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Beijing Requires Towers to Top Out Before New Flats Can Be Sold Off-Plan

From September 24, developers in Beijing cannot put unbuilt flats on presale until a tower's main structure is finished — the biggest city yet to codify China's retreat from selling homes off the drawing board.

Sports

Indonesia Rallies Past China to Its First Asian Games Men's Badminton Title in 28 Years

China's badminton men led the Asian Games team final 2-0 in Nagoya before Indonesia took three straight matches to win the title for the first time since 1998, hours after China's women reclaimed their own crown.

Sports

Japan Ends China's 36-Year Reign in Asian Games Men's Table Tennis

On the same night in Nagoya, Japan's men beat China 3-2 for their first Asian Games table tennis team gold in 60 years, while China's women swept the same opponent 3-0 for a sixth straight title.

The actress's point-by-point rebuttal of a breach-of-contract statement — non-exclusive representation, unpaid income, a suit filed in February — puts the contract practices of China's short-drama boom on show.

Entertainment

Actress Guo Yuxin Accuses Her Agency of Withholding Pay in Fight Over Short-Drama Rights

24 Sep 2026

A Long March 8A put the 26th group of China's low-orbit internet constellation into orbit on Tuesday night — now routine: the Thousand Sails network is due to complete 324 satellites by year-end, and the planned constellation runs to nearly 13,000.

Tech

Routine by Design: China's Satellite-Internet Constellation Adds Its 26th Group

24 Sep 2026

The 2016 hit 'Love O2O' is back on Youku renamed and with the female lead's face replaced by AI — the newest fix for platforms stuck between blacklisted stars and valuable old shows.

Entertainment

'Love O2O' Returns to Streaming With Its Original Lead's Face Swapped by AI

24 Sep 2026

China's women beat Japan 3-0 in Nagoya to win their first Asian Games badminton team title since 2014 — with a celebratory huddle that became a trending story of its own.

Sports

Twelve Years On, China's Badminton Women Reclaim the Asian Games Team Title

24 Sep 2026

A dawn raid near Pattaya freed three Chinese women who were lured with performance-work offers, chained and extorted for ransom; four Chinese men without passports are in custody as the scam-park model spreads into rented villas.

News & Politics

Chained in a Pattaya Villa: Police Free Three Chinese Women Lured to Thailand

24 Sep 2026

On the substantive day of Xi Jinping's state visit, his written arrival statement set out the 'three no-changes' framing of US-China ties, while Washington prepared an unprecedented 479-troop welcome ceremony and a state dinner for around 120 guests.

News & Politics

Xi Puts 'Three No-Changes' at the Heart of His Washington Visit

24 Sep 2026

Ten years after the suitcase staircase in season two of 'Divas Hit the Road' became one of Chinese reality TV's most argued-over scenes, internet detectives visited the hotel where it was filmed — and found two floors, a working elevator and an eight-step flight of stairs.

Culture

Sleuths Visit the Hotel Behind a Decade-Old Reality-TV Fight and Find a Two-Floor Building With a Lift

24 Sep 2026

Food

The Rumor Behind Sam's Club China's Sellout Milk Coffee: 'One Bottle Melts Three Jin'

24 Sep 2026

Health

One Shot, Months of Control: China's 'Hypertension Vaccine' Heads Into Phase Two

24 Sep 2026

A hashtag attributing the phrase 'marginal product' to a Doubao employee trended because it matched what users say about ByteDance's AI assistant: the most-installed chatbot in China has a habit of answering confidently when it does not know.

Tech

'Marginal Product': China's Default Chatbot Doubao Has a Trust Problem

24 Sep 2026

From December 1, Chongqing's new AIDS prevention regulations make informing your spouse of an HIV test result a legal obligation — and let medical institutions deliver the notice for patients who will not.

Health

Chongqing Makes Telling Your Spouse an HIV Result a Legal Duty

24 Sep 2026

Donald Trump and Melania Trump met Xi Jinping in person at Joint Base Andrews on September 23 — a presidential airport welcome American presidents have not extended to a visiting head of state in more than sixty years, opening a state visit that completes an exchange of state visits inside six months.

News & Politics

Trump Breaks With Six Decades of Protocol to Personally Welcome Xi to Washington

24 Sep 2026

A three-word post about the '20-minute effect' — the reset workers feel sitting alone in their parked cars at lunch — became one of Weibo's most-shared posts of the day, drawing both confessions and, inevitably, car marketing.

Culture

The '20-Minute Effect': Why China's Office Workers Disappear to Their Parked Cars at Lunch

23 Sep 2026

Food

Xinjiang Dairy Blames Sorting Error After 'Pure Milk' Carton Pours Out Clear Water

23 Sep 2026

Walmart has sent Sean Jackson, a 30-year veteran of US Sam's Club purchasing, to run buying for Sam's Club China — the second abrupt change atop the membership retailer's procurement desk in four months, and a move Chinese business watchers are reading for strategy.

News & Politics

Sam's Club China Puts an American Buyer at the Top of Its Procurement Desk

23 Sep 2026

Nineteen-year-old Zhang Zhanshuo won the Asian Games men's 200m freestyle in Asian-record time on Wednesday, on a night when veteran backstroker Xu Jiayu became the most decorated Chinese athlete in the Games' history and 13-year-old Yu Zidi collected a third gold.

Sports

Night of Records in Nagoya: Zhang Zhanshuo's Asian-Record 200m Freestyle and Xu Jiayu's 15th Gold

23 Sep 2026

With the iPhone Duo's official release barely a month away, supply-chain sources say Foxconn's assembly yield for Apple's first foldable is only just above 60 percent — and suppliers are waiting on Apple to decide whether to relax its quality bar to reach volume.

Tech

Apple's First Foldable Hits a Yield Wall: Just Six in Ten iPhone Duos Pass Assembly

23 Sep 2026

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Beijing Requires Towers to Top Out Before New Flats Can Be Sold Off-Plan

Indonesia Rallies Past China to Its First Asian Games Men's Badminton Title in 28 Years

Japan Ends China's 36-Year Reign in Asian Games Men's Table Tennis

Actress Guo Yuxin Accuses Her Agency of Withholding Pay in Fight Over Short-Drama Rights

Routine by Design: China's Satellite-Internet Constellation Adds Its 26th Group

'Love O2O' Returns to Streaming With Its Original Lead's Face Swapped by AI

Twelve Years On, China's Badminton Women Reclaim the Asian Games Team Title

Chained in a Pattaya Villa: Police Free Three Chinese Women Lured to Thailand

Xi Puts 'Three No-Changes' at the Heart of His Washington Visit

Sleuths Visit the Hotel Behind a Decade-Old Reality-TV Fight and Find a Two-Floor Building With a Lift

The Rumor Behind Sam's Club China's Sellout Milk Coffee: 'One Bottle Melts Three Jin'

One Shot, Months of Control: China's 'Hypertension Vaccine' Heads Into Phase Two

'Marginal Product': China's Default Chatbot Doubao Has a Trust Problem

Chongqing Makes Telling Your Spouse an HIV Result a Legal Duty

Trump Breaks With Six Decades of Protocol to Personally Welcome Xi to Washington

The '20-Minute Effect': Why China's Office Workers Disappear to Their Parked Cars at Lunch

Xinjiang Dairy Blames Sorting Error After 'Pure Milk' Carton Pours Out Clear Water

Sam's Club China Puts an American Buyer at the Top of Its Procurement Desk

Night of Records in Nagoya: Zhang Zhanshuo's Asian-Record 200m Freestyle and Xu Jiayu's 15th Gold

Apple's First Foldable Hits a Yield Wall: Just Six in Ten iPhone Duos Pass Assembly