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The latest news, trends and events people are talking about on China's internet, social media and elsewhere.
An article from the Chinese Academy of History asserts that the country’s past isolationist policy was a self-defence strategy against Western colonisation.
The widower of a woman in China is taking legal action against a cosmetic beauty clinic that operated on her, claiming they failed to act to save her life, disregarding a monitor’s repeated warnings.
US hip-hop artist Cardi B is remarkably popular in China, and her fame is growing thanks to a new online trend of people copying her makeup style.
A man in China who went on 20 failed first dates decided he would help others find love, and has since become a successful matchmaker.
Zhang Ziyi, the star of internationally famous films Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Memoirs of a Geisha, is back in the limelight after nearly a decade away and she has stirred things up on mainland social media by snapping back at online snipers.
Top China gymnast Yang Wei, who decided his children would benefit from being taught by private tutors, has been blasted for not considering the importance of social interaction with their peers.
Social media in Taiwan has been shocked by the story of two nannies who allegedly tortured a one-year-old baby boy to death during a horrific three-month ordeal.
A number of pet shops in China have been taken to task for tricking customers into spending on costly products under the guise of offering no-fee animal adoption.
The parents of a little boy in China have delayed their son’s schooling for a year so the family can travel around the mainland, learning and having fun as they go.
A caring teacher in China has been taking a boy home and bringing him back to school several times a week for two years when the teenager falls asleep because of a rare condition.
A teenage girl from a poor, landlocked rural area of China, who has worked hard to achieve success in the sport of surfing, will represent her country in the 2024 Olympics in a remarkable achievement on many levels.
The son of a multimillionaire in China, who is the heir to a successful family business, was not aware of the fact until after he graduated from university because his father did not want him to grow up spoiled.
A man in China who regarded himself as a failure because he had not had a job since getting a law degree more than two decades ago, is now an internet star who makes complex science topics accessible.
Young travellers in China are getting imaginative in the face of airline profiteering by stylishly wearing all their clothes instead of paying extra to carry them in a suitcase.
A 44-year-old actress from Taiwan who is popular on the mainland and married to a Malaysian tycoon nine years her junior has been targeted by internet trolls insisting she should give her husband a child.
A 15-year-old boy in China became so obsessed with an online gambling game that he used all his father’s hard-earned money and his sister’s bride price to bet on it.
A man in China has been told by doctors that 15-year-old parasites discovered in his spinal cord resulted from him following traditional folk remedies based on snake parts.
Two women flight attendants have been sacked by British Airways for mocking Chinese passengers by sneering at their inability to speak English and making slant-eye gestures.
Growing numbers of young people in China who come from unloving families are turning to “digital parents” with their problems.
A champion Chinese table tennis player who lost a vitally important game that could have propelled him to the world number one spot, has been accused of not focusing on training by going to a Taylor Swift concert instead.
Mainland social media has been inspired by the parents of a boy who was mocked following a fall at school and turned to artificial intelligence to give their son solace.
A divorced mother of two in China had a late-stage pregnancy termination because her boyfriend did not honour the agreed bride price, sparking outrage on mainland social media.
A former doctor in China who became a style influencer after retiring was asked to appear as a model for a luxury fashion designer at one of the world’s most prestigious fashion events.
A mother in China chuckled as she filmed her little daughter being cuddled by her father while pouring out her schoolwork woes to him.
The 41-year-old embarked on her professional journey as a humble cross-talk performer and comedic actress who struggled to make ends meet in Beijing 20 years ago.
A kind-hearted grandson in China whose family had been hiding the death of his father from his fragile grandmother, created daily videos for her in which he pretended to be her son by using artificial intelligence technology.
A woman in China who posted a video of herself on social media was swamped by comments that she has the perfect “good luck” visage from believers of the ancient Chinese tradition of face-reading.
A man who met a woman for a first date and thought she could be his true love, changed his mind when she sent him a document the same day outlining what they would need to earn and spend as a couple.
The so-called blind box economy is a growing phenomenon in China and has extended beyond retail into the social sphere.
A physics teacher in Taiwan dropped a cat on his classroom floor to prove a point during a science lesson, sparking a wave of criticism on social media.