61 h. ago China folk custom beats women to boost fertility, with dire consequences if fail to conceive

An uncivilised folk custom in ancient China known as Pai Xi, or “Beating for Joy”, involved striking women with sticks in an attempt to exorcise evil spirits and pray for conception. Pai Xi, also known as Da Sheng, meaning “Beating for Birth”, is believed to have originated in southern China, particularly in Jiangsu and Fujian provinces. It was a fertility ritual that gained popularity during the Song dynasty (960–1279). According to the Records of National Customs of China, in rural areas of...

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61 h. ago China folk custom beats women to boost fertility, with dire consequences for not conceiving

An uncivilised folk custom in ancient China known as Pai Xi, or “Beating for Joy”, involved striking women with sticks in an attempt to exorcise evil spirits and pray for conception. Pai Xi, also known as Da Sheng, meaning “Beating for Birth”, is believed to have originated in southern China, particularly in Jiangsu and Fujian provinces. It was a fertility ritual that gained popularity during the Song dynasty (960–1279). According to the Records of National Customs of China, in rural areas of...

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8 d. ago Warren King's sculptures center on his family’s origins in China and their journey to Wisconsin

Warren King's sculptures center on his family’s origins in China and their journey to Wisconsin  Madison365

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1 week ago Venezuela: US diverts oil shipments originally destined for China

Venezuela: US diverts oil shipments originally destined for China  Table.Briefings

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1 week ago Oxford scholar: China’s AI achievements are exciting, the West should avoid “decoupling”from China

Oxford scholar: China’s AI achievements are exciting, the West should avoid “decoupling”from China  ecns.cn

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1 week ago China identifies its first supergiant helium field, and its origin is older than anyone imagined

China identifies its first supergiant helium field, and its origin is older than anyone imagined  Earth.com

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3 w. ago China Focus: To its original glory, Palace Museum reopens key section after a decade of restoration

China Focus: To its original glory, Palace Museum reopens key section after a decade of restoration  Xinhua

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3 w. ago ‘Can’t buy true love’: Chinese man abducted as child returns to birth family after reunion

A man in China who was abducted at the age of four has reunited with his birth parents and severed ties with the family who brought him up. On December 12, Peng Congcong, now 26, originally from Jiangxi province in southeastern China, shared an online post looking back at his first year after reuniting with his birth family. Peng said his family moved to Beijing when he was four and he was abducted after being lured away while playing alone near a market. His devastated parents reported him...

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3 w. ago Trip.com suspends tourism partnership with Cambodia amid border clashes, cyber concerns

Trip.com Group, the biggest online travel agency in China, said on Thursday that its partnership with Cambodia’s tourism authority was suspended, in a move to address the Chinese public’s heightened sensitivity over safety in the Southeast Asian country. The company, which operates the Ctrip and Qunar sites in mainland China, said the collaboration – originally scheduled to run from September 2025 to March 2026 – “had been suspended due to recent safety alerts issued by the Chinese Embassy in...

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3 w. ago China needs ‘original’ knowledge system on border history to counter West, scholar says

China should establish an “original” knowledge system regarding the history of its border regions to mitigate security risks from “hostile forces in the West”, according to a senior scholar at a prominent state-run think tank. Fan Enshi of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) also warned about the threat of “de-Sinicisation” in US-led historical perspectives, calling for a shift from “fragmented research” towards systematic domestic theories that could better project Chinese influence...

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