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Huang Lei has confirmed he will not return to Back to Field, the farmhouse slow-living show that ran for seven years and created a whole Chinese television genre. His farewell — 'what never changes is called forever; what has ended is forever' — capped a weekend of fan mourning for unhurried television.
China's top tennis player beat the teenage qualifier Lutkova 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the US Open first round, ending a four-match Grand Slam losing streak and taking her first major main-draw win since the 2025 French Open. She revealed afterwards she had been ill enough to feel dizzy on court.
China's internet regulator has retroactively tagged more than 80,000 posts with red 'rumor' labels across Weibo, Douyin, Baidu and nine other platforms, part of a campaign that rewrites how misinformation is policed: old falsehoods stay online, but stamped.
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With 2.2 seconds left and the score tied, Portland Trail Blazers center Yang Hansen caught a pass under the rim and laid in the winner as China beat Lebanon 89-87 in a FIBA World Cup Asian qualifier in Zhuji on Monday — capping a night of hard fouls, a pre-game taunt, and a takeover of China's trending boards.
Lionel Messi announced on Monday that he is retiring from the Argentina national team after 21 years, saying the time had come to stop. On Weibo, where the news collided with memories of his 2008 Beijing Olympics appearance, fans and teammates filled the evening with thank-you letters.
At the start of the school year, Chinese teachers celebrate dodging the homeroom-teacher post — a job of 6am-to-10pm days, report-prone parents and a few hundred yuan a month — in a standoff now sitting near the top of Baidu's hot list.
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