Jenny Feng

Society & Culture

Only five years of jail time for Chinese billionaire guilty of sex crimes against underage girls

Chinese real estate tycoon Wáng Zhènhuá 王振华, former chairman of property developer Seazen Group, has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of child molestation.The verdict was made on June 16, following a two-day closed-door hearing that lasted for about 16 hours, according to a statement issued by the Putuo District People’s Court in Shanghai. Meanwhile, Zhōu Yànfēn 周燕芬, a longtime associate of Wang’s and his procurer of underage girls, was given four years in jail under the same charge.

Jenny Feng

Business & Technology

Merchants at Beijing’s biggest wholesale market suffer massive losses after abrupt COVID-19 shutdown

The sudden closure of the Xinfadi market, which took place around 3 a.m. on June 13, was widely viewed as a necessary move to curb the spread of the deadly virus. But, it has resulted in massive financial losses for merchants working at the market, and raised fears of a food shortage in the Chinese capital.

Jenny Feng

Business & Technology

Didi sues adult film creator over fake sexual assault video

Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-hailing company, has filed a lawsuit against a couple who filmed a staged pornographic video featuring a Didi driver drugging and raping a female passenger. The company said that the explicit video had tarnished its reputation and seriously undermined its efforts to protect passengers from sexual assault and harassment.

Jenny Feng

Society & Culture

Beijing delays plans to reopen movie theaters and schools in response to new COVID-19 cases

Just as Beijing was beginning to get back to normal after months of paralyzing COVID-19 lockdown, health authorities in the city confirmed three new coronavirus cases in the past two days. This has brought back some social distancing rules and caused a reversal of decisions about reopening businesses.

Jenny Feng

Society & Culture

Chinese film executive commits suicide as coronavirus-stricken movie industry tanks

The negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been felt in almost every industry in China, but the country’s film industry has suffered more than most.

Jenny Feng

Society & Culture

Chinese students with foreign passports will face tougher school admission requirements

On June 10, Chinese education authorities issued a new directive, ordering Chinese universities to tighten application requirements for students who have foreign passports but attend Chinese schools for most of their education.

Jenny Feng

Society & Culture

The troll who shamed Yang Liping for childlessness condemns online abuse after controversy

The woman who stirred up an internet controversy with her highly offensive comment about internationally acclaimed Chinese dancer and choreographer Yáng Lìpíng 杨丽萍 having no children now claims that Yang is her “favorite celebrity” after receiving what she called “a torrent of vicious messages online.”

Jenny Feng

Society & Culture

Dance legend Yang Liping shuts down haters criticizing her child-free lifestyle

Chinese dancer and choreographer Yáng Lìpíng 杨丽萍 is an internationally acclaimed artist best known in China as the “peacock princess” for her contemporary dance productions that draw heavily on her traditional culture as a member of the Bai ethnic group. Despite Yang’s long list of accomplishments, some Chinese internet users say she has “failed as a woman” because she is unmarried and childless.

Jenny Feng

Society & Culture

China pins hope on street vendors to revive economy after COVID-19

In an attempt to revive China’s battered economy and tame an unemployment crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 27 Chinese cities, including key metropolises like Shanghai and Chengdu, have announced plans to bring back street vending. This comes after many years of crackdowns on street stalls for “urban beautification.”

Jenny Feng