Homie Weekly | News Update For This Week (Dec 24, 2021)

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National Affairs

01

China holds national memorial ceremony

 for Nanjing Massacre victims

China's national flag flies at half mast ahead of the national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 13, 2021.

At exactly 10:01 am, sirens started to blare and the city came to a halt. Drivers in the downtown area stopped their cars and honked; pedestrians paused for a minute of silence in remembrance of the victims.

The Nanjing Massacre took place when Japanese troops captured the city on Dec 13, 1937. Over six weeks, they killed more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II.

In 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec 13 as the national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202112/13/WS61b6e835a310cdd39bc7b00b.html

Society

01

Chinese-American singer Wang 

Leehom's divorce drama popularizes concept

 of gaslighting

The concept of gaslighting, a form of emotional manipulation in abusive relationships, went viral on Chinese social media overnight after Lee Jinglei, ex-wife of Wang Leehom, accused the Chinese-American singer online on Monday of gaslighting her for years in their marriage.

Lee posted a long article on Sina Weibo in which she said that Wang had cheated on her, transferred marital property, had affairs with married women and emotionally abused her forcing her to agree to a divorce.

Wang responded on his Sina Weibo account on Sunday night saying that he had been living under the shadow of horror, blackmail and threats for almost six years until they separated.

Following the trend, some Chinese netizens said they bought books about emotional manipulation while others posted videos to introduce the concept to more netizens.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202112/1243043.shtml

02

China’s top livestreamer fined $210m for 

dodging tax, warning to others

China's top livestreamer Huang Wei, nicknamed Viya, was fined 1.34 billion yuan ($210 million) for dodging taxes by the taxation authority in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province. It is the largest fine ever imposed on a livestreamer.

Viya evaded a total of 643 million yuan in taxes and 60 million yuan of other underpayments between 2019 and 2020 by concealing her personal income along with other false tax declarations.

Viya was scheduled to conduct a livestream at 7 pm on Monday, but the live studio was no longer found in the Taobao app after the penalty was announced. Her official Sina Weibo account and Douyin account were banned later.

More than 1,000 livestreamers carried out their own internal audits and made their overdue tax payments.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202112/1242905.shtml

03

More toilets for female, says China's new 

law draft, winning applause from both men 

and women in the country

The central government has recently released a draft revision of the Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests stipulating that local governments at all levels should ensure that public venues have more women's toilets than men's as well as a reasonable number of public facilities such as maternity and infant rooms.

The draft was submitted for deliberation by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Wednesday. The hashtag "Ensure more female toilets than male toilets" quickly began trending on Sina Weibo, earning more than 260 million views.

The proposal has won the full support of both male and female netizens.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202112/1243127.shtml

Company

04

Intel apologizes for its Xinjiang boycott, but 

many Chinese don't buy it

US chip giant Intel on Thursday apologized to its Chinese consumers, partners and the public for trouble caused by its move to boycott products from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, but some Chinese netizens and experts said that the apology was not sincere and more commercial ramifications could follow.

The statement came after the company's recent letter requiring its suppliers to not source goods or services or use labor from Xinjiang sparked widespread anger among the Chinese public and its Chinese partners, as it cited widely debunked claims of "forced labor" in Xinjiang pushed by US politicians.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202112/1243174.shtml

Entertainment

05

 Westlife regales 27m Chinese in online 

concert

More than 27 million Chinese people watched the first online concert of the Irish pop band Westlife on Friday night, with the zeal lingering on social media long after the event.

The concert held in London was livestreamed on WeChat Channels, wowing the Chinese audience with hit songs such as "Seasons in the Sun" and "My love," as well as a popular Chinese song that stirred the fervor for Chinese fans.

In addition to their good Mandarin pronunciation in the Chinese song, the band thrilled the audience through their interactions and sharing their experiences of visiting China.

For many Chinese, the first English song they learned was by Westlife.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202112/19/WS61be7878a310cdd39bc7c319.html

06

Elon Musk replies to Chinese 'twin 

brother': 'Maybe I'm partly Chinese'

A man has gained overnight fame as netizens find him incredibly alike to the richest man in the world, Elon Musk.

Replying to his "long-lost twin brother," Musk said on Monday that "Maybe I'm partly Chinese."

The man's videos, which were published on Chinese version of TikTok and went viral over recent days, saw him standing next to a luxurious car and smiling to the camera from time to time.

His appearance and even expressions were almost identical to Musk's, until he opened his mouth that gave away the downright Chinese.

However, some netizens questioned if the man had used AI face swap. Responding to the accusations, the man said in his latest video that he will have a livestream on Sunday given that his video has been re-posted over 10,000 times.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202112/1243012.shtml

Technology

07

5G phones dominate China's 

smartphone shipments in November

5G phones dominated China's smartphone market in November, with the proportion of 5G shipments in total mobile phone shipments reaching an all-time monthly high of 82.2 percent, according to data from a new industry report.

In November, China's 5G phone shipments amounted to 28.97 million units, a year-on-year increase of 43.9 percent, according to a report by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), a research institute under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

China has the world's largest and most advanced standalone 5G network which covers all prefecture-level cities, more than 97 percent of counties and 40 percent of towns, MIIT data showed.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-12-19/5G-phones-dominate-China-s-smartphone-shipments-in-November-167wYnkCW3K/index.html

Education

08

 Over 80% of tutoring firms quit business

More than 80 percent of academic tutoring institutions have closed down or switched to other fields of business due to ongoing efforts to reduce the excessive academic burden on primary and middle school students, the Ministry of Education said on Tuesday.

Significant progress has been made in regulating the after-school tutoring market and the number of academic tutoring institutions has been considerably reduced.

The number of online academic tutoring institutions has been slashed by 84.1 percent, and the number of offline ones by 83.8 percent, it said, adding that any remaining tutoring institutions should be turned into nonprofit ones or closed.

Advertising by tutoring companies has been basically stamped out and capital investment in such companies has also been withdrawn.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202112/22/WS61c266d9a310cdd39bc7cbf0.html

Health

09

Student malnutrition rate down, but obesity 

on rise

The malnutrition rate among Chinese students has fallen steadily since 2010, but they have become more prone to obesity and poor eyesight.

The fourth annual report, released by the China National Children's Center and Social Sciences Academic Press earlier this month, said the malnutrition rate among Chinese primary and secondary students had dropped from 12.7 percent in 2010 to 10.1 percent in 2014 and 8.5 percent in 2019.

However, their obesity rate rose from 15.5 percent in 2010 to 20.4 percent in 2014 and 24.2 percent in 2019.

The percentage of primary and secondary school students with poor eyesight reached 67.9 percent in 2019, up from 57.4 percent in 2010 and 62.2 percent in 2014.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202112/20/WS61bfbcc9a310cdd39bc7c475.html

Weather

10

China issues yellow alert for cold wave

China's meteorological authority on Friday issued a yellow alert for cold waves, forecasting low temperatures and gales in vast regions of the country.

From Friday to Sunday, temperatures are expected to drop by 6 to 10 degrees Celsius in some areas of North, Central, East and South China, according to the National Meteorological Center.

The forecast added that some areas could see a temperature drop of more than 14 degrees Celsius.

Snow and sleet will hit parts of north, central and south China from Friday to Sunday, with heavy rainfalls and rainstorms expected to lash some regions of south China's Hainan province, the center said.

China has a four-tier, color-coded weather warning system, with red representing the most severe weather, followed by orange, yellow and blue.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202112/24/WS61c53e37a310cdd39bc7d485.html

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