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Where Is China's Men's Table Tennis Team? Nagoya's Hotel Chaos Enters Day Two

China's men's table tennis squad spent a night without a bed, gymnast Zhang Boheng went twelve hours without food, and Thailand's team slept on a terminal floor — the Asian Games' transport shambles have widened from an airport delay into a multi-team scandal.

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Farewell at Babaoshan: China's News Anchors Gather to Bury Jing Yidan

Colleagues from four decades of Chinese television gathered at Beijing's Babaoshan funeral parlor on Wednesday to bid farewell to anchor Jing Yidan, whose investigative program 'Focus Report' defined an era when TV journalism held power to account.

A Weibo essay arguing that 'character decides fate' — a staple of Chinese self-improvement culture — is 'too cruel' drew thousands of likes within hours. Its author's account of a daughter crowded out by a favoured son has reopened an old argument about where responsibility for a life really lies.