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From 100 Kilometers Away, a Daughter Renovated Her Parents' Village Home for 30,000 Yuan

Yang Yinyin lives more than 100 kilometers from her parents' farmhouse in rural Chongqing. Working entirely through her phone and Pinduoduo's group-buying platform, she refitted the family home for 30,000 yuan — well under her 50,000-yuan budget — and turned a dirt-floor house into the liveliest gathering spot in the village.

Culture

Starbucks China Rolls Out a 'Purchase to Sit' Policy Nationwide

From October 20, Starbucks cafés across China will display signs asking people to make a purchase before taking a seat — a quiet recalibration of the free 'third space' that built the brand's reputation here. Staff say riders, pregnant women and others with real needs can still sit without buying, and baristas are the ones most uneasy about enforcing it.

News & Politics

Former Deputy Head of China's Pension Reserve Fund Expelled for Graft

Wang Wenling, formerly the second-ranking official at the body that manages China's 3.3-trillion-yuan national pension reserve, has been expelled from the Communist Party and public office after investigators found he traded on his power over state-enterprise restructurings, listings and investments — and resisted the inquiry for years.