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'Aunt Mei', China's Most Wanted Trafficking Suspect, Is Finally Indicted

Xie Jiamei, the 'Aunt Mei' of China's most notorious child-trafficking case, has been indicted in Guangzhou seventeen years after the abductions — and one of the recovered children announced it himself.

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China's Rescuers Fight Water on Two Fronts: Tibet's Four-Metre Mudslide, Fujian's Record Flood

As 195 firefighters rotate through the buried Gyirong border crossing in Tibet, Typhoon Saudel made a record third landfall and drowned Fujian's coast under rain totalling 821 millimetres in three days.

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Baoding Opens Official Probe Into Parent Who Cited Cadre Titles in Class Group Chat

A father who introduced himself in a high school class group chat as a hospital discipline-inspection secretary and asked the teacher to look after his son is now the subject of a formal investigation: Baoding's health commission has confirmed the man exists and set up a dedicated task force to look into the case.

School districts across China are transferring surplus primary school teachers to junior high and building convertible 'tidal schools' as the fall in births works its way up the education system. Commenters want to know why the spare teachers can't simply be used to shrink class sizes instead.

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As Pupil Numbers Fall, China Is Moving Primary School Teachers Up to Junior High

3 Sep 2026

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A Kindergarten Closed on Opening Day, and a School With One Pupil Opens: China's Shrinking Classrooms

2 Sep 2026

A lawyer's explainer that Chinese labor law guarantees only one rest day a week — not the two-day weekend many assume is standard — became one of Wednesday's most-discussed topics, putting fresh attention on research suggesting 65 to 70 percent of Chinese companies run on a single-day week.

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Why China's Labor Law Doesn't Mandate a Two-Day Weekend

2 Sep 2026

Cangnan in Wenzhou recorded 382.5 millimeters of rain in a single day — the heaviest in its observation history — as the remnants of Typhoon Saudel stalled over Zhejiang, prompting school closures, a Grade-II flood emergency and the evacuation of more than 120,000 people.

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Typhoon Saudel's Remnants Break Wenzhou's Daily Rain Record, 120,000 Evacuated

2 Sep 2026

A typical case published by China's top court holds that the shares written on a marriage-certificate-linked deed are not the final word in a divorce: a man who gave his wife 99% of a 9.75-million-yuan home keeps the house but owes her 500,000 yuan. The ruling lands in the middle of China's argument over marriage, property and trust.

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A 99% Share on the Deed Was Not Enough: Chinese Court Reworks the Rules of Divorce Property

2 Sep 2026

The chairman of Changzhou auto-lamp maker Xingyu has apologized after leaked recordings showed the company giving 107 new graduate hires a choice: resign with half a month's pay, or be reassigned to the assembly line at worker wages. The case has become a national referendum on what a degree is worth in China's cooling job market.

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Chinese Auto Supplier Xingyu Apologizes for Ultimatum That Pushed Out 107 New Graduates

2 Sep 2026

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Why a Chinese Recruiter Assumed a 36-Year-Old Applicant Had Children

1 Sep 2026

A Hunan school refused to readmit a ninth grader with moderate depression after his parent declined to sign a document the family calls a liability waiver — a standoff that has put China's mishandled return-to-school path for mentally ill students on trial at the start of term.

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Chinese School Blocks a Depressed Ninth Grader's Return Over a Waiver Dispute

1 Sep 2026

Real Madrid's condolence post for the Nepal–Tibet border floods listed Tibet alongside a sovereign state, and the club has refused to correct it. Chinese fans and state media are demanding the wording 'China's Tibet' — and the contrast with rival clubs' posts has only sharpened the row.

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Real Madrid Won't Correct 'Tibet' Wording in Flood Tribute That Angered Chinese Fans

1 Sep 2026

Yu Donglai, founder of the supermarket chain Pang Dong Lai, published his company's sales dashboard on Weibo: 19.5 billion yuan in eight months, up 27 percent. In a cautious consumer economy, China is reading it as a verdict on how business could be done.

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Pang Dong Lai, China's Cult Supermarket, Posts 19.5 Billion Yuan in Eight Months

1 Sep 2026

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China Ends a 32-Year Tax Break on Foreign Investors' Dividends

1 Sep 2026

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Two Years After a Chinese Woman Was Beaten Unconscious and Thrown Off a Cliff, Her Family Waits for a Verdict

1 Sep 2026

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Solar Overtakes Coal as China's Largest Power Source for the First Time

1 Sep 2026

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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China Puts Rumor Labels on 80,000 Old Posts Across a Dozen Platforms

1 Sep 2026

On August 31, seven ministries issued 20 measures meant to lift China's goods consumption to about 60 trillion yuan a year by 2030. The same weekend, the top trending thread was a celebration of Generation Z's frugality — and the collision between the state's spending goals and young people's saving instincts is the story of China's economy right now.

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Beijing Unveils Consumption Push as China's Gen Z Showcases Its Thrift

1 Sep 2026

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News & Politics

'Aunt Mei', China's Most Wanted Trafficking Suspect, Is Finally Indicted

China's Rescuers Fight Water on Two Fronts: Tibet's Four-Metre Mudslide, Fujian's Record Flood

Baoding Opens Official Probe Into Parent Who Cited Cadre Titles in Class Group Chat

As Pupil Numbers Fall, China Is Moving Primary School Teachers Up to Junior High

A Kindergarten Closed on Opening Day, and a School With One Pupil Opens: China's Shrinking Classrooms

Why China's Labor Law Doesn't Mandate a Two-Day Weekend

Typhoon Saudel's Remnants Break Wenzhou's Daily Rain Record, 120,000 Evacuated

A 99% Share on the Deed Was Not Enough: Chinese Court Reworks the Rules of Divorce Property

Chinese Auto Supplier Xingyu Apologizes for Ultimatum That Pushed Out 107 New Graduates

Why a Chinese Recruiter Assumed a 36-Year-Old Applicant Had Children

Chinese School Blocks a Depressed Ninth Grader's Return Over a Waiver Dispute

Real Madrid Won't Correct 'Tibet' Wording in Flood Tribute That Angered Chinese Fans

Pang Dong Lai, China's Cult Supermarket, Posts 19.5 Billion Yuan in Eight Months

China Ends a 32-Year Tax Break on Foreign Investors' Dividends

Two Years After a Chinese Woman Was Beaten Unconscious and Thrown Off a Cliff, Her Family Waits for a Verdict

Solar Overtakes Coal as China's Largest Power Source for the First Time

China Puts Rumor Labels on 80,000 Old Posts Across a Dozen Platforms

Beijing Unveils Consumption Push as China's Gen Z Showcases Its Thrift