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China’s Youth Unemployment Rate Hits New High

Freight or Flight: COVID Wake Leaves Shanghai’s Port High and Dry

Though some restrictions have been lifted, container ship schedules remain unstable.

On Support Groups for Singles

Young Chinese Have Shunned Marriage. Now, They Want Singles’ Rights.

Henan Bank Depositors Slam Gov’t Response to Red Health Code Saga

While local authorities haven’t given a concrete response yet, legal experts say the use of health codes for more than pandemic control is illegal.

Torrential Rains Flood Fujian

The area around the Fuzhou Jinshan Temple after it was submerged by rising waters in Fuzhou, Fujian province, June 14, 2022. At least three people have died in the floods. IC

Shanghai University Student Expelled for Spiking Schoolmate’s Drink

A 21-year-old male university student was expelled after he was found to have spiked a female schoolmate’s coffee, Shanghai International Studies University said Wednesday. The student, surnamed Yin, confessed to lacing the drink with taurine tablets while the victim was away from her seat Sunday. The tablets are sometimes marketed in China as a “love drug.”