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Fran Lu
Reporter, Culture
Fran has been a reporter since 2014, mainly covering social and cultural stories about China. She writes about lifestyle, social trends and youth culture.
Fran has been a reporter since 2014, mainly covering social and cultural stories about China. She writes about lifestyle, social trends and youth culture.
Areas of Expertise:
Society, culture, artLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
Former ride-hailing driver lives a hermit-like existence in ‘black hole’, says marriage is a ‘waste of time and money’.
Uncertain future sees graduating students indulge in self-mockery using internet memes during end of studies photoshoots.
‘Naughty’ boy knuckles down to make sure parent’s acrobatic display goes off without a hitch, works hydraulic crane expertly.
Former gaming addict aims to give people self-confidence, spread word about Chinese kung fu worldwide.
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Famous TV presenter who doubles as cultural ambassador, gives stricken woman acupressure treatment, oxygen.
Liu ends speech by quoting late girlfriend’s touching words, ‘Life brings us countless sorrows, but when we look back, it reads like a legend’.
Woman ‘too busy’ to go to the dentist cements teeth together in botched home dentistry job, takes doctors an hour to fix.
Firm preys on parents desperate to make their kids famous by using counterfeit luxury brand logos, charging registration fees.
Educators handed salary deduction, public warnings over teaching minutes, online observers urge schools to ‘give teachers a break’.
Urgent search discovers boy, 12, wandering the street, unaware that his single-parent father had been killed.
Cerebral palsy sufferer who was shunned by uncaring father scales academic heights, becomes legal counsel.
Recruitment process is expected to be highly competitive as managerial role at a prestigious university is seen as ‘golden rice bowl’.
Death-defying flier says trauma of ordeal has put him off flying as he becomes legend among fellow paragliders.
Although Gao did not attend theatre academy, only studied public relations at university, her acting career flourished.
Restaurant owner’s head-carrying skills include ability to turn fully laden table into an umbrella on rainy days.
With 8.8 million followers online, fans admire her ‘wild, sexy, and graceful’ aesthetic, distinguishing her from other young stars.
Couple overcome severe adversity, near-death experience to build happy, healthy family together, inspire millions online.
Fleeced 72-year-old develops Stockholm syndrome after being conned by gang, decides to help fraudsters commit more crime.
More than 50 classmates of cancer-stricken15-year-old help him put on school uniform, take him in his bed to hospital garden for photo.
Dedicated to medicine, in 2014, Li pledged to donate his body for medical research after death.
Disbelief that a real woman can look so gorgeous prompts online observers to flood social media with claims that she must be AI-generated.
Couple use ‘small change swap’ trick to scam market traders, police find genuine banknotes worth US$28,000, ink, paper cutters at their home.
Private, for-profit emergency crew turn on flashing lights, siren to clear path on hazardous mountain highway, are sanctioned by officials.
‘Pathetic’ female fans storm economy class cabin for vantage point to take photos of pop idols in business section.
Case initially sparks even more controversy as judge originally attributed accident to Wang ‘not maintaining safe distance’.
Revelations spark passionate online discussions, with many single women advocating for policymakers to allow access to legal IVF services.
Skewered chicken outlet becomes latest business to discriminate against Chinese patrons, panned by many, supported by Japanese nationalists.
Brave rescuer says muscle strength built up lifting heavy fertiliser bags at work allowed him to tear open door of blazing vehicle.
‘Ignorant’ man with benign tumour places trust in ‘barefoot doctor’, becomes incontinent, stops breathing, almost dies.
