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Three Child Policy Spawns a Million Memes
The new measure aimed to alleviate an aging population—but online it sparked jokes and ridicule
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Viral Week: A violent attack in Nanjing and other trending news
Eight injured in Nanjing car and knife attack, elephants rampage through Yunnan, period shaming ad slammed—it's Viral Week
FEMINISM
China’s ‘Self-Comb Women’ Never Smashed the Patriarchy. So What?
Some anti-marriage activists are trying to lay claim to the self-comb legacy. They’re missing these women’s real significance.
SOCIETY
China Lights #5: "I don’t mean to brag, but I’m pretty good with women"
Thoughts on sex, marriage, and death from a former Beijing "street kid"
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Viral Week: The "Father of Hybrid Rice" dies and other trending news
Yuan Longping passes away, ultramarathon hit by tragedy, skyscraper starts shaking, child gymnast rolls into the record books—it's Viral Week
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Viral Week: A controversial suicide in a Chengdu school and other trending news
Landmark Mars landing, tornadoes kill 12, plucky dog takes on brown bear, fruit seller accused of peddling overly sweet watermelons—it's Viral Week
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Viral Week: Talent show crying over spilled milk and other trending news
Live animal "mystery boxes," leopards escape, Chinese rocket debris lands, and woman gives birth five times to avoid jail—it's Viral Week
SOCIETY
I worked in a Chinese massage parlor in America
An immigrant from China's Fujian province recalls her life as a masseuse in New York after the Atlanta shootings
FEMINISM
What It’s Like to Grow Up Female and Disabled in China
Feminists with disabilities speak about growing up, building a life, and advocacy in the face of physical and social barriers
SOCIETY
Minor Offense
As violent juvenile crime rocks the headlines, China debates: How young is too young to lock up?
SOCIETY
China Lights#4: "My biggest regret is that I chose the wrong husband"
One woman's life from working the fields of Anhui to cleaning the streets of Beijing
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