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A truck driver from southwestern China’s Chongqing province impressed many people online with his driving skills. He can drive over a lighter and an egg without breaking them.
A car ended up “standing” up straight after crashing into a pole in eastern China’s Zhejiang province.
At least eight passengers were injured when an MTR train derailed in Hong Kong on September 17, 2019, leading to a service suspension on the East Rail Line.
In Manila, Philippines, emergency workers say patients die en route to hospitals because of the capital city’s notorious traffic jams.
A circus tiger was filmed climbing up a cage, escaping during a performance in central China’s Henan province. It was later found injured after a car ran it over, and died when it was sent to a nearby zoo.
Four Mass Transit Rail (MTR) stations in Hong Kong were shut over on September 8, 2019, after ticketing machines were damaged and walls spray-painted during anti-government protests.
A schoolboy from central China’s Hubei province is one of the country’s “left-behind” children. His parents work in Lhasa, tens of hours away by car. At the boy’s first ever basketball match, he finally had the chance to see his father again.
Chaos broke out again in Hong Kong as the city entered its 14th week of anti-government protests, with multiple confrontations between riot police and protesters at Central MTR station. Some spilled out onto the streets of the business district. Some protesters blocked the entrance to the MTR station with plants, ca…
Police became trapped after a fight broke out between them and protesters in Sha Tin MTR. The incident followed an arrest in the station where the police used pepper spray on the crowd. The officers had to take refuge in a station control room and await rescue from riot police.
For the second day in a row, Mong Kok was the scene of conflict. People gathered after a number of smaller protests around the city had ended without a major incident. Hong Kong police quickly reinforced numbers with special units and riot squads who charged down Nathan road, scattering the protesters.
With more protest action expected at the airport, authorities significantly increased security. Only passengers were allowed inside the terminal, and transport links were heavily monitored by police.
One person was killed and at least 30 people injured on Thursday when an express train and a truck collided on a busy rail line connecting Tokyo and Yokohama, according to Japanese authorities. The accident derailed the front carriage of the train and set the truck on fire.
A six-year-old boy was filmed reversing a car into a hole in southern China's Fujian province. His father got out of the car, but left the engine on and forgot to pull the handbrake.
Drone footage has captured a truck making a dramatic special delivery of a huge wind turbine blade up a winding road in China. The blade measuring 70 metres (230 feet) was being transported near Yuncheng city in China’s northern Shanxi province on August 28, 2019.
A woman from southern China’s Guangdong province was filmed using a tape measure to help the driver to check if her car can fit into a parking space.
Anti-government protesters caused chaos outside Hong Kong International Airport on September 1, before shifting their action to the nearby suburb of Tung Chung. The protesters vandalised an MTR station and forced the closure of an entire railway line.
Hong Kong police hunting radical protesters boarded a train during the August 31 unrest, clubbed people wearing masks with batons and pepper sprayed them in unprecedented scenes of violence and chaos.
After earlier clashes in Admiralty, protesters and police fought a running battle through the streets of Wan Chai and into Causeway Bay. A huge fire was set near police headquarters and water cannon trucks advanced steadily down Hennessy Road. Eventually police chased protesters into Victoria park and several arrest…
Drones have been adopted to transport matsutake mushrooms in Yajiang, southwest China’s Sichuan province to improve the logistics efficiency and maintain the fungi’s freshness.
For the first time in 12 weekends of anti-government protests, a policeman fired a warning shot during clashes with demonstrators in Hong Kong. Earlier, police also deployed water cannon for the first time, threatening to use them in order to disperse hundreds of protesters who had occupied a road following a march.
Thousands of Hongkongers took part in an anti-government protests for a 12th consecutive weekend, but violence erupted when riot police and protesters clashed outside a police station in Kowloon. Police fired tear gas and rounds of non-lethal ammunition to disperse the crowd, which retreated a few blocks away. The p…
Riot police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who had built barricades on a road in front of a police station on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong. It came after a tense stand-off following the latest mass anti-government protest march.
Hong Kong has kicked off its 12th straight weekend of anti-government protests with an approved march in Kwun Tong that took a tense turn as demonstrators blocked roads and disabled surveillance cameras.
A minibus driver escaped through a window after his vehicle caught fire at a petrol station in southwestern China’s Chongqing. The incident was caused by a petrol leak.
A four-year-old Chinese boy showed off his incredible parallel parking skills with a toy car in northern China. Shot in Siping city in Jilin province on August 18, 2019, the clip shows the boy named Bingo reversing his toy car into a narrow gap between two objects at home.
A woman in China was filmed throwing trash back into the car of a litterbug while waiting for a red light. The clip has received over 200,000 likes on the country’s social media, but some suspect that it was staged.
A beachside fashion show was put on in east China’s Shandong province on August 5, 2019, featuring the latest facekini designs, a swimming mask that covers the head and neck to protect against the sun. Zhang Shifan, reportedly the inventor of the facekini, said the new collection was inspired by China’s Belt and Roa…
The anti-government protests continued into the night in Hong Kong on August 10. Multiple ‘flash mob’ style protests erupted across the city with protesters emerging from the MTR system, blocking roads, then retreating when police appear.
A proposed march in Tai Po against the government’s handling of the now suspended extradition bill crisis went ahead without police permission on August 10. Police had cited safety concerns after earlier marches in the city had ended with violence. Protesters and riot police faced off on a road near the police stati…
Japan is providing Samoa free training to help local judokas (judo practitioners) prepare for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games qualifications. It is part of Japan’s wider “soft diplomacy” with the Pacific islands. The region controls vast swaths of the Pacific ocean and strategic infrastructure such as airstrips and ports, …
A runaway ostrich recently startled rush-hour commuters as it sprinted through busy roads in Shiping County in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan.
A Chinese driving instructor has become an online sensation with videos showing him using fresh produce to teach students how to operate a car.
Hong Kong was gripped by commuter chaos on Monday, August 5, 2019, as transport systems including the MTR railway and international airport were disrupted by anti-government protests and street violence.
Following a morning of transport disruption, Hong Kong protesters launched a full-scale non-cooperation movement on the afternoon of August 5.
Following a morning of transport disruption, some Hong Kong protesters taking part in a citywide strike have clashed with police, who fired tear gas and made dozens of arrests.
Chaos continues as a general strike in Hong Kong evolves across the city on August 5, 2019. The usual bustling commercial areas and streets are mostly empty. Eight MTR lines have been fully or partially suspended. Protesters have been seen blocking roads and preventing MTR train doors from closing, stopping trains f…
Hong Kong protests bounced from district to district on Sunday, August 4. Protesters took over landmarks, streets and transport interchanges, but quickly relocated after causing maximum disruption. Western district, Causeway Bay, the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Golden Bauhinia Square and various locations on the Kowloon s…
A day after thousands of civil servants took to the streets in Central to urge authorities to give in to the protesters' demands, people gathered on August 3 for an approved rally in the shopping hub of Mong Kok. The march soon splintered and ended with clashes in Mong Kok, Tsim Sha Tsui and Wong Tai Sin, where poli…
For more than 2,000 years, Dunhuang in China's northwestern Gansu province was known as a pearl of the ancient Silk Road – famous for its oasis with a crescent-shaped lake and “singing sand” dunes. But today, Dunhuang is under threat from the expanding Kumtag Desert. Experts say without urgent efforts to protect Dun…
Protests have erupted in the Indian capital New Delhi, after a car crash critically injured a teenager whose has levelled rape accusations against Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a lawmaker with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
Tensions flared outside Hong Kong’s Tin Shui Wai police station in the early morning of July 31. Hundreds of protesters gathered after at least two people were arrested earlier at a nearby Lennon Wall. Videos circulating on social media showed fireworks being fired out of a moving vehicle into the protesting crowd, …
Two double-decker buses crashed in Hong Kong during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, injuring 77 people. One of the bus drivers was trapped in the vehicle. More than 40 emergency vehicles were dispatched to the scene.
Hong Kong commuters struggled through traffic chaos on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, as protesters prevented MTR trains from leaving stations and disrupted other modes of transport during the morning rush hour.
Aviation workers joined protesters in a 15,000-strong rally at the Hong Kong International Airport, organisers say. Clad in black, they protested against the extradition bill and the police’s handling of the Yuen Long violence where alleged triad members injured 45 people. The demonstrators also warned the arriving …
An SUV nearly collided with a taxiing plane on the Fuzhou Changle International Airport runway in southeastern China. The aircraft was about to take off before it was forced to brake to avoid a collision. Airport authorities said this SUV is a ground support vehicle, and that they will investigate the incident and h…
Rush hour train services were disrupted and delayed in Hong Kong on the morning of July 24, 2019, after protesters launched another campaign targeting railway operator MTR Corporation.
A teenager from eastern China’s Zhejiang province was caught crashing a seaplane into a car park railing. He picked up how to drive the plane by observing the repair crew assembling the plane.
Hong Kong police used tear gas and fired rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who occupied a major road following the latest protest march against the contentious extradition bill. Although police had shortened the march route due to security concerns, many protesters continued past the designated en…
A bird in northern China was filmed using its body to prevent its eggs being run over by a moving tractor. This bird walked towards the tractor, which was hundreds of times bigger than the creature, and then opened its wings in a bid to stop the vehicle.
A woman climbed onto the roof of a car in central China’s Hunan province after arguing with her husband in the vehicle.
