Stories

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

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  Paralympic Coach Refuses to Hand Over Award Money to Superiors A Chinese Paralympic coach whose athletes won gold and silver medals in 2008 Beijing is being pressured to hand over 1 million RMB in award money to his superiors. 22
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  Sex Orgy on Taiwan Train Involved 17-Year-Old Girl and 18 Men Humorous mainland Chinese netizen reactions to news of a man arrested for organizing a group sex orgy on a train car in Taiwan involving 1 woman and 18 men. 99
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  ‘Most Daring School Bus’ Masquerades As Police in Shaanxi A Shaanxi school bus with police decals AND fake plates charges 1,500 RMB per student rider, leading Chinese netizens to call it the "Most Daring School Bus". 19
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  Young Girl Burned & Disfigured By Son of Government Official His love rejected, the son of Hefei government officials charged into a girl's home, poured lighter fluid on her, and lit her on fire, horribly disfiguring her. 162
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  Chinese Netizens Occupy Obama’s Google+, Americans Annoyed After discovering Google Plus being accessible in China, Chinese netizens have flooded American President Obama's G+ page w/ Chinese comments, annoying Americans. 145
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  China’s “Most Loyal Dog” Waits Outside for Owner for 4 Years A Chongqing dog that waits outside everyday for its owner over the past 4 years has gone viral on the Chinese internet and has been likened to Japan's Hachiko. 58
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  Japanese Mayor Denies Nanjing Massacre, Chinese Reactions Chinese netizen reactions to Japanese mayor Takashi Kawamura of Nagoya, Japan denying the Nanjing Massacre, and Nanjing cutting ties with its former sister city. 165
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  Shanghainese Drive Onto West Lake Landmark, Insult Locals Chinese netizens are furious after a Shanghai couple ignored guards to drive onto a protected West Lake landmark in Hangzhou, & then called the locals "villagers". 71
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  Japanese Man Cycling Globe Has Bike Stolen in Wuhan, China A young Japanese man with dreams of cycling around the world becomes famous on China's internet when his bicycle is stolen in Wuhan (but later recovered by police). 88
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  Fear of Carbendazim in Coca-Cola’s Orange Juice Spreads Online Warnings about Coca Cola admitting to its Minute Maid orange juice containing fungicide carbendazim spread on China's popular Sina Weibo microblogging service. 46
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  Xinhua Wants Jeremy Lin to Give Up US Citizenship & Play for China Chinese netizens respond with embarrassment after state news agency Xinhua asks Jeremy Lin to give up American citizenship to join China's Olympic basketball team. 115
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  Young Driver Clips Rolls-Royce, Faces Financial Ruin A young chef is facing financial ruin after accidentally hitting a Rolls-Royce Phantom, expecting to pay upwards of 1 million RMB in compensation for repairs. 100
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  Scam Artists Profit Off Teenage Girl’s Time Travel Fantasy Inspired by popular Qing & Tang Dynasty era Chinese TV dramas, a teenage Chinese girl seeking to travel back in time is left drugged and robbed by scam artists. 75
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  Whitney Houston Dead at 48, Chinese Netizen Reactions Translated Chinese netizen reactions to news of Whitney Houston's death, the American female singer passing away at the early age of 48 years old, causes unknown. 76
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  Jeremy Lin Breaks Basketball Record, Chinese Netizen Reactions Chinese netizen reactions to surprise ethnic Chinese basketball sensation Jeremy Lin (Lin Shuhao) breaking records in his 38 point game against Kobe & the Lakers. 117
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  Father Forces 10-Year-Old Daughter to Eat Feces As Punishment Police allowed a Chinese father to leave with just a lecture after he publicly force-fed his 10-year-old daughter excrement from a public toilet as punishment. 225
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  Hong Kongers Sing “Locust World” Harassing Mainland Tourists Chinese netizen reactions to Hong Kong people surrounding mainland tourists on the streets and harassing them by singing the anti-mainlander "Locust World" song. 375