An order note left by a customer supporting the shop on Aug. 20, 2026. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Jun)

China: Breakfast Shop Owner’s Gesture to Child with Cancer – Sparks Wave of Giving! (22.8.2026)

Wang, 33, had opened the breakfast shop less than a month earlier. He said he wanted to help after thinking about the financial and emotional pressure on families caring for children undergoing chemotherapy. The cash gift was roughly equal to the profit from 25 of his low-priced egg pancakes.

After the story spread online, Wang’s revenue doubled the next day and customer traffic nearly tripled. Some patrons asked that meals be given to delivery riders or sanitation workers instead. Wang later shut down some delivery channels to manage demand, refused donations and pledged to return anonymous transfers, saying he would use part of his profits to support workers in his community.

The US Racist Gift That Keeps On Giving! Blacks and Whites United in Anti-China Prejudice!

US: The Anti-China Racism That Unites “Blacks” & “Whites” in Trump-Era America! (31.1.2026)

According to the report, the phenomenon is less about China itself than about how American frustrations are being externalized. The memes, the article notes, function as a way to externalize “the decay of the American dream,” as young people grapple with deteriorating infrastructure, economic pressure and political polarization at home.

At the same time, China is increasingly portrayed as a contrast and even an aspirational symbol. With its rapid urban development, expansive high-speed rail network and growing presence in advanced technologies, China has come to represent “something completely different” from the lived experiences of many Americans, the article said.

WIRED pointed out that China’s global manufacturing and technological footprint has made it “unavoidable” in daily life, from consumer electronics and electric vehicles to renewable energy equipment and artificial intelligence products. This ubiquity, combined with domestic disillusionment, has helped fuel a semi-ironic, semi-admiring online fascination.

Murderer - Đoàn Văn Sáng, a 57-year-old deputy head of the 4th Market Management Team in Lạng Sơn Province, Vietnam, and a serving civil servant.

Vietnam: Đoạn Văn Sáng’s Bloody “Butcher” Video Goes Viral on “Dark” and “Light” Internet! (13.12.2025)

It should be noted that this incident occurred in Vietnam, with the victim died in February, but the video was not publicly released until July. The earliest trace of the video appeared on July 2nd (2025) in a small Vietnamese Telegram group called “Preview”, which contained 11 users, while screenshots of other chats appeared earliest on June 24th to June 24th (2025). The 41-member group was created by a Vietnamese who could also speak Chinese to promote the sale of videos and photographs of killings. He charged about $100 (US) to join the group that contained videos. It is not clear whether the group of 11 members is a legitimate one. The “Preview” group of 11 members has been confirmed to contain at least one of the videos. It is reported that the cost of the “package” mentioned in the group is $600 (US).

Mouldy Old Oranges!

China: Mouldy Old Oranges & the Groucho Marx-School of News Reporting! (26.3.2025)

A social media user on the Chinese platform RedNote discovered the white fungal growth on an apple she had bought from a month earlier. She then posted a photo of it online, which soon attracted thousands of likes, including a Xu Rongju, a doctoral student at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Kunming Institute of Botany.

The institute believed that this is very rare and has research value so it decided to purchase it. The institute identified the growth on the apple as Schizophyllum, also known as the splitgill mushroom – a type of fungus with fan-shaped caps.