Lin Ping News Today

It was May 25 this year, an otherwise normal day, that Lin Ping received a shocking WeChat message from her 19-year-old son Xiaowei, saying he and a friend had been “tricked and sold to Myanmar,” pleading for her to seek help from the Chinese police.

According to an UN report, scammers operating in an unnamed South-east Asian country are estimated to be generating between $7.5 and $12.5 billion. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Chinese tourists used to flock to Hong Kong before the pandemic, bringing empty suitcases to fill with everything from baby milk powder, to cosmetics and nonprescription drugs. Large tour groups would descend on the city, sparking complaints from some locals. When Hong Kong reopened its borders earlier this year, many people were expecting an influx…

Thai and Chinese experts have concluded that the giant panda Lin Hui died of old age last month at the Chiang Mai Zoo, where she had been well cared for over the past 20 years, according to the zoo director.

BANGKOK (AP) — A giant panda on long-term loan from China died in a zoo in northern Thailand on Wednesday, six months before she was due to return home, officials from the Chiang Mai Zoo said.

A giant panda on long-term loan from China died in a zoo in northern Thailand on Wednesday, six months before she was due to return home, officials from the Chiang Mai Zoo said. The cause of Lin Hui’s death was not immediately clear but she appeared to have become ill Tuesday morning, and her nose…

Chiang Mai Zoo's director said the panda suffered a nosebleed on Tuesday and was in a critical condition by the evening, before dying in the early hours of Wednesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A veterinarian said the panda was already at an advanced age at 21, and there had been no sign of illness or any difference in her behavior before she became...

A veterinarian said the panda was already at an advanced age at 21, and there had been no sign of illness or any difference in her behavior before she became...

The cause of Lin Hui’s death was not immediately clear but she appeared to have become ill Tuesday morning, and her nose was seen bleeding when she laid down after a meal, said Wutthichai Muangmun, the zoo director.