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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.
A Chinese-Australian man has caused controversy on the streets of Sydney by making food deliveries on a horse.
China’s younger generations have spotted a gap in the funeral market and are creating vibrant new products to breathe new life into a sector steeped in tradition.
A man in China’s capital, who was pursued and pestered in public by a woman he did not know says harassment can happen to anyone.
Every year, China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration reveals its top 10 archaeological discoveries from the past year, sometimes called the “Oscars of Archaeology”.
A mother in China became so exasperated as she tried to guide her child through his school work that she lashed out in anger and ended up hurting herself.
A woman in China has gone viral because of her conventional good looks and her decision to work as a pig farmer.
A street vendor in China who gave all the money she earned for her two daughters to be well educated, looked on proudly as they exceeded her expectations.
Iconic Hong Kong film star Tony Leung Chiu-wai has been urged to stop accepting awards and give younger talent a chance after picking up his sixth win at the city’s premier movie awards.
The case of a doctor in China who was jailed for giving medical support to a group of prostitutes more than a decade ago, has sparked an online debate after it was reviewed by a lawyer.
An “invisible” artist in China who paints himself, chameleon-like, into natural backgrounds to promote environmentalism has become a hit on mainland social media.
China’s first transgender clinic saw 1,500 visitors in 2023 and is working to overcome traditional beliefs and taboos to help people who see themselves as being “trapped inside the wrong body”.
An economics student from China was chatting happily on the phone with her fiancé in the moments before she became the sixth victim of a multiple stabbing attack at a shopping centre in Sydney, Australia.
A nanny in China has been duped out of a lot of money and left to care for a baby by a couple who claimed they had been bequeathed a massive estate and were going to collect it, then vanished.
A clever Labrador Retriever in China has learned how to pull a rickshaw, and he proudly takes a little girl home in it from school while the other children look on with envy.
A former popular TV hostess-turned-successful business person in China has been slammed for showering her teenage daughter with expensive clothes and cash.
An elderly man in China, who has worked as a tour guide for 30 years, has been praised by overseas visitors for his language skills and enthusiasm for his job.
People in a coastal province in China are convinced that the actress who played a popular deity in a TV series is actually the real thing and kneel before photos of her.
Archaeologists in China found more than 10,000 bamboo slips from the Wu state of the Three Kingdoms dynasty that detailed regional governance.
Wrangling over what name their first son should take has seen the relationship between a husband and wife in China spiral in the direction of divorce.
A fake online influencer racket in China, which saw trained fake online personalities peddling bogus sob stories to attract followers and sell products, has been broken up by police.
A woman in China who sued her philandering ex-boyfriend for a refund of US$553,000 in cash and luxury items she gave to him when they were dating, claims he beat her up when she asked for it back.
A school in China has won plaudits for installing a system designed to make it easier for students to sound the alarm about bullies.
A coach load of tourists in China were ordered to stay in a bedding shop because they did not buy anything, turning a fresh spotlight on the problem of forced shopping.
A woman in China who was diagnosed with cancer says she wants to leave behind a massive series of fun and moving cosplay images as memories for her three children and 150,000 online followers.
A woman patient in China who had successful cancer surgery thought she could stop the illness returning by eating very little and almost died because she lost too much weight.
China’s first Corgi police dog has made its public debut by displaying excellent bomb-detection skills which made the canine go viral online.
A considerate chairman of a chain of retail stores in central China has told employees to take paid time off work if they are feeling sad and need to rest.
A young man who spotted a gap in the US market for Chinese countryside vehicles says they are well-received there but will not make him a fortune.
A restaurant owner in China has become an international online hit by mimicking a robot to wait on tables at her hotpot eatery.