Aviation Lovers WeChat Group ： Connect With Fellow Aviation Fans

If you love aviation — aircraft, airlines, flight news, and everything in between — this WeChat group is for you. It brings together aviation fans in China to share news, photos, and discussion.

Join the group: Aviation Lovers WeChat group

Group Rules

Membership is permanent — the subscription fee paid on joining covers permanent membership, as long as you follow the rules and your account stays active. Banned: porn, politics, religion, racism, hate speech, QR codes of other WeChat groups, sales promotions, and sending add requests to members without permission. Allowed: Q&A, surveys, events and seminars, webinars, discussions, business and jobs fairs, job posts, self-introductions, asking for recommendations or help, and business ads from China-registered companies only. When inviting friends, mention why they want to join — admins review every invitation.

Highlights of the Group

Here is a glimpse of recent chats in the group — members share aviation news and discuss aircraft, from the Boeing 747 and China’s C919 to airline incidents and new designs:

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Orbit TV Box for Expats in China ： 11。11 Sale on Live Sports & Movies

Orbit TV Box streams live sports, movies, TV series, and thousands of international channels for expats in China — and for the 11.11 sale, all TV boxes are 50% off. Setup is simple: connect the box to your TV with an HDMI cable, connect to the internet, and start watching once your account is activated. For the best experience, use 5 GHz Wi-Fi or an Ethernet cable.

Orbit TV Box | All Your Favourite Entertainment in One Box

Imagine having thousands of live TV channels, movies, TV series, live sports, documentaries, and children's entertainment all in one place. That's what Orbit TV Box is all about.

Whether you love football, American sports, Hollywood movies, or international television, Orbit TV Box brings entertainment from around the world directly to your living room.

Watch Sports From Around the World

If you're a sports fan, Orbit TV Box has plenty to offer. Enjoy access to sports channels covering major leagues, tournaments, and competitions from around the world.

Football: English Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, MLS, Saudi Pro League, Eredivisie, Portuguese Primeira Liga, Scottish Premiership, EFL Championship, FA Cup, Carabao Cup, FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship, Copa América, AFC Champions League, and many more.

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After watching your favourite team, why not relax with a great movie or television series?

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China Visa Policy Updates November ： Work Permit & PR Rule Changes

Several China visa and work permit rules changed this November. The highlights: Shanghai raised the salary thresholds for work permits (Category B from RMB 400,000 to RMB 600,000; Category A from RMB 600,000 to RMB 900,000), Nanjing eased permanent residence rules for university talent, and work permit applications started inside China after visa-free entry are currently being returned. Here are the details.

1.  Different Passport Names? Add Proof of Identity

If the English name on a new passport differs from the one on an old passport, the work permit application needs additional proof that both passports belong to the same person.

Two forms of proof are listed:

• A statement from the relevant embassy or consulate confirming that the two passport holders are the same person.

• A notarized declaration or other notarized document confirming the same identity.

2.  Shanghai — Salary-Based Work Permit Thresholds Rise

For Shanghai’s high-salary application route, the annual salary figure for Category B has risen from RMB 400,000 to RMB 600,000. The Category A figure has risen from RMB 600,000 to RMB 900,000.

The change also affects renewals for applicants who obtained their permits through this salary-based route. In principle, renewal materials should meet the new figure. An applicant may instead be assessed under another qualifying route, including Category B’s 60-point pathway.

Moving from a Category A permit to a Category B application may require the originals of a home-country criminal record certificate, work experience evidence and degree certificate again.

3. Visa-Free Entry: No Direct In-Country Work Permit Application

Work permit applications initiated inside China after visa-free entry are currently being returned by the Foreign Experts Bureau.

Two routes for planned work are entry on an appropriate valid visa before starting the application, or an overseas Work Permit Notice application followed by entry on a Z visa.

4.  Family Visits: Parents and Stepparents Can Apply

A foreign national holding a Chinese work-type residence permit may apply for a private-affairs visa for a parent or stepparent to visit China, depending on the applicant’s circumstances.

For a stepparent, the additional documents listed are the applicant’s birth certificate and the parent’s marriage certificate. Both documents need the relevant authentication formalities.

5.  Nanjing — University Talent PR: No Employment-Year Requirement

For eligible university talent applying for employment-based PR in Nanjing, there is no longer a minimum number of years in employment. Once employed, an applicant with three consecutive months of tax records may prepare an application if the other conditions are met.

For applicants who graduated from the Nanjing universities below, the stated rank requirement is associate professor or associate researcher or above:

• Nanjing University

• Southeast University

• Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

• Nanjing University of Science and Technology

• Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications

• Hohai University

• Nanjing Forestry University

• Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

• Nanjing Agricultural University

• Nanjing Medical University

• Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine

• China Pharmaceutical University

• Nanjing Normal University

6.  PR Card Issued? Check the Existing Work Permit

After a PR ID card is issued, a previously held work permit may still need to be addressed. Whether it remains necessary depends on the holder’s subsequent arrangements with the employer.

Where the work permit is no longer needed for subsequent matters, its cancellation can resolve the old permit status.

If you have any questions about China visa applications (work visa, company registration and more), please contact our visa consultant Maggie.

Shanghai Spago ： Wolfgang & Byron Puck's Generational Tasting Tour

Wolfgang and Byron Puck host a four-hands Generational Tasting Tour dinner at Spago Shanghai, St. Regis on the Bund, for its first anniversary.

By Ned Kelly

When Wolfgang Puck opened the original Spago in West Hollywood in 1982, he didn't just open a restaurant — he changed the way America eats. Fusion cuisine, open kitchens, celebrity chefs — all of it traces back, in some way, to that little room on Sunset Boulevard.

Forty-plus years later, with 20 restaurants across seven countries and a Michelin star to his name, Puck is still at it. But these days, he's not doing it alone. Enter Byron Lazaroff-Puck, Wolfgang's son, who in 2025 became President of Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group after building his own foundation in Michelin-starred kitchens around the world. Together, father and son have been touring the globe with The Generational Tasting Tour — a four-hands dining series.

We sat down with them before the Shanghai leg at Spago, perched on the 21st floor of The St. Regis on the Bund, where they would celebrate the restaurant's first anniversary with an evening built around a simple but powerful idea: tradition and innovation, served side by side.

What soon becomes clear is that this isn't a typical celebrity-chef press tour. It's a conversation between two people who genuinely love working together — and who have thought carefully about what it means to hand a legacy from one generation to the next.

How did The Generational Tasting Tour concept come about?

Wolfgang Puck: First, I got married, and then I had two boys. So that's where the concept started [laughs]. We sent them to school — Byron went to Cornell, the hospitality school. Then he worked in some of the best restaurants in Europe.

I helped guide him because he had the passion. You cannot push somebody to do something. You want somebody to really live it. So it made it very easy for me, especially at my age, to say, "What better way than to have a family business?"

We could have sold the restaurants 10, 12 years ago for a good chunk of money, but then what? They'd say, "Well, we have to make more money." All the people who were with me for 20, 30 years, they would have said they are too expensive, let's get cheaper ones. But for me, they are also a family. Loyalty and trust. I trust them, they trust me.

Byron Lazaroff-Puck: It's been a long road. I'm very grateful and blessed. Now I get to cook side by side with my father. That's the most amazing thing you could ask for. "I got to cook with Wolfgang Puck this evening. That's my dad." And I get to do that every night. A four-hands dinner, two chefs coming together on one menu, just works so holistically between father and son.

How does the dinner evolve from city to city?

Byron: This is now our eighth iteration. We started in D.C., then Las Vegas, Istanbul, Budapest, London, Maui, Singapore, and now Shanghai. The beauty of what we're doing is my dad is pulling a lot from tradition and his own archival base of recipes, whether from the 70s, the 80s, the 90s, or beyond. It allows him to dip into different periods in culinary history and bring them back to life. Like any art form, everything is cyclical.

My dad, who really changed the way Americans eat, gets to bring back a starting point or style of cuisine into menus that many diners nowadays haven't had the opportunity to experience. So it's actually revelatory for a lot of people.

And then for me, I get the amazing opportunity to dip into the local ingredient space and culture of every single city and change my menu items to fit that. Everywhere we go, you learn constantly as a chef. We're all lifelong learners, so it's an amazing opportunity to expand our horizons, to learn more about a local culture, ingredient base, the producers, the farmers. My dad always taught me that restaurants are successful only if you invest in your local community. That's part of what we want to showcase: if we invest in our local community, that community will invest in us too.

What sort of dishes are you serving this evening?

Wolfgang: I'm doing some of the dishes which actually started in 1983. I opened a restaurant called Chinois where I made my own version of Chinese and Southeast Asian cuisine, which at that time was totally new. I made the whole duck menu. I made a duck liver with the salad. I made a duck consommé with little duck dumplings. And then we had the duck breast and fried duck leg and everything. I don't think I made a duck dessert, but it was close! So now we are making a duck breast here with plum sauce, like when I started Chinois.

Then I'm going back even to my childhood. My mother was also a chef, so we are actually three generations. We grew up really poor and we didn't eat meat a lot. I was born on the border of Italy and Slovenia in Austria. So we made a lot of noodle dishes and I really liked it. One of our favorite noodles she made was a big cheese ravioli. We mixed Parmesan cheese with sautéed onions, roasted and fresh potatoes, some chervil and other herbs, and a little egg, and made little balls, and then made Kärntner Kasnudeln. That was one of our favorite dishes. Now we upgraded it. We went from economy to first class. Now we serve it with brown butter still, but we add some caviar on top. The caviar gives it a little saltiness, but also this umami flavor. My mother might not agree if she were here and say, "Why you screw up my ravioli?"

Byron: That's the coolest part. It's his heritage and my heritage, but it comes from our grandmother. So it's very rooted in the past, very rooted in his childhood, but it's also how America, Los Angeles, Hollywood changed his cooking over time. And for Shanghai, I'm utilizing a lot of the amazing things we've been able to find at the wet market. Scallops with Longjing tea — tea-smoked scallops, very lightly seared. And we're also doing an abalone dish, with beautiful matsutake mushrooms, because we're right in the window of matsutake season here in China.

Beyond the plate, there's the collectible newspaper menu — and something more modern…

Byron: Dining should really be more than an experience. We're not just selling great food, wine, and cocktails. So for us, we want to build in layers to every Generational Tasting Tour stop. And one of those layers tonight is your interactive menu. It took inspiration from my father, because every morning, no matter what, he still reads the newspapers. During the week, three, and on Saturday five.

Wolfgang: The feeling of the paper — if I read on my phone, it's so boring. And then when I read it in a paper, it means something. There's a lot more feeling to it, right?

Byron: So the paper for the menus is real newspaper paper. As you flip through the menu, it tells the tale of the menu of the evening. Then, after you make it through the entire newspaper, you find yourself on the back with a QR code. You can scan that QR code and it's going to tell you to flip back to the front cover, and the front cover through your phone gives you an AR experience and it tells its own story. So in every dining experience, our goal is to create a memory. And I think you create memories through telling stories.

How is the succession plan going?

Wolfgang: I didn't beat him up or he didn't beat me up yet [laughs]. I think respect is the thing — respect and integrity. If you have respect, integrity, and love, I think everything will be okay. Yes, there might be disagreements. Maybe I would say, "Okay, I wouldn't do it that way. I would do it this way." But, obviously Byron learned a lot from me, but I learned from him too, because we have to move forward. We can't stay still.

And why do most restaurants which are owned by chefs go down after many years? Because they don't change. Innovation mostly comes from young people. When you look at Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs or all these guys who invented new things, they were all young. It's hard to see somebody who is 60 or 70 years old who invents new technology or a new cuisine. So I think the willingness for me to learn, to change is very important.

After a year in Shanghai, how do you think about the split between tradition and innovation?

Byron: We always leave a lot of room in all of our restaurants for our chefs to be inspired, to be creative, to pick up local produce, pick up what may be available out in the pasture and infuse that into the menu. It's always about a 70-30 split, with 70% being that standardization. Because if you come to Spago, you come to expect certain things, whether that be on the menu or service or cocktails or certain wines on the wine list.

Wolfgang: Yeah, it's the same in fashion. If you go to Chanel, they will always have this traditional outfit, maybe a bit different way, but it's still a jacket and a skirt. But they also have a lot of innovation, a lot of new things. You look at them and say, "I would not have known this as Chanel." So it's always the classic and the modern mixed together.

Finally, what does it mean to the two of you to cook together?

Byron: Biggest honor of my life. I've been waiting and practicing and learning my entire life to make it to this moment. To actually have the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with my dad and do what we both love to do for a living. It's such a blessing. It really does mean everything. And it's just a blast. It is so much fun and it is truly the most rewarding of experiences.

Wolfgang: I think if you have children, you always want your kids to do better than you, or at the very least do well or find something they find really interesting. So far, I'm blessed. I have four sons. Only one is interested in this business. And I didn't have to push him into it. He did it because he had the passion and the love for it. I'm very happy that we work together.

I'm also excited and very happy for a lot of people because they were very nervous. People who worked with me for so many years. "What will happen if something happens to you?" So they always ask me, "Who's going to be in charge of that?" And I think now they know Byron is here and Byron is capable of running it. So I think it's great to leave what you built. You leave a great foundation and have the next generation to build on and make it even better. Soon they're not going to know who I am. They're only going to know Byron.

Byron: I think we all know that's not true!

Spago Shanghai
Location: 21st Floor, The St. Regis on the Bund, No. 538 Zhongshan Dong Er Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai
Operating Hours
Lunch: Daily, 11.30am–2.30pm; last seating 2pm
Dinner: Daily, 5.30–10.30pm; last seating 10pm
Bar & Terrace
Sun–Thu, 12 noon–1am
Fri & Sat, 12pm–2am
Last Food Order: Midnight
Last Seating: Sun–Thu 12.30am; Fri & Sat 1.30am

Hong Kong ： 61-Year-Old Man Arrested in DJ Mao Drugging Case

Hong Kong police arrested a 61-year-old man over the suspected drugging of DJ Mao Hamasaki at a Tsim Sha Tsui Halloween party. Tests found GHB, cocaine and MDMA in her system; she was admitted to the ICU.

Tags: Hong Kong | DJ Mao Hamasaki | drugging case | Tsim Sha Tsui | drug awareness

Source: OT-Team(G), 星岛新闻, 观察者网, 澳门新闻通讯社, 日刊スポーツ

A 61-year-old local man has been arrested in Hong Kong in connection with the suspected drugging of Japanese DJ Mao Hamasaki at a private gathering in Tsim Sha Tsui on Halloween night. Police are investigating his relationship with the victim and the motive behind the incident.

Hamasaki, 33, was hospitalized after becoming seriously ill while working at a private venue in the early hours of Nov. 1. Tests reportedly detected four types of drugs in her system.

61-Year-Old Man Arrested in Connection With Suspected Drugging

Hong Kong police said on Nov. 3 that they received a report shortly before 5 a.m. on Nov. 1 concerning a 33-year-old Japanese woman who had become unwell after drinking a beverage at an entertainment venue in Tsim Sha Tsui. She was conscious when taken to hospital for treatment.

Following an investigation by the second team of the Yau Tsim District Crime Squad, officers arrested a 61-year-old local man in Central on Nov. 2 on suspicion of administering poison with intent to injure or cause harm.

Police are continuing to investigate the suspect's relationship with the woman and the circumstances surrounding the incident.

According to local media reports, tests detected four substances in Hamasaki's system, including GHB, commonly known as "happy water," cocaine and MDMA. A white powder-like substance was also reportedly noticed at the bottom of the drink.

The case has been classified as administering poison with intent to injure or cause harm.

What Happened During the Private Gathering?

Hamasaki, a former Japanese adult film actress who has since established her career as a DJ under the name DJ Mao, was performing at a Halloween event in Hong Kong.

According to her manager's account to local reporters, she first completed a DJ performance at a restaurant in Wan Chai. Afterward, someone approached the team on behalf of a major client, inviting her to continue performing at a private venue in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Her manager initially declined, saying that the team generally did not accept bookings for private parties of this kind. However, the invitation was repeatedly extended, with assurances that the gathering was simply an opportunity to socialize and that people would be present to look after her. The manager eventually agreed to take her there.

At the private venue, guests participated in a game. After losing, Hamasaki was handed a drink. Her manager said she initially thought it was whisky and even offered him a taste. He described it as sweet and assumed it was an ordinary cocktail.

Hamasaki subsequently drank it.

According to her own account, shared on social media on Nov. 2, the beverage tasted like orange juice. She had noticed a cloudy substance settled at the bottom of the glass but assumed it was orange pulp and did not think much of it.

She continued with her DJ performance after drinking. Around 40 minutes to an hour later, she began experiencing severe eye dryness and memory lapses. She later drank again from what appeared to be the same type of beverage while toasting with someone at the venue.

Not long afterward, her body became rigid, and she could no longer move her arms or legs. She eventually lost consciousness and regained it in the ambulance. She also reportedly experienced convulsions.

Her manager said he initially mistook her condition for exhaustion, as he had been working at consecutive events for two days. It was only after other staff members alerted him that something was wrong that he realized she was experiencing muscle spasms and could not move.

He said he tried to contact the venue's management but received unclear responses. Some people allegedly advised him not to escalate the matter. As Hamasaki's condition deteriorated, he insisted on calling the police and having her taken to hospital.

The manager also explained that Hamasaki frequently travels between Hong Kong and Japan, where she undergoes periodic hair drug tests. He was concerned that any unexplained drug traces could create serious complications for her, making hospital testing particularly important.

Hospitalization and Police Investigation

Hamasaki was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where she underwent emergency treatment. According to accounts provided by her manager and local media, urine tests returned positive results for four substances, and she also experienced hallucinations. Her condition was serious enough to require admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) for monitoring.

The manager's account of the police response also attracted attention. He claimed that officers initially asked whether the team could handle the situation themselves because they were occupied with other matters, and that it took some time before officers arrived.

His comments subsequently drew criticism online, with some questioning why he had focused on the police response rather than his own decisions. These details have not been independently confirmed.

On Nov. 2, Hamasaki posted an update on Instagram Stories, apologizing for causing concern and confirming that she had regained consciousness and was recovering. She said she would remain in hospital for observation as a precaution.

She also clarified that the incident had no direct connection to the Tsim Sha Tsui nightclub, expressing hope that the case would not negatively affect the business. She apologized on behalf of her manager for his emotional reaction at the scene, saying he had blamed the venue's representative in the heat of the moment.

Later that day, she shared a more detailed account on X, saying that this was her first direct experience with drugs and that she had come to understand their dangers firsthand. She hoped to use her experience to raise awareness about drug abuse and prevent similar incidents from happening to others.

She also advised people to drink only beverages they had opened themselves and to keep their drinks within sight at all times. If a drink has been left unattended, even briefly, she recommended replacing it rather than drinking it.

Hamasaki said she would cooperate with Hong Kong police after her discharge and would refrain from making further detailed public comments about the case.

Manager Faces Online Backlash

The incident has also sparked widespread criticism of Hamasaki's manager.

After the incident, he issued an apology, acknowledging that he had failed in his responsibilities. However, the statement did little to ease public criticism.

Many online commenters questioned his judgment in accepting a private-party booking despite initially recognizing the potential risks. They argued that he should not have agreed to the invitation simply because the organizers repeatedly assured him that everything would be safe.

Some comments questioned whether he had adequately protected the performer, with others calling for him to be replaced.

The investigation is ongoing, and police have yet to publicly disclose further details about the suspect or the alleged circumstances in which the substances were administered.

Yunnan Stranger Wedding ： 200 Guests Bring Roast Pork, Chefs on Oct 31

After a Douyin invite went viral, a bullied Yunnan orphan's Oct 31 wedding drew nearly 200 strangers who brought roast pigs, private chefs, and gifts.

Tags:

• Yunnan
• Wedding
• Stranger Invitation
• Viral Story
• Heartwarming

Bullied as an Orphan, Chinese Groom Invites Strangers to His Wedding — Nearly 200 Show Up ❤️

A 24-year-old man from Yunnan province in southwestern China, who spent much of his childhood facing hardship, loneliness, and bullying, experienced an unforgettable act of kindness when hundreds of strangers responded to his wedding invitation.

Xu lost his father when he was just three years old. Shortly afterwards, his mother remarried, leaving him and his older brother in the care of their grandmother. When she passed away, the two brothers had little choice but to support themselves.

Xu worked various jobs, including construction, food delivery, and street vending. Despite his difficult upbringing, he never gave up on building a better future.

After meeting his future wife online, he spent three years working and saving approximately 167,500 yuan (US$25,000) to cover their wedding expenses and traditional bride price.

However, as his wedding approached, Xu had one heartbreaking concern: he feared that hardly anyone would attend.

Having been bullied and looked down upon in his village for growing up without his parents, Xu wanted his wedding day to be different. He hoped to celebrate with people who would make him feel accepted and respected.

So he took a chance and posted a video on Douyin, China's version of TikTok, inviting complete strangers to his wedding on October 31.

He never imagined what would happen next.

His video went viral, receiving more than 600,000 likes. Within just two days, nearly 200 strangers travelled from different parts of China to celebrate with him.

And they didn't arrive empty-handed.

Some brought household appliances, flowers, and wedding gifts. Others donated roasted pigs, arranged private chefs, or arrived in luxury cars to join the wedding procession.

One farmer brought 100 chickens and reassured Xu that he was now surrounded by family. Another guest travelled more than 2,200 kilometres from Tibet simply to congratulate him.

Overwhelmed by the generosity, Xu explained that he had only hoped people would attend and share his happiness. He never expected so many gifts or so much love.

The gathering became so large that local authorities helped manage traffic and relocated the celebration to a spacious public square.

For a young man who had spent much of his childhood feeling unwanted, his wedding became a powerful reminder that kindness can come from unexpected places.

One online commenter beautifully captured the emotion behind the story:

"He may have invited strangers to his wedding, but perhaps he was really celebrating the lonely little boy he once was."

What began as a simple invitation became a celebration of compassion, generosity, and human connection.