Stories

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

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  Sanya Restaurants Ripping Off Customers, Fleecing Tourists Sanya on China's Hainan island finds itself in a controversy after Chinese tourists complain online of being grossly overcharged (and extorted) at restaurants. 87
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  Hunan Suicide Bomber Blows Up Family on Chinese New Year Eve A Hunan man detonated a bomb strapped to his body after charging into his cousin's home during their Chinese New Year's Eve family dinner, over a land dispute. 53
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  “Gao Meimei” Government Office Worker Shows Off Wealth Online A young woman who posted photos showing off her wealth on her Sina microblog attracts Chinese netizens' ire in a case similar to 2011's Guo Meimei controversy. 137
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  Porsche Buyer Demands Refund, Beseiges Dealership with Protest A Shenzhen Porsche car dealership is besieged by protesters organized by a Chinese owner who alleges his Cayenne SUV is a lemon with quality & safety problems. 114
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  Ethnic Chinese American Soldiers Who Died in the Iraq War Translated Chinese netizen reactions to an article about overseas ethnic Chinese American soldiers who died in the Iraq War: "What do they have to do with us?" 295
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  Da Vinci Furniture Claims Extortion By CCTV Reporter Luxury furniture retailer Da Vinci Furniture has accused a CCTV reporter of conspiring with customers & extorting the company of millions with negative reports. 17
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  Top 10 Problems in 2011 China, CASS Survey of Chinese Public A Chinese Academy of Social Sciences survey show residents focused on issues of rising prices (inflation), health care, wealth gap, corruption, housing in 2011. 28
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  Rich Chinese Couple Uses 2 Surrogate Mothers To Have 8 Babies A wealthy childless Chinese couple in Guangdong has 8 babies at once with the help of in vitro fertilization and 2 surrogate mothers, & then employs 11 nannies. 48
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  Students Trash School Cafeteria Suspected of Using Drainage Oil Angry Chinese students at a middle school in Guizhou, China smashed windows and overturned tables after discovering "drainage oil" being used by the cafeteria. 45
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  Kim Jong-il Dead, Chinese Netizen Reactions A collection of translated Chinese netizen reactions to news of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death, and to video of North Koreans crying uncontrollably. 79
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  “China vs US Passport Differences” Chinese Internet Rumor Does the United States passport promise that the government is always behind you while a China passport asks you to comply with and respect local laws & customs? 77
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  Chinese School Bus Rolls Over in Jiangsu, 15 Children Dead 15 primary school students are dead after their school bus overturned into a flooded ditch in Feng county of Xuzhou city, with some on the bottom having drowned. 89
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  Chinese Internet Celebrity Smashes Siemens Refrigerators Fighting for Chinese consumer rights, Luo Yonghao takes a sledgehammer to "defective" Siemens refrigerators at Siemen's Beijing headquarters, demanding a recall. 53
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  Guiyang’s “American School Buses” For Teachers, Not Students Following the Gansu school bus accident where 21 children died comes news that 5 "American-style" school buses in Guiyang only transport teachers, not students. 82
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  Man Who Saved Woman From Rape Accused of Being a Peeping Tom A Chinese man in Guangzhou is suspected of being a Peeping Tom after calling the police to rescue a young woman he noticed being held hostage & about to be raped. 128
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  Wife Beaten and Raped While Cowardly Husband Hides Nearby Chinese netizens are outraged when a husband long terrorized by a local drunk bully cowardly hides while his wife is beaten & raped before his eyes meters away. 211
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  “Pure Gold Can” 1992 Olympics Award Discovered to be Fake 1992 Barcelona Olympics judo champion Zhuang Xiaoya recently discovered that a "pure gold" award she was given by Chinese drink maker Jianlibao is actually fake. 42