5 h. ago China TV host faces criticism for serving men drumsticks, women wings, exposes bias

A renowned Chinese TV host ignited a heated online controversy after openly expressing her preference for boys over girls and presenting drumsticks to two young men instead of a young woman during a show. Zhu Dan bizarrely justified it by stating that “boys need more nutrition to grow.” Zhu, 44, hailing from Zhejiang province in eastern China, is celebrated for her work on popular TV programmes like Do You Remember and The X Factor. She is a mother to a daughter and a son with her husband, actor...

Culture

53 h. ago China graduate honours dad at ceremony, dresses him in academic gown, moves many

A man in China has honoured his education-starved farmer father at his university graduation ceremony, moving the hearts of millions of mainland internet users. Yang Guozhong, 25, graduated from Guizhou Minzu University in Guiyang of Guizhou province, southwestern China, with a bachelor’s degree in June, Jiupai News reported. His father had hardly travelled before due to the cost and because he needed to attend to his crops and livestock. To convince his father to attend, Yang told him that his...

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57 h. ago EU may as well be ‘province of China’ due to reliance on imports, says industrialist

EU may as well be ‘province of China’ due to reliance on imports, says industrialist  The Guardian

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3 d. ago EHang Secures Order For 50 eVTOLs From China’s Guizhou Province

EHang Secures Order For 50 eVTOLs From China’s Guizhou Province  Aviation Week Network

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3 d. ago China ‘folded boy’ stands up straight for first time after gruelling surgeries

A university student, known as China’s “folded boy” due to his spinal condition, has inspired countless people online after undergoing a series of complex surgeries and achieving the remarkable milestone of straightening his body and lying flat in bed for the first time in his life. Jiang Yanchen, 21, hailing from Shandong province in northern China, has fought against ankylosing spondylitis – a form of arthritis causing severe inflammation in the joints and ligaments of the spine – since his...

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4 d. ago Chinese sculptor’s giant Buddha Ultraman sparks official probe

A giant stone statue called “Ultraman Grotto” which was crafted by a man in China has captivated social media and triggered an official investigation. The 2.8 metre-high sculpture has a head like the Japanese superhero Ultraman and a body that adopts a sitting Buddha gesture. It is located on a cliff face in Anyue County of Sichuan province, in southwestern China, the news outlet Shangyou News reported. In early June, a blogger surnamed Zhou released a video introducing the sculpture which he...

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4 d. ago China teen forced to do 1,000 squats at delinquent centre suffers kidney failure

The story of a 15-year-old boy in China who was forced to do 1,000 deep squats as a punishment, leaving him needing a kidney transplant, has sparked outrage online. The tragic tale began in August 2023, when the boy, identified by the pseudonym Ajun, from Guilin in Guangxi province, southern China, was caught stealing 3,500 yuan (US$500) in cash from a parked car. However, because he was under 16, the minimum age for criminal prosecution, the police sent him to Yongqing School for “corrective...

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4 d. ago China thief steals 8 cars during travels to avoid cost of air ticket home

A man from northeastern China has shocked the internet after he stole eight cars and drove them on the journey home, one after the other, to avoid paying for an “expensive” flight. According to mainland media outlet New Yellow River, the man, surnamed Chen, is from Liaoning province and had been travelling alone in Changsha, Hunan province, in central China. On May 31, he bought a flight ticket home for 1,500 yuan (US$200) but cancelled it, deciding it was too expensive. An inveterate car thief,...

Society

4 d. ago China activates emergency response to flooding in 3 provincial

China activates emergency response to flooding in 3 provincial-level regions  People's Daily

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5 d. ago Chinese girl vomits live worms for a month; doctors find tiny moths to blame

An eight-year-old girl in China who had been vomiting live worms for a month discovered that the cause of her ills was a common household problem. Despite seeing many doctors, the unidentified girl from Yangzhou City, eastern China’s Jiangsu province, could not pinpoint the reason why she was throwing up. Her father said she would vomit a handful of 1cm-long worms each time. No one else in the family suffered the same problem. A doctor at the Children’s Hospital of Soochow University in Jiangsu...

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6 d. ago Chinese sprinter gets leading gaokao marks, earning shot at top universities

A Chinese track and field sprinter has scored a staggering 462 in the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, earning her a place in the country’s top universities. Liu Xiajun, 19, took the gaokao for the second time earlier this month after her score last summer fell short of admission to the country’s best school, Tsinghua University in Beijing. Liu, who is from the city of Ziyang in southwest China’s Sichuan province, rejected an offer from the prestigious Fudan University in Shanghai in...

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7 d. ago Will Guangdong’s plan for a domestic version of Canton Fair pay off?

Southern China’s Guangdong province will launch a “domestic trade version” of the Canton Fair – the country’s largest import and export fair – to help export-oriented companies tap into the domestic market amid weak external demand and rising global trade uncertainties. The initiative is a key component of a work plan released by the provincial government on Tuesday that aims to strengthen “domestic circulation” – a strategy focused on boosting China’s economic self-reliance by building a robust...

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8 d. ago China dad berated for locking naked son in iron cage, claims pen prevents wandering

A father in China who has been criticised for locking his naked toddler son in an iron cage claims the pen was purely used to prevent the boy from wandering. On June 16, several naked toddlers were spotted on a red tricycle parked by the roadside in Hainan province, southern China, and one of them was inside an iron cage. The person recording the video said: “This poor kid. How could the parents be so cruel? The sun is so strong, he could get sunburned.” Worried about possible abuse or child...

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9 d. ago Chinese boy runs back to dining table for food during quake, amusing many online

A hungry Chinese boy has become a humorous internet hit after he ran back to grab food from a table during a 4.3-magnitude earthquake as the rest of his family fled in fear. The unidentified boy went viral after video footage showed him returning to scoff some food before hurrying out at the behest of his father, carrying a dish of stir-fried onions, snow peas and pork and a bowl of rice. On June 23, an earthquake shook Qingyuan in Guangdong province, southern China, after which a viral video...

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9 d. ago Back to the future: how eastern China’s factory hub fuels tech sovereignty quest

In Suzhou, eastern China’s Jiangsu province, the start-up Magic Lab specialises in full-sized humanoid robots designed to interact with people and work in factories – just one example of the Yangtze River Delta region’s transformation into a national innovation hub. “More than 90 per cent of the components, including critical parts like torque motor joints, actuators, control units and dexterous robotic hands, are developed in-house and locally manufactured,” said Wu Changzheng, the company’s...

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9 d. ago How China’s manufacturing hub spins a new yarn to become a tech powerhouse

In Suzhou, eastern China’s Jiangsu province, the start-up Magic Lab specialises in full-sized humanoid robots designed to interact with people and work in factories – just one example of the Yangtze River Delta region’s transformation into a national innovation hub. “More than 90 per cent of the components, including critical parts like torque motor joints, actuators, control units and dexterous robotic hands, are developed in-house and locally manufactured,” said Wu Changzheng, the company’s...

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1 week ago Chinese man offers US$70,000 bounty to find real killer after wrongful jailing

A Chinese man who was wrongly jailed for murder has offered a generous 500,000-yuan (US$70,000) bounty for information leading to the arrest of the real killer. Chen Shijiang, 49, from eastern China’s Shandong province, has taken to social media in search of clues. In 1998, at the age of 22, Chen was wrongly convicted of killing a woman in his village. The 56-year-old victim was the wife of a cash keeper for the village government. Chen was accused of killing her to steal money for a furniture...

Events

1 week ago EU Heads of Mission to China participate in a field trip to Gansu Province

EU Heads of Mission to China participate in a field trip to Gansu Province  EEAS

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1 week ago Chinese man, 64, swallowed toothbrush at 12, finds it stuck in his intestine, needs surgery.

A 64-year-old Chinese man who felt a strange sensation in his stomach and went to the doctor was shocked to discover that a toothbrush had been stuck in his intestines for 52 years. The man, surnamed Yang, from eastern China’s Anhui province, said he remembered swallowing it at the age of 12 and was too scared to tell his parents about it. Yang said he thought the toothbrush would dissolve by itself and had not felt anything untoward until recently. Hospital doctors checked his digestive system...

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1 week ago Chinese man, 64, finds toothbrush he swallowed at age 12 stuck in intestine

A 64-year-old Chinese man who felt a strange sensation in his stomach and went to the doctor was shocked to discover that a toothbrush had been stuck in his intestines for 52 years. The man, surnamed Yang, from eastern China’s Anhui province, said he remembered swallowing it at the age of 12 and was too scared to tell his parents about it. Yang said he thought the toothbrush would dissolve by itself and had not felt anything untoward until recently. Hospital doctors checked his digestive system...

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