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Growing numbers of young people in China are marrying their best friends to cement a platonic relationship that helps alleviate traditional societal pressures. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

Chinese youth seek ‘friendship marriages’ to alleviate family pressure

Young people are choosing to live under the same roof, share expenses, offer emotional support, but sexual relations are out.

‘Wonderful fate’: China woman suffers 95% burns, reveals fiance shares birthday

Gender

Chinese student accuses married tutor with 2 kids of having gay affair with him

Mulan

China actress Liu Yifei lookalike praised for professionalism as teacher, kindness

Much-loved teacher of logic becomes social media sensation because she resembles Mulan star, attracts millions of views online.

A teacher in China has become an online hit thanks to her strong resemblance to the popular Chinese actress Liu Yifei. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo/Douyin
Fudan University

Man quits top China university, declines US PhD offer to sell street snacks

Academic pressure makes 24-year-old from poor family veer off pathway to elite education into humble world of making mashed potatoes.

China's ageing population

‘God’s gift’: China elderly couple raising 5-year-old daughter spark controversy

Under dad’s guidance, Tianci is learning valuable skills like cooking, cleaning; he also teaches her how to navigate life, relationships.

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Xinjiang

‘Never forget this brave sister’: Xinjiang dad tells girl about heroic officer

Petite police officer descends into 40-metre deep well, suffers from severe oxygen deprivation to pull toddler to safety.

A father in Xinjiang, China has told his toddler daughter to “never forget” the woman police officer who rescued her from a deep well she had fallen into. Photo: SCMP composite/The Paper/YouTube
Viral stories

Japanese man demands guard kneel and bow at Osaka Expo, sparks public outrage

Viral video shows guard kowtowing in front of tourist after he failed to direct the latter to a car park correctly.

Chinese man faces backlash for posting wedding photo with 2 women

Wedding invitation shared online sparks considerable envy among netizens, with many commenting on how fortunate groom appears to be.

Video | Salons in China offer ‘AI hair-washing’ service

The machine washes hair in about 13 minutes.

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Salons in China offer ‘AI hair-washing’ service
Viral stories

South Korean bus driver rushes collapsed China student to hospital, saves her life

Good Samaritan carries student to emergency unit on back, pays woman’s hospital bill, cries tears of joy when she recovers.

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A South Korean bus driver has been praised after she rushed an unconscious Chinese student to hospital, saving her life. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Weibo
Social media

China ‘big stomach’ eater devours expensive Japan buffet, slammed for being cheap

Competitive eater with millions of followers has downed 25kg of king crabs in single sitting, eaten 35 burgers and 30 chicken drumsticks in 4 hours.

China education

China student says family only bought TV after her acceptance to top university

Strict parents clamp down on daughter’s mobile phone use, allow just 10 minutes a day on chat app, must finish homework before bed.

Video | Chinese woman blocks high-speed train door so friends can get on

Staff members tried to push her into the carriage, to no avail.

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Chinese woman blocks high-speed train door so friends can get on
Luxury cars

Chinese man buys US$210,000 car for taxi business, claims to earn US$4,800 a month

Man splashes out on luxury Mercedes-Maybach S480 for ride-hailing business, embarks on journey to ‘break even’.

A man in China has splashed out on a US$210,000 car for his ride-hailing business. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin/mercedes-benz
Chinese superstitions

‘Hit a villain’: China bar offers cocktails for customers to banish bad vibes

Traditional ritual involves use of a slipper to hit piece of paper on which customers write the names of ‘villains’ in their life.

Accidents and disasters in China

Fury as China driver kills family of 3 in rage-fuelled crash, jokes about it

Heartbroken grandmother of killed baby boy calls for death penalty to be handed to ‘inhumane’ driver who is labelled a ‘monster’ online.

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Video | Chinese girl completes ‘ninja challenge’ in 3 minutes

Mimi started training when she was five years old.

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Chinese girl completes ‘ninja challenge’ in 3 minutes
Scams and swindles

China teacher fired for dating students using fake ID, pressuring 1 into abortion

Economics teacher forged name, age, job, family background to lure young women into relationships, expelled from Communist Party.

Taiwan

Taiwan boss pays final wages in 690 coins as ‘shock education’ for bad attitude

Employee who was ‘absent without notice’ handed plastic bag full of coins, which takes an hour to deposit at bank.

Accidents and disasters in China

Chinese man suffers 90% burns in battery blast after flatmate flees, shuts door

Flatmate insists on charging electric bicycle battery inside home, flees after explosion exposing friend to flames which cause extensive skin damage.

A young man in China suffered 90 per cent burns when the battery of his friend’s electric bicycle exploded inside their flat. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
Human trafficking

China dad finds lost son, is blocked for urging him to quit rich adoptive family

Father admits putting ‘pressure’ on long-lost biological son by insisting that he call him ‘dad’, apologises.

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A father in China who was reunited with his son after 22 years has been blocked by his offspring online after urging him to leave his rich adoptive family. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

China wife films husband’s affair, mistress sues for payout, online clip removal

Wronged wife teams up with siblings to install hidden camera that captures intimate moments between husband and mistress.

Accidents and disasters in China

Drunk Chinese man impales himself on metal rod, needs 10-hour life-saving surgery

Intoxicated diner stands up, then falls, ramming metal rod into brain through mouth as shocked colleagues look on.

Children in China

Chinese ‘miracle’ girl survives 25th-floor fall, suffers only bone fractures

Hospitals in their city refuse to treat her, so parents quickly transport her to a hospital in Beijing, about 200km away.

A girl in northern China miraculously survived a fall from the 25th floor of her building. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin
China society

Video | The young Chinese women hiring cosplayers so they can date their virtual lovers

A new service called ‘cos commissioning’ has emerged in China where mobile romance games have become more popular.

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Disability

Limbless Chinese woman helps make-up companies design user-friendly bottles

‘Shero’ woman with no forearms blazes a trail for disabled people, vows to ‘enjoy love’ and ‘pursue beauty’ despite ‘novel’ life.

Chinese woman pays late boyfriend’s debt, cares for his parents after marriage

Woman shows ‘great love’ to pay off debts of US$82,000 by moving around country for work, borrowing cash from friend.

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