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Rolls-Royce crash row, shock over lift assault, Roman myth debunked: 5 trending stories
From a woman’s death after multiple cosmetic surgeries to disgust over a urinating toddler, here are five stories from recent SCMP reporting
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1. Scholars debunk myth of Roman settlement in China with DNA tests, tourists undeterred
In the remote village of Liqian, nestled in northwestern China’s Gansu province, a captivating myth once captured global attention and sparked an intriguing question: are the local people descendants of a lost Roman legion? However, subsequent DNA testing and historical research have since debunked this theory.
2. Shock as Chinese boy grabs girl in lift, drags her away, is arrested then freed
Mainland social media has been appalled by surveillance footage of a 14-year-old boy assaulting a seven-year-old girl in the lift of their residential building.
3. Chinese woman dies after 6 cosmetic surgeries in a day
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