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Yating Yang
Reporter, People and Culture
Yating is a Beijing-based culture reporter at the Post. Previously, she worked for CCTV-6, covering international film and culture. Her journalistic expertise includes pop culture, entertainment industry, gender equality, education, workplace discrimination, and social welfare.
Yating is a Beijing-based culture reporter at the Post. Previously, she worked for CCTV-6, covering international film and culture. Her journalistic expertise includes pop culture, entertainment industry, gender equality, education, workplace discrimination, and social welfare.
Areas of Expertise:
Society, culture and politics
Languages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
‘Mentally unstable’ but ‘gentle’ young women with ‘intelligence, bright eyes and beauty’ were given up by their ‘anxious’ families.
Netizens nationwide rally round to help sprightly grandmother who rarely uses her mobile phone fearing its battery will die.
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‘Unafraid’ university graduate tends to reptiles on father’s farm, makes money selling their venom for medical research.
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People flock to water celebration in search of healing, good fortune and possible romance; event has an almost 800-year history.
‘Warrior’ octogenarian who uses her elbows to hold chopsticks, took care of household chores and made sure family ‘never went hungry’.
40-year-old divorcee with two kids builds leg muscles ‘like rock’ through physical labour; boss says she outworks men on the job.
‘Real-life’ pictures of yachts, helicopters, luxury cars, horse riding excursions used to boost business profile, chance of romantic encounters.
‘Irresponsible’ member of medical staff posts videos showing patients’ medicine bags, hospital beds; forces bosses to apologise.
Surgeons perform emergency operation to remove offending object; extracted device remains intact but temperature measurements had faded.
Avatar replacement worker on trial with consent of person it replaces; critics of firm say move is a ‘step towards the destruction of humanity’.
Uninitiated foreign visitors stumble across celebratory gathering to mark death of 104-year-old; end up being given a slap-up meal.
Husband who says he is ‘successful’ requests two women at same time at dating event; faces physical wrath of wife who calls police.
From an unsold ‘ghostly’ flat, to a residential lift with just 1 stop and sushi restaurant with rotating rodent, bizarre stories abound in China.
Trend of hanging from parkland trees by the neck to relieve cervical pain shocks social media; practice is already popular with elderly people.
Grappling partially clothed, sometimes naked, women drew large crowds, emperors but complaints from conservative officials led to sport’s demise.
Emerging laying-to-rest trend offers families financial flexibility; critics raise concerns over ‘psychological discomfort’, property values.
Faeces from wealthy commanded higher price due to superior diet as door-to-door ‘night soil’ gatherers sold human waste to farmers.
Vengeful resident blares ‘ghostly mountain sounds’ through dividing wall, tries to evade penalties by keeping decibel level within legal limits.
Influenced by humanisation of pets and desire for emotional connection, pet services are increasingly mirroring human customs.
Cixi reportedly incorporated human breast milk into beauty routine to maintain youthful look.
Highly practical content creator wows people with simple advice about deceptive property ads, avoiding flat-finding pitfalls.
Young people in China view food delivery as a hybrid form of dating, offering light physical activity that can alleviate stress and fatigue.
Shanghai resident says she is too busy to give pet companionship, even pays for a ‘school bus’ to pick up and drop off the animal.
Virtual cats, dogs, even dolphins see classmates up their academic game for points with which they can feed, upgrade their digital companions.
‘Controversial’ businesswoman who built a beauty aesthetics empire has faced tax evasion allegations, romantic intrigue.
Brutal centuries-old penal system saw lawbreakers beaten to death with iron-wrapped hammer fitted with barbs.
Folk dancing exponent who fell into film industry by chance not fazed by being called a lookalike; says failure to perform is biggest worry.
Ancient ritual sees birds battered to death with a hammer then thrown out of the home; in offshoot custom, boiled egg yolk can determine luck.
As tech industry switches from emotional companionship to more calculating interactions, ‘grieving’ netizens pen eulogies for AI partners.
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