Mandy Zuo
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Chinese Premier Li Qiang launches confidence drive aimed at private sector and foreign investors
Li pledges support for entrepreneurs and says the country will open further to foreign players. → Read More
‘Background is too fake’: Chinese live-streamer accused of ‘faking’ videos boosts farm sales and handed government job for his efforts
A live-streamer based in Xinjiang province, northwestern China, has used humour to fight off accusations that he is faking his videos and in the process sold US$1.46 million worth of farm produce and garnered 3.6 million online followers. → Read More
‘It’s too bizarre’: Besotted Chinese woman conned out of US$287,000 in 12-year love scam by old friend with a grudge posing as famous TV news anchor
During a more than decade-long ‘romance’, the victim never met fake TV anchor once and said when she saw ‘him’ on screen it allayed any suspicions she had. Perpetrator cooked up the scam to take revenge on victim’s mother who told her she wasn’t pretty or rich enough to find a husband. → Read More
Toy beads puncture girl’s intestine: Chinese surgeons remove 61 magnetic beads from tummy of child, 4, after she swallowed the lot
Doctors in eastern China had to remove 61 magnetic beads from the belly of a four-year-old girl and patch up more than a dozen holes they had punched through the wall of her intestine, local media reported. → Read More
‘Cushy’ cemetery job gives Chinese university grad work-life balance, no office politics — sparking careers debate online
Video of sleepy mountainside cemetery workplace goes viral, taps into growth of ‘slacking-off’ culture among China’s young workforce. Fresh graduate, 22, says: ‘It’s a simple and cushy job. There are cats and dogs and the Internet’. → Read More
You think your office is fun? This building in China features slides for when it’s time to get off work
As most people get older and have to navigate the responsibilities of adulthood, it can sometimes be difficult to keep hold of that youthful energy of childhood or younger years. → Read More
‘Unbelievably big’ Chinese sweet potatoes larger than human heads, spring onions taller than adults – giant produce shocks Internet
From sweet potatoes the size of a human head to spring onions taller than an adult, web users share online videos of Shandong’s huge farm produce. Large produce including apples, radishes and spring onions are common in the province thanks to the choice of species and climate, says expert. → Read More
‘Only to stop indoor smoking’: Chinese firm comes under fire for allegedly installing surveillance cameras in toilet cubicles
The company caught three smokers and fired two of them. The other had his bonus cancelled. People in China said it was an obvious example of overzealous surveillance in the country. → Read More
‘It’s not a meal, it’s police work’: officer in China sued over US$800 dinner he had 5 years ago now being investigated after public backlash
A police department in Shanghai is investigating an officer after a lawsuit decision, which he won, revealed he had skipped on paying for an expensive meal. → Read More
TV drama series to chart life of Chinese teacher who gives thousands of poor rural girls the gift of education
The life story of an award-winning, illness-hit 65-year-old teacher who educates girls for free in one of China’s poorest areas is to be made into a TV drama series. → Read More
A fraction of passenger flights resume in Shanghai as travel restrictions prove to be a deterrent
Only a fraction of passenger flights resumed on the first day of Shanghai’s reopening, as activity at the city’s two main airports was muted. → Read More
Covid-19 stigma: Chinese teacher said she was fired for catching the virus in Ukraine despite proving full recovery
A Chinese woman has claimed a school in north China fired her from her new teaching position after administrators learned she was once infected with Covid-19 when she lived in Ukraine, despite dozens of tests showing she has recovered. → Read More
Chinese man designs hi-tech prosthetic leg with shock absorber and LED lights to inspire other disabled people to live a full life
The 30-year-old man struggled in the aftermath of an amputation after a work accident two years ago. He wants to use his prosthetic leg to inspire others to wear their artificial limbs proudly. → Read More
Lead by example: young Chinese man donates blood 18 times in three years and gives hair to cancer patients
A young man in southwest China has refused to cut his hair for three years, and it has nothing to do with style. → Read More
Illegally trafficked baby saved on train in China after grandmother tries to sell ‘dirty laundry’ born to teenage daughter
Authorities in China intervened in the attempt by a woman who tried to sell her teenage daughter’s infant without her knowledge. → Read More
Bumpy ride for Chinese animated film highlights difficulty navigating ‘cultural self-confidence’
A string of controversies about the physical appearance of models in China has sparked a conversation about “cultural self-confidence”. → Read More
Public shame parade for human traffickers in south China draws comparisons to Cultural Revolution
A public “shame parade” for human traffickers in Guangxi autonomous region was criticised in China and abroad and drew comparisons to the Cultural Revolution. → Read More
Chinese man finds biological mum using a hand-drawn map 33 years after abduction
A man in China who was abducted 33 years ago will reunite with his biological mother on Saturday thanks to the hand-drawn map he created from memory. → Read More
China’s ‘oldest living person’, a Uygur woman from Xinjiang born during the Qing dynasty, has died at the reported age of 135
A supercentenarian who was declared China’s oldest living person in 2013, but never internationally verified, has passed away at the reported age of 135, state media reports. → Read More
China celebrity crackdown: entertainment industry ordered to ensure all underage performers complete compulsory education
In the latest move under China’s sweeping cultural crackdown, the Beijing city government has decreed that the entertainment industry must ensure young performers finish school. → Read More