Interesting news and stories translated into English from China and the Chinese-language internet.
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A collection of translated Chinese internet content and reactions to the 7.0 magnitude Sichuan province Ya'an Lushan county epicenter April 20th earthquake.178 -
Death of Shanghai Fudan University medical student Huang Yang after drinking water deliberately poisoned by his roommate tops China's Sina Weibo social network. -
Translated Chinese netizen comments and discussions from China's major internet portals and social networks to the deadly April 15th Boston Marathon Bombings. -
A Chinese recruitment ad for a job involving the identification of obscene and pornographic internet content with an annual salary of 200,000 RMB goes viral. -
8 days after disappearing into the river he jumped into from a 40-meter high bridge, the body of Sichuan parkour enthusiast Wang Zijian was found 10km downstream. -
Chinese netizen reactions to Quentin Tarantino‘s 'Django Unchained' suddenly being pulled from movie theaters throughout mainland China on its opening day. -
A female migrant worker was raped 3 times over 30 days by her factory supervisor in Shenzhen, and her husband plans on divorcing her. Chinese netizen reactions. -
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Translated Chinese netizen reactions to a news report of a foreigner sexually assaulting a woman in public in Changsha before being stopped by city residents. -
Avian influenza continues as one of the top trending topics by reshares and comments on China's leading microblogging service and social network Sina Weibo. -
Chinese residents in Nanchang facing forced eviction confront demolition crew with compressed gas tanks in their arms and threats to jump off the building. -
A university student in China who financed an Apple iPhone with a credit card resorted to working on a construction site moving bricks to pay off his loan debt. -
Chinese netizen reactions to 'belated' reports of a new avian influenza (bird flu) virus strain discovered in Shanghai & Anhui, already causing several deaths. -
Chinese reactions to reports that North Korea's Kim Jong-un secretly ordered his military not to fire the first shot and give the US an excuse to retaliate. -
China's leading philanthropist Chen Guangbiao says family planning policies should be changed so level of education determines how many children you can have. -
A blind beggar being beaten and tossed into a pond by 3 city management officials in Zhaotong city of Yunnan province incites online outrage and condemnations. -
Earth Hour in Shanghai with residents holding candles is ridiculed by Chinese netizens as being more wasteful, polluting, and jokes about its river of dead pigs. -
Over 8000 Chinese pedestrians crossing the street on a red light have been punished by traffic police in the first 20 days of a Zhejiang province campaign.
