A Tanzanian man who refused to self quarantine and walked around without a mask has sparked outrage in Beijing prompting demands that officials “deport him”. On Weibo, China’s Twitter-like microblogging platform, a hashtag reading ‘Tanzanian man returns to Beijing and refuses quarantine’ has been seen more than 10 million times…
AsiaWire More than 1,600 Chinese doctors and nurses have returned to Shanghai after claiming ‘victory’ over COVID-19 in Wuhan and they are now being treated to a free 14 days of steak and lobster in quarantine. The last of Shanghai’s so-called ‘Hubei volunteers’ - 1,649 health workers dispatched to the…
AsiaWire This is the moment a motorist said to have been fleeing a minor hit-and-run violently crashes at speed into the back of three cars waiting at a crossroads. The incident was captured by traffic cameras and on another vehicle’s dashcam at the junction of Chunshen Road and Huayang Road…
AsiaWire This Chinese exchange student with a fever who leapt out a bus window to avoid screening before being tackled by health workers in hazmat suits has now been placed in “mandatory” isolation. The unnamed young woman, who studies in Germany, boarded a flight from Frankfurt and landed in the…
AsiaWire This is the moment a driver accidentally sets fire to his fuel tank at a petrol station when a static shock from his clothing ignites the petrol inside. Footage from Alxa League in China’s northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region shows the motorist’s passengers quickly evacuating from his SUV when…