Filial piety has been at the core of China’s elderly care system for centuries, but as society rapidly changes, new avenues are being explored to help make sure the country’s elderly are taken care of in their twilight years.
A wealthy man in China who turned his back on business to become a Buddhist monk has given sanctuary to hundreds of single mothers and abandoned children.
A fuming woman farmer in rural China went berserk with a brick after a man drove over her carefully planted roadside crops, smashing up his expensive car.
The case of a doctor in China who was jailed for giving medical support to a group of prostitutes more than a decade ago, has sparked an online debate after it was reviewed by a lawyer.
A nanny in China has been duped out of a lot of money and left to care for a baby by a couple who claimed they had been bequeathed a massive estate and were going to collect it, then vanished.
A man in China with an obvious disability forgot his government-issued pass at a railway station and was asked by staff to show evidence he was eligible to travel without paying.
A woman in China who lost her fisherman husband at sea 4 years ago and has received monthly payments since from a generous benefactor whose identity she recently discovered has taken her family on a long journey to thank him.
A bright girl who was only half way through year two of her secondary school studies was told by her angry mother that learning is a waste of money, and was sent out to work instead.
A growing number of young adults in China have decided to become “full-time children” who are paid by their parents to handle household tasks.
A landlord in China has taken a couple and their baby girl under his wing, caring for them in his Shanghai home as though they are his own family.
An academic high achiever from China who built a successful life in the United States, only to see it fall apart leaving him living on the streets of New York for the past 16 years, is finally getting help to ease his plight.
A boy in China, who became upset because he felt immense pressure to achieve academically, went to his local police station to tell them about the unregulated classes his parents made him attend at weekends.
An irresponsible husband in China has been lambasted on mainland social media after he left his five-month pregnant wife at home alone to go out drinking with his friends.
A distraught single father is grieving after the death of his only child whose life he desperately tried to save by donating a section of his liver to her.
A shocked husband in China has filed for divorce after he discovered that the daughters he had with his wife of 16 years are not his.
As property rents soar in China’s big cities, a man in Shanghai has turned his car into a dwelling place, saving US$1,400 in the process.
A mother in China has complained that her flu-suffering son’s school had “deprived him of his right to education” because a teacher separated him from his classmates.
A lively discussion about strict parenting has unfolded on mainland social media after a father in China made his young son sample the harsh realities of making money to encourage the boy to study harder at school.
A considerate big brother, aged 10, in China wanted his young sister to enjoy her kindergarten sports day so much that he played the role of their deceased father to help her win events, moving many on mainland social media.
An 84-year-old woman in China, who was moved by the plight of children in poverty who cannot afford warm winter clothes, embarked on a jumper knitting marathon that has seen her produce around 1,500 sweaters over a 15-year period.
A row has broken out after a property management company in China was given keys to clean the empty home of a woman who died intestate and use it for storage, instead it was turned into illegal staff quarters, angering local residents.