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Travelling for National Day? We’re Not, Here’s Why

With city plants tended to, trimmed and pruned, thousands of flags flying and Tiananmen Square glorified, today is the most patriotic of days for the Chinese nation, National Day. The outside world, however, braces itself for Golden Week, given...

Mouldy Food Puts High Speed Train Catering Company Under Fire

Passengers traveling south from Beijing to Wuhan have called out the country’s high speed train catering company for serving them highly toxic food, whereby large quantities of mould had accumulated on the bottom of th rice. A Mr. Zhu and...

U.S. Firms in China Reveal How Trade War is Hitting Hard

Amid escalating U.S.-China bilateral trade tensions, AmCham China and AmCham Shanghai have conducted a joint survey of member companies to measure the impact of trade war tariffs imposed by both the U.S. and Chinese governments. While it is obvious that...

#deletedidi;¥4b Loss for Didi Chuxing Marks End?

In a leaked staff letter issued by Didi chief executive Cheng Wei, it has been revealed that the company has lost as much as ¥4b net in the first half of 2018. The Financial Times has confirmed the authenticity of...

Woman Finds Mouse Foetus in Hot Pot Soup

A pregnant woman, surnamed Gao, eating at a hot pot restaurant in Shandong Province was surprised when she fished a dead mouse foetus out of her hot pot soup. Dining at the restaurant Xiabu Xiabu in Weifang City one recent...

Illegal “Lunch Loans” Dangerous Trap for Chinese Seeking Quick Money

On the afternoon of 3 September, the Gaoping District Bureau Public Security Bureau of Nanchong City arrested 37 staff members, with a further 39 being taken in for questioning, for the illegal running of small loans companies, and the...

Didi Suspends Late Night Service

Following the recent murder of a Didi Chuxing passenger, which came shortly after a similar case earlier in May of this year, the company has announced it is to suspend all late-night services in an effort to boost security...

5 Dead, 15 Missing; Yunnan Floods Impact 2,000 People

Five people have been killed and 15 reported missing, while 2,000 people have been affected as severe flooding continues to devastate parts of Yunnan. The country has issued a National Level IV Disaster Emergency Response for the province. Severe flooding...

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Nanjing Could Put Canberra on a New Flight Path to China

Travellers between China and Australia may soon have another part way across the Pacific. Nanjing has emerged as the...

China’s Fertility Insurance Turns Costly IVF Bills into Real Babies

Since 1 January 2025, couples pursuing fertility treatment across China have walked into a rather different kind of appointment....

Shanghai’s 21 Year Metro Fare Freeze Finally Faces a Hearing

Commuters across Shanghai are to see a fare structure tested for the first time in over two decades. On...

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