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Gaming Rules Chengdu in southwestern China has become one of the first cities nationwide to introduce new rules governing the role-playing mystery gaming sector, as authorities have time and again accused the once-booming industry of promoting unhealthy content among young players. Officials have been increasingly wary of supernatural and violent content in such games, with […]Read More

Great Strides For Women Benefits to China’s women have increased over the past decade, was the claim at a conference of the All China’s Womens Federtaion. It said over 830,000 female scientists and researchers have been mobilized to participate in the provision of such services as boosting the public’s scientific knowledge and assisting in rural […]Read More

Young Women Can’t Find A Man In Rural China. Literally A growing number of Chinese women are remaining single by choice despite the social stigma associated with being a “leftover woman.” But the word “choice” can be misleading; it hides the fact that many Chinese women — especially those living outside the major cities — […]Read More

China Unveils Culture Development Plan For 2021-2025 China has unveiled a five-year (2021-25) plan to promote “socialist culture” and lay the “strong grounding” in this regard. Calling culture, the soul of a country and nation as well as the soul of national governance, the plan noted that without the prosperity and development of socialist culture, […]Read More

China’s Top Archaeology Institute Struggles to Hire Archaeologists China’s top archaeology research institute dedicated to a UNESCO World Heritage Site is having difficulties in recruiting talent in the field, even as the country places high importance on the sector. The archaeology institute at Dunhuang Academy in the northwestern province of Gansu, which oversees the Mogao […]Read More

Ikea Bans Influencers From Store In a new fad on the Chinese internet, influencers have been dressing up like American high school students and posing in front of Ikea lockers in China. As more and more individuals hop on board the trend, the home furnishing retailer has allegedly banned all forms of photography in parts […]Read More

Artificial Street Signs Authorities in the eastern cities of Ningbo and Shaoxing in Zhejiang province say unofficially erected signposts that try to attract visitors are the work of businesses trying to draw tourists. A Chongqing-based coffeehouse owner says it a great way to promote business. “It creates more interest in visiting a strange place and […]Read More

Are Automated Driving Cars Safe? A fatal car crash reportedly involving the usage of a partially automated driving system has once again thrust self-driving technology safety issues into the spotlight. The accident occurred on a highway in the eastern city of Ningbo when a XPeng P7 vehicle crashed into a pulled-over car in the same […]Read More

Focus On Degrees With “High Employment Rate”   A provincial higher education plan to not offer existing majors that have lower employment rates has raised questions over its fairness amid a looming job crisis. Education authorities in the eastern Anhui province ordered universities to “halt enrolment” for majors with employment rates below 60% for three consecutive […]Read More

China’s Schools Tell Kids To Ask Their Grandparents To Get Vaccinated Several schools are linking students’ performance evaluations or even registration to their grandparents’ vaccination records. A screenshot of an announcement by Xuelang Middle School in the eastern city of Wuxi, required junior school freshmen to show the vaccination certificates of their grandparents aged 60 […]Read More

Nobel Prize Winner Says Some Works In His Name Are Not His Chinese literary circles were left shocked after Nobel Prize Laureate Mo Yan recently published an article on his WeChat account, clarifying that many poems and articles apparently signed with his name online were actually not his works. Apart from a 32-second video, which […]Read More

Lockdown Breeds Economic Inequality Many Chinese people have emerged from lockdown in a pessimistic mood. Anxious about their personal finances, the precarious state of the economy, and the prospect of further lockdowns, they are making deep cuts to their household budgets and saving as much as they can. That is not surprising. Lockdowns have accentuated […]Read More

Ex-Military Veterans Encouraged To Teach Kids Ex-service personnel are being encouraged to work as teachers in primary and secondary schools to obviate a shortage. Authorities say this is part of China’s intensified efforts to strengthen teaching teams for compulsory education. Veterans with a “strong sense of responsibility” and “well-rounded accomplishments” have the potential to become […]Read More

Female Discrimination In The Job Market China’s graduates are finding it difficult to get a job. Research shows that a record high of 10 million fresh graduates are affected and female students are finding it especially hard to get hired. In April, Zhaopin, a Chinese professional development platform that has been compared to LinkedIn, released […]Read More

Singles’ Rights China’s population of singles is skyrocketing. The country’s marriage rate plunged 40% between 2013 and 2020, as millennials rejected traditional social mores that pressure young people to settle down early. According to government estimates, the number of people living alone touched 92 million in 2021 — more than Germany’s total population. Yet Chinese […]Read More