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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
Popular Chinese Herbal Tea Claims It Can Increase Life Expectancy By 10%
A popular herbal tea drink in China is said to have certain medicinal attributes that can increase a person’s life expectancy by 10%, but some Chinese netizens find the recent claims a bit hard to swallow. Li Chuyuan, chairman of the Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group, the…
· Ryan General
China Seizes Biggest Shipment of the Most Trafficked Endangered Animal in The World
This is the pangolin. Some species of this scaly mammal indigenous to Asia and Africa are already extinct. All the remaining eight pangolin species are now under the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Each species is now…
· Kyle Encina
Chinese Woman Turns Old ‘Nail House’ Building Into Millions in Profit
The last remaining “nail house” in Shenzhen was finally demolished this month, but not before its owner nabbed a hefty compensation sum from the government. Property owner Yang held onto the decrepit building in Shenzhen’s Longhua District for as long as seven years before…
· Kyle Encina
Chinese Company Purchases Two Boeing 747s Off Taobao for Just $48 Million
Popular Chinese online shopping site Taobao has some strange items on sale such as portable flame throwers, but now they can add airbuses to the list as two Boeing 747s were auctioned off for 322 million yuan (more than $48 million) to a courier company. The heated bidding…
· Kyle Encina
Tencent Now Worth More Than Facebook With $523 Billion Valuation
China’s Tencent Holding Limited is now more valuable than Facebook getting ahead of the social media giant’s net worth by $1 billion. China’s top-earning conglomerate surpassed one of the most prominent social networks in the world shortly after it reached the $500 billion…
· Bryan Ke
China’s Tencent is Now Worth Over $500 Billion
Massive Chinese tech company Tencent just hit a new milestone, exceeding 3.99 trillion Hong Kong dollars ($510 billion) in market value. Tencent joins tech giants such as Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Apple which have over $500 billion valuation — surpassing Jack…
· Ryan General
Chinese Soccer Player Goes Viral For Playing With Only One Leg
A talented one-legged footballer became an overnight online celebrity in China after a video showcasing his awesome ball-handling skills went viral on social media. In the widely shared clip, 21-year-old He Yiyi can be seen doing fancy moves, gracefully making goals while aided…
· Max Chang
Privileged CEO Finally Gives Real Apology For Destroying Chinese Designer’s Tech Career
Earlier this month, Dale Dougherty, CEO of DIY magazine Maker, accused Naomi Wu, a female tech icon in China, for being a fake person. Wu, 23, who’s also known online as “SexyCyborg“, has built quite a following online for her tech-focused videos on YouTube that show off some of…
· Ryan General
China is Teaching Kids to Spot and Report Spies With New Cartoon
Kids in China are now getting a head start in learning how to spot potential spies through educational cartoons. Last month, the state-run Chinese Society of Education launched an online course aimed at reinforcing children of their civic responsibility to safeguard the nation.…
· Ryan General
Hong Kong Man Robbed in His Sleep After Meeting Woman While Drinking
Hours after sharing a drink with a female stranger he met on the street, a local property manager in Hong Kong woke up with a missing gold necklace and some cash. Local authorities are now on the lookout for the thief, a Mandarin-speaking, petite woman presumed to be aged…
· Jocelyn Eikenburg
How My Husband ‘Guards My Butt’ to Prevent Sexual Assault in China
Whenever we take walks in the park every afternoon, my Chinese husband John takes on what he considers an incredibly important responsibility. He “guards” my butt from the wandering eyes of other men.
· Kyle Encina
Boy in China Perfectly Demonstrates Why Riding a Bike on an Escalator is a Poor Life Choice
An 11-year-old boy in China decided to bring his bicycle with him while sitting on it and riding an escalator, but it turned out to be a very idea. A CCTV camera in Shenzhen captured the shocking accident as the boy stumbled down the escalator and lost his slipper as he…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Woman Swallowed by Gaping Hole in Train Station
A security camera has recently captured a video of a woman falling through covered train station floor in China on Saturday. The woman, whose name still remains unknown, miraculously only suffered minor abrasions from her fall through an open floor in Shenzhen Metro, Straits…
· Ryan General
China is Building the ‘World’s Longest’ Coastal Road
A massive coastal road project connecting 14 cities will soon rise in a province in China. According to Nanfang Daily (via China Daily), the road to be built in Guangdong Province will be the longest coastal road in the world with its planned length of almost 1,000 miles (1,600…
· Ryan General
China is Cracking Down On Ridiculously Long Company Names
Chinese companies are now no longer allowed to use ridiculously long names after the government made it illegal to register “weird” names last Saturday. As indicated in a section of the 33 guidelines set by the China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce, outlandish…
· Ryan General
Filipina Helper’s Death in China Sparks Human-Trafficking Investigation
A Filipina domestic helper’s death in Hong Kong is currently under investigation by local authorities as a possible “case of human-trafficking”. Lorain Asuncion fell from the seventh floor of an apartment building in Shenzhen after she was sent there to work by her employers…
· Ryan General
Chinese Woman Gets Plastic Surgery to Escape Her $3.7 Million Debt, Fails Miserably
A 59-year-old woman named Zhu Najuan, who was ordered by a court in China to pay a massive amount of debt, thought it was best to evade her responsibilities by literally changing her face. After a Wuhan court told Zhu to pay her creditors for her loans, which amounted to 25…
· Chenyu Zheng
Former Uber Employee Reveals Thoughts on Whether Uber Failed in China
A year ago today, I was preparing “China 101” material for Uberversity (new Uber employee training). 2 days later, on August 1st 2016, Uber’s China business was merged with its fierce rival Didi Chuxing. The media drew a conclusion that Uber failed in China, calling it a…
· Carl Samson
Inside the World of Chinese Internet Celebrities Who Earn $20,000 a Month
In the most basic sense, becoming a star has never been easier in this age of information. Virtually anyone, regardless of whatever fathomable reason, can become a celebrity thanks to the unparalleled generosity of the internet (unless you’re in North Korea).