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9 September, 2024
A professor at Renmin University has asked a visiting Kazakh politician how China could “obediently, submissively have children, have children early and have lots of children”. Photo: AFP
Women and gender

Outrage as scholar asks how can China make women ‘submissively have children’

Professor Wang Xianju was speaking to Kazakhstan’s Erlan Qarin, who said women in his country had free will regarding fertility.

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China police officer faces nationwide outrage for beating child accused of bullying

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Chinese boy caught stealing drink, mum assaults salesgirl, bites guard in scuffle

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Shock as China boy grabs girl in lift, drags her away, is arrested then freed

Boy, 14, who chokes girl, seven, giving her nightmares, is defended by people who say he was ‘bewitched’ at time of crime.

Social media in China has been shocked by a video of a 14-year-old “bewitched” boy attacking a seven-year-old girl in a lift. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
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China abductee reunites with family after 34 years, splits again over money row

Reunited biological family rake in cash by telling kidnap story in live-streaming session then fall out over how much money it earned.

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China dad criticised for not holding bullies accountable after daughter bled

Father suggests that living in a small county of 210,000 residents, making enemies is unwise.

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Many in China deeply moved by boy whispering ‘I love you’ to dying mum

Father says son gradually grew more mature as he observed his mother’s life fading.

The woman was diagnosed with terminal gallbladder cancer in August last year and passed away this month despite her husband’s relentless efforts to seek specialist treatment. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
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China table tennis wonder boy shines on social media, viewed as future champion

Inspired by grandmother, boy started learning table tennis at eight months old.

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China mum sits kids on 23rd-floor outdoor air con unit to rile husband

Video clip of little kids dangerously perched outside high-rise flat viewed 55 million times on Weibo.

History

Taiwanese slide into nostalgia over a playground favourite that’s dying out

‘Grandpa Elephant’ is ‘a friend who grew up with us’, says a woman who began a Facebook group documenting the disappearing playground slides.

An elephant slide at a school in New Taipei City. “Grandpa Elephant” is “a friend who grew up with us” says a woman who began a Facebook group documenting the disappearing slides. Photo: AFP
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China clinic treats math-struggling students using holistic, medical intervention

Shanghai Children’s Medical Centre reveals niche clinic offering medical intervention to correct learning deficits.

A hospital in Shanghai has launched a new clinic aimed at assisting children who struggle with mathematics through a holistic intervention strategy. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Sohu
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China boarding school criticised for punishing pupil who used toilet late at night

School has strict curfew, teenager caught using toilet at 11pm.

Cultural Revolution

Opinion | China’s classroom culture of complaint is toxic – and not just for teachers

Educators are wary of what they say to students, fearful that it could cost them their job.

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Accidents and disasters in China

Man accused of stabbing Japanese boy jobless with criminal record: Chinese media

Information about the sensitive case is tightly controlled by Chinese police, media and internet censors.

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Chinese paramilitary police officers march past the entrance of the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Thursday. China has expressed “regret and sadness” after a Japanese schoolboy died after being stabbed on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Crime

Japanese boy mourned in China after fatal stabbing

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Outrage after China officials say girl stabbed 200 times at school ‘not bullying’

Classmate also stabs her with paper cutter, forces her to eat paper and pencil lead.

China-Japan relations

Japanese child’s fatal stabbing in China is an ‘isolated case’, Beijing says

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Tokyo views child’s death ‘as a serious and grave matter’ and urges Beijing to protect Japanese in China.

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China dad transforms home into toy castle to distract daughter from electronic devices

Father has built over 300 toys for daughter, with many being extremely intricate.

A Chinese father, worried about his daughter’s screen time, made nearly 300 homemade toys to compete for her attention. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
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Proud China grandma, 36, criticised for not prioritising son’s education

Woman says her family has long tradition of early marriage and childbirth.

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China triplets fulfil ‘prophecy’ with admittance into same university

One sister says siblings are each other’s academic competition but also lean on one another for support.

China society

Being Chinese | I am a Chinese mother. Hear me worry

Like Mencius’ mum, I want to give my son a better learning environment, including by moving house. Yet I also want him to be happy.

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Children play with spinning chairs at a shopping mall in Beijing on July 13. Photo: AP
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Mother in China claims son lost skin pigmentation after being slapped by teacher

A school in China is investigating an incident in which a mother claims her son now has vitiligo after a teacher slapped him for not doing his homework.

A mother in China has reported that her son experienced a loss of skin pigmentation after allegedly being slapped four times by a teacher. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin
Migrant workers in China

China to build migrant children database to improve welfare and services

National action plan meant to ease the plight of these children, particularly the disabled and those without guardians

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2 strangers lock noisy China toddler in plane toilet to discipline her

A little girl travelling with her grandparents on a Chinese domestic flight cried persistently so two strangers took it upon themselves to reprimand and even threaten her.

Accidents and disasters in China

11 dead in eastern China, driver detained after bus hits crowd outside school

Local movie theatre hosts blood donation vehicles amid social media callout to aid dozens injured in crash.

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Eleven people were killed and dozens injured after a bus hit a crowd outside a school on Tuesday morning. Photo: X/@FxGecko_MYS
China's population

China’s birth rate unlikely to benefit from Filipino helpers, analysts say

The use of foreign domestic helpers in China to lower the costs of child care, mirroring a move by South Korea, would not do much for the declining birth rate, analysts say.

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South Korea’s controversial plan to hire Filipino helpers to alleviate the costs of child care has led to speculation over whether a similar move would benefit China. Photo: EPA-EFE
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China father makes children kneel on busy road to force return of estranged wife

A video that attracted 63 million online views, shows traffic in China hurtling past three youngsters forced by their father to sit in the middle of a busy road in a misguided attempt to make his estranged wife return home.

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Lost China girl, 8, uses ATM for help, joyfully reunited with family

A clever little girl in China, on her way home with her grandfather until the two became separated, has delighted online observers who say she has taught them a new ATM skill.

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