Populous eastern Asian nation which has undergone a myriad of changes over the years, but remains one of the oldest civilizations in the world.
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Did a woman go blind after playing a mobile game?
The article Chinese woman blinded in one eye after playing game likened to electronic heroin stats:
The 21-year-old woman suddenly lost sight in her right eye after playing the game for the whole day over the weekend ... in Dongguan, Guangdong…
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Did China plant 66 billion trees since 2003?
According to Factocoexist.com:
Even though millions of acres of rainforest have disappeared around
the world over the last decade, there are now more trees and other
vegetation on the planet than there were in 2003. One big part of the
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Was a note from a Chinese political prisoner Ting Kun Ding found in a Primark sock?
There's an unsettling viral article / twitter happening doing the rounds at the moment, telling the story of a note apparently from a Chinese political prisoner, found in a sock bought in a branch of high-profile UK budget clothes store…
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Did Zhang Zongchang order each player in a basketball game be given their own ball?
There is a claim that Chinese warlord, Zhang Zongchang was confused by the sport of basketball:
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After seeing a basketball game for the first time, he allegedly asked "Why the hell are they fighting over a single ball? We're the hosts. Are we…
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Did Rossiya 24 show an advertisement for Russian women to marry Chinese men?
A clip floating on various subreddits purports to show that:
Russian State TV now shows advertising for Russian Women to marry Chinese Men. Promising them a better life...
The clip seems to show a dating or marriage-arrangement app with…
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Has China stated that their no-first-use policy for nuclear weapons doesn't apply to countries that possess territories that China claims as its own?
According to an Indian journalist:
China had asserted before that its NFU would not apply against countries that are in possession of the Chinese territory. That means that China’s NFU does not apply to India as it asserts claims to Indian…
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Did China achieve its benchmark of lifting 1.4 billion people out of poverty mainly by lowering the standard?
In the video "Poor Chinese Girl eats RATS" (which is from the same source as the one deriding China for declaring itself a "developing country", FWTW) it is said that:
their blustering of lifting all these 1.4 billion people out of poverty. It's…
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Were unsuspecting visitors pranked at the East Taihang Glasswalk?
The East Taihang Glasswalk is a skywalk in the mountains in China.
It purportedly had special effect that makes it appear to crack when you step into it.
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One glass bridge in China is getting a lot of attention right now after…
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Were the Chinese tennis events cancelled by the WTA in relation to Peng Shuai already cancelled because of COVID-19?
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) announced it is cancelling "all WTA tournaments in China, including Hong Kong" based on recent events surrounding Peng Shuai.
Long before #PengShuai’s case, WTA has suspended all tournaments in China and Japan…
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Is China's GDP data politically manipulated?
In 2010, a World Bank economist denied that China's GDP figures were politically manipulated:
Is the data manipulated by the authorities to meet political objectives? My answer to it, at least regarding the data in recent years, is a firm NO. How…
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Did Mao Zedong have a person executed for saying his mangoes looked like a sweet potato?
This video entitled Mao's Miraculous Mangoes! is a bit satirical, but the one claim that somebody got executed during the cultural revolution for saying a mango looked like a sweet potato, is just ludicrous enough that I wonder if it really…
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Was the Wuhan Center for Disease Control & Prevention hosting coronavirus-infected bats near the COVID-19 initial outbreak?
Botao Xiao et al wrote titled The possible origins of 2019-nCoV coronavirus:
We screened the area around the seafood
market and identified two laboratories conducting research on bat coronavirus. Within ~280
meters from the market, there was…
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Are millions of chinese men without wives because of population gender imbalance?
I keep finding articles stating that because of the One Child Policy, there is a big gender imbalance in China. They say it's bad enough that millions of men won't be able to find a wife.…
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Did a Chinese zookeeper lick a monkey's anus for an hour in order to save its life?
This gawker article claims that a zoo keeper licked a monkey's anus for an hour in order help it pass an peanut.
Being too big to pass through the monkey's system naturally, the peanut had to be extracted manually. Apparently, that meant licking…
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Was the Chinese ship Da Cui Yun carrying materials for building WMD?
Chinese ship carrying suspected cargo to Pakistan allowed to leave, equipment held back
DRDO confirms Chinese ship India stopped was carrying nuclear-capable equipment to Pakistan
The above article says that: India seized a Chinese ship that was…
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