Stories

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

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  Sinopec Chairman Hasn’t Heard of ‘Gas Price Profanity Gate’ Sinopec Chariman Fu Chengyu unaware of city resident wanting to use profanity when asked about recent gas price increases by reporter, annoying Chinese netizens. 24
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  Chinese Microblogs Suspend Commenting to Prevent Rumors Popular Chinese microblogging services Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo have suspended commenting functions for four days, to clean up comments and stop rumours. 100
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  Shu Qi Deletes Weibo Microblog After Chinese Netizens Attack Taiwanese actress Shu Qi (aka Hsu Chi) deletes her Sina Weibo microblog with over 10 million followers after netizens attack her softcore pornographic past. 145
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  How the 70 Million RMB Wedding Shanxi Coal Boss Got So Rich After Shanxi coal boss Xing Libin made headlines for his daughter's 70 million RMB wedding, Chinese netizens learn he paid only 0.57 RMB per ton of coal. 58
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  Jiangsu Village Gives Every Villager Gold and Silver Bars Netizens are enviously eying the spoils of a Jiangsu village after every one of the village's 3,000 residents received 100 grams of silver & 100 grams of gold. 39
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  Bus Drivers Memorize Luxury Car Logos to Avoid Hitting Them Public bus drivers in Zhejiang province of China are being asked to learn to recognize over 10 luxury car brand logos to avoid hitting them while on the road. 67
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  38-Year-Old Chinese Virgin Seeks Husband, No Sex After Marriage Chinese "Goddess of Chastity" Tu Shiyou seeks husband. Party members, public servants, & virgins preferred. No sex life during the first 3 years of marriage. 157
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  Illegal Foreign Oil Platforms Discovered in South China Sea Chinese naval patrols have found over 30 foreign oil and gas extraction platforms operating illegally in Chinese territorial waters in the South China Sea. 126
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  Beijing McDonald’s Expired Food Scandal Ignites Public Anger A Beijing Mcdonald's is in hot water after CCTV reporters uncovered unsanitary practices including serving food that had expired or had fallen onto the floor. 133
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  What Netizens Talked About Most During the ‘Two Meetings’ English translation of the Sina infographic showing what topics netizens mentioned most on Weibo microblogs during the 2012 Lianghui ('Two Meetings') period. 31
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  Legalization of Prostitution NPC Proposal, Chinese Reactions Translated Chinese netizen reactions to a proposal to legalize prostitution made by a government representative during China's annual NPC & CPCC "Two Meetings". 145
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  Official Translations of Chinese Food Names Announced by Beijing Beijing announces the official English names of the 2,158 most popular Chinese food and dishes. Some ask why they're necessary, others say goodbye to Chinglish. 87
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  Thief Pities Recent Graduate, Returns Stolen Bag to Her A "kind-hearted" thief calls to return the bag of a recent university graduate looking for work after discovering the female owner's college diploma inside. 32
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  Chinese Still Eating the Salt from Last Year’s Panic-Buying Chinese netizens humorously ask each other if they've finished eating all of the salt many bought in a panic and stockpiled after the 2011 Japan earthquake. 25
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  Youku Tudou Merger, Chinese Netizen Reactions Chinese netizen reactions to news of China's #1 online video sharing website Youku merging with #2 Tudou, asking about monopolies & if McDonald's & KFC is next. 50
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  Pritzker Architecture Prize Awarded to Chinese for First Time Wang Shu is the first mainland Chinese architect to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize, often regarded as the "Nobel" of the architecture world. 63
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  Brand New BMW Abandoned Outside CCTV Building For 1 Year Police tow away an abandoned brand-new BMW X1 that has been parked outside Beijing's CCTV building for a year, as Chinese netizens speculate who the owner is. 46