BEIJING: A teenage girl in mainland China travelled to Hong Kong to attend a concert of her idol, resulting in her family losing their government living allowances due to her actions being classified ...

A woman from a low-income family in China crossed over into Hong Kong to get to a concert she had spent months saving up for. It was a trip that Beijing's vast surveillance apparatus didn't miss. Now ...

The standards for living allowance schemes are different across China, with local authorities changing them every year.

The girl saved between Rs 42,000 and Rs 72,000 for her Hong Kong concert trip. (AI-generated representative image) A teenage girl in China saved money, worked during her summer holiday and travelled ...