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10 RMB Brothel Sex Workers: Comparing Prostitution to Farming
A detailed report of the lives, reasons, hardships, and risks of Chinese prostitutes working in China's "10-yuan Brothels", charging 10-30 RMB per customer.
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‘Wind-Powered’ Electric Car Built By Chinese Peasant
A video of a Chinese man in rural Beijing demonstrating the 'wind-powered' electric car he designed and built by himself over 3 months at a cost of 10,000 RMB.
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Filial Son Returns Home to Be With His Dying Father
Chinese netizens are moved by the story and photos of a filial son in rural Shanxi who returns from university & struggles to take care of his dying father.
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Witness: Chinese Lives Through a Tencent Photographer’s Lens
A collection of vivid and stirring photos documenting the lives of many ordinary Chinese people in China, as exhibited by Tencent photographer Yang Shuhuai.
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Villagers Inflate Plastic Bags with Natural Gas to Carry Home
Photos of Chinese villagers carrying large plastic bags inflated with natural gas that they've illegally siphoned from nearby oil wells in Shandong province.
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Villagers Loot Laundry Detergent After Chongqing Truck Accident
Chinese netizens argue over photographs of local villagers plundering & looting laundry detergent spilled onto a Chongqing highway after a cargo truck accident.
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Victim’s Family Now Demands Money They Had Previously Refused
Family members of Zhang Miao, the woman who was hit and then stabbed to death by Yao Jiaxin in 2010, are now demanding restitution they had previously rejected.
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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.
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World Population Reaches 7 Billion, Chinese Netizen Reactions
Translated Chinese netizen reactions to world reaching 7 billion people in total population, & photos of the problems of overcrowding, pollution, inequality, etc.
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Straw Hat Burglar Steals Over 500k RMB from Bank ATM Machine
A 61-year-old illiterate Chinese farmer using less than 100 RMB worth of tools manages to break into & steal over 500k RMB from a bank ATM machine over 2 hours.
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Chinese Rural Substitute Teachers Earn Little & See No Future
Photos and stories of China's rural "substitute teachers", who are not formally employed but brave the poor living conditions of the country's poorest regions.
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Elderly, Women, & Children Left Behind in China’s Countryside
Photos of Chinese parents, wives, & children left behind in the rural countryside, & the empty chairs of sons, daughters, husbands, & parents working in cities.
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16-Year-Old Chinese Girl To Marry 34-Year-Old “Uncle”
16-year-old Wen Wen in Chongqing, China will soon wed 34-year-old neighbor Deng Changjiang, with hope that their marriage will improve both families' situation.
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6-Year-Old AIDS Orphan A-Long Lives Alone In Guangxi
A touching news story with pictures about A-Long, a 6-year-old HIV-positive Chinese orphan who cooks, bathes, & lives alone in the mountains of Guangxi, China.
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Farmers Dry Grains On Public Roads, Motorists Inconvenienced
A netizen posts photographs of Chinese villagers drying grain on a public road near Chengdu, narrowing the road but also endangering both themselves & drivers.
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Rural College Student’s Household Registration Dilemma
An unemployed recent Chinese university graduate complains about not being able to revert his household registration back to an agricultural registration.
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Perspectives On University Schoolgirl Prostitution, Part 2
A translated internet post sharing the story of why one young female university student had resorted to prostituting the only thing she has, her body.
