Men in the relatively affluent eastern coastal province of Zhejiang typically pay $24,000 — more than three times their average annual income — to their future spouse’s family
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WATCH: Backstreet Boys Cuddle and Serenade Baby Pandas in China
And our excitement is, naturally, larger than life
Reading While Eating for May 30: Pigging Out
From China’s bacon deal to McDonald’s pasta, here are the must-read links for your lunch break.
Tourist Behaving Badly: Chinese Teen Defaces Egyptian Relic
Turns out Chinese tourists can be as obnoxious as travelers from every other country on earth.
The $400,000 Racing Pigeon Named after Olympian Usain Bolt
The record-setting price for the most expensive racing pigeon ever sold topped the $328,000 bill for another bird, Blue Prince, in 2012
WATCH: Chinese Newborn Rescued From Sewer Pipe
Emergency workers have rescued a newborn boy from a narrow sewer pipe beneath a public restroom in a residential building in eastern China
China’s Gourmet-Seafood Sales Sink, Casualty of Frugality Campaign
After President Xi Jinping launched the campaign, officials and other Chinese elites have refrained from ordering luxurious seafood
Reading While Eating for May 9: The Circle of Life
From jobs that are a bear to a video of a bear eating a monkey, here are the links you gotta see during your lunch break.
40 Tons of Tainted Pork Allegedly Sold in China
Three people in Fujian province were arrested for processing pigs that had died of infectious diseases and selling the inedible pork, with two of the suspects initially hired by a county government to safely dispose of the pig …
WATCH: Death-Defying Daredevil Performs Stunts from Towering China Bridge
We might say “Don’t try this at home,” but then what are the chances your home is anywhere near an almost 4,000-foot-long bridge with a peak height of more than 1,000 feet?
Hong Kong’s Solicitors Want to Wear the Same Wigs as Barristers
But why would any lawyer want the right to put on a headpiece that practitioners in other former British colonies have abandoned?
Boston Bombing: World Reacts with Flood of Tributes
As citizens of Boston slowly come to terms with Monday’s horrific attack, tributes have continued to pour in from around the globe.