Timely reports on issues and events from across China. Drawing on a vast range of sources, these succinct articles provide insights into the significance of each issue in a wider context.

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China Clears New Formula for Patients Who Must Limit Protein

The nutritional powder, tailored to patients with a genetic disease limiting protein intake, contains less fat and carbohydrates than past formulas.

Jiang Xinyi

China’s Hit New Reality Show Shifts Focus From Love to Friendship

Breaking from the tradition of romantic pairings, “I Miss You” brings pairs of celebrity former friends back together on an 18-day trip through southwestern China.

Chinese Study: Depressed Moms’ Breast Milk May Change Babies’ Brains

The research offers a potential new biological reason as to why these children are more likely to face cognitive, behavioral, and mental health challenges.

Fan Yiying

90 Face Chinese Legal Action After $1 Billion Tax Fraud

The criminal ring used shell companies to generate fake invoices for customers seeking to evade taxes over three years, profiting by charging additional invoice service fees.

He Qitong

China’s Lao Gan Ma Takes the Heat for Alleged Layoffs Due to AI

The famed chili sauce brand has come under fire after an official reportedly said the company cut 500 jobs to implement AI-powered pepper sorting.

Li Xin

Women, Teens Helped Build Terracotta Army, Chinese Study Says

The study, which analyzed ancient fingerprints left on the statues, is the first to assess the division of labor involved in the production of the first emperor of China’s ghostly army.

Chinese Reality Show’s Medical Students Criticized as Incompetent 

The eighth season of “An Exciting Offer,” which follows the lives of medical students, has drawn pushback online after participants revealed serious gaps in their training and knowledge.

China Develops 1-Gram, Wireless Microscope for Lab Animal Use

The device, reportedly the lightest wireless mesoscope in the world, allows scientists to observe thousands of neurons in free-roaming mice.

In Stitches: Why Young Chinese Are Buying Clothes They Can Throw Away 

Young Chinese are buying clothes tailored to destinations from sunny beaches to snowy peaks and designed to be worn once or twice for as little as a few yuan.

China Approves Nation’s First Brainstem Implant for Deafness

The device is intended for young deaf children who cannot use traditional cochlear implants due to inner ear malformations.