Picture Credit: AsiaWire/Weibo A Chinese official has been suspended for ignoring strict travel controls amid the COVID-19 outbreak after his son bragged on social media that he was benefiting from his dad’s position of “power” to move to another city. Amid growing concerns over the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, several cities…
Picture Credit: AsiaWire/@HongKongPoliceForce A man has been arrested in Hong Kong for breaking into a parked car and stealing eight boxes of face masks which are currently in huge demand in the region because of the Coronavirus outbreak. The 53-year-old car owner reported the theft to the police after arriving…
Story By: Michael Leidig, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News The mayor of arguably one of Europe's most favourite destinations for Chinese tourists says locals have been seeing many cancellations since the virus outbreak because of restrictions on flights out of China. The sleepy Austrian lakeside town of Hallstatt was little known in…
Picture Credit: AsiaWire A Chinese bank has given its customers more than 1,000 cuts of fresh pork as a reward for their cash deposits as prices for the staple food skyrocket in the country following an outbreak of swine flu. Thousands queued outside the Duqiao Town branch of the Linhai…
