If the Patriots are looking to boost their roster in a major way before the season begins, two top-tier candidates requested ...

In 2019, 18 members of the Huang family were convicted of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and sentenced to between two years in prison to three months in detention—all suspended for ...

In a closed-door trial on Monday, a judge sentenced 33-year-old Chen Pinlin to prison for three years and six months for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Chen had produced a ...

Chinese billionaire Sun Dawu was sentenced to 18 years in jail on Wednesday for crimes including "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" and illegally occupying farmland, a court said, the latest ...

An environmental whistleblower has been criminally detained by police in Northwest China, Sixth Tone’s sister publication The Paper reported Thursday. His alleged crimes include extortion, robbery, ...

In China, "picking quarrels" is illegal -- and gives police broad and troubling powers to quash dissent.