Blog Tag - China News

R1 Hundreds Evacuated over Weekend Downpour, More to Come as Typhoon Lekima Moves North
Typhoon Lekima – the ninth typhoon to land in China this year – is moving north, affecting millions of citizens in its wake. Thankfully, Beijing will...
Trending in Beijing: Hot Pot Quests, Fully Electronic Train Tickets, and D&G Landslide
The fun, the strange, and the what-on-earth-is-this: a wrap-up of top stories in Beijing as told by the trending hashtags, local press, and general...
Beijing's Youth Average Age to Lose Virignity Lower Than Rest of China: China's 2015 Love and Marriage Survey is Released
Young Beijingers are the first among their Chinese peers to have sex, losing their virginity at an average age of less than 21, while while those...
Ctrip Down for 12 Hours Following Cyber Attack, Services Affected
China’s biggest online travel agency saw its app and website services disrupted starting at 11.09am Thursday following a cyber hack, according to the...
Possible Stolen Chinese Mummy Discovered in Hungary, Retrieved From Exhibition by Dutch Owner
Investigators from the Fujian Administration of Cultural Heritage have announced that they believe a 1,000-year-old Buddhist statue containing a...
Climate Change to Have Huge Impact on China, Says Chief of China’s Meteorological Administration
Zheng Guogang, the chief of China’s Meteorological Administration, has been quoted as saying: “As the world warms, risks of climate change and...
Further Relaxation of One Child Policy Expected, Pension Fund Wears Thin
Go out and make babies, comrades. That may be the takeaway from the National People's Congress and China People's Political Consultative Conference...
Is it Your Turn to Break Into China’s E-Book Market?
The upcoming Bookworm Literary Festival always leaves people dreaming about becoming famous authors, and publishing that autobiographical novel about...
Chinese Film Producers Lash Out At Poor Film Adaptations
Juicy, juicy drama is unfolding in the Chinese film industry! Famous Chinese directors complain that low quality movies will be detrimental to the...
Taxi Apps Join Together in Merger
China’s two biggest competing mobile taxi-hailing apps, Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache, announced their merger via Sina Weibo on Saturday. Upon...
Job Sectors Seeking Out Foreign Employees
Although foreigners are leaving China at a quicker rate than coming in, and sometimes it feels like the only sector hiring is the education sector,...
Tumen Tourism Region Gains Russian and North Korean Cooperation
China is planning to create an international tourism zone along its Northeastern border region with Russia and the Democratic People’s Republic of...
Random News Round-Up: Swans, Gold Nuggets, Pigging Out and Prostitutes
While browsing the news it seemed to us like there was an abnormal amount of random news, and we wanted to share some of these bits and bobs with you...
Game Console Ban Lifted
China has lifted its game console producing and selling ban following a trial in Shanghai’s Free Trade Zone. The ban was originally put in place in...