A lauded Chinese scientist who has attracted a great deal of attention for his uncanny resemblance to a good-looking actor has dismissed the plaudits as insignificant.
A Russian woman who married a Chinese man and became famous on mainland social media is being mourned after she died as a result of taking painkillers to treat an alcohol-induced headache.
In the wake of a crackdown on traditional celebrities, the Chinese government has turned its attention to online celebrities. The Post examines three of the best-known who have fallen foul of regulators.
A woman in South Korea has been duped out of US$50,000 after an online scammer convinced her he was the tech billionaire Elon Musk.
A celebrated Chinese film producer is about to become a father for the fifth time, but it is the 30-year age gap between him and his wife which has sparked debate.
A fourth generation acrobat from China, who has been thrilling US NBA audiences with her acrobatics and juggling skills for decades, says she has no intention of retiring.
Celebrated Taiwan singer Jeannie Hsieh, 49, began performing when she was 15 and has faced significant challenges throughout her life, but says she has “a fighting spirit”.
They have been around for more than 20 years, but the Chinese music duo Phoenix Legend are still going strong, attracting fans of all ages.
China’s first publicly recognised transgender woman, Jin Xing, has remarried the love of her life 18 years after they were forced to split for the sake of their children.
Top China athlete Wu Yanni lost an important race and faced fan criticism over the makeup she wore on the day, but the outspoken glamour girl remains defiant.
Zhang Weili is a mixed martial arts (MMA) champion from China who fought her way out of a small town to international stardom, gaining celebrity fans along the way, but she allows nothing to distract her.
The social media account of an online influencer in China has been taken down after videos she produced about the lost homework of a mainland student being found in a cafe toilet in Paris were exposed as fakes.
Mainland social media has once again been stunned by the vast amount of wealth earned by one of the country’s most prominent online influencers.
A wealthy man in China who turned his back on business to become a Buddhist monk has given sanctuary to hundreds of single mothers and abandoned children.
Iconic Hong Kong film star Tony Leung Chiu-wai has been urged to stop accepting awards and give younger talent a chance after picking up his sixth win at the city’s premier movie awards.
An “invisible” artist in China who paints himself, chameleon-like, into natural backgrounds to promote environmentalism has become a hit on mainland social media.
A former popular TV hostess-turned-successful business person in China has been slammed for showering her teenage daughter with expensive clothes and cash.
People in a coastal province in China are convinced that the actress who played a popular deity in a TV series is actually the real thing and kneel before photos of her.
A restaurant owner in China has become an international online hit by mimicking a robot to wait on tables at her hotpot eatery.
The parents of a late singer and actor from China have been upset by the appearance of artificial intelligence creations of their son speaking and saying he is not really dead, sparking a debate about the ethics of AI.
A young woman who was raised in a landlocked part of rural China and first set eyes on the sea at nine-years-old has made history by becoming the country’s first surfing Olympian. But who is Yang Siqi?