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Indie Animation Makes Bull Run from: Laughing Stock to Box-office Smash
Released this summer, a low-budget Chinese animated film made by a mother and son became an unlikely box-office success and pop culture phenomenon.
Student's Hong Kong: Concert Trip Triggers: Welfare Debate
A student whose trip to Hong Kong resulted in her low-income family possibly losing its welfare benefits has triggered online debate over how much freedom people receiving social assistance have to spend money they earn themselves.
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China's ‘Mere Living' Generation Says No to FOMO
A new trend on Chinese social media captures a lifestyle that is decidedly less ambitious: simply getting through daily life.
TV family dispute sparks debate over guilt-based parenting in China
The discussion began after the August 1 episode of the reality show Her Prime 2, in which Fang Zhuren (Fang Shaoli), a 51-year old stand-up comedian, hosted a birthday dinner for her younger daughter, who had just turned 18, along with her oldest daughter.
Extramarital IVF case puts embryo rights in spotlight
A woman successfully fought to have embryos created by her husband and his alleged mistress destroyed after the pair allegedly used a forged marriage certificate to undergo IVF treatment at a Shanghai hospital.