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Liya Su

A dog in eastern China returned home after it had been lost for six years, delighting millions on the Chinese internet.
The dog owner, surnamed Zhang, from Ningbo in Zhejiang province, had previously lost the dog while cleaning his home, Pear Video reported.
He had two dogs and put both of them on the doorstep. When he returned to check on them, one of the dogs had disappeared. After looking for a few days, Zhang gave up and assumed the dog had been lost.

Although the dog had disappeared, Zhang remembered its appearance six years later. When the dog returned to Zhang’s home, he recognised it immediately.
“How did you find your way home?” Zhang asked.
The white dog ran towards Zhang, and Zhang gently stroked it. The dog also seemed to cry the moment when it reunited with Zhang.
“I could not believe it when it did that,” he said.
Owner scans dog’s face to open gate

Who needs face-recognition technology when you have a dog?
A pet owner in eastern China who scanned her dog’s face to open her home’s gate, controlled by face-recognition technology, amused many on the Chinese internet.
The owner, surnamed Zhang, from Hefei city in Anhui province, placed her dog’s face in front of the facial recognition security camera to enter her home and expressed amusement when it passed the test, according to The Moment.
Zhang was walking her dog at night, and upon arriving at the gate, she tried to scan her own face to open it, but that attempt failed.
Zhang was aware that the facial recognition system occasionally did not work, and she decided to use the time waiting to fix the problem to take photos with her dog.
Zhang accidentally moved the dog so its face was right in front of the facial recognition security camera, and all of a sudden, the gate opened.
“I thought it was an interesting and confusing moment. Then I tried to scan the dog’s face a few times and it worked every time,” Zhang said.
Zhang said the building management decided it needed to change its security system after the incident.
An abandoned puppy finds a home

A man in northern China was caught on camera saving a puppy that had been wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in a rubbish skip.
The man, surnamed Chai, from Jincheng city in Shanxi province, was outraged after he discovered the abandoned little puppy, according to Toutiao News.
Chai found the puppy when he heard a whimpering sound coming from a nearby rubbish skip. He did not know it was a puppy at first until he tore open the plastic bag.
“The bag was fastened pretty tight, so I tore it up and freed the puppy,” Chai said.
The video showed a puppy lying on the ground while weeping with a pitiful voice.
Chai speculated that the owner did not want to raise the newborn puppy and deliberately threw it away. When Chai was trying to figure out what to do with it, a passer-by approached him and agreed to take it home.


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Heartwarming tales of man’s best friend: dog finds way home after 6 years, canine’s face scanned to open gate, puppy wrapped in plastic bag rescued

A dog returned home after being lost for six years (left), and a woman used her pup’s face to open a gate (right). Photo: SCMP composite 

The dog, circled, had been lost for six years and managed to return home. Photo: Weibo

A woman was able to open a facial recognition gate by facing her dog toward the camera. Photo: Weibo

A puppy that was dumped in a rubbish bin but later saved. Photo: Weibo

True friend? Woman in China sends drone to check on girlfriend after she stops answering message for 4 hours and touches millions

A remote controlled drone helped a woman check up on a friend after she became worried for her wellbeing when the friend stopped responding to text messages for hours. Photo: SCMP composite

The woman became increasingly anxious about her friend’s safety after hours passed without a reply to her messages from her friend who had recently had health issues. Photo: Baidu

The use of drones became more common in China when many cities were forced into harsh Covid-19 lockdowns and people were unable to leave their homes. Photo: Baidu

‘I’m fat, don’t feed or mum will beat me’: Chinese dog owner uses scary message on sticky note to stop strangers feeding obese corgi

The dog’s owner says people like feeding her corgi, but she has now noticed the pet is getting too fat. Photo: SCMP composite

Tang said she hoped that people would avoid feeding her corgi unhealthy human foods that would impact its health and lifespan. Photo: Weibo

In one note the owner threatened to abuse her dog if people fed it: “I’m fat, I need to lose weight so don’t feed or my mum will beat me”, it warned. Photo: Weibo

‘Drink cola’: doctor in China tells man to consume 2 big bottles of Coca-Cola for a week who is shocked after gastric stone disappears

A man in China with a goose egg-sized gastric stone claims it was fixed by drinking soft drinks for a week. Photo: SCMP composite

The doctor said that although cola drinks can dissolve gastric stones, it is on a case-by-case basis and patients should consult their doctors before using cola drinks as a treatment. Photo: Baidu

Doctors believe it was the persimmons Li liked to eat that had caused the stone to develop. Photo: Baidu

‘Too much rubbish on computer’: Chinese girl, 2, takes dad literally – washes laptop with soap and water and amuses millions

A video of the incident taken by the mother shows the computer in a wash basin filled with water and white foam as her daughter cleans her hands. Photo: SCMP composite

The 2-year-old overheard her dad’s complaints and while he was asleep and later that day she ‘washed’ his US$1,200 laptop for him as a favour. Photo: Douyin

Many people who watched the video saw the humour in it and were touched by the girl’s kindness, with some recounting their own humorous experiences with toddlers at home. Photo: Douyin

‘Are they long-lost twins?’: girl in China stumbles upon model in poster that is spitting image of her, delighting millions

This seven-year-old girl was delighted when she stumbled upon a model that looks a lot like her. Photo: SCMP composite

The girl was shopping for winter clothes as the weather is getting colder in China. Photo: Baidu

The remarkable coincidence was that the two girls were wearing clothes of the same colour. Photo: Baidu

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A dog who had wandered off during a cleaning day returns home after six years
A woman finds amusement when her dog is better at facial recognition than she is.



Pets are famously valuable for bringing love, joy and humour into the lives of their owners, and this week we highlight cute, adorable and heartwarming moments from man’s best friend.


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Heartwarming tales of man’s best friend: dog finds way home after 6 years, canine’s face scanned to open gate, puppy wrapped in plastic bag rescued

A dog who had wandered off during a cleaning day returns home after six years A woman finds amusement when her dog is better at facial recognition than she is.

Owner scans dog’s face to open gate

A dog who had wandered off during a cleaning day returns home after six years

A woman finds amusement when her dog is better at facial recognition than she is.