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For the love of the game
Aug 17, 2018 (WiC 420)

As WiC has reported on numerous occasions over the past year, short video is a hot phenomenon online – with Bytedance’s platform Douyin one of the leading lights of the new trend. The latest homemade short video to go viral will surprise, ...

The hearing test
Jul 27, 2018 (WiC 419)

“You snooze, you lose” is a familiar motivational phrase but netizens in China have coined a derivative: “you sneeze, you lose”. That newer phrase follows a cheating incident during an exam for architects in Changde. One of the ...

Housekeeping hell
Jul 20, 2018 (WiC 418)

China has a new candidate for the world’s messiest woman. According to Sohu she hails from Hunan province but her claim to the title is based on her residency in a long-stay hotel in the coastal city of Hangzhou. Hotel staff were forced to ...

On the table
Jul 13, 2018 (WiC 417)

Posting group photos online is seldom viewed as dangerous. But in Hangzhou it has cost two people their jobs. According to Sohu.com, the trouble began when eight disaffected sales staff quit their job and arranged a meal with three ex-colleagues. ...

A prize idiot
Jul 6, 2018 (WiC 416)

She fell in love with football eight years ago thanks in large part to David Beckham. So when the World Cup began last month a 22 year-old Miss Zou was excited at the prospect. Visiting Xi’an to see friends she thought she would liven up the ...

The last supper
Jun 29, 2018 (WiC 415)

A police officer is never truly off duty. That seems to be one of the morals of an arrest this month in the city of Xuzhou in Jiangsu province. The deputy director of the district police station decided to take some of his colleagues out for ...

Grandpa goes rogue
Jun 22, 2018 (WiC 414)

An incident at a kindergarten in Guiyang has rapidly become China’s most famous accidental kidnapping. Involving a six year-old boy, an errant grandfather and some far-from-foolproof school security procedures, it saw the wrong child picked up ...

Rent control
Jun 15, 2018 (WiC 413)

The term ‘absentee landlord’ gained a new meaning in Hangzhou late last month when the owner of a flat discovered the cost of leaving his property vacant. According to ThePaper.cn, the owner (surnamed Zhang) discovered that the locks had been ...

Call the delivery man
Jun 8, 2018 (WiC 412)

Called Lieferheld in German and featuring a muscular mascot in Superman-style outfit, Delivery Hero is the global leader in food delivery with nearly 300 million orders processed last year. The Berlin-based firm was forced to pull out of China ...

Love put to the test
Jun 1, 2018 (WiC 411)

Getting divorced is never easy, but in a small county in Jiangsu province it just got substantially harder. That’s because late last month it said estranged couples had to pass an exam before they could sever their marital vows. Donghai ...

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Planet China

The strangest stories from the Middle Kingdom...

For the love of the game Aug 17, 2018 (WiC 420) As WiC has reported on numerous occasions over the past year, short video is a hot phenomenon online – with Bytedance’s platform Douyin one of the leading lights of the new trend. The latest homemade short video to go viral will surprise, ...

The hearing test Jul 27, 2018 (WiC 419) “You snooze, you lose” is a familiar motivational phrase but netizens in China have coined a derivative: “you sneeze, you lose”. That newer phrase follows a cheating incident during an exam for architects in Changde. One of the ...

Housekeeping hell Jul 20, 2018 (WiC 418) China has a new candidate for the world’s messiest woman. According to Sohu she hails from Hunan province but her claim to the title is based on her residency in a long-stay hotel in the coastal city of Hangzhou. Hotel staff were forced to ...

On the table Jul 13, 2018 (WiC 417) Posting group photos online is seldom viewed as dangerous. But in Hangzhou it has cost two people their jobs. According to Sohu.com, the trouble began when eight disaffected sales staff quit their job and arranged a meal with three ex-colleagues. ...

A prize idiot Jul 6, 2018 (WiC 416) She fell in love with football eight years ago thanks in large part to David Beckham. So when the World Cup began last month a 22 year-old Miss Zou was excited at the prospect. Visiting Xi’an to see friends she thought she would liven up the ...

The last supper Jun 29, 2018 (WiC 415) A police officer is never truly off duty. That seems to be one of the morals of an arrest this month in the city of Xuzhou in Jiangsu province. The deputy director of the district police station decided to take some of his colleagues out for ...

Grandpa goes rogue Jun 22, 2018 (WiC 414) An incident at a kindergarten in Guiyang has rapidly become China’s most famous accidental kidnapping. Involving a six year-old boy, an errant grandfather and some far-from-foolproof school security procedures, it saw the wrong child picked up ...

Rent control Jun 15, 2018 (WiC 413) The term ‘absentee landlord’ gained a new meaning in Hangzhou late last month when the owner of a flat discovered the cost of leaving his property vacant. According to ThePaper.cn, the owner (surnamed Zhang) discovered that the locks had been ...

Call the delivery man Jun 8, 2018 (WiC 412) Called Lieferheld in German and featuring a muscular mascot in Superman-style outfit, Delivery Hero is the global leader in food delivery with nearly 300 million orders processed last year. The Berlin-based firm was forced to pull out of China ...

Love put to the test Jun 1, 2018 (WiC 411) Getting divorced is never easy, but in a small county in Jiangsu province it just got substantially harder. That’s because late last month it said estranged couples had to pass an exam before they could sever their marital vows. Donghai ...