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Mom in Shenzhen Commits Suicide For Insurance Money to Help Sick Son, Only Her Policy Was Expired
A mother’s love for her child is one of the most powerful and unconditional bonds in the world. In a tragic incident, a 63-year-old Chinese mother committed suicide so that her family would be able to afford her adult son’s hospital bill. The mother jumped from her son’s…
· Carl Samson
Hong Kong Opens First High-Speed Train Linked to Mainland China
Hong Kong opened the first high-speed railway that connects it to mainland China on Sunday. Covering a stretch of 26 kilometers (16 miles), the new addition to Express Rail Link’s 25,000-kilometer (15,534-mile) network links passengers from West Kowloon to Shenzhen, China’s…
· Ryan General
Hong Kong Netizens Upload Epic Videos of Super Typhoon’s Destruction
After first leaving at least 54 people dead and 49 people missing in the Philippines, Typhoon Mangkhut continued to cause destruction in Hong Kong and parts of the southern coast of China on Sunday. Facing one of the most powerful storms on record to hit Hong Kong, the city may…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Kindergarten Welcomes Students Back with Highly Inappropriate Pole Dance Performance
A kindergarten in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China has come under fire for its highly inappropriate decision to include scantily clad performers to do sexually provocative pole dance numbers on stage as part of its ceremony to welcome students back at the start of the school…
· Carl Samson
Naomi Wu Creates a Corset That Makes Breast Implants Glow
Naomi Wu — the “SexyCyborg” of China’s tech hub Shenzhen — has created a head-turning corset that illuminates her breasts with flashing red light. In one of her latest YouTube videos, the tech and DIY enthusiast shows how she developed the outfit, which uses a special flashlight…
· Bryan Ke
Elderly Woman Gets Plastic Surgery to Look 20 to Escape Creditors
A 60-year-old woman was arrested in China after she underwent plastic surgery to look like a 20-year-old in order to prevent creditors from chasing her. The woman, only identified as Zhu, managed to evade the police for half a year when she altered her looks. Zhu was ordered by…
· Bryan Ke
Jay Chou and Jeremy Lin Have the Most Adorable Bromance on Instagram
Taiwanese musician Jay Chou and NBA star Jeremy Lin have the biggest bromance which is apparent in the videos they frequently post on their Instagram accounts. Get on my level @jaychou and don’t blow on my hand lol! 你的魔術在那裡啊？#matchingjackets @klmagic
· Ryan General
Bus Driver Stops to Save Suicidal Woman From Jumping Off a Bridge
A heartbroken Chinese woman attempting to jump off a bridge in northern China was given a new lease on life after a female bus driver convinced her to change her mind. The potential suicide was averted by Zeng Hanxi who was driving along a route in Wuhan on Sunday afternoon when…
· Carl Samson
Couples in China Can Now File for Divorce on WeChat
Married couples in China are now able to file for divorce on Tencent’s WeChat, the country’s equivalent of Facebook Messenger. The service, which was rolled out last month, started its trial in Guangdong Province.
· Carl Samson
Chinese ‘Viagra’ Maker Claims 140 Million Chinese Men Are Impotent, Stocks Soar
A company in China that manufactures a viagra-like drug saw its stocks increase sharply after publishing a report that 140 million men in the country are suffering from erectile dysfunction. The drug maker, Hebei Changshan Biochemical Pharmaceutical, announced on Tuesday that…
· Editorial Staff
Man in China Stabs 7 School Children to Death Because He Was Bullied in Middle School
A 28-year-old man in Yulin, China was arrested on Friday evening after killing seven children and wounding 19 others in a knife attack. The man, identified by his surname Zhao, killed five girls and 2 boys as the middle school students were returning home from school at around 6…
· Ryan General
Why Vice’s Reporting on Naomi Wu Could Get Her Arrested in China
While much has been said about the ongoing controversy between Naomi Wu and media company Vice, there are still several questions surrounding the issue that remain. Earlier this year, Wu welcomed the publication’s reporter and her crew for three days in Shenzhen, China, allowing…
· Editorial Staff
Self-Proclaimed ‘Super Laowai’ Accused of Spreading AIDS in China
A Spanish/French man who goes by the name “Sami” online has been accused of spreading AIDS in China. The self-proclaimed “internet celebrity” and “super laowai” bragged about the Chinese beauties that would throw themselves at him with sex proposals via texts. All was going well…
· Editorial Staff
Apple, Samsung Phone Cases in China Contain Toxic Substances That Could Harm Your Health
Several brands of mobile phone cases, including Apple and Samsung, contain toxic substances that could be harmful to your health. Why it matters: Nearly 70% of phone cases in China are made in Shenzhen, with an annual market value of 20 billion yuan ($3.8 billion USD), according…
· Ryan General
Chinese Woman Uses Makeup Skills to Con ‘Boyfriend’ Out of $1 Million
Using her next-level makeup skills, a middle-aged Chinese woman posed as a much younger woman to dupe her “boyfriend” out of 6 million yuan, or roughly $1 million USD. The 42-year-old con artist, identified as Wang Sanjie, was able to initially evade authorities with her…
· Bryan Ke
China Made 210 Billionaires in 2017 — The U.S. Only Made 19
Hurun Global Rich List 2018 recently published a report detailing that 210 billionaires emerged from China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan in the past year, while the United States only added 19 to its list. The total number of billionaires recorded around the globe is currently at…
· Ryan General
Naomi Wu Blasts Vice Over Allegedly Sexist Interview
Naomi Wu, a.k.a the “SexyCyborg” of Chinese tech, recently took to Twitter to call out Vice on an apparently botched handling of her interview. In a series of tweets, the 23-year-old wrote how, despite having agreed beforehand which topics should be off limits prior the…
· Ryan General
He Became a Star in China as a Basketball Court Floor Cleaner
He’s fast, he’s agile and a hard-worker, but while this hardcourt hero in China may not actually be star athlete, he is being widely lauded just the same for the passion he exhibits on Chinese basketball courts Netizens have been cheering for 28-year-old Meng Fei, a dedicated…
· Bryan Ke
Tencent’s Billionaire CEO Rocks ‘Hip-Hop’ Outfit for Company Meeting in Beijing
Looks like Tencent CEO Ma Huateng, also known as Pony Ma, is aiming to take the throne from Alibaba’s Jack Ma as the most badass tech entrepreneur by dressing up in hip-hop attire and performing a cheesy ballad on stage. Ma, the founder of the most valuable tech company in…
· Ryan General
China Shuts Down 12 Dating Apps After ‘Women’ Turn Out to Be AI Bots
Chinese authorities shut down multiple dating apps after hundreds of thousands of customers complained that the sexy women they were chatting with online turned out to be artificial intelligence (AI) bots. A dozen dating apps run by 21 firms in China have been closed down over…