8 h. ago Over 1,000 Wasp Stings Kill Two Children In China, Beekeeper Faces Charges

Over 1,000 Wasp Stings Kill Two Children In China, Beekeeper Faces Charges  NDTV

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16 h. ago China siblings killed in wasp attack – boy has 300 stings, girl endures 700 stings

Two young siblings in southwestern China tragically lost their lives after being stung hundreds of times by wasps, leading to the detention of the farmer raising the bees on charges of negligent homicide. This shocking event occurred on June 28 in a village in Muding county, Yunnan province, where a seven-year-old boy and his two-year-old sister were attacked by swarms of wasps, as reported by the news portal The Paper. The children were typically cared for by their grandparents while their...

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64 h. ago China couple cut costs by having plain wedding, donating savings to help orphans

A pair of Chinese newlyweds who ditched traditional wedding etiquette to save money have been praised for using what they saved to help three orphans. The groom, who uses the nickname Liu Mancang, posted a video online of his wedding speech on September 1. Liu said he and his bride chose to have a simple wedding because they wanted to use the money they saved to donate to three children. The wedding was held in Liu’s hometown in eastern China’s Shandong province, a place known for sticking to...

Economics

2 w. ago China’s population decline laid bare as Shanghai school enrols only 22 pupils

A primary school in Shanghai has attracted national attention after its student body shrank to just 22 this year, highlighting the dramatic impact China’s plunging birth rate is having on the education system. Sanqiao Primary School in the Pudong New Area now has more full-time staff than pupils – with 22 children and 23 teachers – despite being located in one of China’s largest cities, according to enrolment data released on the local education authority’s website. The information was first...

Culture

3 w. ago Chinese woman keeps getting pregnant, has 3 kids in 4 years to avoid jail

A Chinese woman who kept becoming pregnant to avoid jail has finally been brought to justice. The woman, who is known by the pseudonym Chen Hong, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for fraud in December 2020 in central China’s Shanxi province, the Shanxi Evening News reported. However, she was never properly incarcerated. Instead, Chen kept being pregnant, having three children with one man in four years. In China, convicts who suffer serious illnesses, are pregnant and nursing their...

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3 w. ago China doctors remove 2kg hairball from girl’s stomach – caused by six

Doctors in China had to remove a 2 kg “hair ball” from the stomach of a teenage girl after she became addicted to pulling out and eating her own hair over a six-year period. In July, the 15-year-old, nicknamed Nini, from Henan province in central China, went to Wuhan Children’s Hospital in the neighbouring province of Hubei with her mother. The girl was extremely thin, standing at 1.6m but weighing only 35kg. Also, she had not menstruated for six months, the Hubei Daily reported. Her mother...

Politics

3 w. ago China doctors remove 2kg hairball from girl’s stomach – caused by 6

Doctors in China had to remove a 2 kg “hair ball” from the stomach of a teenage girl after she became addicted to pulling out and eating her own hair over a six-year period. In July, the 15-year-old, nicknamed Nini, from Henan province in central China, went to Wuhan Children’s Hospital in the neighbouring province of Hubei with her mother. The girl was extremely thin, standing at 1.6m but weighing only 35kg. Also, she had not menstruated for six months, the Hubei Daily reported. Her mother...

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