13 h. ago Blind China orphan turned US engineer recalls being pushed into lake by grandpa

Born blind and abandoned on the streets of China, Wei Min Patrick discovered a new life after being adopted by an American family. He later earned degrees in piano performance and engineering, eventually building a career as an aircraft engineer. Patrick, who now lives in Alabama, recently shared his story on mainland social media, revealing how his biological grandfather attempted to abandon him three times, including a final instance where he was pushed into a lake before being rescued and...

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37 h. ago Young Chinese are trying out the simple life. Am I missing out?

When my friend Lee first lost his job in 2023, he was terrified. From the moment he graduated in 2016, he had been working nonstop. He had changed jobs a couple of times, but always had a choice – he had never been kicked out of the job market like this. Lee worked in the traditional publishing business, editing children’s books. The industry has been tanking, with the rise of digital books, and the post-pandemic slump doesn’t help. He was laid off with half of his colleagues, with a small...

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37 h. ago Being Chinese | Young Chinese are trying out the simple life. Am I missing out?

Being Chinese | Young Chinese are trying out the simple life. Am I missing out?  South China Morning Post

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2 d. ago China’s urban planners could determine the future of city life

China’s urban planners could determine the future of city life  The Economist

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4 d. ago Australian tourist’s Japan cemetery stunt sparks travel warning, outrage

The Australian embassy in Japan issued a warning to travellers to behave themselves after an Instagrammer drank offerings from a Japanese burial site, provoking widespread anger online. In the most recent example of fame-seeking foreigners riling locals, Lochie Jones – reportedly an Australian tourist – posted a clip of himself swigging from a can placed on a headstone as an offering. Moments earlier, he is seen flipping a coin to decide whether to open the drink, likely left as a gift for...

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6 d. ago China nurse leaves kids in dash to save life of epileptic man at railway station

A nurse in China who bit off her fake nails and dashed hundreds of metres in a railway station to save a man who collapsed has received huge plaudits on social media for being a Good Samaritan. Li Mengyi, a nurse at the Yuebei People’s Hospital in Shaoguan, southern Guangdong province, was on holiday and taking her 15-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son to catch a train at Nanjing South Railway Station on August 12, the Southern Metropolis News reported. She responded instantly on hearing a...

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1 week ago Beijing's historical sites integrate tradition with modern life

Beijing's historical sites integrate tradition with modern life  China.org.cn

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1 week ago Former VP of China's Agricultural Bank sentenced to life in prison, report says

Former VP of China's Agricultural Bank sentenced to life in prison, report says  Reuters

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2 w. ago Navy sailor faces life in prison after selling military secrets to China for $12K payment

Navy sailor faces life in prison after selling military secrets to China for $12K payment  Fox News

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2 w. ago U.S. Navy Sailor Faces Life in Prison for Selling Secrets to China

U.S. Navy Sailor Faces Life in Prison for Selling Secrets to China  USNI News

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2 w. ago ‘Beautiful’ China police officer goes viral, hits 10 bullseyes in shooting practice

A Chinese police officer, who first gained online fame for her role in an anti-fraud miniseries, has hit the headlines again, this time for her exceptional marksmanship. Ying Weimin, 26, from Wangchun Police Station, Haishu District Branch, Ningbo Municipal Public Security Bureau, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, has become an internet sensation thanks to a training video. It showcases her exceptional marksmanship – she hit the bullseye with all 10 available shots – and composed demeanour,...

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2 w. ago Top Hong Kong insurers band together on AI development, adoption

Seven major insurers, including AIA, AXA and HSBC Life, on Monday signed a pledge and joined a Hong Kong Insurance Authority programme to promote the adoption of artificial intelligence in the sector to enhance the city as a regional AI hub. FWD, Prudential, YF Life, and China Taiping Insurance (HK) also signed the pledge during a ceremony at Cyberport. Each company will establish and staff an AI centre in Hong Kong to develop innovations for use across the region. The seven insurers are the...

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3 w. ago China hosts exhibition emphasising ‘Russianness’ of realist painter Ilya Repin

An exhibition of works by Ilya Repin – the realist painter at the centre of a culture war between Moscow and Kyiv – has opened in Beijing as part of an exchange series between China and Russia. A collection of 48 oil paintings and 44 sketches by Repin (1844-1930), one of the most renowned 19th-century artists in the Russian Empire, is on show at the National Museum of China. The exhibition – titled “Ilya Repin: Encyclopedia of Russian Life” – will run until mid-January as part of the 2024-25...

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3 w. ago As megacities slow, China’s smaller counties lead as new consumer hotspots

As widespread economic gloom in China’s megacities sees high-end restaurants close their doors one after another, Starbucks is accelerating its expansion into the country’s far-flung counties, where a growing number of residents are embracing a petit-bourgeois lifestyle. While county shopping centres might not stock Dyson vacuum cleaners and hairdryers, they have already become part of daily life in households in urban counties thanks to China’s ubiquitous e-commerce networks. Driving Teslas and...

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3 w. ago China ‘life loser’ changes life in 1,000 days with hard training, gains online fame

A self-described “life loser” from eastern China has turned his situation around by following a superhero workout from a Japanese manga for 1,000 days. Li Shuangyong, from Shandong province, who is known online as Tangzhu, has attracted more than one million followers on mainland social media. According to Jiupai News, Li was born into a rural family. At 36, his fish farming business collapsed, leaving him in debt and ending his marriage. He called himself a “life loser” and said he spent his...

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3 w. ago Health checks on older Hong Kong taxi drivers should be ‘targeted’: experts

Compulsory health checks on older taxi drivers in Hong Kong to evaluate their capacity to drive should be targeted to cover cabbies’ cognitive abilities and take into account their medications, with clearer guidelines on specific conditions, industry experts have said. Ringo Lee Yiu-pui, honorary life president of the Hong Kong, China Automobile Association, said on Monday that more regular health screenings for drivers aged 65 or above should be conducted, with specific and comprehensive tests,...

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last month Culture&Life | Model casting audition for 2025 China Fashion Week begins in Beijing

Culture&Life | Model casting audition for 2025 China Fashion Week begins in Beijing  Xinhua

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