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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…
· Bryan Ke
Man finds abducted son after 22 years of tireless searching
A Chinese man was finally reunited with his son in late June after he was abducted from their neighborhood 22 years ago. How did it happen: Lei Wuze reportedly left his son, Yuechuan, in the care of a neighbor in Yueyang, a city in China’s Hunan province, on Oct. 9, 2001. Lei’s…
· Carl Samson
Watch: World’s first manned flying saucer stuns onlookers in China
A human-made flying saucer that can carry a single pilot debuted in China earlier this month. What it is: Developed by Shenzhen UFO Power Technology, the “iUFO” is an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that consists of a circular cockpit surrounded by 12…
· Carl Samson
Fake news peddler held in China in first known arrest over ChatGPT use
A man who allegedly used ChatGPT to generate news about a fake train crash has been detained in China, marking the country’s first known arrest in connection with the use of the AI chatbot. Authorities in Pingliang, Gansu province, first noticed the fabricated news on April 25,…
· Carl Samson
Chinese employee wins year-long paid leave at company dinner
A man in China has become the envy of many after winning a full year of paid leave in a company draw held over the weekend. The lucky winner reportedly works as a manager at the unnamed Shenzhen-based company, which conducted the draw as part of an annual dinner that had been…
· Iris Jung
Father punishes son by forcing him to play video games for 17 hours straight
A Chinese father punished his son, 11, by purportedly forcing him to play video games for 17 hours without any sleep. Located in Shenzhen, China, the punishment began after the father — known as Huang — found his son still on his phone in the middle of the night.
· Michelle De Pacina
Woman is latest to be arrested in murder of Hong Kong model Abby Choi
Hong Kong police have arrested a seventh suspect in the gruesome murder of 28-year-old socialite and influencer Abby Choi, whose dismembered body was found in large pots of soup. On Tuesday, police arrested a 29-year-old woman surnamed Pun for assisting Lam Shun, an employee of…
· Carl Samson
Chinese scientist behind world’s first gene-edited babies shares children’s status
He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist behind the world’s first genetically modified human babies, has provided an update on the children’s lives. The researcher first announced the controversial babies — a pair of twins — in 2018, drawing massive condemnation from the international…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese sexologist creates ‘male virtue’ program that teaches men how to become better fathers
Fang Gang, a Beijing-based sexologist and sociologist, started a nonprofit “male virtue” program that aims to teach men how to become better fathers and partners. “Many men have shown interest as they see this as a way to improve their marriage and their relationship with their…
· Michelle De Pacina
Could a $1 bubble tea brand from China be poised to take over the world?
Mixue Bingcheng Co. Ltd. (MXBC), a Chinese ice cream and tea franchise, tops China’s market with its $1 bubble teas. MXBC, which is represented by a snowman-logo and has over 21,000 locations in China, has applied for an initial public offering on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.…
· Bryan Ke
Married Chinese man cons 39 women out of $78,000 in romance scam using photos of attractive Korean men
A married Chinese man was sentenced to 11 years and six months in prison and fined 30,000 yuan (approximately $4,166) for scamming 39 women. He Gansheng, a 38-year-old who lived with his wife and children in Hubei province, received his sentence in April 2021. The man reportedly…
· Bryan Ke
China health chief warns against ‘skin-to-skin contact with foreigners’ amid first case of monkeypox
Wu Zunyou, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s chief epidemiologist, announced on Weibo on Saturday that China now has one case of monkeypox after it “slipped through the net” despite tight COVID-19 restrictions. Wu listed five recommendations in his Weibo…
· Ryan General
Hong Kong actor Jason Wong says his eyeballs were ‘nearly chopped off’ during knife attack in China
Hong Kong actor Jason Wong was brutally attacked by a man with a knife while having dinner with other local celebrities in China on Aug. 29 Wong, 44, believes the incident was a case of mistaken identity as he later noted how the attacker realized he had the wrong person soon…
· Michelle De Pacina
Woman in China horrified after man adopts her dog and threatens to butcher it if she won’t pay ransom
Chen, a woman from Shenzhen in southern China, adopted out her 2-year-old dog, Duogao, to a man who later tried to extort 5,000 yuan (approximately $719) from her by threatening to kill the dog for its meat. Chen did not pay the ransom. She decided to go to the man’s apartment,…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese smartphone brand Honor copies iPhone features, sees sales double
Chinese smartphone brand Honor saw its sales double in the second quarter (Q2) of 2022 by incorporating some features of Apple’s iPhone, such as facial recognition and a 120 Hz screen refresh rate. Honor saw a growth of 103% amid the decline of smartphone sales in the Chinese…
· Bryan Ke
Tencent showcases new open-world wuxia game ‘Code: To Jin Yong’ created using Unreal Engine 5
Chinese gaming giant Tencent released a demo trailer for its upcoming triple-A title “Code: To Jin Yong,” inspired by the novels of famed Chinese wuxia author Jin Yong, on June 27. “Code: To Jin Yong” is being developed by Tencent’s LightSpeed Studios, the company behind the…
· Jane Nam
Warren Buffett-backed Chinese automaker BYD dethrones Tesla as No. 1 in new electric vehicle sales
Chinese automaker BYD dethroned Tesla as the leader in global new electric vehicle (NEV) sales in the first six months of this year. The Shenzhen-based company sold over 640,000 vehicles from January through June, while Tesla sold 564,000. Tesla exclusively sells fully electric…
· Bryan Ke
‘Shocking amount of pet collars’ found upon rescue of 126 dogs from ‘slaughterhouse’ after Yulin Dog Meat Festival
Animal activist groups Vshine, Baoji Small Animal Protection Association and local Xi’an activists teamed up with Chinese authorities and the mayor of Fufeng County to rescue 126 dogs from an "illegal dog slaughterhouse" in Shanxi Province, China, on June 30. Activists believe…
· Rebecca Moon
Chinese woman sells goodnight texts for 15 cents a message after feeling lonely and isolated
A Chinese woman has been selling goodnight texts for 15 cents a message over the past 10 years. Wong Biying, 35, started her business in 2012 and opened a shop on the Chinese online shopping platform Taobao called “A person selling a good night in a deserted land.” She has since…
· Michelle De Pacina
Chinese student pleads guilty to attempted murder of 4 Hong Kong women in hopes of death penalty
Liu Yueteng, a 26-year-old former university student at a mainland tertiary institution, reportedly tried to murder four women in Hong Kong in the hopes of receiving the death penalty following multiple suicide attempts. Liu recently confessed to carrying out a knife attack…