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Chinese workplace culture can confuse foreigners about what exactly their boss is thinking and saying. In this article, break down some of the most confusing local practices and bring you some tips on how expats can charm their Chinese bosses. Read more>>
Jul 26, 2013
To deal with the heat, many Hangzhounians decided to head down to the conveniently air-conditioned subway stations and hang out for a while. ... Read More>>
Jul 26, 2013 Comments(1)
After six months of headaches, convulsions and fainting, Wang Ming, a 60-year-old man from Shuangliu County near Chengdu, was told by doctors that he had a 15cm long worm in his brain. ... Read More>>
Jul 26, 2013 Comments(4)
On July 25, a Wuhan couple experienced an extreme case of reluctant cabbies as they were refused a ride home by over ten drivers and had to wait over an hour in the scorching sun to get home. The reason? The wife had just given birth. ... Read More>>
Jul 26, 2013 Comments(2)
Food safety in China has us all understandably concerned. Recently, Chinese health advice website 39.net released new information regarding 15 types of foodstuffs that featured all sorts of unnatural additives that made the products potentially toxic. ... Read More>>
Jul 25, 2013 Comments(1)
One 29-year-old man from Puyang, Henan recently became the third male lactation masseuse in China. Not surprisingly, he’s had some difficulty obtaining clients. ... Read More>>
Jul 25, 2013
A small “UFO” was spotted over Shanghai’s Huangpu River over the past few days, with the device reportedly taking around 45 minutes to cross the water. It was revealed that it was a cake delivering service for a local bakery. ... Read More>>
Jul 25, 2013 Comments(1)
In a report on July 23 screened by a local Shenzhen TV network, Mrs Zhang, who works in a factory in Shenzhen, used reporters to try and urge her husband, Mr Zeng, to speak to her for the first time in 26 years. ... Read More>>
Jul 25, 2013 Comments(3)
During a conference on July 24 which discussed his new book, Chairman of the Xinjiang Ecological Society Yuan Guoying, estimated that there were around 500-1,000 primitive humans in the world living in the wild; 200-500 of which are in China. ... Read More>>
Jul 25, 2013 Comments(13)
Zeng Chengjie, a businessman from Hunan, was recently executed for illegal fundraising activities and financial fraud. But his case has sparked nationwide debate and thrown China’s justice system into the spotlight. This article explains why his demise has ...... Read More>>
Jul 24, 2013 Comments(2)
It was recently reported that residents of a mountain village southeast of Hefeng County, Hubei, have been transporting themselves to and from mountains for 16 years using a shaky-looking iron basket suspended on a zip wire. ... Read More>>
Jul 24, 2013 Comments(2)
Traffic police in Hubei have had to give a mother and father a “serious warning” after they caught them allowing their four-year-old son to take the wheel behind a truck on a highway. ... Read More>>
Jul 24, 2013 Comments(1)
Supermarkets in Beijing have been told to stop selling knives after two consecutive fatal stabbings occurred in the capital in less than seven days. ... Read More>>
Jul 24, 2013 Comments(3)
Further examples regional prejudices in China emerged at Guangzhou’s Baiyun Airport recently, as a video showing a Shandong woman ranting against locals at the airport recently went viral. ... Read More>>
Jul 23, 2013 Comments(3)
In Xinjiang’s Shawan County, geese are being used by the police to patrol the streets and keep locals in line, and are reportedly being “actively promoted” across the region. ... Read More>>
Jul 23, 2013 Comments(3)
Recently, a 52-year-old villager from Sha County in Fujian (origin of the famous “Shaxian Xiaochi” cuisine) surnamed Huang died from stomach convulsions after drinking too much cola. Huang recently attended a relatives’ party where they ...... Read More>>
Jul 23, 2013 Comments(1)
On July 17, a local of a village in the northern area of the Kunming municipality revealed that a workshop in the village had been for a long time making rice noodles with dirty water. ... Read More>>
Jul 23, 2013 Comments(4)
With various reports of questionable safety regulations, jobs generally considered dangerous are even more so in China. So what is the government doing about it? Find out as we take a look at some of the most dangerous jobs in China. ... Read More>>
Jul 23, 2013
Li Tianyi, who is the son of a famous military singer, has recently been detained in Beijing on suspicion of participating in a gang rape after a night out. On July 16, a Tsinghua professor defended Li in a controversial Weibo post. ... Read More>>
Jul 22, 2013 Comments(1)
13-year-old Yan Xiaohan, who is currently a student at Beijing’s Number 8 Middle School, has recently been recommended for admission to Peking University. ... Read More>>
Jul 22, 2013 Comments(4)
After a couple had a row in Wuhan, a physics teacher from a nearby middle school has stated that a box of cigarettes which was thrown out of the 26th floor could have killed someone. ... Read More>>
Jul 22, 2013 Comments(1)
During a charity event in Nanchang on July 21, a cute dog with its hind legs paralyzed appeared on the scene and won over many onlookers. ... Read More>>
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China recently introduced a law stating that Chinese children must visit or send greetings to their parents often, or else…well…everyone is still working on that part. But does China really need to pass a sweeping law mandating that Chinese people trek ...... Read More>>
Jul 20, 2013 Comments(1)
In recent years, China has seen interest in rock climbing surge, and its facilities have grown to meet a large portion of the need. Read on for a guide to some great rock climbing sites across China and start fueling that adrenaline rush today! ... Read More>>
Jul 19, 2013
10-year-old Li Shuang, who lives in Machong Village near Zhumadian, Henan, recently conquered his fear of scorpions and went out into the wild to catch some – all in an effort to soothe the pain of his ailing grandfather. ... Read More>>
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