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The Wuhan Pupils Made to Stand at the Back and Drink Water Over Unordered Milk

Second-graders at a Wuhan school whose families had not paid for the optional carton of 'student milk' were filmed standing at the back of the classroom with water cups. The district called it a misunderstanding; parents and commentators are not letting it go.

A man in Heze, Shandong, reported that a 600-year-old Yuan-dynasty blue-and-white cup shown in a 2011 CCTV documentary had vanished from the provincial inventory of a famous shipwreck excavation. Since then he says five government agencies have inspected his barbecue restaurant about fifteen times, and he has shut it down.

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Pang Dong Lai Pays Employees 50,000 Yuan for a 'Zero Bride Price' Wedding

China's cult supermarket chain will pay an employee 50,000 yuan on marrying without betrothal gifts, without parental money for a house or car, and with a modest wedding. More than 120 marriages have qualified since 2025 — and the scheme has landed in the middle of the country's argument over bride prices.