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China's migrating elephant herd travels further south in Eshan county, say authorities
A herd of 14 migrating wild Asian elephants in China has travelled further south in Eshan county, Y…
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660,000 People In China Have Been Living With Almost No Water For Four Years
CCTV news spoke with villagers in Yuanmou County who said they last had rain four months ago. To co…
Mamta Badkar
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A tech stock with a name sounding like 'Trump's Big Win' surged by the maximum in China after the Pennsylvania assassination attempt
Chuanda Zhisheng, named after Sichuan University, has a meme status because it coincidentally uses …
Matthew Loh
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I've planned weddings on mountains and seen million-dollar gowns, but that's not what young couples are spending more on
Luxury wedding planner Lelian Chew said younger clients are increasingly incorporating traditions, …
Lian Kit Wee
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I'm a millennial in a 'digital nomad family.' My retired parents and I are living in a rural town for under $300 a month.
Stella Guan, 34, has been traveling the world while working remotely for a year, but it was other r…
Dan Latu
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Japanese fighters tracked a Chinese supersonic drone spying on its bases
It's the first time Japan has intercepted the drone, which appears to be for reconnaissance and ele…
Chris Panella
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A hotelier tired of unruly male guests says she's opened a female-only bed-and-breakfast as a sanctuary for women who don't want to deal with bad men
Lu said she decided to open the establishment after a female guest at one of her bed-and-breakfasts…
Matthew Loh
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen accidentally ate hallucinogenic mushrooms in China
Yellen did not officially go on a trip though as properly cooking the mushrooms kills the psychedel…
Brent D. Griffiths
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A cockroach on a plane is going viral for appearing to stay alive and twitching while lodged in a plane window next to one fascinated passenger
"I didn't expect it to still be there after flying 3,000 kilometers," said the passenger, Guo, who …
Matthew Loh
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A woman was yelled at by her tour guide when she fell asleep on the bus, sparking discussion about respectful tourist behavior
A guide in China's Yunnan province caused a heated online debate about tourist etiquette when she y…
Sebastian Cahill,Matthew Loh
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China's latest supersonic spy drone looks a lot like the Lockheed D-21 that crashed there in 1971
China's new WZ-8 supersonic drone resembles the Lockheed D-21, a supersonic reconnaissance drone th…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Mountains are collapsing: A Swiss mountain peak fell apart, sending 3.5 million cubic feet of rock into the valley below. Scientists warn climate change could make more mountains crumble.
Mt. Fluchthorn's tallest peak collapsed earlier this year, and it's just one of many crumbling exam…
Emily Swaim
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Man abducted in China at age 4 reunites with family decades later using hand-drawn map of his childhood home
Li Jingwei couldn't remember his birth name after being abducted as a child, but he remembered how …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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China reports its first new locally transmitted COVID cases in three weeks, sparking mass testing
China reported seven new COVID cases on May 13, including two locally transmitted infections in the…
Cheryl Teh
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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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China is guarding ancient bat caves against journalists and scientists seeking to discover the origins of the coronavirus
Chinese authorities prevented BBC and AP journalists from accessing caves in Yunnan. Some scientist…
Bill Bostock
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China is trying to get a herd of roaming elephants home, but it's going to take months. Here's how they're doing it.
On the road for more than a year, China's roaming elephants are finally going home, with the aid of…
Matthew Loh
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China is swinging into panic mode ahead of the Winter Olympics, locking down a city of 200,000 people over one COVID-19 case
China's COVID-zero approach has led it to impose harsh travel curbs, including a swift lockdown on …
Cheryl Teh
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A sperm bank is holding a competition for students to find the best ejaculate in the country
Vice reported the Human Sperm Bank of Shanghai is asking college students across China to submit th…
Canela López
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Airbnb says it will be removing all 150,000 of its listings in China. Local hosts and users don't seem to care.
Airbnb said its Beijing office will remain operational, and its hundreds of local employees will fo…