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Man Smacks Child For Peeing on Sidewalk in China, Becomes a Hero on Social Media
It’s never okay to hit a child, especially if it’s not yours, but one man is being praised online for teaching an 8-year-old boy a lesson after he was caught urinating on a sidewalk in China. Surveillance footage from May 29 captured the man taking a stroll on the sidewalk near…
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China Rolls Out Strict New Rules For Foreign Students Studying in China
The Chinese government has announced on Monday that foreign students pursuing higher education programs must take compulsory courses beginning next month. According to the new regulations, universities and colleges must teach international students Chinese laws, culture and…
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Inside China’s Booming Industry For Fake Designer Goods
If you haven’t heard already, China has an actual name for its collective industry of knockoff products — fashion items included — that continues to thrive thanks to a cult-like following. The word is “shanzai,” which literally translates to “mountain fortress.” According to…
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China’s Newest Missile System Can Shoot Down Projectiles Going ’10 Times Faster Than a Bullet’
China recently claims to have developed a sophisticated missile interceptor system that can stop incoming projectiles flying at hypersonic speeds. People’s Liberation Army’s top defense contractor China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. announced in a recent report that it…
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China is Now Forcing Little Children to Change Their ‘Extreme’ Islamic Names
China has extended a recently-imposed ban on “extreme” names for Islamic newborns in the Muslim-dominated region of Xinjiang to teenagers up to the age of 16. The extension, represented as Order No. 4425, requires all Uyghur parents to change the names of their children 16 and…
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LGBT Conference Canceled in China Because City ‘Does Not Welcome Gay People’
An LGBT conference in China was forced to cancel after organizers of the event were reportedly told by police that the city “does not welcome gay people.” At least 400 attendees were expected to arrive at Sunday’s Speak Out conference in the city of Xi’an, with speakers such as…
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Little Boy Pees on Stage While Mom Just Laughs During Children’s Day Dance in China
A group of kindergarten students in China put on a show with their moms in honor of Children’s Day on Wednesday, but one kid couldn’t seem to hold it in any longer and decided to pull on stage. A video taken at the school in Hejin county, Shanxi Province has been making the…
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Elderly Woman Caught Ripping Hair Off Camel to Take Home at Zoo in China
An elderly woman in China has been slammed online after she was caught on camera grabbing a handful of hair from a camel’s body at the Dalian Forest Zoo in Liaoning Province on Tuesday. In a short video filmed by another visitor at the zoo, the grandma can be seen stuffing the…
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American Teacher in China Fired Over Allegations of ‘Abuse’ Caught on Video
A foreign teacher working at a Beijing kindergarten in China was fired after a video purportedly shoe him abusing a student went viral on Chinese social media. Netizens went up in arms against the teacher who can be seen lifting a four-year-old student roughly by the arm in the…
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Pet Owner Demands Answers After Dog Suffers Severe Injuries From Airport Staff in China
The owner of a golden retriever is demanding answers from the staff at Tianhe International Airport in Hubei’s capital of Wuhan after the dog was allegedly brutalized while airport staff attempted to catch it. The 11-month-old pooch’s 23-year-old owner said that this dog,…
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Student Sparks Outrage in China For Praising U.S.’s Fresh Air, Free Speech in Commencement Address
A graduation speech delivered by a Chinese student at an American university has sparked some negative criticisms from Chinese netizens due to its focus on freedom and fresh air. University of Maryland student Shuping Yang delivered the controversial address on Sunday after the…
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China Successfully Mines ‘Flammable Ice’ That Can Change the World
If you always thought that fire can’t thrive on ice, it’s time for a change in perspective. Chinese miners have successfully extracted “flammable ice” from the seafloor of the South China Sea, an event it called a “major breakthrough.”
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Chinese Fighter Jets Troll U.S. Surveillance Plane With ‘Top Gun’ Stunt Above East China Sea
A pair of Chinese fighter jets intercepted a U.S. Air Force surveillance plane flying above East China Sea on Wednesday, military officials said. The American plane, WC-135 Constant Phoenix, was doing its routine mission of “sniffing” the atmosphere for signs of nuclear activity…
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China to Reportedly Collect Millions of DNA Samples a Year From Muslim Region
China has began preparing for the mass collection of DNA samples from the native Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region, according to humans rights observers. Xinjiang police told the Associated Press that they’ve started purchasing more than $8.7 million worth of equipment to…
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Activists Hope China’s Yulin Dog Meat Festival Could Be Cancelled This Year, Locals Say ‘Nah’
Reports that local authorities in Yulin will be canceling this year’s dog meat festival in the southern Chinese city have caused jubilation among dog lovers and animal rights activists. The annual tradition, in which thousands of dogs are collected in small dirty cages and…
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Bedridden Grandma in China Abandoned by Her Kids, Kind Neighbors Step in to Help
An elderly and bedridden Chinese woman in her 80’s was abandoned by her children, so kind neighbors stepped in to look after her. South China Morning Post reports the case of a widow in southern China whose adult children were nowhere to be found. In a country where filial piety…
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Two Arrested For Trafficking 16 Chinese Women From China to Work as Prostitutes
Police have arrested Ling Yu in New York and Hang Zheng in Austin, Texas after the two were accused of trafficking at least 16 women from China to the U.S. for prostitution. In September 2016, the McLennan County Sheriff office’s Criminal Investigation Division began looking…
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Poor Parents in China Forced to Do the Unthinkable to Save Just One of Their Sick Twins
A poor couple from Inner Mongolia was forced to make one of the worst decisions any parent could possibly face: choose who to save between their seriously ill, seven-month-old twin sons. Without enough money to bring both of their suffering children to the hospital, husband Wang…
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Filthy Zoo in South China is ‘The Worst Hell for Animals’
The Haikou Golden Bull Ridge Zoo on Hainan island in southern China has been called an “animal hell” by recent visitors who were appalled by the creatures’ living conditions. Also known as Jinniuling Park, the zoo looked like it had been abandoned when tourists came to visit on…
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Toddler Left in Hot Car For Hours While Mom Went to Job Interview in China
A 3-year-old girl who was left locked inside a car in China was fortunately saved by police officers who heard her crying. According to South China Morning Post, the incident occurred in Zhejiang Province where police forced their way inside a car to save a little girl who was…
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Company · China · HKEX:2020
Anta Sports
Anta is China's largest sportswear group — it out-sells rivals at home and owns FILA China plus Arc'teryx and Salomon, turning national-brand pride into a global portfolio.
Company · China · HKEX:2331
Li Ning
Li Ning is the face of 'guochao' — the national-pride streetwear wave that made Chinese consumers choose a homegrown label over Nike and Adidas.
Company · China · NYSE:BABA
Alibaba
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.
Company · China · NASDAQ:BILI
Bilibili
Bilibili is where China's Gen-Z lives online — anime, gaming, and creator culture, with a fandom so loyal it powers a wildly popular New Year gala.
Company · China · NASDAQ:IQ
iQIYI
iQIYI is the 'Netflix of China' — the subscription streamer whose original C-dramas, variety shows, and donghua set what a billion-plus viewers binge.
Company · China · HKEX:1024
Kuaishou
Kuaishou is China's number-two short-video platform, where livestream selling turned everyday creators into a shopping channel and rewired how goods get sold.
Company · China · NYSE:MNSO
Miniso
Miniso turned character-IP collabs and blind-box impulse buys into a global store network — Sanrio, Disney, and Chiikawa merch you didn't plan to buy, plus its own TOP TOY chain.
Company · China · HKEX:9999
NetEase
NetEase helps explain gaming, music streaming, and online entertainment habits in Chinese consumer culture.
Alibaba · Platforms · NYSE:BABA
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Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.