4 d. ago China clothing brand slammed for laundry tag, ‘please give it to your beloved woman’

A menswear company in China has found itself in hot water over a laundry care tag which allegedly discriminates against women. “Please give it to your beloved woman, she knows everything,” reads the tag in both Chinese and English. It does not carry any washing instructions but two QR codes linking to the company’s account on social media. The item of clothing, a coat, is made by Jiangsu-based Gu Zhuo Kang Zheng Garment Company that owns brands such as Labour Union, according to a report by...

Economics

8 d. ago Chinese man marries woman 4 hours after blind date, spends US$34,000 in a month

A 40-year-old man has stunned mainland Chinese social media by marrying just four hours after a blind date arranged by multiple matchmakers, subsequently depleting his entire savings of over 240,000 yuan (US$34,000) within a month of marriage. Huang Zhongcheng, hailing from Hengyang in Hunan province, southern China, went on a blind date on the morning of August 21. During the matchmaking process, nine different matchmakers introduced him to the same woman, who works in a beauty salon. “On the...

Economics

1 week ago China defends passport checks on Indian woman born in disputed border region

Beijing has rejected claims that Chinese authorities detained and harassed an Indian national born in a disputed border region, after the traveller alleged that she was held for more than 18 hours while transiting through Shanghai. On Sunday, a woman who identified herself as Pem Wang Thongdok said on social media that she had been “held” against her will at a Shanghai airport on Friday. According to the post, Chinese border control officers and China Eastern Airlines declared the woman’s Indian...

Politics

1 week ago Chinese woman brutally attacked 3 years ago fights leukaemia, seeks treatment funds

A Chinese woman who recently recovered from injuries she suffered in an assault by a stranger in a public toilet has been diagnosed with leukaemia, attracting widespread sympathy on social media. The 22-year-old, known as Xu, first came to public attention when she was savagely beaten by a man of the same age in Yongkang, Zhejiang province, eastern China on October 30, 2022. The assault, which lasted more than 20 minutes, left Xu with serious injuries to her head and eyes. She also lost teeth in...

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2 w. ago China woman makes dresses from peanut shells, kernels, turning farmland into runway

A rural Chinese woman has gone viral online for her creativity, transforming farmland into a dazzling catwalk by designing dresses from natural materials such as peanut shells, corn leaves, red beans, sweet potatoes, and corn kernels. The blogger, known online as “Village Magical Treasure,” boasts over 152,000 followers on Douyin and hails from Hengzhou in Guangxi province, southern China. In her videos, she artfully uses materials like peanut shells, dried grass, corn kernels, and corn husks to...

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2 w. ago Chinese history blamed this woman for 2,796 years. Science clears her name

Few women in Chinese history have been as scorned – or as misunderstood – as Bao Si. For nearly three millennia, the queen has been remembered not as a person, but as a symbol: the beautiful femme fatale whose cold heart and unparalleled beauty brought down a dynasty. According to legend, Bao Si was a queen so aloof she never smiled. Desperate to amuse her, King You of the Western Zhou Dynasty (about 1046-771 BC) is said to have played a deadly prank: he lit the kingdom’s sacred beacon fires –...

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2 w. ago Chinese woman’s pet alpaca dies from cold after groomers fail to dry it properly

A Chinese woman took her pet alpaca to a grooming salon which left it damp and exposed to cold temperatures overnight, leading it to die from hypothermia. On November 8, the woman surnamed Li from Jinan, Shandong province in northern China, sparked outrage online when she told of its treatment. Li, who runs a pet amusement shop, said she had sent three alpacas for bathing on October 30. The next day, she discovered that one of them, nicknamed Maodou, was suffering from hypothermia. Pet amusement...

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3 w. ago Helper arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly stealing HK$520,000 from employer

A domestic helper in Hong Kong has been arrested for allegedly stealing about HK$520,000 (US$66,700) in cash from her employer at a luxury flat in Happy Valley. Police said on Wednesday that the employer, 59, a woman living at The Leighton Hill on Broadwood Road, discovered the money – comprising cash of HK$500,000 and 17,000 yuan (US$2,190) – missing and suspected her helper had taken it. The employer, a mainland Chinese woman, reported the case at around 9.30am. Officers arrived at the scene...

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3 w. ago Elderly China woman tearfully hugs pet duck killed by car, mourns loss of companion

An elderly woman in eastern China was seen in tears, mourning her pet duck on the street after it was killed in a road accident. A video of the woman crying over her deceased duck on the street in Jiangsu province, posted by a neighbour on November 4, went viral. According to the neighbour, surnamed Chen, the elderly woman had kept the duck as her beloved pet for the past four years after her husband was diagnosed with oesophageal and stomach cancers. Chen mentioned that the woman kept the duck...

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3 w. ago Chinese ‘super villain’ jailed in UK for US$6.4 billion bitcoin fraud

A Chinese woman described as a “super villain” who orchestrated a multibillion-dollar investment fraud to buy bitcoin was sentenced to 11 years and 8 months in jail by a London judge. Qian Zhimin, who evaded arrest in China after fleeing on a moped to the Myanmar border, travelled through Southeast Asia and Europe using fake passports before settling in Britain under a fake name – Yadi Zhang. She was arrested as part of the largest bitcoin seizure ever by British police – now worth US$6.4...

Economics

3 w. ago China guest floods room after cancellation denied, pays 280 times US$15 room rate

A Chinese woman who flooded her hotel room on purpose after her request to cancel her reservation was denied ended up paying 280 times more than the original room rate. A hotel in China’s southern island province Hainan called the police on October 28, reporting that a woman had flooded one of their rooms. The unidentified guest booked the room for a night’s stay on an online platform for 108 yuan (US$15). She checked in late at night, then made a request on the platform to cancel her booking...

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