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Chinese youth are increasingly sharing their struggles online instead of flaunting wealth, embracing “comparing misery” or “reverse comparison.” Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

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China youth share struggles instead of flaunting wealth, embrace ‘comparing misery’

The ‘reverse comparison’ trend is emerging as young people feel immense pressure, seek to move away from consumerism, says expert.

Chinese man earns US$23,000 in holiday week through cat-feeding services

Chinese man drives 900km to propose, hangs banner asking fellow drivers to make way

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China parents use partner-finding apps for adult kids, turn love transactional

Mums and dads enter private group chats managed by ‘coaches’ who amplify parental anxiety, discourage letting kids know what is going on.

Anxious Chinese parents are increasingly using apps to seek partners for their adult children, turning matchmaking into direct negotiations between parents, often without their children’s knowledge. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock
Anxious Chinese parents are increasingly using apps to seek partners for their adult children, turning matchmaking into direct negotiations between parents, often without their children’s knowledge. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

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China growing trend sees couples calling each other ‘teammate’ or ‘roommate’

‘Comradely’ couples drop lovey-dovey pet names to reflect effort in relationships; critics say trend suggests an ‘unhappy’ marriage.

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China boy backs aunt over marriage duress, says she ‘only wants man with 8-pack abs’

Feisty youngster stands up to adult relatives, says he will financially support auntie if no match found; internet users dub him a ‘warrior’.

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Why Chinese honour Toilet Goddess with effigies, rituals during Lantern Festival

Centuries-old folk custom takes place near latrines, pig pens and kitchens; places where the divine spirit is said to have suffered in the past.

During the Lantern Festival in China people honour the Toilet Goddess, Zigu, with life-sized straw effigies and rituals around toilets and kitchens. Photo: SCMP composite/Baidu/yahoo.com.tw
During the Lantern Festival in China people honour the Toilet Goddess, Zigu, with life-sized straw effigies and rituals around toilets and kitchens. Photo: SCMP composite/Baidu/yahoo.com.tw

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China worker wins 10-day paid leave on first day back from Spring Festival holiday

Lucky employee enters office, scoops prize at front door, heads back to hometown, says ‘getting up early for work really helps’.

China Personalities

China entrepreneur, abandoned as child, owns fashion brand with US$36 million sales

Driven woman who came from parents who rarely remembered her name, dumped her on a mountainside, tells young women ‘there is hope’.

Gender & Diversity

China village event sees 600 men bow in homage to ancestors, ignites gender debate

Major ceremony takes place in area considered the cradle of Chinese ritual culture; critics say patriarchal spectacle is ‘antiquated’.

A Chinese village held a stunning ceremony where 600 men bowed in homage to their ancestors, igniting discussions online about tradition versus patriarchy, as women looked on. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo

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Quirky China: panda keeps phone, talented piglet spared from dinner, gold rush

From a baby porker who saves its own bacon to a gold-rush lite among the country’s youth, the SCMP takes a sideways look at the news.

Quirky China: A zoo panda refuses to return a phone that was dropped into its enclosure, a talented piglet known for its ability to spin a plastic ring has been spared from becoming dinner and an affordable gold rush among country’s youth. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin/Weibo
Quirky China: A zoo panda refuses to return a phone that was dropped into its enclosure, a talented piglet known for its ability to spin a plastic ring has been spared from becoming dinner and an affordable gold rush among country’s youth. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin/Weibo

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K-pop star G-Dragon’s ‘Lunar New Year’ greetings divide China fans, ignite firestorm

Debate over ‘Chinese New Year’ versus ‘Lunar New Year’ arises annually, particularly when brands, celebrities share new year greetings on social media.

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China ‘parenting parents’ trend sees youth teach adults skills like taking selfies

Young people seek to address their problematic upbringing by turning the tables and becoming ‘mum or dad’ to the people who brought them up.

Companies

Pop Mart’s Merodi Hong Kong debut highlights challenges of sustaining IP success

Toymaker’s latest character launch draws tepid demand, raising questions about the company’s reliance on Labubu’s success.

The Merodi After School series features a mischievous little girl with the magical ability to talk to animals. Photo: Handout

People & Culture

Japan trans woman, 64, enjoys slow-paced life with lover, 86, wears princess dresses

Sex reassignment surgery recipient who faces problems using women’s facilities because of her size says she wants to slim down, wear miniskirts.

A 64-year-old Japanese trans woman enjoys a slow-paced life with her 86-year-old boyfriend, often wearing princess dresses and wigs on their dates. Photo: SCMP composite/QQ.com
A 64-year-old Japanese trans woman enjoys a slow-paced life with her 86-year-old boyfriend, often wearing princess dresses and wigs on their dates. Photo: SCMP composite/QQ.com

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China zoo uses old videos of dead tiger cub to seek donations, sparks apology calls

Officials suspend operations at animal park amid controversy involving Siberian cub which had died from an infectious disease.

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China influencer earns US$7 million from wish candles sale before arrest for fraud

Under-pressure youth seek ‘emotional and spiritual comfort’ by snapping up strange products online; experts warn goods could distort reality.

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People & Culture

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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