Amid protests and violence across the US, Chinese officials are trolling hard — China has been eagerly lapping up the chaos from the protests and unrest in the United States resulting from the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, though they haven’t quite got the lingo down yet. In response to a tweet from Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission…

The high price of love — Demonstrating the tremendous cost of love, a woman has become a billionaire overnight. Du Weimin (杜伟民), the chairman of Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products Co, has transferred 161.3 million company shares to his ex-wife, Yuan Liping (袁莉萍), as part of the couple’s divorce settlement. The shares are worth a whopping $3.29…

Maybe just don’t let him have a smartphone? — Chinese parents have been picking up some parenting tips from one mom in the Shandong city of Binzhou who has managed to make her kid fear looking at smartphones. While her son was sleeping, the mother applied eyeshadow around his eyes so that when he woke up and saw himself…

The plane also boasts mahjong tables and air-conditioning — At a neighborhood in the Sichuan capital of Chengdu, residents can board an airplane to do some shopping or play mahjong. The old retired Soviet plane sits in the middle of the residential community surrounded by trees and a pool. It has been dubbed the “European Garden.”

The chip will contain information like the name and contact information of its owner — While humans have voiced many concerns about China’s “dystopian” surveillance practices, the ones who should really be complaining are the canines. Shenzhen has announced plans to implant microchips on all dogs registered in the city by the end of this year. The microchip is only about the size of a…

In lieu of the earthworm eating, they could be fined 500 yuan — After they failed to meet expectations, a company in Guizhou decided to “encourage” its employees to work harder in the future by forcing them to eat earthworms for breakfast. All workers at the company in the city of Bijie were required to devour one of the grubs or else be fined 500 yuan ($70). To avoid the fine, many employees accepted the punishment and ate a worm as their coworkers looked on.

The 2-year-old was waiting for her family inside the elevator when the door closed — While parents in China are known to put their kids on leashes to keep them safe, the exact opposite thing happened recently at a Hubei apartment building. In surveillance video, a 2-year-old girl is seen waiting in an elevator for her family with a rope fastened around her wrist. However…

Is your Chinese at Level 9? — Foreign students studying the Chinese language will soon be able to measure their linguistic skills all the way up to Level 9. The HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, 汉语水平考试), the standardized test of Chinese proficiency for non-native speakers, has announced that it will be making some changes to the exam’s format…

The boys have apologized to the girl — A brutal beating of a young girl by a laughing group of boys has recently shocked and horrified the Chinese internet. In video footage filmed by a bystander, three boys are seen harassing and attacking a girl who tells them off but does not fight back. The girl is surrounded…