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A 92-Year-Old Chengdu Street Vendor Is Being 'Camera Bullied' by Short-Video Creators

In Chengdu, a 92-year-old egg-pancake vendor known as Grandma Xue has become the latest target of 'camera bullying' — video creators crowding her stall, shoving phones into her face, and provoking her into outbursts for traffic. The backlash has resurfaced the harder story behind her decades of selling on the street: a son who died young and left debts she is still quietly working to pay off.

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In a Hangzhou Elevator, a Woman Fought Off Harassment—and Was Told to Pay

A woman in a Hangzhou apartment building says a neighbor pressed against her in an elevator and shoved her to the floor, and that when she scratched him while fending him off, he called the police and demanded 5,000 yuan. With the man cleared of molestation for lack of evidence, a post liked more than 30,000 times has turned her case into a debate over who gets the benefit of the doubt in a confined space.

A Hubei court sentenced a man who broke into his ex-girlfriend's home and stabbed her dozens of times to death with a reprieve, citing the killings as arising from a romantic dispute. In a rarely seen challenge, prosecutors have appealed the sentence, arguing that a pattern of threats and a premeditated attack deserve more than leniency.