24 h. ago Chinese husband smashes up home after wife buys dishwasher without his consent

A video clip released by a woman in China in which her husband is seen smashing up their home because she bought a 1,500-yuan (US$215) dishwasher has gone viral on social media. The woman, who lives in Guangdong province, southern China, said in a video posted on January 8, that she had bought the machine from an online platform without telling her husband. She said she needed it because the tap water in winter was too cold for her to wash by hand, the Dahe News reported. Her husband does not...

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29 h. ago China wife sues after discovering late husband’s affair, US$2.8 million transfer to mistress

A Chinese woman was shocked to discover that her late husband had engaged in a seven-year affair and had transferred nearly 20 million yuan (US$3 million) to his mistress. The discovery prompted the cheated-on wife to file a lawsuit to reclaim the amount. The woman, surnamed Shen from Shanghai, married her husband, surnamed Jin, in July 1999. The couple had a son and a daughter. Jin died in May 2022, by which time the couple had been married for more than 20 years. Their ages have not been...

Economics

29 h. ago China wife sues after late husband’s affair, US$2.8 million transfer to mistress

China wife sues after late husband’s affair, US$2.8 million transfer to mistress  South China Morning Post

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8 d. ago China wife shocked to learn that ‘People’s Armed Police officer’ husband is convicted murderer

A Chinese woman who thought she married and had a child with a People’s Armed Police (PAP) officer found out seven years later that he was in fact a convicted murderer. In 2014, a woman in northern China’s Hebei province, who uses the pseudonym Pang, married a PAP officer, Jia Bin, who had been introduced to her by her uncle. The couple soon had a son but Jia spent a dwindling amount of time at home, saying he was on “special missions”. He initially disappeared for days, then for months before...

Events

8 d. ago China wife shocked that ‘People’s Armed Police officer’ husband is convicted killer

China wife shocked that ‘People’s Armed Police officer’ husband is convicted killer  South China Morning Post

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1 week ago China says it is still ‘deeply committed’ to Venezuela as ambassador meets new leader

China said on Friday it would continue to offer its firm support to Venezuela after its ambassador met the country’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez. She described her meeting with Chinese ambassador Lan Hu as “cordial” and thanked Beijing for its condemnation of the abduction of former leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. “We value China’s firm and consistent stance in strongly condemning the serious violation of international law and Venezuelan sovereignty,” Rodriguez...

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1 week ago China basketball hall of fame honours pioneer who is wife of renowned infectious disease expert

Li Shaofen, one of China’s first female basketball players, has joined the country’s basketball hall of fame. Li, 89, is also known as the wife of Zhong Nanshan, the pulmonologist who became a household name as a leading adviser in managing the Covid-19 pandemic. She was born in southern China’s Guangdong province in 1936. She was a main player of China’s first national women’s basketball team in the 1950s. As a teenager, Li was selected into the national team in 1952. Li played both centre and...

Science

1 week ago China basketball hall of fame honours pioneer wife of infectious disease expert

China basketball hall of fame honours pioneer wife of infectious disease expert  South China Morning Post

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1 week ago Why China custom requires new wife to leave husband’s home, hide from family lantern

A traditional custom in northern China known as “hiding from the lanterns” requires that newly married women leave their husband’s home and avoid the groom’s family lantern on their first Lantern Festival after marriage. In China, lanterns are commonly seen as symbols of light and hope. However, during the Lantern Festival, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar calendar, they become a taboo for newly married women in some areas. In a tradition popularly known as...

Society

2 w. ago ‘Shocked’ China demands US release Maduro after ‘trampling’ Venezuela’s sovereignty

China delivered a strongly worded message to the United States on Monday at an “emergency” meeting of the UN Security Council, calling on Washington to abide by international law, end its illusion that it is the world’s police force and court, and to immediately release Nicolas Maduro and his wife. The remarks by Sun Lei, deputy permanent representative of China to the UN, came some 60 hours after the couple was seized in an audacious midnight raid on Saturday at their compound in Caracas and...

Events

2 w. ago China husband gets 50 tonnes of produce from mystery donor to raise funds for sick wife

A Chinese man needs two million yuan (US$285,000) to pay for his wife’s cancer treatment has been unexpectedly gifted 50 tonnes of sweet potatoes by a mystery donor. He began selling the starchy root vegetables at a street stall and used the proceeds to pay his wife’s medical bills, moving countless people on mainland social media. Recently, 35-year-old Jia Changlong was spotted selling the potatoes in Jinan, Shandong province in northern China. Jia, from Dezhou, Shandong, and his wife, surnamed...

Politics

2 w. ago China husband gets 50 tonnes of produce from mystery donor to raise cash for sick wife

China husband gets 50 tonnes of produce from mystery donor to raise cash for sick wife  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago China tells US to release Venezuelan President Maduro, his wife ‘at once’

China tells US to release Venezuelan President Maduro, his wife ‘at once’  thefederal.com

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2 w. ago 'Stop toppling Venezuela government': China demands release of Maduro, his wife; calls it breach of inter

'Stop toppling Venezuela government': China demands release of Maduro, his wife; calls it breach of inter  Times of India

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2 w. ago China urges US to ‘stop toppling’ Venezuelan government, release Maduro, his wife ‘at once’

China urges US to ‘stop toppling’ Venezuelan government, release Maduro, his wife ‘at once’  Anadolu Ajansı

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2 w. ago China Demands U.S. Release Venezuelan President Maduro and Wife

China Demands U.S. Release Venezuelan President Maduro and Wife  Caixin Global

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2 w. ago China calls on US to release President Nicolas Maduro and his wife at once: FM

China calls on US to release President Nicolas Maduro and his wife at once: FM  Global Times

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2 w. ago China widow runs late hero husband’s eatery with local support, shares memories with patrons

The wife of a hotpot restaurant owner from northern China who died saving children has taken over running the business with the support of diners from across the country. Luan Liuwei, originally from Taian in Shandong province, moved to Beijing for work where he met his wife, Xue Qiaoyan. They had two daughters. In 2017, the couple opened a 200-square-metre lamb spine hotpot restaurant in Beijing, called Liangjian Rongtian Old Beijing Yangxiezi Hotpot. Last August, while on holiday in Hebei...

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4 w. ago ‘Is this real?’: wife of detained pastor describes anguish as China cracks down on unofficial churches

‘Is this real?’: wife of detained pastor describes anguish as China cracks down on unofficial churches  The Guardian

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