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In Suzhou, Another Unleashed Dog Bit Two Toddlers. China Is Asking Why It Keeps Happening

Two toddlers in a Suzhou housing compound were bitten by an unleashed large dog this week, reigniting a familiar Chinese argument about owners who refuse to use a leash. The attack — captured on security footage and shared in a post liked more than 2,700 times — comes at a moment when the country's pet-owning boom has outpaced its rules, and enforcement still runs far behind.

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A Taiwanese Actress Poured Oil on a Japanese National Treasure and Called It Prayer

A 39-year-old Taiwanese actress known for the youth dramas Zhongji Yijia and Zhongji Sanguo was arrested at Kansai airport this week, suspected of pouring glycerin on the 'Buddha's foot stone,' a Japanese national treasure at Yakushi-ji temple in Nara. Her explanation — that she pours oil to pray when moved by something — has turned a minor heritage crime into a story about impulse, borders, and the collision of private ritual with public protection.

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She Interviewed From a Roller Coaster, Got the Job, and Was Too Embarrassed to Show Up

A Chinese jobseeker spotted a listing with the hours written backwards and 'can be worked like livestock' in the description, applied for the joke, and interviewed from a roller coaster. She got the offer — and was then too mortified to turn up.