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Yating Yang
Reporter, People and Culture
Yating is a Beijing-based culture reporter at the Post. Previously, she worked for CCTV-6, covering international film and culture. Her journalistic expertise includes pop culture, entertainment industry, gender equality, education, workplace discrimination, and social welfare.
Key part of ceremony is ‘scolding the matchmaker’ – symbolic protest against traditional marital constraints.
Bidding farewell to the dead in China takes many forms, the Post explains the centuries of tradition that surround passage to the afterlife.
‘High-end sister’ creates immersive, fantasy-like network of accounts which have seen her attract more than 800,000 followers online.
Video of infant trio ‘hanging’ in baby carriers in separate, paid-for seats goes viral as online observers label father a ‘super dad’.
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Practitioner of ancient Miao tradition who can climb 30-storey building with bare hands.
Hundreds of people register for auction of soft drink as netizens slam court for wasting judicial resources to stage sale.
Court’s reluctance to grant wife a divorce has prompted considerable backlash in China.
Generous sweepstake winner calmly collects jackpot, gives US$14,000 to charity, pledges to buy family new home.
Amid an ever-growing, lucrative live-streaming industry, some key opinion leaders will go to any length to attract followers.
Temple abbot says selling vegetarian ramen boosted revenue, generated buzz, attracted more visitors.
Pair met on reality television show, with one of the men having a terrible reputation before his new life.
Chinese fans of US star snap up unusual souvenirs after his two sold-out concerts.
Husband finds details of ex earning enough to buy house, car, pay for cosmetic surgery.
Woman keeps 3 deity statues at home, often takes others from temples to expand her collection.
Father has built over 300 toys for daughter, with many being extremely intricate.
He would sometimes work until 3am then wake at 6am to start work again after napping on bike.
Violent husband hit wife with frying pan, strangled her with pyjamas.
Owner thinks pet was just playing with young childen so did not intervene to stop the chasing.
Young influencers have gathered millions of fans on social media, can make US$45,000 per video.
Compatriots outraged by woman’s willingness to openly admit she took emotional distress out on son.
Man suffers constant pain for 2 weeks, heartbroken daughter says he did not get to drive new car family bought him.
Cosmetics company labelled “disgusting” for provocative poster advertising a new lip gloss, sold 30,000 units.
A man in China died after working for 104 consecutive days with only one rest day, and a court held his employer partially responsible.
A young woman in Japan, who helped revive an old man that collapsed at a subway station, was a doctor and a member of a new idol group.
An 11-year-old girl in Malaysia is the source of much amusement after she distributed hundreds of US dollars to her classmates, inspired by her mother’s generosity.
Japanese celebrities are flocking to endorse an extreme version of Chinese acupuncture that uses so many needles clients are described as looking like a hedgehog.
The Post profiles record-breaking swimmer Zhang Yufei, the most decorated Olympian in China’s history.
Following the theft of more than 20 Buddhist statues by a man in China who claimed he did so because they could change his fate, the Post explains why such beliefs exist on the mainland.
As the tentacles of social media touch almost every facet of human life, some Buddhist monks in China have become something akin to key opinion leaders (KOL).
A prolifically published science professor at a leading Chinese university has been revealed as the lead singer of a famous mainland heavy metal band known for its unusual stage presence.
