Alice Yan

6 days ago | scmp.com | Alice Yan

A 51-year-old man in China who carried his 88-year-old paralysed mother on his back while travelling has trended on social media. As a result of his efforts, the dutiful man has been hailed as the “most filial son” by internet users. Chai Wanbin, from Huidong county in Sichuan province in the southwest of the country, was filmed using a traditional Chinese baby sling to carry his petite mother.

1 week ago | scmp.com | Alice Yan

An elite surgeon from a top hospital in Beijing has been fired and expelled from the Communist Party after his wife revealed that he had affairs with several mistresses, in some cases leading to pregnancy and abortions. Since mid-April, a tip-off letter about Xiao Fei, a senior doctor at the chest surgery department of China-Japan Friendship Hospital, a major public-funded institution in Beijing, has gone viral on mainland social media.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Alice Yan

NowShe got candid about one of the most "difficult" moments from her breakup. Jennifer Lopez broke her silence on how she told her kids about her decision to break up with Ben Affleck for the first time. • In an interview with 'El Pais' magazine, the singer recalled trying to reassure her twins, Max and …

1 week ago | scmp.com | Alice Yan

A 23-year-old man in China has caused controversy by constantly changing his name in the government’s identity registry system. On one occasion, he even applied to use a wacky name that contains 48 Chinese characters. The man, from a village in Guiyang county, Hunan province, central China, was born as Zhu Yunfei, Hunan Daily reported. He said he does not like this name because it is ordinary. Another man in his village has the same name.

1 week ago | scmp.com | Alice Yan

A new pop culture magazine launched by China’s blind box giant Pop Mart has selected singer and songwriter Leah Dou Jingtong as its cover girl, triggering controversy. The 28-year-old star has been living under the spotlight since her birth because her mother is the Queen of Cantonpop, Faye Wong, while her father is the Beijing-based rock godfather Dou Wei. Her parents divorced when she was only two years old.