65 h. ago ‘Human barrier’: Chinese men rescue boy trapped between huge rocks in rapid river

A group of Good Samaritans in China used their bodies to block fast-flowing river water and saved a boy who was stuck between giant rocks, earning widespread praise online The boy, 12, was playing in a creek in the countryside of southwestern China’s Guizhou province, on August 24 when he was suddenly washed away by the running water and became trapped between two rocks. Only his head was above the surface of the water as it surged down between the rocks. Hearing his call for help, several...

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5 d. ago China boy with 8 terminal illnesses in heartbreaking ‘stop treatment’ plea to mum

A 13-year-old boy who is suffering from eight terminal conditions has written a heartbreaking letter from his intensive care unit (ICU) bed begging his mother to give up on him. Liu Fuyu from central China’s Henan province only weighs 15kg. He was recently admitted to the ICU for a fifth time due to kidney failure. His doctor, Huo Yufeng at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, told the local media outlet Henan TV that the boy was suffering from a range of terminal...

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5 d. ago Chinese boy earns US$550 a month selling milk tea; mum praises business acumen

An 11-year-old Chinese boy who earned 4,000 yuan (US$550) a month selling milk tea at the night market during the summer holidays has been praised for his “business sense”. Nicknamed Nuomi, the boy is a Primary Five student in central China’s Hunan province. His mother, surnamed Li, said she let him work as a street vendor to reward him for coming first in class during last term’s final exam. He got 100 points in English and mathematics and 98 in the Chinese exam. Li said Nuomi had shown a keen...

Economics

8 d. ago ‘Feeling reborn’: China ‘folded boy’ goes home, stands upright after 4 operations

China’s so-called folded boy Jiang Yanchen, whose spine had been contorted backwards at an 180-degree angle for most of his life, has finally stood up straight. Jiang took his first upright steps during a live-stream on August 25. The 21-year-old underwent four extremely difficult operations over the past two years in which doctors broke and realigned the bones in his lumbar, cervical, hip and chest regions. Jiang, from a small town in eastern China’s Shandong province, grew up with his neck...

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1 week ago Dad leaves China boy on highway after sibling spat in car; mum walks 1.5 km to find him

A father in China has sparked controversy for abandoning his young son on a busy highway as punishment for hitting his older brother during a quarrel. The man came under the spotlight after a motorcycle travel influencer posted a video of the abandoned youngster, who is thought to be seven or eight years old, online. It showed a young boy standing alone on the side of No. 219 National Highway in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of northwest China. The stranded boy even tried to hail a lift, the...

Transport

3 w. ago China boy smashes glass ceiling, chandelier worth total of US$56,000 in Labubu rage

A Chinese influencer has revealed that a petulant child who was upset at being refused a Labubu toy shattered a glass ceiling and smashed a crystal chandelier, causing more than 400,000 yuan (US$56,000) of damage. However, the child’s parents offered just 20,000 yuan (US$2,800) in compensation, saying they were too poor to pay. incident attracted public attention after a male influencer, known online as “Little Azheng”, or “Tail Brother”, told on social media how a relative had visited his home...

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4 w. ago China boy stays calm by reciting poems while stuck in lift, earns acclaim online

An eight-year-old boy in China who found himself alone in a stuck lift reacted to his predicament with remarkable calmness, garnering widespread praise online. The surveillance camera in the lift of a residential building in northern China’s Hebei province captured the entire incident. The unnamed boy, trapped on the 11th floor while en route to his flat, initially pressed the buttons for other floors and then gently tapped on the lift door to assess his situation. Upon realising he was stuck,...

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