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In Guangxi, a woman died after floodwaters washed venomous snakes out of an unlicensed farm and into her village; her family is now suing the breeder under a Civil Code clause that makes keepers liable for escaped animals, in a test of disaster accountability for China's loosely regulated wildlife farms.
A teacher's chalkboard lesson arguing that a 10,000-yuan monthly salary leaves six times the disposable income of a 5,000-yuan one went viral, opening China's sharpest argument in weeks about wages, fixed costs, and how little a raise has to be before it changes everything.
The vertical mini-drama app Red Fruit has reached 168 million daily users, more than iQiyi, Youku, Tencent Video and Mango TV combined — and at the height of its growth it is banning its own hit genres, from supernatural plots to AI-generated 'toddler palace' dramas.
The week's biggest stories from Chinese social media.
A 20-something man in Changsha who failed China's civil-service exam four times over two years has spent 22,000 yuan — about $3,000 — traveling alone through six countries and 17 cities, a journey financed, in his mother's telling, by her own labor: "I'll carry the load while you see the world; you fulfill my dream for me." His story, reported September 10, has struck a nerve among the millions of young Chinese stuck in the country's exam-gauntlet economy — and divided commenters over whether it is an inspiring reset or a form of opting out.
A Chinese woman who set out to ride horseback alone from her home toward Xinjiang has reported a man to police, saying he groped her twice on the road and then harassed her at the spot where her horse was tethered. The video she posted on September 10 — evidence recorded in real time, a police report filed the same day — has drawn millions of views and a wave of commentary about the safety of women who travel alone in China.
China's women exited the Basketball World Cup 61-90 against a French side ranked above even the United States, ending Han Xu's double-double streak — a quarterfinal defeat that revives debate over coach Gong Luming's rotation and a squad missing Li Yueru.
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