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Migrant Workers Can’t Get Paid, Walk Home for Chinese New Year
Dozens of Chinese migrant workers in Yunnan Dali have been unsuccessful in getting the wages owed them, and cannot afford train tickets home for the holidays. More
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Shanghai NYE: As People Were Dying, Local Officials Feasted
Public outrage and resentment that Shanghai government officials dined at an expensive high-end restaurant as people were being trampled to death on the Bund. More
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Shanghai Bund 2014 New Year’s Eve Crowd Trampling Incident
Reports, rumors, photos, videos, and netizen reactions surrounding crowds trampling people to death during Shanghai’s 2015 New Year’s Eve countdown on the Bund. More
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2015 China Legal Holiday Schedule, Netizens Still Complain
Despite the 2015 Spring Festival 7-day long holiday starting on Chinese New Year’s Eve due to public demand in a government poll, netizens are still unhappy. More
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Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day, Chinese Netizen Reactions
Chinese state-broadcaster CCTV’s remembers the 1937 Nanjing Massacre on 2014 December 13, China’s first national memorial day of the tragedy, with reactions. More
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Yiwu, China – World’s Largest Christmas Decorations Factory
The city of Yiwu in China, known as the largest Christmas decorations manufacturing center in the world, is busy finishing the last orders for the holidays. More
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“Happy 65th Birthday, People’s Republic of China!”
State-broadcaster CCTV’s top trending microblog post celebrates modern China’s 65th anniversary with photos of the morning flag-raising ceremony in Beijing. More
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Sleeping Chinese Train Passengers: Funny or Sad?
Photos of Chinese train passengers asleep in their seats, in strange positions or using various methods to keep their heads up or stretch out their weary legs. More
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Teacher Scolds Class for Not Giving a Gift on Teachers’ Day
A Heilongjiang high school teacher has been fired after a recording of her scolding her class for not getting her presents on Teachers’ Day circulated online. More
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Koreans Welcome Xi Jinping, Say Diaoyu Islands Belong to China
Chinese netizen reactions to South Koreans welcoming PRC President Xi Jinping holding banners promoting the Diaoyu (aka Senkaku) Islands as China’s territory. More
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2014 Father’s Day on the Chinese Internet
A collection of the most popular microblog posts celebrating Father’s Day in 2014 on leading Chinese social network and microblogging platform Sina Weibo. More
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“But You Didn’t” Poem Translated & Illustrated by Chinese Netizen
A comic translating and illustrating the famous poem “But You Didn’t by Merrill Glass tops Chinese social network Sina Weibo the day after Valentine’s Day. More