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Planet China

The strangest stories from the Middle Kingdom...

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Eyes on the road, please.
Apr 20, 2018 (WiC 405)

Multi-tasking is generally considered a skill, but it’s not so desirable when applied to bus drivers. According to ThePaper.cn, a driver in Dalian was suspended this month after footage online showed him reading a book and cleaning his shoes ...

No Butts
Apr 13, 2018 (WiC 404)

Everyone wants clean streets, but has the government of Shaanxi’s capital Xi’an taken things a bit too far? That was the question both media and netizens were asking this month after Legal Daily reported on punishments being doled out to the ...

Meet the parents
Apr 6, 2018 (WiC 403)

In a country as big as China many extraordinary things occur. This one was first reported by a CCTV programme called Legal Lectures and has gone viral since late last month. It involves Guo Xiu and her boyfriend Wang Youzhi who were ...

Not seeing eye to eye
Mar 23, 2018 (WiC 402)

Double-fold eyelid operations are a favourite for many of China’s female plastic surgery customers who are looking to emulate the double lid look of stars like Angelababy. But for Xiao Zhang the operation was a disappointment, however. In fact ...

A phone for the next generation
Mar 16, 2018 (WiC 401)

Today’s toddlers upgrade from rattles to digital devices pretty quickly, with parents seeing the likes of an iPad as a welcome way to distract their offspring. But for a woman from Shanghai the strategy backfired when her two year-old got hold ...

Ambulance chaser
Mar 9, 2018 (WiC 400)

As Chinese roads get more congested, frustrated commuters are getting more creative in reducing their travel times. And according to NetEase, one commuter from Xi’an has tried to get into the fast lane by buying a van and converting it into an ...

Family Embrace
Mar 2, 2018 (WiC 399)

Revelations of sexual harassment across the entertainment industry were one of the biggest news stories in 2017. But they don’t seem to have reached the residents of the Jiangsu city of Yancheng. In recent days a video of a wedding banquet has ...

A worrying new trend: Dognapping
Feb 15, 2018 (WiC 398)

As dog ownership grows in China a new business has emerged – kidnapping pets and holding them for ransom. In many cases people simply pay up, desperate to have their pet returned. A common threat is to sell it for meat if the owners ...

No place like home
Feb 9, 2018 (WiC 397)

During this time of a year, millions of Chinese make long journeys home to celebrate the advent of the Lunar New Year with their families. Social media has been fascinated this year with one tale involving a male college student who travelled ...

Left Behind
Feb 2, 2018 (WiC 396)

WiC once heard the story of an adventurous American family that decided in the late 1990s to drive along China’s old Silk Road (long before it became a trendy investment theme). At one point they accidentally left one of their kids behind in a ...

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Planet China

The strangest stories from the Middle Kingdom...

Eyes on the road, please. Apr 20, 2018 (WiC 405) Multi-tasking is generally considered a skill, but it’s not so desirable when applied to bus drivers. According to ThePaper.cn, a driver in Dalian was suspended this month after footage online showed him reading a book and cleaning his shoes ...

No Butts Apr 13, 2018 (WiC 404) Everyone wants clean streets, but has the government of Shaanxi’s capital Xi’an taken things a bit too far? That was the question both media and netizens were asking this month after Legal Daily reported on punishments being doled out to the ...

Meet the parents Apr 6, 2018 (WiC 403) In a country as big as China many extraordinary things occur. This one was first reported by a CCTV programme called Legal Lectures and has gone viral since late last month. It involves Guo Xiu and her boyfriend Wang Youzhi who were ...

Not seeing eye to eye Mar 23, 2018 (WiC 402) Double-fold eyelid operations are a favourite for many of China’s female plastic surgery customers who are looking to emulate the double lid look of stars like Angelababy. But for Xiao Zhang the operation was a disappointment, however. In fact ...

Ambulance chaser Mar 9, 2018 (WiC 400) As Chinese roads get more congested, frustrated commuters are getting more creative in reducing their travel times. And according to NetEase, one commuter from Xi’an has tried to get into the fast lane by buying a van and converting it into an ...

Family Embrace Mar 2, 2018 (WiC 399) Revelations of sexual harassment across the entertainment industry were one of the biggest news stories in 2017. But they don’t seem to have reached the residents of the Jiangsu city of Yancheng. In recent days a video of a wedding banquet has ...

A worrying new trend: Dognapping Feb 15, 2018 (WiC 398) As dog ownership grows in China a new business has emerged – kidnapping pets and holding them for ransom. In many cases people simply pay up, desperate to have their pet returned. A common threat is to sell it for meat if the owners ...

No place like home Feb 9, 2018 (WiC 397) During this time of a year, millions of Chinese make long journeys home to celebrate the advent of the Lunar New Year with their families. Social media has been fascinated this year with one tale involving a male college student who travelled ...

Left Behind Feb 2, 2018 (WiC 396) WiC once heard the story of an adventurous American family that decided in the late 1990s to drive along China’s old Silk Road (long before it became a trendy investment theme). At one point they accidentally left one of their kids behind in a ...