Whilst many complain about strict company policies enforced by Catbert types bosses, none sounded as strange as this recent ruling by a Chinese company. Based in Chongqing, this workplace has enforced an unusual divorce regulation which asks the couple...
Topics: cash gifts, china, Compensate, divorce, news, work colleagues

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These photos, taken by photographer Han Meng, give us a startling look at what those who live well under the poverty line must do to ensure the safety of their children.Chen Chuanliu is an unlicensed rickshaw driver in the city of Beijing who felt the...
Topics: China, News, Photos

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Government officials in Hunan province in southern China have renamed a local mountain after a mountain in the Avatar movie, which they claim was based on the scenic spot.The Southern Sky Column in Zhangjiajie was formally named Avatar Hallelujah...
Topics: arts, avatar, china, cinema, film, mountain, movie, News, Photos, tourism, weird

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As many as 24 million eligible bachelors in China may never be able to marry because of a lack of women in the country.New stats from the State-backed Chinese Academy of Social Sciences show there has been no let up in China’s 20-year-old gender...
Topics: bachelor, china, marriage, News, one child policy, population, single

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In an absurd twist of fate and a rather distinct and unusual statement on the need to recycle, residents of Shanghai got the surprise of their life when earlier this month a major new bridge collapsed, revealing its components to be mostly rubbish and...
Topics: China, concrete bridge. Wusong River bridge, news, Photos, rubbish bridge, Shanghai news

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