A four-year-old boy accidentally bumped into the woman's hip while running through the dining area at a restaurant in Changsha, the woman then pulled the boy, causing minor injury.
She demanded the family record a video apology for "harassment," while the parents insisted she should first apologize for hurting their son.
Neither side would back down. Now it's all over Chinese social media.
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Taoism in Africa 🌊☯️
The first representative meeting of the African Taoist Federation just took place in Mauritius.
Local opera performances, 1920s, NW China's Gansu Province, by Father Leo Van Dyke.
Heartbreaking!
A relentless torrential downpour nearly destroyed a thousand-year-old ancient village in Putian, Fujian.
Founded during the Tang Dynasty, Xiagao Village 莆田霞皋村preserved numerous historic structures from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties.
Tragically, many of these ancient buildings suffered severe damage in the storm.
We hold onto hope for their future restoration and rebuilding. 🌸
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Café in a cave, SW China’s Guiyang.
A glimpse of Shanghai, 1991 — from the film My American Grandson (aka Shanghai Holiday上海假期), directed by Ann Hui许鞍华.
HRH Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand during her visit to the Forbidden City in 2001.
The two individuals kneeling on the ground are accompanying Thai staff members—a Royal Thai etiquette tradition that continues to this day.
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The Chinese Labour Corps, recruited by the British during World War I, serving in Egypt in 1918. From Albert Kahn's Archives of the Planet.
After a 10-day trip to China, Ronald Sakolsky has returned to the United States today. Before leaving, he wrote this letter by hand to bid farewell to China.
A heartwarming reunion after 27 years!
In 1999, American Ronald Sakolsky donated $5,000 to Yin Yuzhen, a Chinese woman battling desertification in Inner Mongolia's Maowusu Desert. Over the past two decades, she used the funds to plant over 50,000 trees.
Now, Sakolsky has returned to China to see the miracle firsthand—and together, they planted a tree symbolizing China-US friendship.
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From political alliance to a happy marriage.
Pujie, Emperor Puyi's younger brother and heir to the puppet state of Manchukuo, and his Japanese wife Hiro Saga.
They were arranged to marry but had an unexpected happy life and 2 daughters in later years.
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Following last Friday’s devastating mudslide at Tibet’s Gyirong Port, search and rescue crews who worked today encountered a muddy plush rabbit resting in the silt.
Firefighters delicately picked it up, cleaned it and placed it high on a rock, keeping this small token of comfort safe from rising water.
With the toy secured, they immediately turned back into the deep mud, continuing their critical mission to save lives.
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Home Owners, series Chinese portraits in rural areas of central China’s Henan Province, 1990-2000.
📸by Jiang Jian.
Then & Now, Gyirong Port.
Perched on two towering stone pillars over 30 meters high, these twin pagodas have stood on a mountain in Chengde, Hebei, since the Liao Dynasty—over 1,000 years ago.
How they were built remains an unsolved mystery.
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A middle school in Hubei Province uses outstanding calligraphy works by its students as the school nameplate, and it is replaced with a new one every week.
A heartwarming reunion after 27 years!
In 1999, American Ronald Sakolsky donated $5,000 to Yin Yuzhen, a Chinese woman battling desertification in Inner Mongolia's Maowusu Desert. Over the past two decades, she used the funds to plant over 50,000 trees.
Now, Sakolsky has returned to China to see the miracle firsthand—and together, they planted a tree symbolizing China-US friendship.
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Xu Jiayin (许家印), founder of China Evergrande Group and former China’s richest man, was sentenced to life in prison by a Shenzhen court today.
He was convicted of fundraising fraud, illegal deposit-taking, securities fraud and embezzlement.
Evergrande Group was fined RMB 8.82 billion; Evergrande Real Estate RMB 7 billion. All his personal assets are seized.
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Days when Beijing has smog, 1997, view from the Drum Tower.
A statue in Hangzhou Library dedicated to an extraordinary soul: Wei Sihao韦思浩, the "scavenger" scholar.
By day, he collected recyclables on the streets of Hangzhou. By night, he buried his head in books at the Hangzhou Library. Every single time before he touched a page, he would carefully wash his hands out of sheer respect for knowledge.
When critics questioned why a scavenger was allowed inside, the library gave a beautiful reply: "We are a public institution. Knowledge belongs to everyone, without tiers or classes."
The moving truth only unfolded after he tragically passed away in a car accident in 2015. Wei wasn’t just a scavenger—he was a retired school teacher who chose this humble life to quietly donate every penny he made to support underprivileged students.
In 2018, the public crowdfunded this bronze statue inside the library to honor his memory.
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Shanghai street fashion, 1986, Nanjing Road.