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How Many of These Top 10 Chinese Internet Buzzwords Do You Know?

The year 2022 is a year that many mainland Chinese people do not want to remember, especially when the Beijing authorities suddenly loosened the restrictions on epidemic prevention without any notice. As a result, many older adults died, and tragedies continued. This led to the use of new Internet buzzwords. A few days ago, the official ...

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Bright yellow sign that says 'Lockdown' is hanging on a metal fence with houses seen in the blurred background.

Can Xi Jinping Revive China’s Demographic Dividend? The Secret Behind ‘Common Prosperity’

On January 17, China’s National Bureau of Statistics released economic and demographic data on China. This has impacted China’s demographic dividend. According to the data, in 2022, 9.56 million babies were born, and 10.41 million people died, which means that China’s population decreased by about 850,000 people, down to 1.41 billion, with a natural population ...

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People walking at the Bund in Shanghai, China.

Inside China’s Most Unbelievable Scam | Local Government Involved in Fraud

Recently, a highly unbelievable fraud case has been widely discussed on the Internet in mainland China, but all related reports have since been deleted. The main instigator behind the fraud was the municipal government of Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, which involved the wages of thousands of migrant workers and hundreds of millions of project funds. ...

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A 100 Yuan note.

Tragedy Strikes at China’s Sanmenxia Dam

On January 22, 2023, the Sanmenxia Dam in Henan Province, known as the first dam on the Yellow River, unexpectedly released water, causing the river’s water level to surge. At the time, downstream from the dam, the river had almost dried up, and many people were taking photos by the shallow banks of the river. ...

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China's Sanmenxia Dam.