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Policy Against Sharing Students’ Grades on WeChat Sparks Debate
Would withholding students’ grades and class rankings from parents relieve pressure or demotivate? That’s the question at the center of discussion over a largely misinterpreted local rule.
China’s ‘Self-Comb Women’ Never Smashed the Patriarchy. So What?
Some anti-marriage activists are trying to lay claim to the self-comb legacy. They’re missing these women’s real significance.
Death Sentence for Harbin Man Who Raped 4-Year-Old Girl
A Chinese court has handed down a rare death sentence in a rape case, as it involved a child victim who suffered permanent injuries.
The World’s Factory, On Film
Zhan Youbing worked for years as a migrant laborer in the heart of China’s export machine. Then, one day, he picked up a camera.
More Elderly Chinese Are Contracting HIV, Says WHO
Unsafe sexual behaviors are leaving the country’s elderly exposed to the virus that causes AIDS.
Hangzhou Court Rules in Landmark Facial Recognition Case
Though a safari park’s compulsory collection of its patrons’ facial data was ruled to be illegal, the plaintiff will appeal based on other parts of the decision.
Get-Picked-Up Artist for Women Shut Down Over ‘Immoral’ Teachings
Ling Tongtong prides herself on instructing women how to use their feminine wiles to win expensive gifts from male suitors, but her agency has been dogged by allegations of fraud and complaints from unsatisfied customers.
Real Estate Firms Secretly Collecting Client Data Via Facial Recognition
Experts say it’s illegal for China’s housing agencies to gather biometric information without consent, and that doing so constitutes a violation of privacy.
China to Make Foreign Garbage Ban Total
Regulations allowing imported recycled materials have turned Southeast Asia into a waste trade way station.
53 Jailed for Last Year’s Deadly Factory Explosion in Jiangsu
Chemical company employees and public servants were given prison sentences of up to 20 years for flouting safety protocols and accepting bribes.
China’s Homegrown Third-Generation Nuclear Reactor Is Now Online
The domestically developed Hualong One reactor can generate 10 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually and cut carbon emissions by 8.16 million tons.
China’s Sinopharm Seeking Approval for COVID-19 Vaccine
The company’s two coronavirus vaccine candidates have already been administered to over 1 million people, according to CEO Liu Jingzhen.
How Agents Keep China’s Housekeepers Grateful — and Dependent
Agencies are more concerned with keeping clients happy than protecting their vulnerable workers.
Escort Services Advertised on Top Chinese Job-Hunting Site, Investigation Finds
After a number of job postings were found to require sexual services, many online are sympathetic toward Boss Zhipin, saying it’s the people — not the platform — who should be blamed.
History Task Force Named Something Coarse Shows Remorse
A research group on the maternal roots of China’s only ruling empress sparked the mother of all controversies.
Viewers Say New Kung Fu Series Lacks Kick
The director of “Lu Ding Ji” acknowledged flaws in his martial arts drama but also said lead actor Zhang Yishan isn’t entirely to blame for the poor reviews.
Irresponsible 'tough talk' with China is useless, says Canada foreign minister
Canada will keep pressing China to improve its human rights record but has no interest in irresponsible tough talk, Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said on Monday.
Hot Pot Restaurant in Hot Water for Refusing to Serve Male Customers
Chengdu establishment Goddess Dating maintains it is within its rights to require that at least one woman be present in each group of diners.
China’s vow to cut emissions ‘clashes with coal plant expansion plans’
Xi Jinping’s UN pledge to make China carbon neutral by 2060 conflicts with expansion plans for coal power, two research groups say, urging that next five-year energy plan should phase out coal plants and double expansion of wind and solar power.
A Woman Was Beaten to Death by Her In-Laws. They Got Three Years
After a Shandong woman’s husband and parents-in-law tortured and starved her for years, a local court gave them lenient sentences for “abuse.” A public outcry was followed by a retrial order.
