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Weekendist June 14-16: Shanghai Pride, Pride5 Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival
Shanghai International Film Festival starts today! Pride5 Week tomorrow! Then there's even the Pride5 Film Festival on Sunday! Excessive overlap be damned. There's a lot going on this weekend, but we're determined to make the most out of all three festivals in all their inaugural glory. [ more › ]
British teen refused job at The Body Shop for not speaking Chinese
A retail branch of The Body Shop in Cambridge surprised 18 year old beauty student Zoe Churchman when it denied her application for a part-time job because of her inability to speak Chinese, the BBC reports. [ more › ]
Shanghai PRIDE 5: Rundown of main events
Shanghai Pride returns to the city for a fifth year this weekend, check out our rundown of the main events taking place during China's premier LGBT pride event. [ more › ]
When suits cost more than cars: HK$1 million suit sold in Hong Kong
For the extravagantly rich bored of wasting money buying luxury cars (a brand new Porsche 2013 911 Carrera has a suggested retail price of $84,300), how about buying a luxury suit? Hong Kong-based Apsley Tailor sold a suit on May 29 for HK$1 million ($129,000), SCMP reports. [ more › ]
Top China Stories from WSJ: Chen to Leave NYU, Snowden Under Fire
U.S. lawmakers briefed on NSA surveillance programs trained their fire on Edward Snowden; Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident who escaped informal house arrest in 2012 and fled to the U.S., will leave his post at New York Univers...
Rescue on as Philippine Ferry Sinks With 60 Aboard
(MANILA, Philippines) — An inter-island ferry with about 60 people on board sank in the central Philippines early Friday, and coast guard said that 34 people have been rescued so far. One death has been reported. The ferry left Pio Duran port in Albay province and sank three hours later at about 5 a.m. Show More Summary
French expat gets beat up outside Bar 88
On Monday at 4:15am, in an incident which took place outside Bar 88 on Xinle Lu, French expat, Thomas [full name withheld at his request] was attacked by seven Chinese men. He suffered an open wound on his head that required multiple stitches and severe bruising on his back, side and chest. [ more › ]
Shenzhou 10 successfully docks with orbiting space module
The crew of the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft have successfully docked with the Tiangong 1 orbital space module. [ more › ]
Six people diagnosed with cancer in China every minute
Six people are diagnosed with cancer every minute in China, according to a new report in a Chinese medical journal. [ more › ]
Quirky company hands out condoms to employees for Dragon Boat Festival
An employee in Hunan province was stunned to receive 40 condoms from his company, gifted to him during Dragon Boat Festival as part of the company's rewards and benefits package. [ more › ]
Chinese national sentenced to 12 years in US for piracy
A US court has sentenced a Chinese national to 12 years in prison for selling over $100m (614 million yuan) of pirated software, the BBC reports. [ more › ]
No-one turns up to welcome China’s football team in Hefei
China’s national men’s football team is so unloved that the only reason the media report their arrival in a city in China is that no-one turns up to welcome them. Thus the team’s movements around the country is such a non-event that it’s actually newsworthy. Show More Summary
Hong Kong hosts pro-gay Christian conference
A group of 300 Christians gathered over the weekend in Hong Kong to discuss Christianity and its role for LGBT believers. [ more › ]
Former Iran President Opposes Election Boycott
(TEHRAN, Iran) — A former Iranian president who was blocked from a comeback bid is urging voters not to boycott Friday’s election. Many reform-minded Iranians say they will snub the election over crackdowns by Iranian authorities and the decision to keep former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from the ballot. Show More Summary
Getting China’s Tower of Babel on Record
Two Americans have taken on a daunting task: trying to get an audio record of all of the thousands of China’s languages and dialects before they disappear
Plane slides off runway during landing at Shanghai airport
A China Eastern Airlines plane from Huai'an to Shanghai Hongqiao ran off the runway on Wednesday when it landed during torrential rain, Shanghai Daily reports. [ more › ]
Goldman Strategist’s 6% Call for China Growth
A steady drizzle of recent disappointing data has experts busily downgrading their forecasts for China’s economy. Some analysts' expectations are more pessimistic than others.
Yes, Astrill VPN is down
From personal, frustrating experience, communications with friends around the country, and this lengthy discussion on Reddit it would seem that Astrill VPN is down for nearly everyone in China at the moment. The company's website is also inaccessible. [ more › ]
Beijing Reacts to Snowden Claims U.S. Hacked ‘Hundreds’ of Chinese Targets
The China Daily, the Chinese government’s English-language mouthpiece, couldn’t have been handed a better story. On June 13, Edward Snowden, the former contractor for the U.S. National Security Agency who exposed a vast American electronic...Show More Summary
Volunteer organ donor register to launch this month
China's first online volunteer organ donor registry will launch this month, China Daily reports. [ more › ]
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