'Go home and date': Chinese firms give single females dating leave
Chinese firms giving single female employees additional annual leave to date.
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Extra holidays for single Chinese female employees
Single female employees over the age of 30 given extra annual days to "go home and date".
Australian govt asks China about missing citizen in potential new diplomatic row
Friends and supporters of the writer Yang Hengjun said he has been detained.
Want to recycle your plastic bags? Too bad
The country's processing plants having hit recycling capacity.
Huawei arrest: US to push ahead with case against executive jailed in Canada
The detentions are making experts cautious about traveling to China, they wrote.
Liam Dann: IMF darkens outlook for global growth
The mood at the World Economic forum in Davos is looking less optimistic this year.
Everest climbers to be cut by a third as China plans clean-up of world's highest peak
Clean up will also include recovery of bodies of climbers who died on the mountain.
Chinese probe adds weight to claim of gene-edited babies
China seems to confirm scientist's claim.
Can China build first base on the moon by 2035?
The technology is already available for an unmanned facility.
Yoga student wins $42k payout after leg bone snaps in gym
Woman was permanently injured when she broke her thigh bone in class.
Gwynne Dyer: Xi rhetoric ensures Taiwan treads carefully
Xi threatens bloody murder if Tsai declares independence, but he knows that she will.
Milk production running ahead of forecast - Fonterra
Fonterra says milk production is running ahead of forecast.
Trudeau lobbies Ardern to support Canada in feud with China
Ardern and Trudeau had a conversation yesterday about the escalating diplomatic feud.
Death ruling ramps up China-Canada tensions
Trudeau expressed "extreme concern" after a Chinese court sentenced a Canadian to death.
Fred Frederikse: Assimilation for Uyghurs
The Chinese-created police state in Uyghurstan has led to mass human rights violations.
Trump's trade war hits Chinese exports
China's trade growth slowed in 2018 as a tariff battle with Washington heated up.
Teen sold kidney for the latest iPhone
Chinese man sold a kidney to the black market to buy latest technological gadgets.
Big Read: China's billions are powering Latin America's tech boom
By pouring investment into mobile commerce, the nation has found another way to dominate.
China has built an antenna five times the size of New York – but at what risk?
New antenna is five times the size of New York City, but some fear cancer risks.
Sky Net: US police are using Chinese facial recognition tech on citizens
China is exporting its cutting-edge facial recognition across the Pacific.
20 children injured in Beijing school attack
There are conflicting reports about whether a hammer or a knife was used in the attack.
The commodities to watch in 2019
Everything from oil and copper to coffee and sugar suffered deep losses in 2018.
Bad stuff the stock market worried about is starting to happen
The fundamentals of the market no longer look strong.
Chinese spacecraft makes first landing on moon's far side
A Chinese spacecraft has made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon.
China's rich brace for tax raid
The nation's wealthiest are concerned about changed set to be introduced in 2019.
Apple warns sales will fall short, cites 'deterioration' in China
Apple has fed fears the economy is slowing faster than expected.
China credit crunch another big red light to global economy
China's credit crunch is posing major risks to the global economy.
Abduction and slavery - Hnin's traumatic tale
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China's world first: Electromagnetic railgun goes to sea
China has beaten the world creating a new superweapon. Now it's been spotted at sea.
'We'll see how frightened America is': China's plot to force US 'surrender'
Beijing has a devastating plan to force the world out of the East and South China Seas.
The curious case of the burgled professor
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Chinese icebreaker makes Christchurch stopover
Xuelong, or the Snow Dragon, is bound for Antarctica.
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It happens every five to seven years - and there are a few troubling signs on the horizon.
Lil Pump facing backlash over racist 'ching chong' slur
Lil Pump is facing an ongoing backlash in China for a video he posted with racial slurs.