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Young pet owners in China are taking their dogs to worship the Dog God, offering canine food and placing their leashes in incense ashes to pray for the health and safety of their pets. In Chizhou city...
China’s ancient imperial examination, which was no easier than today’s competitive college entrance exam, took into account candidates’ looks when selecting. The ancient exam, which lasted from the Su...
A blogger’s shocking allegation that stray cats were being drained of their blood for sale to pet hospitals has sparked outrage and condemnation online. It was revealed that a single cat could be drai...
A Chinese airline has sparked controversy online after it announced plans to hire married women and mothers as flight attendants and call them “air aunties”. On October 22, the Shanghai-based Spring A...
A young man in China who teamed up with his friends to kill his mother in a fake road accident to pocket her insurance has shocked the nation. The 23-year-old son, surnamed Lu, and his friend, identif...
A restaurant in China which lets its staff play popular characters from a famed martial arts novel to interact with customers has trended on mainland social media. Xiangyang Courtyard in Xiangyang, Hu...
A man in Turkey has agreed to pay his ex-wife 10,000 liras (US$240) every quarter in “cat support”. His move sets a new precedent for divorces in the pet economy era, which is booming with Turkey’s pe...
An 11-year-old boy who accidentally swallowed a 10-gram gold bean worth 10,000 yuan (US$1,400) by mistake was told by his mother not to relieve himself outside because it would be “too expensive”. The...
In a previous column, I outed my pre-pandemic dating life as a middle-aged newly single Chinese woman in the United Kingdom. Six months into my spreadsheet approach to love (100 daily Tinder swipes, 5...
China’s Gelao ethnic group practises an ancient ritual known as “Feeding the Tree”, a bizarre yet unique tradition believed to ensure bountiful harvests. The Gelao people are an ethnic group in China ...
A boy tourist from China who startled a Japanese couple by squeezing into their bullet train seats to view Mount Fuji has triggered a heated discussion about manners on Japanese social media. The expe...
A video showing a one-year-old baby screaming in distress while his parents appeared to tattoo his arm, allegedly to win a free flat worth five million roubles (US$63,000), has sparked global outrage....
Wheelchair-using Taiwanese singer Zheng Zhihua has complained that staff at an airport in China left him to “roll and climb into a plane”. The entertainer raised a red flag in a bid to boost awareness...
We have selected five Trending in China stories from the past seven days that resonated with our readers. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. The Song dynas...
Women in one of China’s smallest ethnic groups, the Dulong, are required to tattoo their faces to protect themselves from abduction. Equally striking is their love for alcohol, which they often drink ...
The story of a moderately educated man from rural China who has been married to an American woman with a PhD degree for 20 years has gone viral on mainland social media. Wu Yanju, 44, was born in a vi...
A 77-year-old man has renewed his friendship with an 81-year-old Swiss woman whom he met at the 1970 Osaka Expo thanks to Swiss staff at the same event this year, moving many people online. Tatsuhiko ...
Some bathhouses in China are invigorating the traditional hot spring experience with “hotpot baths”, where visitors immerse themselves in a chilli pepper “soup” inspired by the principles of tradition...
A Chinese gym has recently launched a controversial weight-loss challenge, offering a luxury car as a reward to anyone who successfully loses 50kg in three months. While the promotion has garnered sig...
Few areas of China reflect the country’s decades-long economic transformation more vividly than its cities. Rapid development has turned villages into dense urban landscapes and already sizeable metro...