Stories

Interesting news and stories translated into English from China and the Chinese-language internet.

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  Chinese Schoolgirl Refuses Haircut, Commits Suicide A 14-year-old schoolgirl in Shandong jumped of a building and committed suicide because she didn't want to cut her hair short in accordance with school rules. 125
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  Hierarchies of Snobbery and Contempt by Chinese Netizens Hierarchies of brands & products for online services, sports, movies, TV shows & channels, music, magazines, university majors, & fashion by Chinese netizens. 76
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  Manufacturing of Poisonous Disposable Chopsticks Exposed Cynical Chinese netizen reactions to news of authorities investigating Guangxi disposable chopsticks manufacturers using industrial sulfur, paraffin wax, talc. 52
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  Chinese Student Rapes Woman in US, Parents Try To Bribe Victim Chinese netizen reactions to news of a Chinese overseas student accused of raping a woman in Iowa & his parents flying over & attempting to bribe the victim. 282
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  Titanic 3D Cut & Censored in China, Chinese Netizen Reactions Translated Chinese netizen reactions to China's censors cutting the famous nude Rose being drawn by Jack scene in James Cameron's re-released Titanic 3D. 77
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  North Korea Rocket Launch ‘Fails’, Chinese Netizen Reactions North Korea's Unha-3 rocket & satellite splintered into pieces & fell into the Pacific Ocean shortly after launch, leaving some netizens bemused & others sad. 80
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  Overseas Chinese Students Shot Dead at USC, Netizen Reactions Translated Chinese netizen reactions to news of two overseas Chinese graduate students killed in a shooting near the University of Southern California (USC). 210
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  NHK Morning News Ratings Up Thanks To ‘Big Breasted Beauty’ Chinese netizen reactions to a report about new morning news anchor Sugiura Yuki, nicknamed 'Big Bust Beauty', increasing ratings for Japan's NHK's TV channel. 67
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  ‘I Don’t Like Japan, But We Need To Know The Disparity’ A trending post on China's popular Sina Weibo microblogging service compares China's per capita productivity, literacy rate, education, Nobel prizes, & forests. 359
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  Beijing Sidewalk Collapses Into Scalding Water, Killing Woman A Chinese woman walking to work in Beijing fell into a pit of scalding hot water after the sidewalk she was on suddenly collapsed, burning 99% of her body. 87
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  Over 70% of Chinese Have Had Premarital Sex, Research Shows Recently published survey indicates 71.4% of mainland Chinese have had sexual experience prior to marriage, compared to over 40% in 1994, and just 15% in 1989. 110
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  Statistics Bureau Release CPI Numbers, Chinese Netizens Scoff Chinese netizens angry with rising prices & inflation scoff at the consumer price index figures recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China. 33
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  Writers of Homoerotic Novel Website Mostly 20-Year-Old Girls Chinese netizen reactions to most of the writers for a Chinese male homosexual romance fiction website being young girls around the age of 20 years old. 119
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  600k Worth of Goods Fall Off Truck, Looted Within 10 Minutes Chinese media and netizens help a Chengdu truck driver recover up to 700k RMB worth of clothing that had fallen off his cargo truck and looted by passersby. 65
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  Expense Limits for American Diplomats in China Posted Online Chinese netizen reactions to a table showing the daily travel, lodging (hotel), meal, and incidental expense limits for United States diplomats in China. 79
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  13-Year-Old Girls Fake Virginity to Sell Sex & Extort Men A gang of Chinese youth who used underage girls prostituting themselves as virgins (with pigeon blood) to extort men have been arrested by police in Jiangxi. 77
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  Aung San Suu Kyi’s Party Wins; China Sent Election Monitors In the wake of Aung San Suu Kyi's victory, Netizens note the hypocrisy of China sending election monitors to Myanmar when China have no elections of its own. 48