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A Man Forgot a 10,000-Yuan Deposit for 30 Years, and a Court Says the Bank Still Has to Pay

A Henan court has ordered a bank to repay a 10,000-yuan fixed deposit made in December 1995 and forgotten for thirty years, rejecting the statute-of-limitations defence and ordering interest paid in segments — the agreed rate for the certificate's term, then demand rates for the decades since.

Fashion & Beauty

A Korean Filler Made From Donors' Skin Is Drawing Chinese Beauty Tourists, and Doctors Warn the Evidence Is Thin

Elravie Re2O, a Korean injectable made from the donated skin of dead people, has become a must-have for Chinese medical tourists at around 3,000 yuan an injection. Chinese doctors say the product's clinical evidence — one 20-week study run by its own developers — cannot yet support the claims.

News & Politics

A Medical Student Died in Guangzhou; China Is Arguing About the Three Days of Leave His Supervisor Approved

A student due to graduate next year from Southern Medical University's eight-year medical programme fell to his death in Guangzhou in August, and unverified posts say his supervisor had granted only three days' leave while his father was dead and his mother in intensive care. The case has set off a national debate over the near-absolute power supervisors hold over Chinese doctoral students.