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Why You Should AVOID Travelling in China During Chinese Holidays: Crazy Scenes from National Day.
Travel in China during public holidays has always been a bittersweet experience for Chinese people. On the one hand, people are looking forward to the long holidays so they can […] More
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Grandma Sues Absent Parents 140K RMB for “Grandson Caretaking Fee”
Grandparents taking on the role of the main caretaker of young children seems to be quite normal in China, considering a lot of parents especially in the rural area can’t […] More
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Mysterious Disappearance of Two Young Women on Notorious Weizhou Island
Weizhou Island Guangxi is the new taboo on social media. Within 1 month, two young women went missing while traveling on Weizhou Island (famous for illegal pyramid scheme activities) alone. […] More
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13-Year-Old Girl Dies in Explosion from DIY Popcorn Video
In Liangxinzhuang Village Shandong Province, two children created a horrifying explosion while following an online DIY popcorn making instruction. Outraged Chinese netizens and real-life parents started a heated debate online […] More
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Little Boy Shames his Father for Driving Drunk and Getting Arrested
A video of a little boy crying in the car, telling his dad how ashamed he is to be his son when his dad was caught by the police for […] More
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Man Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Beating his Teacher from 20 Years Ago
July 10th, a man was sentenced by Henan Luanchuan County People’s court of 1.5 years jail time for physically assaulting his formal teacher in public. His wife burst into tears […] More
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Man Attacks Girl on Wuhan Subway, Blames it on Mental Illness- Netizens Unconvinced
What do you expect on a normal Monday train ride to work? Well, certainly not an in-your-face physical assault. August 12th, a man was obnoxiously loud on his phone while […] More
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Chinese Parents Paying for Child’s Plastic Surgery? Netizens React
More and more Chinese believe that life favors the good-looking ones. Although there is criticism towards “copy-paste” plastic surgery faces, micro-shaping has slowly gained acceptance. Even parents have given the […] More
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Famous Chinese Rapper Cuts Off His Finger on Live Stream to Prove His Innocence
Many night owls witnessed a bloody scene on a Chinese streaming platform this week. Beibei (Li Jingze), a member of the famous Chinese rapper group Hong Hua Hui, was exposed […] More
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Netizens Outraged as Nanjing Subway Allows Foreigners to Eat on Train, Fines Chinese Citizens
Double standards towards local Chinese versus foreigners has always been an avoided topic in China. Recently, the Nanjing Subway’s official Weibo account got bombarded with angry Chinese netizens’ comments because […] More
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Hot Chinese Streamer Girl Is Actually Grandma Using Filter
A recent incident on a Chinese streaming platform Douyu revealed that a popular hot girl streamer is, in reality, a 58 years old woman. Streamer “Qiao Bi Luo Sama” started […] More
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China overtakes US on Fortune Global 500 for first time, Netizens React
The latest Fortune Global 500 list was published his week. With a record high 129 companies on the list (including 10 from Taiwan), China overtakes the US for the first […] More