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Liya Su
Liya Su
Shanghai
Senior Reporter, Culture
Liya Su covers human-interest stories in China, including trending news and culture diversity.

A 23-year-old student from Beijing, who enthusiastically started a blog to help himself and others learn English, was crushed when he did not pass China’s compulsory CET-4 exam, and shut down his online operation as a result.

Students at a university in China who complained that cameras installed in one of their classrooms are being used to spy on them have been told the devices are digital teaching aids.

A baby girl in China who had one of her fingers chomped off by the family’s pet rabbit could not have reattachment surgery because, in their panic, her family forgot to take the infant’s bitten-off digit to the hospital.

A mother in China, whose two young children suffered horrific burns in a house fire, has her four sisters to thank for saving their lives after they all underwent skin-grafting operations.

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A maths teacher at a primary school in China has been suspended and is being investigated by police after she carried out a frenzied violent assault on two students that was filmed by another teacher.

A woman in China has devoted years of her life to looking after animals in need, running up massive debts to ensure they are safe and well-fed, as well as forgoing the opportunity to move overseas to be with her daughter.

Social media in China has hailed as a hero a pilot who made a mid-air dash from the cockpit of a Taipei to Bangkok flight to help deliver the baby boy of a passenger who went into labour in one of the plane’s toilets.

A young couple in China who own a snack shop put up a notice letting customers know they were going to their hometown to be married and were amazed when it was filled with messages of love in their absence.

A county in China has joined the nation’s efforts to eradicate the ancient tradition of the bride price, stirring up a storm of controversy with many people saying the custom should be preserved.

A teenager in China who desperately wants to be a star but has felt insecure about her appearance since she was a little girl has endured so many surgical procedures that doctors fear any more could kill her.

A young woman from China, who is studying in London, has made a cultural mark by handing out traditional snacks she enjoyed as a child to strangers on the streets of the British capital.

A man in China who divorced his wife after she left him to live with her parents, taking the couple’s two children, has failed in a legal bid to grab half of his children’s lucky Lunar New Year money.

A teacher in China has tried to pre-empt a winter holiday 11th-hour homework panic by considerately drawing up a useful help list of tips for pupils and parents to follow.

China’s young men are so keen not to be losers in the dating game that they are hiring the services of professional make-up artists to boost their chances of success.

A family from northern China was ejected from a tour bus after the mother told a pushy jewellery salesperson and coercive tour guide that she would not buy any items from a shop.

A famous singer from Taiwan has blown up China social media for his sympathetic views on women in labour and saying he would not want his wife to experience it.

A visitor to Paris from China who was enjoying her trip to the French capital was approached by a café waiter asking her to find the owner of some Chinese schoolbooks he had found, so she posted a video when she returned home, delighting social media.

Mainland social media has been outraged by the story of a woman in a wheelchair with no legs who was barred from boarding a flight in China because she was travelling alone.

Iconic Hong Kong TV host and actress, Dodo Cheng, has been widely praised after she secured an exclusive interview with the director and cast of the sequel to Hollywood science fiction blockbuster Dune ahead of its release.

Dragons are magical, mythical creatures seen as symbols of good luck in China, so to celebrate the coming year of the fire-breathing beast, people have been busy creating edible works of art.

The story of a 10-year-old girl in China who loves her grandfather so much she hatched a plan to save all her pocket money over a three-year period so she could buy him something he would really cherish has captivated mainland social media.

A commercial vehicles business in China wanted to test its new trucks, so it drove 80 cubic metres of snow over four days from Heilongjiang to Guangdong province to deliver it to children who had never seen snow.

A woman from eastern China, who spent years in an unhappy marriage, says her husband tried to force her to have sex, so she fought him off and accidentally killed him.

The preoccupied parents of an unhappy boy in China who felt so uncared for – especially by his father – that he regularly walked into his local police station to beg for help, have conceded he might have a valid point.

A married woman in China who was missing her family after not seeing them for three years told her father-in-law she was going to visit them and was left shocked and upset by his violent response.

Shanghai’s Tiffany Tang has evolved from a brilliant actress to a bankable star after her memorable role in the top TV drama Blossoms Shanghai which still has the internet buzzing days after the final episode aired.

A young boy in China ran into a burning house multiple times to save his grandmother and semi-conscious father, earning widespread praise on mainland social media.