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Influencer Banned After Million-Yuan Flood Donation Claim Turns Out to Be One Yuan

A Xiaohongshu influencer posted a photoshopped receipt showing a 1 million-yuan donation to the Guangxi Red Cross during July's typhoon flooding. The Red Cross found no such gift — only a one-yuan donation under her name — and lawyers say she could be made to actually pay the million.

Three Chinese economists sent 4,500 fabricated resumes to 2,250 real job openings and found applicants with overseas master's degrees were 16.2 percent less likely to hear back — the first hard measurement of a fading 'sea turtle' premium that China's internet has been arguing about for years.

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Touch or Groping: a Woman's Viral Accusation Against a 4-Year-Old Boy Backfires

A content creator said a 4-year-old boy groped her in a Changsha restaurant. Surveillance video shows a running toddler's accidental brush, and the lawsuit she now says she is pursuing has made her case China's argument of the week about proportionate grievance, parenting, and the pursuit of online traffic.