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A Chinese boy’s weight-loss effort consists of skipping rope as many times as he receives likes; he gets 1.8 million thumbs up. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin

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China boy skips rope in line with likes to lose weight, gets 1.8 million thumbs up

Chubby youngster in a daze after agreeing to dad’s ‘likes for skips’ idea; asks father to help him out after massive response.

China cabby drives foreign influencers on 4,000-km trip sees snow for first time

China youth embrace ‘old-school humans’ style; stories get 1 billion views online

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‘Kind-hearted’ China grandma pays with hell money at food stalls, vendors agree

70-something grandmother ‘buys’ roasted chicken skewers, cakes, steamed stuffed buns using items she finds on road.

A 70-year-old Chinese woman has used so-called hell money for purchases in her neighbourhood for years and stall owners accept it without complaint. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
A 70-year-old Chinese woman has used so-called hell money for purchases in her neighbourhood for years and stall owners accept it without complaint. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

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China ‘history fangirls’ visit mausoleums, write books, spark heritage tour boost

Devotees of historical figures make pilgrimages to ancient sites to pay tribute, but concerns mount over environmental pollution.

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‘Reversed parenting’: China couples copy kids, throw tantrums to promote equal talk

Millennial parents turn to role reversal and facing the consequences methods to instil sense of self-responsibility in their children.

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Spring Festival travel rush dates back to ancient China but only for rich, powerful

Epic New Year journeys by land and sea 2,000 years ago used to take a month to complete; then nation began developing transport systems.

China’s Spring Festival travel rush dates back to ancient times when journeys took nearly a month and were primarily undertaken by officials and merchants. Photo: SCMP composite/Sohu
China’s Spring Festival travel rush dates back to ancient times when journeys took nearly a month and were primarily undertaken by officials and merchants. Photo: SCMP composite/Sohu

People & Culture

China seniors pursue overseas education after retirement to realise dreams

Increasing demand from retirees leaves country facing challenge of finding ‘deeper’ learning strategies, not just ‘hobby’ courses.

China Personalities

Taiwan singer visits over 100 mainland China cities to help farmers sell produce

Entertainer renowned for romantic songs takes love to a new level with his charitable work; earns plaudits for his ‘noble’ personality.

People & Culture

How Chinese people overcome challenges by ‘eating’ and ‘whipping’ the spring

Seasonal festival rituals aim to promote agricultural abundance, include consumption of special food, striking of symbolic ox.

The SCMP explains why Chinese people take part in symbolic rituals called eating, whipping and speaking the spring to welcome in the new season. Photo: SCMP composite/Xinhua/Sohu/chinanews

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China teacher quits to sell coffins to Europe, generates US$6 million sales annually

29-year-old whose hometown is known for its lightweight wood says she has no business fears because ‘people die every day’.

A Chinese woman has quit teaching to sell coffins to Europe, generating more than US$6 million in sales annually. Photo: SCMP composite/QQ.com
A Chinese woman has quit teaching to sell coffins to Europe, generating more than US$6 million in sales annually. Photo: SCMP composite/QQ.com

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Chinese man wins iPhone at firm’s party, finds tiles in box instead, seeks apology

Employee keeps unopened ‘iPhone’ box prize until he gets home to show wife; is dumbfounded to find ceramic slabs, chocolates, lollipops inside.

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Cyber New Year trending with China youth who buy virtual goods, use digital incense

While festive traditions remain very much alive, young people are increasingly finding celebratory solace in AI friends and electronic goods.

People & Culture

China dating scene sees rise in ‘hunter-style lovers’ who are attentive and caring

Growing number of love seekers are on the lookout for observant and thoughtful partners; experts say trend is based on science.

The dating scene in China has seen the rise of “hunter-style lovers”, who are characterised by their attentive and caring nature. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

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Public fury as China mental hospitals recruit fake patients for insurance scam

‘Healthy’ so-called patients lured into psychiatric facilities with promise of long, cheap stay; receive little treatment, face ‘beatings’.

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A number of psychiatric hospitals in central China have been exposed for luring healthy people to pose as mental patients in a scheme to defraud medical insurance. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo/Douyin
A number of psychiatric hospitals in central China have been exposed for luring healthy people to pose as mental patients in a scheme to defraud medical insurance. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo/Douyin

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Chinese mum makes ‘thunder breakfast’ for son, goes viral with 900 million views

Stung by online critics who accuse her of neglect over morning meal choices, woman gets creative with bizarre line-up of dishes.

Gender & Diversity

Garlic in brides’ dowries: symbol of frugality and household management in China

More than a kitchen staple, garlic is revered as a ‘divine herb’; boasts 3,000-year legacy in medicine, rituals, home protection.

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Indonesian wife, 24, surprised husband, 62, was groom at event she attended at 9

After a young Indonesian woman married a much older man who had wed twice before, she realised they had met at one of his other nuptials when she was a child.

A 19-year-old Indonesian woman finds out after marrying a man aged 57, that she attended a previous wedding of his when she was just nine years old. Photo: SCMP composite/QQ.com
A 19-year-old Indonesian woman finds out after marrying a man aged 57, that she attended a previous wedding of his when she was just nine years old. Photo: SCMP composite/QQ.com

China Personalities

Profile | Mystery Chinese woman steals show at 2024 Cannes Film Festival, but who is she?

A mystery woman from China, who stole the show on the red carpet at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, has been revealed to be a rich online influencer and wife of a famous mainland musician.

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Singaporean influencer becomes grandmother at 34, jokes that she ‘inspired’ son

A popular online influencer in Singapore who has become a grandmother at the age of 34 has pledged to support and guide her 17-year-old son.

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Man has child by surrogate without telling family as he wants to be grandfather

A 50-something woman in China was shocked to find a baby in her home when she got in from work one day, and that the child belonged to her husband who had hired a surrogacy agency without telling her.

A man had secretly hired a surrogacy agency to get a baby girl after his only daughter told him she did not want to have children. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock
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Living area of the flat in Tsim Sha Tsui designed by GAAN. Photo: Eugene Chan

This Hong Kong home sleeps six – and still feels serene

This luminous, Japanese-inspired bolt-hole in Tsim Sha Tsui is a far cry from its gloomy, fragmented beginnings.

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The Tower of Heavenly Success with the Tan River in the background, in Majianglong, Taishan. Photo: Graeme Kennedy

The Chinese city where waffles, watchtowers and world history meet

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Plaques that form part of the Benin Bronzes, which were taken from Africa by British troops in 1897, on display at The British Museum in London. Photo: Getty Images

Should museums return antiquities to their countries of origin? Some say no

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Chinese writer Hu Anyan pictured in People’s Park, Chengdu, China. Photo: Eric Mast

He thought his life was a failure. Then he wrote it down.

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A girl spins a “wheel of fortune” outside the Che Kung Temple, in Sha Tin, on the third day of the Lunar New Year in 1986. Photo: SCMP Archives

In pictures: Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year obsession with good fortune

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Sumba – where horses, black magic and beaches shape island life

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