10 h. ago ‘Love yourself’ – young China’s new wellness mantra to cope with the rat race

For 26-year-old Tianjin office worker Celine Wang, it is an extra cup of milk tea. “One for me and the other for lao ji,” she said, placing the double order on a workday afternoon in January. “After going through all the difficulties from trying to be the best performer at school to surviving at my workplace, I feel tired. “I’ve decided to treat myself well ai ni lao ji,” she said, using a buzzword that took off in the gaming world and has become a mantra for personal wellness in China. The...

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4 d. ago China woman buys US$28 ‘love insurance’, claims US$1,400 when she gets married a decade later

A Chinese woman who bought a “love insurance” policy for 199 yuan (US$28) in 2016 claimed a 10,000-yuan (US$1,400) payout ten years later. The payout came after she and her partner officially registered their marriage in 2025, following a decade long relationship. The woman surnamed Wu from Xian, Shaanxi province in central China, met her husband, surnamed Wang, in secondary school. The pair began dating and officially entered a relationship in 2015 after enrolling at the same university. They...

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4 d. ago China woman buys US$28 ‘love insurance’, claims US$1,400 after marriage a decade later

China woman buys US$28 ‘love insurance’, claims US$1,400 after marriage a decade later  South China Morning Post

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8 d. ago Uncovering the History of How China Fell in Love With Photography

Uncovering the History of How China Fell in Love With Photography  PetaPixel

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2 w. ago On the streets and online, China’s elderly people search for love

On the streets and online, China’s elderly people search for love  South China Morning Post

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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 How China fell in love with My Little Pony collectible cards

How China fell in love with My Little Pony collectible cards  South China Morning Post

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4 w. ago It is due to love that foreigners seek to understand China, Russian expert

It is due to love that foreigners seek to understand China, Russian expert  Guangdong News

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last month How young Chinese learned to stop worrying and love themselves

After a pandemic that swept through the world, an economic slump and record-breaking unemployment rate, young Chinese have finally learned to love themselves. The hottest recent trend on Chinese social media has got to be “love you, good old self”. At first glance, it might seem a little schizophrenic – all of a sudden, the internet appears to be full of people answering their own questions. One post says, “Old self, I needed to save money, why did you spend it all?” Underneath it, the same...

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