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Rejected After an Unpaid Interview Pitch, a Chongqing Candidate Got 1,000 Yuan for His Trouble

Rejected After an Unpaid Interview Pitch, a Chongqing Candidate Got 1,000 Yuan for His Trouble

A Chongqing advertising professional who produced a full project plan for a job interview and was rejected anyway received an unprompted 1,000-yuan "tea money" transfer from the company. The gesture trended at No. 3 because the norm it broke — candidates asked to work for free, then ghosted — is one many Chinese job-seekers know.

Chinese Father Lowers His Daughter From a Bridge to Rescue a Puppy

Chinese Father Lowers His Daughter From a Bridge to Rescue a Puppy

A viral video of a Chinese father lowering his harnessed daughter into the gap beneath a bridge to rescue a stuck puppy has divided Weibo. Supporters saw a lesson in courage; critics saw an avoidable risk to a child who could not consent to it.

Young Chinese People Are Beating Scammers by Not Answering the Phone

Young Chinese People Are Beating Scammers by Not Answering the Phone

A viral Weibo thread has distilled China's best anti-fraud advice into a single habit: keep the phone on silent and never pick up an unknown number. Behind the jokes about 47 missed calls is a generational gap that scammers still know how to exploit.

Retail gold in China has climbed back above 1,400 yuan per gram, and consumers who bought jewelry during the recent high-price run are rushing to sell. Some are turning wedding bracelets into a profit; economists warn the run may not last.

China's Retail Gold Price Tops 1,400 Yuan as Bangle-Buyers Cash Out After Months in the Red

27 Aug 2026

In Chengdu, a 92-year-old egg-pancake vendor known as Grandma Xue has become the latest target of 'camera bullying' — video creators crowding her stall, shoving phones into her face, and provoking her into outbursts for traffic. The backlash has resurfaced the harder story behind her decades of selling on the street: a son who died young and left debts she is still quietly working to pay off.

A 92-Year-Old Chengdu Street Vendor Is Being 'Camera Bullied' by Short-Video Creators

25 Aug 2026

A Father Deleted His Daughter's Fingerprint the Day After Her Wedding

24 Aug 2026

A short Weibo post telling urban dreamers to stop romanticizing farm life has drawn thousands of likes and a flood of memories from people who actually grew up harvesting wheat and threshing corn. Behind the yearning for a pastoral escape, the thread argues, sits a reality of blistered hands, dawn labor, and a countryside that long subsidized China's industrial rise.

The Slow Unraveling of China's Farm-Life Fantasy

24 Aug 2026

Once again, when China's college English test results dropped in late August, the same name trended: a blogger known as Xiao Xu, who had just posted his ninth failed attempt at the CET-6. Alongside him, a separate meme about a roommate snooping through a class file to learn someone else's score captured the peculiar, shared anxiety of score-release season.

The Week a Chinese Man's 9th Failed CET-6 Made Him a Witness to a Generation's Grind

24 Aug 2026

Why Standing on China's High-Speed Rail Still Costs Exactly as Much as a Seat

24 Aug 2026

On Weibo, a Case for Keeping Your Appetites

24 Aug 2026

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.

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

23 Aug 2026

Hong Kong actor Matthew Ko, fed up with a downstairs neighbor's complaints about his toddler, went on camera and suggested the neighbor 'go buy a villa.' When that clapback went viral for all the wrong reasons, his wife fired back with home security footage of the 18-month-old at 4:48 a.m. and made China's favorite argument about high-rise life even more public.

The Hong Kong Actor Told His Downstairs Neighbor to Buy a Villa. Then CCTV Footage Entered the Chat.

23 Aug 2026

He Ate a Cobra to Report the Restaurant — and Got Fined Along With It

23 Aug 2026

A 12-year-old in Zhejiang province phoned the emergency line because she and her twin brothers had no food, and a police officer turned up to cook them fried noodles. The warm story split Chinese social media: was it a good-news tale about a police force with a human face, or proof that 110 shouldn't be doubling as a food-delivery service?

The 110 Call for Dinner: How a 12-Year-Old's 999 Plea Became a Viral Debate

23 Aug 2026

The Empty Train Seat That Turned a Mother's Rule-Bending Into a National Debate

23 Aug 2026

The Necklace Was 14,100 Yuan. The Apology Was Five.

23 Aug 2026

He Saved 7.89 Million Yuan by Living on Almost Nothing. Scammers Took It in Six Days

23 Aug 2026

A 93-Year-Old's Lost Rolex Was the Last Thing Her Husband Left Her

23 Aug 2026