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Liya Su

Liya Su

Shanghai
Senior Reporter, Culture
Liya Su covers human-interest stories in China, including trending news and culture diversity.

A motivational message hidden in a dormitory bed has been found two decades later by a student who set out to find its author and the story behind her words.

A husband in China, who suffered a cardiac arrest and has been barely conscious for many years, has now recovered thanks to his wife’s love and devotion.

A woman who had a relationship with a married man who died, used her frozen eggs fertilised by his sperm to give birth to a son so she could make an inheritance claim.

When police in China went to the home of a man who had been caught looking under doors in a women’s toilet, his enraged mother hit and kicked him until officers stopped her.

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A 30-something woman in China decided she needed time out from the stresses of everyday family life, so she bought herself a little place to do her own thing undisturbed.

A student in her first year at a university in China became so worryingly besotted with her new boyfriend that doctors diagnosed her behaviour as mental illness.

A court in China has ordered the employee of a badminton court, who cared for a stray cat, to pay compensation to a player who was badly injured when the feline got in his way.

A school in China has announced it wants to lighten the heavy academic burden placed on children by banning homework after a certain time in the evening but the well-intentioned move has been met with a mixed response from parents.

China’s younger generations have spotted a gap in the funeral market and are creating vibrant new products to breathe new life into a sector steeped in tradition.

The case of a doctor in China who was jailed for giving medical support to a group of prostitutes more than a decade ago, has sparked an online debate after it was reviewed by a lawyer.

An elderly man in China, who has worked as a tour guide for 30 years, has been praised by overseas visitors for his language skills and enthusiasm for his job.

Wrangling over what name their first son should take has seen the relationship between a husband and wife in China spiral in the direction of divorce.

A coach load of tourists in China were ordered to stay in a bedding shop because they did not buy anything, turning a fresh spotlight on the problem of forced shopping.

A man from China who tried to sneak across the border into Cambodia to find a well-paid job was so afraid of the possible dangers ahead that he carried one of the most famous books ever written on warfare strategy.

A man in China who began ignoring his wife and calling her names after she was badly injured in a car accident in 2015, has been ordered by a court to compensate her for the abuse he subjected her to.

Mainland social media has been left in shock after freakish gusts of wind in China took the lives of three people by sucking them out of broken windows in their high-rise flats.

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When a customer accidentally left a dog cafe door ajar in China, its many four-legged “customers” thought they would do a runner and have some fun.

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A 20-year-old student in China has caused a stir on mainland social media after he was diagnosed with a delusional love disorder which makes him think all his women fellow-students fancy him.

The widower of a woman in China is taking legal action against a cosmetic beauty clinic that operated on her, claiming they failed to act to save her life, disregarding a monitor’s repeated warnings.

The parents of a little boy in China have delayed their son’s schooling for a year so the family can travel around the mainland, learning and having fun as they go.

A man in China who regarded himself as a failure because he had not had a job since getting a law degree more than two decades ago, is now an internet star who makes complex science topics accessible.

A divorced mother of two in China had a late-stage pregnancy termination because her boyfriend did not honour the agreed bride price, sparking outrage on mainland social media.

A 23-year-old student from Beijing, who enthusiastically started a blog to help himself and others learn English, was crushed when he did not pass China’s compulsory CET-4 exam, and shut down his online operation as a result.

Students at a university in China who complained that cameras installed in one of their classrooms are being used to spy on them have been told the devices are digital teaching aids.

A baby girl in China who had one of her fingers chomped off by the family’s pet rabbit could not have reattachment surgery because, in their panic, her family forgot to take the infant’s bitten-off digit to the hospital.

A mother in China, whose two young children suffered horrific burns in a house fire, has her four sisters to thank for saving their lives after they all underwent skin-grafting operations.

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