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Wenzhou University’s Exclusive Club For Rich & Powerful

Recently, posts showing pictures of an invitation card for a private club at Wenzhou University became very popular. There are posts on Mop and Tianya. Below are translations of what is written on the card:KLSI Private Club – Gentlefolk Center of the University Match one condition below, and... 

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Chinese Cargo Ship & Crew Held Hostage By Somali Pirates

A Chinese cargo ship (”德新海 De Xin Hai”) with twenty-five Chinese seamen was seized by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean about 700 miles east of the Somali coastline. Headlines in Chinese news websites except Xinhuanet are all about this incident (Sina, NetEase, Mop, Huanqiu, Sohu, Tom,... 

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‘Happy Farms’ Game Destroys Chinese Jobs, Relationships

From nongchangren.cn: Forgetting to steal crops on QQ Happy Farms cause lovers to break up and couples to divorce Recently, the first thing Chinese netizens do upon turning on their computers each day is “grow crops” and “steal crops”. This is a game called “Happy Farms”.... 

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Beijing Prostitute Posts Customers’ Mobile Numbers & AIDS

From Mop: I have contracted AIDS, publicizing my customers’ mobile phone numbersThis is my medical file/record [pregnancy]:My name is 闫德利 [Yan Deli], and I live at #6 Yonghong Rd., Jiaguang Village, Jiaguang Town, Rongcheng County, Hebei Province. My national ID number is 132435197906111925.... 

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British Drug Smuggler’s Death Sentence, Netizen Reactions

Recently, a British drug smuggler’s death sentence was upheld by the Supreme People’s Court in China. News on Xinhuanet.com: Death penalty on British drug dealer in line with Chinese law: spokesman BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Chinese court’s sentence of death penalty on a British... 

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Chinese Girl’s Stunning Conversation Overheard On Metro

From Mop: Girl’s most stunning mobile phone conversation overheard on metro, so feisty! Morning, on board Metro Line 10, quite crowded, rush hour, but not unbearably jammed. A girl with long straight hair stood next to me. [She had] a bob with bangs that were slightly slanted. [She was] dressed... 

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Putin Arrives To Do Business With China, Netizen Reactions

The Russian Federation’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is currently visiting Beijing and signing contracts with Chinese companies. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov told Reuters last Friday that the two countries will make deals worth $5.5 billion in thirty-eight areas, including the financial... 

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Chinese Company Buying Hummer Brand Deal Criticized

Few in China knew the private company Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery (STHIM) until it released a deal to buy Hummer from American General Motors in June. STHIM became the center of the spotlight since then in China. Some background knowledge about Hummer: the civilian off-road vehicle... 

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Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize, Chinese Reactions

Yesterday, United States President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. This news surprised many people around the world. Here is President Obama’s speech responding to the news, on YouTube:Below are some Chinese netizen reactions to the news from NetEase: 网易广东广州天河网友:Sigh Obama... 

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Chinese Lottery Winner Wins Record 359.9 Million RMB

From Sina: Henan lottery player wins 359.9 million prize, how should he spend it?This brother (sister [it is unknown if the winner is male or female) is too amazing, spent 176 yuan and won 360 million! Everyone think, how do you spend this much money? Relatives and friends will trample his (her) doorway?Let's... 

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Old Chinese Man Selflessly Cares For His Mentally Ill Family

From Tianya:An old man takes care of three mentally ill family members, a 70-year-old nuclear researcher’s sad late years Gazing down from my balcony, I can always see this seventy-plus year-old man [pictured above], carrying pots and bowls in a plastic bag, walking alone in the afternoon sun.... 

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What If The ‘District 9′ Alien Prawns Landed In China?

From Mop: Come those who have seen “District 9″ — If that alien spaceship were to land in China… Let’s discuss if that alien spaceship were to land in China…what would be the situation in various places?! Haha!Comments from Mop: 无良兽父:Grab a RB [ri ben,... 

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CCTV’s National Day Parade Broadcast Disappoints Netizens

From Mop:Reason why the filming of the 2009 military parade was worse than the 1999 military paradeThe general reaction to the 2009 military parade was that it was ruined by CCTV, failing to capture the same impression and feelings of the 1999 military parade. I feel the below is also part of the... 

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Wife vs. House: Chinese Men Discuss What They Can Afford

From NetEase:A post-80s generation’s quandary: Should I support a wife or a house? I was born in ‘83, in a mid-level city. I graduated from college in ‘06 and returned to work in my hometown. I’d been together with my girlfriend since freshman year of high school, we broke... 

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Rectification of Names: China or Zhongguo?

Oftentimes our use of language becomes so habitual that we do not question its innate meanings. The term “China” for most Chinese has little relations to the original Chinese name. For the most part, Chinese people refer to China as “Zhongguo” or the Middle Kingdom, and likewise the Chinese... 

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