Yingjie Wang
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'She knew I was married': Chinese man refuses to pay support to ex-lover and his child, China News
A man in China has refused to pay child support to his former lover for their daughter, arguing in court that as the woman knew he was married but kept the child - she should pay for it. On Monday (Sept 5), a local court in eastern China's Jiangsu province publicised its ruling on the dispute about who should bear... → Read More
'I will give anything': Parents in China shave heads to donate skin for badly burned son, China News
The parents of a one-year-old boy badly burned in an accident have shaved their heads and donated scalp tissue for skin grafts their son urgently needs. The story of the boy, named Kangkang, and the plight of his family from Cangzhou, northern China’s Hebei province, has been picked up by mainland media and moved millions of people in China. On... → Read More
'Most powerful uncle in universe' a viral hit after babysitting 16 kids all summer, China News
Millions of people in mainland China have been entertained by a series of videos about the daily trials of a man looking after his 16 nephews and nieces and two daughters during the summer school holidays. The series began on June 28, and ended on Aug 22, when the video poster, Gong Lingjun, 35, from Chongqing, southwestern China, uploaded his... → Read More
'Chef material': Boy in China expertly deboning fish at restaurant prompts childhood debate, China News
A cute video of an eight-year-old boy in China expertly deboning and cleaning fish to help his father sell midnight snacks has gone viral on mainland social media. The video from Monday (Aug 22) showed the boy killing and cleaning fish for his father at a barbecue restaurant in Zhaotong, Yunnan province in southwestern China. In the clip, the child,... → Read More
Doctors in China find 1kg hairball in stomach of girl who ate it for parents' attention, China News
A video report about a young girl eating human hair to gain attention who ended up in hospital has gone viral in mainland China with millions of views on social media. On Sunday, Lizhi News reported that the nine-year-old girl presented at a local hospital in Suqian, Jiangsu province, eastern China, with symptoms including nausea and vomiting. The gastroenterologist in... → Read More
‘Poor child’: doctors in China find 1kg hairball in stomach of girl eating human hair for attention due to condition known as Pica
A 9-year-old girl in China has undergone a 10-hour procedure to remove a human hairball after she ate it to attract her parent’s attention due to a psychological condition known as Pica. → Read More
'Bananas next time': Adorable scene when zoo elephant in China returns shoe dropped by boy, China News
An elephant at a Chinese zoo showcased his intelligence and delighted visitors when he returned a shoe that a child had accidentally dropped into his pen. After the boy dropped his shoe into the enclosure, the elephant picked it up by wrapping his trunk around it before returning it to the boy's outstretched hand. Visitors to the zoo in Weihai... → Read More
Chinese groom receives 42kg of loose change as wedding gift from best friends, China News
It's a classic prank, but still amusing nonetheless. In eastern China, four men decided they would pay for their wedding gift, totalling 6,888 yuan (S$1,403), in coins. On Aug 13, in Yantai, Shandong province, the men took a bag containing 42kg of coins - which required two people to carry - to their best friend's wedding, according to a viral... → Read More
'Childlike heart': Man in China goes viral for driving pink toy car on busy road, China News
While technically a vehicle, a man’s decision to outfit a go-kart as a pink plastic car and take it on the road amused people in China who smiled at his childlike whimsy. In the video, the middle-aged man is focused on driving but is also clearly pushing the limits of road safety and appears particularly vulnerable driving next to full-sized sedans. According... → Read More
Poop-eating baby with dad nearby on phone amuses and enrages millions in China, China News
A video of a father in China distracted by his phone while caring for his baby son not noticing his child had been playing with his faeces has had more than 220 million views on Weibo. The footage is from a surveillance video from Aug 4 in Changchun, Jilin province, northeast China, and shows the father at home using his... → Read More
'Hang in there mum!' Boy in China performs CPR on unconscious mother after car accident, China News
A nine-year-old boy in China is being called a hero for having calmly performed CPR on his mother after she was knocked unconscious and seriously injured in a car accident. On July 19, in Hefei, Anhui province in eastern China, the boy’s mother was riding an electric bicycle to pick up her son when she was involved in a car... → Read More
Chinese woman, 27, develops severe anxiety due to parents' constant demands to get married, China News
A 27-year-old woman in China has been diagnosed with severe anxiety as a result of relentless pressure from her parents to find a man and get married. The story has been picked up by Chinese news outlets and gone viral on mainland social media, receiving 260 million views on Weibo, China's Twitter-like platform. The woman, from Jinan in Shandong province... → Read More
Grandma, 36, says 'not a thing to be proud of' starts early marriage debate, China News
A Chinese woman’s proud online video post about becoming a grandmother at age 36, has started a heated national debate about early marriage and parenthood, with more than 240 million views on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like platform. On July 11, the woman, surnamed Zhang, posted a video on Douyin of herself outside a maternity ward waiting for the birth of her... → Read More
'What are they showing!' China boy calls out space programme film errors, goes viral, China News
A Chinese boy has become an internet sensation after he was filmed angrily pointing out errors in an educational video about China's Long March rockets in a planetarium. Eight-year-old Yan Hongsen went to a planetarium with his father on July 16 in Lhasa, Tibet, an autonomous region of China. During the visit, the boy noticed that a science education film... → Read More
Elderly man in China demands daughter's child to take his surname or he will 'die', China News
A man who supports his daughter's family has demanded his granddaughter adopt his surname as the price of his support. The man's daughter, from Shanghai in eastern China, called a local family conflict resolution programme on July 16 to complain about her father's demands. "I have recently been hounded to death by my father," the woman, whose name was withheld... → Read More
Woman warms hearts in China with 'pooch pack' to carry big elderly dog upstairs after walk, China News
Sometimes “man’s best friend” needs a helping hand, especially when it’s a 13-year-old Samoyed in southern China who needs a bit of help walking up the stairs to get home. A video of a woman from Nanning, in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, strapping her beloved pet to her back and carrying the dog up the stairs after taking it... → Read More
'Young masters': Little boys captivate China with amazing calligraphy skills, China News
Two calligraphers in China, just three and eight years old, have astounded people with their mastery of the ancient and highly skilled art form. A series of videos featuring three-year-old Gao Yubo and his eight-year-old cousin Gao Yuxuan, from Qiqihar in Heilongjiang, northeastern China, practising calligraphy with large writing brushes went viral on mainland social media this month. The… → Read More
Do you know him? Global search for mystery owner of SD card lost in Beijing in 2008, China News
A social media post in China reminiscing over the 2008 Beijing Olympics has sparked a worldwide search for the foreign owner of a lost memory card full of images of the man. According to the original post on Xiaohongshu, or Little Red Book, a Chinese social networking and e-commerce platform, the poster, Luo Xia, accidentally took the SD card in... → Read More
'Not pornography': Hysteria in China over 'sexy' male pole dancers in water park , China News
Hysteria over pole dancers has erupted on Chinese social media again, this time after a video of two men performing at a water park while children are playing in a nearby pool was published online. On July 2, a brief and grainy video posted on Douyin shows two shirtless male performers wearing shorts pole dancing next to a pool in... → Read More
China man's urinary problem leads to intersex diagnosis, told he's been menstruating, China News
After 33 years of identifying as a man, Chen Li, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, was told he is biologically female after having a chromosome analysis test. Chen, who comes from a small town in southwest China’s Sichuan province, had surgery to correct irregular urination during puberty. Since then, for more than 20 years, he had... → Read More