A young Chinese construction worker had a special reason for leaving extra money when he paid his bill in a restaurant – he was inspired by the eatery’s owner.

The death of a man in China went unnoticed for 30 hours inside an internet cafe after employees thought he fell asleep.

A man from China who pretended to be a female student at a university in Japan and posted online hate messages against his own country and its citizens has been detained by police on the mainland.

Paper shows having a government job may outrank salary, education, ability, appearance or love for young Chinese seeking a partner.

Researchers have estimated the value of China’s economy for the elderly at over US$2 trillion, and the country’s ageing population will only ensure that figure will go up in the coming years.

Young people in China seeking ways to de-stress have discovered the soft and bouncy rear ends of sheep, and are becoming addicted to touching them.

Suzhou police salute ‘righteous and courageous’ Hu Youping, saying her ‘great act of justice’ prevented more people being hurt.

Observers say anti-Japanese sentiment in China verges on ‘irrational hatred’, urge Japanese companies to recall families of staff overseas.

Although same-sex unions aren’t legally recognised in China, the first symbolic gay marriages happened in Chengdu.

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.

A fiscal gulf exists between China’s central and local governments, and it is seen as a hurdle to healthy and sustainable development ahead of the third plenum.

Major market reform has bypassed rural land ownership, but experts say not to expect any big moves at the third plenum.

A woman who said she was in an embassy car when committing ‘wrongdoings’ has apologised and been fined for blocking traffic.

China’s jobless are feeling so ashamed about their status that they are hiding it from family and friends by walking the streets or sitting in cafes during working hours.

Future models ‘react with both movements and speech, significantly enhancing user experience by focusing on emotional connection’, producer says.

China’s executives are embracing dual roles as business leaders and online influencers. Will this approach boost sales, or create a dependency on personal character?

In ancient China, the tradition of “couvade” was very similar to modern-day confinement periods, except practised by men.

A distraught boy in China, who is grieving for his dead mother, constantly video-calls his aunt to look at her because of the strong family resemblance.

A man in China who wanted to attend a Jay Chou concert in place of his dead sister as a way of honouring her memory was told by a ticketing platform that he could not change the name on the ticket she had bought.

Three-day holiday figures bode well for the coming summer vacation, with students expected to help drive domestic tourism.

The staging of Gallery Weekend Beijing to coincide with two art fairs shows the ambitions of Beijing’s art scene to restore its global prominence after years of isolation that began with the pandemic.

Legal amendment seeks to lift burden for minors but legal scholars argue it should erase record of minor offences for all adults.

Many critics say the process is gruelling, others consider it a fair system of meritocracy.