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Deputy Head of the Central Office of the Chinese Communist Party, Kong Shaosen, Transferred, Once Removed Hu Jintao from the Venue
Kong Shaosen, deputy head of the Central Office of the Chinese Communist Party, was recently transferred to the position of deputy secretary of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Provincial Government Party Group. During the closure of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 2022, Kong Shaosen, following orders from the party leader Xi Jinping, directed staff to remove Hu Jintao from the venue, sparking widespread attention and speculation.
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Children Abroad, Shanghai Couple in their 90s Still Hopes to Live to 100
A Shanghai couple in their late 90s, with their children living abroad, choose to stay in Shanghai to care for each other. Faced with aging, illness, and loneliness, they do not solely rely on their children in their later years but strive to maintain their independence and seek support from the community and society.
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Suspected Bromine Leak at Chemical Plant in Fujian, Site Covered in Orange Mist
On August 29, a chemical plant in Quanzhou, Fujian, was suspected to have a bromine leak, turning the sky above the plant into a surreal orange color, causing concerns among the public about potential health threats.
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Yale Chinese-American Student Dies in Car Accident, Family Receives Millions in Settlement
In 2016, Yale University student Joshua Chang died in a car accident in Milton, Georgia. After years of legal battles, the city recently reached an agreement with the family: paying a settlement of ten million dollars and naming a nearby bridge after the student.
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Raised by Wolves for Years, Spanish “Wolf Boy” Passes Away at 80
Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja, who lived barefoot and half-naked with a pack of wolves in the mountains in his youth, was undisturbed by cold and loneliness. However, the coldness of the human world made it difficult for him to adapt throughout his life.
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Blocking Flood Reporting in China, Foreign Journalists: Harder than Reporting in Pyongyang
On Friday, August 28, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that now it is more challenging for foreign media to interview Tibetans than Pyongyang residents, making it difficult to know the true situation of the affected people.
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Floods in China and Nepal Shocking the World, Can “Glacial Burst” be Predicted?
A catastrophic flood supposedly triggered by a glacier collapse suddenly swept through the China-Nepal border region this week. A giant “debris flow” composed of floodwaters, mud, and rocks tore through southwestern Tibet, along the Lhende River, causing hundreds of deaths and thousands missing in central Nepal.
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Activities of Gansu Governor Ren Zhenhe and Deputy Secretary Shi Moujun Abnormal
On August 29, Deputy Head of the Central Office Kong Shaosen surfaced as the deputy secretary of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Provincial Government Party Group, conventionally set to become the governor. The whereabouts of Gansu Governor Ren Zhenhe are unknown; on August 28, Ren Zhenhe and Deputy Secretary of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee Shi Moujun were notably absent from a meeting of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee.
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Shrinking Gold Jewelry Consumption in Mainland China, Lao Fengxiang’s Net Profit Drops by Over 70% in a Quarter
Gold jewelry consumption in mainland China declined by over thirty percent in the first half of the year, and leading gold jewelry brand Lao Fengxiang saw a sixty percent drop in revenue and over seventy percent drop in net profit in the second quarter. The brand also closed over 540 franchise stores in the first half of the year.
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Typhoon Shadel Moves, Heavy Rain in Multiple Chinese Regions Extended to Early September
After weakening into a tropical low-pressure system, Typhoon Shadel continued to move further into mainland China, affecting southern regions alongside the influx of cold air from the south. The center of heavy rainfall is shifting westward from Jiangxi to Hunan, Guangxi, and parts of Hainan Island, with heavy rain expected to continue in southern regions until early September.
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FBI Declassifies Fang Fang Case: Nationwide Netting and “Operation Newborn 15”
The third episode describes the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s nationwide netting and “Operation Newborn 15” (2014–2015), analyzing FBI criminal surveillance, straw donor political contributions, intern infiltration, and scandals involving several mayors in the Midwest.
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Disaster Reoccurs at the Jilong Port Over a Year Later, Revealing Natural Disasters Amid Human Error
Over 414 days after the disaster at the Jilong Port, a small calamity turned into a major disaster, exposing the quiet absence of China’s disaster risk early warning system.
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Shanghai Personnel Changes, Li Qiang’s Former Aide Zhu Zhongming Takes Over Gong Zheng’s Position
Before the Fifth Plenary Session of the Chinese Communist Party, there were personnel changes in Shanghai. Zhu Zhongming, deputy secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, has taken over as the secretary of the municipal government party group from Gong Zheng and is expected to succeed Gong Zheng as the mayor of Shanghai. Zhu Zhongming is a former aide of Premier Li Qiang, drawing attention to the personnel positioning battle before the 21st National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Depressed Chinese Car Market, GAC Group’s Net Loss of 4.5 Billion Yuan Widens by 76%
Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (GAC Group) announced on August 29 that the attributable net profit to shareholders of the listed company in the first half of the year was a loss of 4.467 billion yuan, a 75.98% decrease from the same period last year. This indicates that even GAC Group could not escape the downturn in the Chinese automotive market.
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Rejected by 16 Elite Schools, California Chinese-American Top Student Pushes Lawsuit Forward
An outstanding Chinese-American high school student from Palo Alto, California, applied to 18 universities across the U.S. but was rejected by 16 of them, including several top-tier institutions. He and his father subsequently filed a civil lawsuit against the University of California and other schools regarding their admissions policies. Now, this father-son duo has achieved a victory in court: a federal judge allows their civil rights lawsuit alleging anti-Asian bias in the university admissions process to proceed.