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We explain why, in northern China, a custom known as “hiding from the lanterns” requires new wives to leave home and hide from the groom’s family lantern during their first Lantern Festival after marriage. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock
Chinese superstitions

Explainer | Why China custom requires new wife to leave husband’s home, hide from family lantern

Decorations normally seen as a sign of ‘light and hope’, but turn taboo for newlywed women during annual festival.

Disability

China beauty influencer pays off US$57,000 family debt; accused of faking cerebral palsy

Disease

China husband gets 50 tonnes of produce from mystery donor to raise cash for sick wife

Chinese tourists

China ski resort’s US$700 birthday service, instructors carry women down slope

Backers of ‘tacky’ on-piste activity say it offers guests ‘emotional value’; detractors say ‘close physical contact’ blurs boundaries.

A ski resort in China is offering a unique birthday package in which women guests pay US$700 for a ski instructor to carry them down the slope. Photo: RedNote
Disease

China mum shares kid’s recovery from underdeveloped hip joint, gets online support

Young child’s struggle to walk after malformed joint diagnosis is charted on social media by her mother; video clips get more than a million likes.

Tourism

Tourist couple leave babies with China guard; locals play with twins, change nappies

Pakistani couple head off to explore mountain park alone, return a while later with ice creams; cute baby coughs up milk over feeding passer-by.

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China food safety

China woman films dog eating from plate at eatery; shop vows to sue after closure

Owner of ‘awesome’ canine praises animal for emptying dish of mutton rolls; online observers accuse pet-loving diners of a lack of ‘discipline’.

A woman filmed her dog eating raw mutton from a plate at a popular Beijing hotpot restaurant, prompting the eatery to close for three days for sterilisation. Photo: Shutterstock/RedNote
Children in China

Explainer | Why China children wear ‘canine-head hats’ and have humble names like dogs or pigs

Strange ancient custom which remains to present day sees children given names like wok, spoon handle, broom and chopping board.

Women and gender

Chinese ex-policewoman ‘Hotpot’ tackles workplace stereotypes in stand-up comedy

36-year-old who learned combat skills from monkeys in her village growing up as a ‘left-behind child’ uses comedy to help women fight abuse.

Social media

Video of Chinese uncle joining dancers with funny pose gets 10 million views

Airport clip propels ‘tired’ union worker with a lust for life to internet fame; online observers dub him the ‘flying uncle’.

A group of dancers on an automated walkway in China went viral when an uncle joined in with funny poses. Photo: RedNote/Douyin
Japan

‘Repaid kindness’: Japan war orphan raised by multiple China families is now a midwife

Woman whose father perished when his plane was shot down and whose mother died after giving birth to her makes heartfelt plea for peace.

The Chinese media has highlighted the story of a Japanese war orphan raised by Chinese families who is now a midwife; she was one of more than 4,000 Japanese children left behind after the Second Sino-Japanese War. Photo: chinaqw.com
Pets

‘Best travel buddy’: China kitten famous for riding with truck driver owner, holding handrail

Easy-riding feline travel companion called ‘Dumpling’ has catnip for journey; owner even places litter tray near spot where he sits.

China ‘frog prince’ glassblower has big protruding cheeks after 30 years of work

Nicknamed ‘big mouth brother’ by colleagues, 48-year-old with ‘balloon’ face suffers muscle damage due to continual blowing.

China online shop uses mouse pads, socks, plastic bottles as clothing tags, doubles sales

Creative businessman even uses underwear as tags to solve returns problem; plans new version more expensive than clothes themselves.

An online clothing shop owner in China boosted sales by using practical items like mouse pads and towels as clothing tags, doubling his revenue in just two weeks while fostering brand loyalty. Photo: Douyin
Chinese superstitions

Explainer | China Bao’an ethnic group’s ritual ‘whips’ bride’s dad for not disciplining daughter

Ritual ‘punishment’ carried out as woman’s father kneels in courtyard of groom’s family; 3-day wedding also involves soot smearing custom.

We delve into the Bao’an ethnic minority in China which has a unique wedding tradition called “flogging the father-in-law” for not disciplining his daughter. Photo: dzwww.com
Pets

Chinese man hand-feeds pet snake, suffers serious bite, leads to thumb amputation

Poison from viper infects reptile-loving man severely limiting his blood clotting ability; experts warn that keeping exotic pets can kill.

China widow runs late hero husband’s eatery with local support, shares memories with patrons

Memory of brave Good Samaritan who plunged into river without a thought for his own safety to save children lives on in top-ranked restaurant.

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‘Cycle of goodwill’: Chinese ex-soldier saves woman from river where he was once rescued

‘Superhero’ dad with bleeding feet drags drowning elderly woman to safety; tells her grateful, tearful daughter of amazing coincidence.

A retired soldier in China has saved an elderly woman from the same river where he was rescued by a passer-by 35 years ago. Photo: Douyin/Weibo
Chinese superstitions

China mum jailed for accidentally killing daughter by pressing her chest in ‘exorcism’

Superstitious mother who believed in telepathy pours water down girl’s throat to induce vomiting, expel demons.

China undertaker criticised for disrespecting the dead for wearing make-up at work

Embalmer who looks like famous singer talks to dead bodies as she works on them; she says it gives them comfort on their journey to afterlife.

China worker paints digger in pink Hello Kitty style ‘to satisfy girlish heart’

Woman dubbed ‘Excavator Empress’ says garish construction vehicle takes monotony out of ‘extremely boring’ job; brings ‘romance’ to work.

An excavator operator in China has painted her digger bright pink with Hello Kitty decorations, making it stand out on the construction site. Photo: Douyin
Mainland China

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Meituan

China food delivery platform names Jay Chou as brand ambassador, backed by lookalikes

Group of imitators including a wedding singer and pancake vendor strike internet gold by donning delivery driver uniforms; get 140 million likes.

Cancer

Long queues at China snack stall to support owner, whose dead son leaves 3 kids

Grieving seller of traditional sweet skewered delicacies sees 15-fold rise in daily takings as students rally round after son’s cancer death.

Children in China

China parents buy AI clips of regretful single women to urge childless kids to marry

Fake videos show frustrated, unmarried, childless middle-aged women crying and venting in hospital hallways about their life choices.

Parents in China are sharing artificial intelligence-generated videos of distraught middle-aged single women crying in a bid to encourage their children to get married. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin
China education

China teacher turns tardy boys into ‘wrongdoers boy band’; dance video gets million likes

‘Multitalented’ fun-loving educator makes boys late for lessons perform on classroom podium to delight of fellow pupils.

A teacher in China has turned a group of tardy boys into a “wrongdoers boy band” and made them dance on a podium to outdated music as punishment. Photo: Douyin
Artificial intelligence

China paralysed man, who can only move a finger and a toe, creates smart farm system, start-up

Man who survives on a ventilator teaches his mother to become a ‘super technician’, plans future experiments using state-of-the-art technology.

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Children in China

China pupils, inspired by suspense novels, use chalk dust to crack code of classroom phone safe

‘Creative’ boarding school pupils subjected to official investigation, hit with ‘serious’ warnings; online observers praise their ingenuity.

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