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Xinrou Shu

Xinrou Shu

SCMP Contributor
Xinrou Shu is a freelance journalist who writes about fashion, food, culture and anything that interests her. She holds an MFA in Literary Reportage from New York University.

It’s tagged the ‘run philosophy’ on social media – single women in their thirties with nothing to hope for in China leaving to study in the West, with no intention of returning. Post Magazine talks to some.

Unemployed or fed up with long working hours, young people in China are drawn to live-streaming for the autonomy and earnings potential it gives them. Some engage in deadly stunts, writes Xinrou Shu.

Apps such as Cece that offer tarot reading, fortunetelling and astrology are part of an online mysticism market worth US$14 billion a year. Beijing is cracking down, but they continue to target young people.

Women in China with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are being failed by a health system ill-equipped to deal with the condition and are self-diagnosing through social media.

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By falsifying grades, academic transcripts and personal statements, education ‘consultants’ are helping Chinese students gain entrance to elite universities in the United States – for a fat fee.