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Wuzhen Theater Festival 

An artist performs during the 10th Wuzhen Theater Festival in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, Oct. 19, 2023. Launched in 2013, the festival has become an annual celebration of theater with plays, dialogues and carnivals held in the ancient town. VCG

Body Found in Shanghai Girl Disappearance

Shanghai police said on Thursday that the body of the 4-year-old girl who went missing on a beach in southeast Shanghai two weeks ago was found in a tidal pool in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, 100 kilometers away from Shanghai.The girl’s father surnamed Huang had said that he left his daughter on the beach alone to retrieve his cell phone and was unable to find her 10 minutes later. The disappearance had attracted widespread public attention, with accusations of neglect hurled at the parents.

On Chinese Burgers Fighting for a Seat at the Table

The Chinese Burger Startups Vying to Take a Bite Out of KFC

After Dog Mauls Child, Chinese Cities Push to Tighten Pet Laws

Earlier this week, footage surfaced online showing a black rottweiler assaulting a young child and her mother.

Glass-Jawed Undergrads

You’ve scored top marks on China’s gaokao college entrance exam. But can you put your pants on without cramping? Getting into college in China has never been easy, and secondary school schedules leave little time for training the body as well as the mind. Literally meaning “crispy skin college students,” the #脆皮大学生 tag has become a playful hangout for the country’s less physically gifted college students — a place they can go to swap stories of pratfalls, poor immune systems, and embarrassing injuries. Turns out a sharp intellect is no match for a slippery floor.