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Sichuan Just Got a 7.7 Earthquake Warning. The Quake Was a 4.7.

At 8:26 on the morning of August 24, a 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck Changning, Yibin, in Sichuan. Before most people felt a thing, phones across the region lit up with a warning of magnitude 7.7. The alert came from a private institute that had already lost its official authorization — and it exposed how little control the state agency now has over the channels that ping millions of phones.

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The Longest Aftercare in Sitcom History: Max and Caroline Are Reuniting Again

Nine years after '2 Broke Girls' ended, Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs are back together on screen, and Weibo's open-mouth-emoji crowd can't get over how little has changed.

Two trending threads on intimacy in China have merged into one conversation: desire is a finite resource, marriage policies have made love hard to start, and emotional numbness is the real enemy.