A People’s Daily post on Weibo about the hardworking cleaning crew on Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, a high-altitude tourist area in Lijiang, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, has caught public attention. The photos show the cleaning crew picking up litter from the cold and foggy mountain’s steep cliffs while carrying oxygen tanks. They often remove nearly one ton of refuse a day and transport it down the mountain. Netizens praised them for their hard work and called on tourists to stop littering out of respect for these workers and the environment.
For 17 years, a couple in South China’s Jiangxi Province has opened their food stall opposite a cancer hospital to the families of patients. Nicknamed the “cancer fighting kitchen,” the owners, Wan and his wife surnamed Xiong, started their open kitchen in 2003 when a couple asked if they could use the stall to cook for their child, who was receiving treatment at Jiangxi Tumor Hospital. Wan and Xiong agreed and lent them utensils and seasonings. Word of their generosity spread and more families came asking to use their stall to cook. Wan and Xiong bought extra sets of cooking utensils and later charged between 1-3 yuan ($0.15-0.44) to cover basic costs. Wan said the cooking space aims to help families already burdened by medical expenses.
The parents of a 3-year-old girl who appeared morbidly obese in a series of video clips have come under fire for alleged child abuse. Videos posted by the parents to sharing platform Xigua show them feeding junk food to their daughter, who they claim weighs 45 kilograms. In one clip, the parents keep filling the girl’s plate with food despite her protests. In another video, the girl struggles to walk and keep her balance while the parents announce with excitement that she would “soon cross 50 kilos.” For reference, an average 3 year old weighs between 14 and 15 kilograms, according to the World Health Organization. Amid netizen outcry, Xigua has removed the videos.
An eighth grade math textbook with different versions for boys and girls has sparked accusations of sexism. According to publisher East China Normal University Press, the book draws inspiration from Schoolboy Jia Li and Schoolgirl Jia Mei, a popular teen novel series, and was designed with an online learning platform to maximize gender advantages in math learning based on big data. Facing criticism for reinforcing gender stereotypes among teenagers, the publisher issued an apology on Weibo and said it has recalled the book.
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