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Chinese biker chases TV crew for 100km to show skills, now owns US$99 million firm
Determined lover of two-wheeled vehicles who was born into rural poverty chases dream by becoming mechanic, stunt rider.
29 Nov 2025 - 6:00PM
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Chinese homeless man fakes wealth, hires women for companionship, lives luxury life
28 Nov 2025 - 6:00PM
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Chinese girl gains nationwide sympathy as she scavenges for food in the cold
18 Nov 2025 - 3:27PM
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Fame for China food vendor who resembles Japan animator, offers free meals to needy
Visitors to wonton street shop say owner looks like he ‘stepped out of a fairy tale’ and often pay over the odds to thank him for his generosity.
17 Nov 2025 - 6:00PM
China's economic recovery
‘Unforgivable’: Chinese county still living in shadow of wild spending binge
In the 2010s, Dushan splashed billions on high-rises and a fake Big Ben. Today, the buildings are mostly empty – but the debts remain.
30 Oct 2025 - 9:42AM
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Chinese vice-premiers’ tours highlight hi-tech push, poverty relief, Aids fight
Zhang Guoqing and Liu Guozhong have visited Zhejiang and Sichuan, one driving China’s hi-tech hopes and the other battling high Aids deaths.
12 Oct 2025 - 5:47PM
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Singapore singer praised for anonymous US$1.4 million donation to China’s deprived
Fellow star reveals that generosity shown over several years came from singer Sun; says move will spread ‘positive energy’.
13 Oct 2025 - 12:08PM
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Chinese man opens ‘house of compassion’ for relatives of sick at nearby hospital
Former brain tumour patient rents flat, installs bunk beds, offers basic cooking facilities; works as medical escort to help sick, frail.
30 Sep 2025 - 6:00PM
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China couple cut costs by having plain wedding, donating savings to help orphans
Newlyweds slash guest list, ditch traditional trimmings, even use artificial intelligence to generate photographic backdrop at ceremony.
11 Sep 2025 - 6:00PM
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China girl who begged with blind dad gained national profile; gets university place
Mountain girl from family with tortured history of mental illness, disability sets sights on helping others like herself.
7 Sep 2025 - 6:00PM
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China courier puts sick daughter in delivery box at work to save on childcare
Outpouring of online sympathy for mother whose 4-year-old daughter with tumour even presses lift buttons on way to and from deliveries.
31 Jul 2025 - 9:00AM
China society
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Is China a just society? Economic woes erode public perception of fairness
The case of Chinese actress Nashi, who was found to have used subterfuge to get ahead in her studies, touched a raw nerve on the mainland.
24 Jun 2025 - 7:00AM
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Meet China PhD student Pang Zhongwang – from waste collector to cultural ambassador
Pang is pursuing a PhD in precision instruments at Tsinghua University, has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals.
20 May 2025 - 6:00PM
China’s Communist Party
China extends anti-corruption rules to village chiefs and grass-roots officials
19,000 village officials have been investigated in first quarter of this year, according to Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
27 Apr 2025 - 6:00PM
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China's economic recovery
China’s Xi Jinping calls for economic transition on Guizhou visit
On his first inspection tour since the national legislative session, China’s president said the relatively underdeveloped province should build ties with other regions.
19 Mar 2025 - 11:07AM
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China eatery owner rebuked for telling people making US$680 a month not to dine out
Boss clarifies that young people can postpone desires to focus on self-improvement, a point not communicated clearly.
6 Mar 2025 - 6:00PM
US-China trade war
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Another US-China trade war? How about a war on income inequality
Instead of hiking tariffs, the US and China should focus on reducing their wealth gaps so more people can enjoy the benefits of trade.
9 Feb 2025 - 3:53PM
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Abandoned disabled China girl sells hairpins on street, dreams of grandma trip
Determined youngster with cerebral palsy displays true grit despite hardships, describes herself as ‘lucky’, vows to ‘stay strong’, live happy life.
4 Mar 2025 - 3:43PM
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China’s powerhouse province renews ‘common prosperity’ pledge for 2035
Political mission to narrow China’s wealth divide, thought to have fallen out of favour, makes appearance in Zhejiang’s long-term plans.
7 Jan 2025 - 5:05PM
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Diplomacy
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China offers world an optimistic problem-solving framework
China’s collectivist world view isn’t about undermining individuality but about emphasising interdependence. The idea could reshape global governance.
24 Nov 2024 - 10:31AM
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China teacher panned for quiz ranking family status from ‘indecent’ to ‘good’
Social standing questionnaire for secondary school students posed by intern educator sparks mainland social media storm.
11 Nov 2024 - 2:28PM
Xi's poverty alleviation campaign
Are China’s lauded anti-poverty triumphs at risk of vanishing?
In the country’s vast rural regions, officials armed with poverty relapse dossiers are struggling to track and help the vulnerable avoid destitution.
5 Oct 2024 - 6:43AM
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Why China is taking wealth redistribution seriously
Growing income inequality is a global problem as pressing as climate change. Creative interventions, anathema to the West, deserve a chance.
6 Sep 2024 - 9:30AM
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China society
Opinion
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What China watchers should know about where the country is headed
The reforms outlined in the third plenum sets the groundwork for deepening efforts such as poverty alleviation to sustainable development.
8 Aug 2024 - 4:45PM
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China scavenger boy with kidney disease cares for sick uncle, breaks hearts online
A 13-year-old boy in China who has led a life of tragedy has caught the attention of online observers who want to help him, thanks to a chance encounter with a social media influencer.
18 Jul 2024 - 4:15PM
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China salesman sleeps in car to save money for trips to see girlfriend 500km away
A man in China has shown true dedication to his girlfriend, living out of his car to save money so he can travel 500km every weekend to see her.
17 May 2024 - 9:00AM
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Row over China migrant worker living in tiny Shanghai cabinet for US$7 a month
An online “misinformation” controversy has been sparked after a viral video emerged of a migrant worker in China living in a tiny “cabinet” room in Shanghai, a city with some of the country’s most expensive rental properties.
11 May 2024 - 10:16AM
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Caring nephew gives homeless uncle ‘bossy CEO’ makeover for big family reunion
A man in China who went missing and was homeless for more than two decades has been reunited with his nephew who spent time and money making him presentable for a family gathering.
2 Apr 2024 - 8:36PM
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