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Muyuan Foods Posts Record H1 2025 Profit – Revenue Up 34% and Earnings Surge 1,170% as China’s Pork Giant Expands Vertically】

Muyuan Foods, the Chinese pork‑producing behemoth listed under the ticker 002714.SZ, announced on the evening of August 20 that its first‑half‑2025 results were far stronger than analysts had expected. Operating revenue reached RMB 76.463 billion, a 34.46 percent increase over the same period a year earlier, while profit attributable to shareholders surged to RMB 10.53 billion – a staggering 1,169.77 percent jump. The most dramatic gains came from the company’s downstream operations: revenue from slaughtering and meat‑processing climbed to RMB 19.345 billion, up 93.83 percent year‑on‑year.

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Viral Chinese Meme Playfully Dethrones Dilraba, Pairing Her with Song Jia as “Mountain Flower and Rose” on Weibo

The phrase “#热巴这次你做不了1了#” has been lighting up Weibo feeds across China for the past few weeks, sparking a wave of jokes, fan art and playful banter that is as earnest as it is tongue‑in‑cheek. At its core, the meme is a light‑hearted jab at China’s beloved actress Dilraba Dilmurat—known to fans simply as “热巴” (Reba)—and it has quickly become a rallying cry for a new, unexpected on‑screen pairing with veteran star Song Jia.

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China’s 1997 Cohort Questions What Counts as Wealth in an Era of Soaring Assets】

A string of posts on China’s leading micro‑blogging platform, Weibo, has sparked a quiet conversation among a generation of young adults who share a birth year: 1997. The hashtag “#97年的资产算少的了吧#” – roughly “Aren’t assets from ’97 considered small?” – appears in thousands of micro‑entries, ranging from self‑deprecating jokes about empty savings accounts to earnest debates about whether a ten‑thousand‑yuan nest egg still counts as a decent start.