the scheme began in August 2020, when the unidentified nonagenarian received a phone call from people posing as Chinese officials. The scammers reportedly told the woman her identity was being used in a money laundering […]
Cinema ticket sales are steadily on the rise as more cinemas resume operations across the country, with Bob Odenkirk’s revenge thriller Nobody seeing a solid debut at the domestic box office. Variety reports that the Ilya Naishuller-directed film garnered $6.7 million from 2,460 venues for its opening, with the international box office bringing in another $5 […]
China’s re-release of Avatar is set to oust Disney and Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame from its top position as the best-grossing film ever. Avatar has found its way to the big screen once again in China this weekend with the country anticipating a huge post-COVID box office turnout. Deadline reports that on Friday, the film made $3.5 […]
Tokyo is asking China to stop administering anal swab tests for COVID-19 on Japanese citizens due to the “great psychological pain” caused by the procedure, a government spokesperson said, per The Guardian. Katsunobu Kato, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, said the government will continue issuing a request to halt China’s invasive testing protocol until they receive word that an alternative method […]
Canada has apologized for a “misunderstanding” after a diplomat ordered a custom T-shirt that displayed the word “Wuhan” over the Wu-Tang Clan‘s iconic logo. The shirt prompted China to issue a formal complaint over the diplomat’s purchase. The American hip-hop group’s logo is a stylized “W.” Reports of the custom order circulating on China’s Twitter-like Weibo […]
Police in China have arrested more than 80 people who are said to be suspected members of a group that was making and selling fake COVID-19 vaccines. The group was helmed by a suspect surnamed Kong, according to the Associated Press, and sold the fake vaccines within China and to additional countries. Authorities in Beijing, […]
A Dallas-based company is facing criticism over its failed attempt to “refresh” the centuries-old Chinese game of mahjong. As pointed out by NBC News, The Mahjong Line was created by three women who took it upon themselves to redesign the tile-based game “to better reflect the fun that was had when playing with her friends.” The line, which included mahjong sets […]
Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer widely referred to as a “citizen journalist,” has been sentenced to four years in prison in connection with her reporting on the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pudong New Area People’s Court in Shanghai handed down the sentence on Monday, with the charges said to be “picking fights […]
