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China says Taiwanese working in the mainland 'need not worry' after it suggested a death penalty for 'independence die-hards'
On June 21, China sparked alarm in Taiwan after floating prison sentences, or even execution, for s…
Matthew Loh
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A first-time flyer in China opened an emergency exit after mistaking it for the bathroom door, local media reported
The Air China flight was canceled and rescheduled for the next day. Passengers were offered compens…
Pete Syme
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Watch China's massive oil tanker explosion that killed 18, injures 166
About 166 injured people are undergoing treatment in hospitals, the publicity department of the …
PTI
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China's birth rate has fallen so much that many hospitals are simply giving up on delivering babies
China has been stepping up measures to encourage marriage and parenthood.
Huileng Tan
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China’s state pension fund to run dry by 2035 as workforce shrinks due to effects of one-child policy, says study
China’s main state pension fund will run out of money by 2035 due to a decline in the available wor…
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5 ways China's trying to get people to have more babies — from cash incentives to cracking down on the 'bride price'
Last year, China's population started shrinking for the first time in 60 years, spurring renewed fe…
Huileng Tan
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Amid fierce, bloody fighting in Ukraine, the US and China are training for new ways to get wounded troops away from the frontline
The war in Ukraine has shown that providing life-saving care to wounded troops in future conflicts …
Michael Peck
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30-40% workforce in Japanese firms in China Covid positive, production plunges: Report
Plants are also functioning with smaller capacities in China amid surge in COVID-19 cases.
ANI
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China's so desperate to get people to marry and have babies, one county is offering $137 as a 'reward' if the bride is 25 years old or under
A county in the Zhejiang province said the move is to promote "age-appropriate marriage and childbe…
Huileng Tan
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The property market is so bad in China that some banks are letting people be on mortgages till they are 80
A 50-year-old home buyer can now get a 30-year mortgage. Under the previous rules, the buyer would …
Huileng Tan
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There's a pig theme park in China and people are paying $1,200 a night for a hotel room so they may see — but not smell — the piggery
The hotel room features a huge glass window overlooking a farm filled with numerous prized black-an…
Huileng Tan
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China is using QR codes to try to control COVID-19. Now, protestors fear the codes are being used to monitor and track them, too.
A Beijinger traveled to Zhengzhou for a protest. But his personal QR code, used to denote his COVID…
Weilun Soon
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China catches hundreds of banned crypto miners stealing electricity amid energy crisis
Banned crypto miners reportedly siphoned electricity from public agencies and universities during a…
Carla Mozée
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Scientists find 18 more viruses from China's wet markets
The origins of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which has so far resulted in 253.6 million cases o…
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Chinese TikTokers are visiting Evergrande sites with drones to investigate if the company is resuming construction on its real estate projects
Some TikTok used drones to hover over Evergrande work sites to record footage and check if workers …
Cheryl Teh
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A Chinese man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling off his 5 children for $28,000
The man, surnamed Yang, was dealt a 10-year prison term after being accused of having five children…
Cheryl Teh
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The Warren Buffett of China, whose company just posted a 95% dip in annual profits, is selling billions of dollars of assets but he says it's 'only pathetic if no one wants what we offer'
Guo Guangchang seems unfazed by the disposals, and they seem to be working — Fosun Internatio…
Nidhi Pandurangi
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People are holding up blank white sheets of paper in China to protest COVID lockdowns. It's become a symbol of defiance against the Communist Party.
"The white paper represents everything we want to say but cannot say," a 26-year-old man named John…
Cheryl Teh
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A man in China was hospitalized after he ate a whole, live crab to 'take revenge for my daughter' after it pinched her
The man told doctors that his "daughter was pinched by a small crab, so I got angry and put it into…
Katie Balevic
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China has reportedly asked Jack Ma's Alibaba to get rid of its media assets
According to a The Wall Street Journal report citing people familiar with the matter, Chinese of…