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WORLD12h ago‘Baby boss’ in China wins hearts after clip shows him playfully courting customers outside eateryA Chinese boy with a remarkable talent for engaging customers at his family’s restaurant in central China has gone viral, drawing entertaining reactions from both domestic and international netizens. The four-and-a-half-year-old child gained overnight fame after a Serbian expat in China posted a video of him being approached in front of a diner in Huangshan, Anhui province, on his account @saitie, on September 12. In the video, the young boy skilfully attracted customers in front of his family’s...South China Morning Post
WORLD1d agoICE death, strikes on China proposed over AI, Huawei on trial: 7 US-China relations readsWe have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Another Chinese national dies in US immigration custody, raising profiling fears The Chinese-American community expressed anger and concern on September 3 over the death of a Chinese national in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on US territory. Read the full story here. 2. US...South China Morning Post
WORLD2d ago'What makes China work despite the pain in society?' asks analyst Dan WangIn this edition of Perspective, FRANCE 24’s Stuart Norval speaks to Dan Wang, a China expert whose book ‘Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future’ is a New York Times bestseller. It takes a close look at Chinese life and draws from Wang’s own ten years of living there. Wang says the China and the US are some of the most similar people in the world, as they are both hustlers and take shortcuts.France 24 [en]
WORLD2d ago‘Conscious unbossing’: China youth reject promotions to avoid intense corporate stressA growing number of young Chinese employees are increasingly turning down promotions, challenging the traditional notion that career advancement is the ultimate marker of success. This trend has gained significant traction on mainland social media, where related posts have attracted over 40 million views. Workers have shared scripts online that highlight their decisions to decline promotions, often expressing gratitude, citing feelings of insufficient readiness, and seeking better compensation...South China Morning Post
WORLD2d agoAre Chinese students learning English just to ‘tell China’s story’?For generations of Chinese schoolchildren, English textbooks offered a glimpse of an unfamiliar world, from London’s Tower Bridge and Big Ben to American school life and Halloween traditions. Today, students opening an English textbook are more likely to encounter passages on late Qing dynasty (1644-1912) thinker Liang Qichao, the Dragon Boat Festival and China’s overseas aid projects. These changes are part of a nationwide overhaul of China’s primary and middle-school textbooks, which have...South China Morning Post
WORLD2d agoChina grandma drains life savings on US$450,000 beauty fraud before daughter discovers itA 75-year-old woman from Shanghai spent three million yuan (US$450,000) on beauty treatments in a salon, completely depleting her retirement savings before her daughter uncovered the situation. The elderly woman’s daughter recently sought assistance from a Shanghai television programme after discovering that her mother had exhausted all her savings on beauty services. The woman, surnamed Yu, had spent her savings at a branch of Yongqi Beauty and Hairdressing Company, as well as a medical beauty...South China Morning Post