Compiled by C. ARUNO, MAHADHIR MONIHULDIN and R. ARAVINTHAN
CHINESE actress Dilraba Dilmurat (pic) quashed talk about her being pregnant when she was seen in public with nary a baby bump, Sin Chew Daily reported.
The 30-year-old, who is of Uyghur descent, was spotted at the Beijing airport recently, dressed in a leather jacket, tight jeans and boots following a seven-month break.
“Sister has finally made an appearance and destroyed all rumours!” a fan of hers wrote on Internet.
Speculation about Dilraba’s pregnancy began late last year after netizens noticed that she had been sharing photos showing only her upper body.
It was further fuelled by her announcement that she was taking a break after the filming of a TV show, which was completed early last year.
Many had speculated that she was pregnant with rumoured lover Johnny Huang’s child.
Dilraba became well-known in 2016 when she appeared in the romance drama Eternal Love and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award at the Shanghai Television Festival.
> A video of a woman in her 70s in China carting bags of cement to make a living sparked a debate about the country’s welfare system, China Press reported.
The video, which was taken in the Henan province where temperatures could fall to -5°C in winter, showed the woman lifting a bag of cement from a lorry and placing it on her shoulders before moving it to a nearby construction site.
The man taking the video was clearly surprised at what he was seeing.
“In our village, it’s common to see people in their 50s doing back-breaking work. But this is the first time I am seeing someone in her 70s doing this.
“My mother had already passed away at this age,” he said.
Many Internet users remarked that this was the reality for many old people in China.
“Who would be willing to do hard labour (at such an age) if they had a choice?” one netizen wrote.
Others commented that China’s social welfare system left much to be desired when it comes to elderly care.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
