‘Never mess with a Chinese woman’: student chases Italy phone thief, attracts 2 million likes | South China Morning Post (scmp.com)
Three students from China who chased a thief for 800 metres after the phone was stolen at a subway station in Italy have been praised for their bravery by netizens.
Koukou, a student from Yunnan in southwestern China, is studying architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan.
On March 15, Koukou and her friends Bin and La, were riding the subway in Milan when a thief snatched Bin’s phone as the doors were closing.
Koukou quickly grabbed the door and shouted “stop” at the thief, and the trio chased him while Koukou filmed the pursuit….
Koukou said: “The whole process was so intense. We chased the thief for about 800 metres and finally succeeded! Never mess with a Chinese woman.”
Tiny Chinese drone conquers Earth’s deepest point, beyond reach of US Navy | South China Morning Post (scmp.com)
Briefcase-size miniature robot turns extreme pressure into propulsion to traverse Mariana Trench, paving way for future deep-sea exploration.
Dandan Zhang: China’s factory workers go gig (eastisread.com)
The following article centers on understanding the scale, characteristics, profile, and policy implications of gig work in China’s manufacturing industry, particularly in the 3C (computer, communication, and consumer electronics) sector. Driven by smart manufacturing technologies, the platform economy, household registration restrictions, and fluctuations in export demand, the rise of a gig-based employment model under China’s existing institutional framework is an inevitable trend, Zhang says, and it is still essential to balance this flexibility with workers’ rights.
China-US Youth Exchanges: Over 100 Iowa students and teachers arrive in China for visit and exchange - CGTN
From March 16th to 22nd, a delegation of American high school students has visited China, participating in cultural exchanges and sightseeing across Beijing, Hebei, and Shanghai. To apply for this long-anticipated trip, many of them studied Chinese and learned about China in advance.
China's "low-trust" society - Part 1 - by Robert Wu (china-translated.com)
Chinese companies have a very high social security obligation. Although the apparent personal income taxes don’t look high, combined with social security expenses, the “real” tax level can be higher than the levels of European developed economies. If fully paid, only half of the employee compensation can actually go to the employees, with the other half going into taxes and public social security funds.
The state-owned enterprises and listed companies are mostly compliant in this area, but most of the unlisted medium-, small- and mini-sized enterprises are not. The government knows about it but usually doesn’t enforce the rules, fearing that full compliance will crush those small enterprises. So naturally, when one of these firms goes on sale, social security non-compliance issues almost always appear in the list of concerns.
Representatives of the Western firm asked Ms. A what this was. Ms. A was at a loss how to respond. To be sure, this is illegal. But it’s also not so serious because everyone does it, and the government knows everyone does it. She didn’t want to derail the transaction, yet she also had professional ethics to uphold, so she couldn’t lie either. Ohh…ahh…you know…you know…you know… She was very tortured in her explanation. The Western firm people were very confused and asked a bombshell question:
“So, is this slave labor?”
Charted: Where People Trust the Media (and Where They Don't) (visualcapitalist.com)
As the data shows, countries aren’t universally negative when it comes to this category. Some of Asia’s largest countries, China*, Indonesia, and India (with their combined population of over three billion), report high levels of trust in media institutions. This is in stark contrast to Japan and South Korea, where the public is more skeptical their country’s media.
Forthcoming ABCF activities
The ABCF hosts a conference jointly with a visiting delegation from Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on the topic “Islands cooperation for a zero-carbon future” on Monday, April 7, 2025. Attendance is by invitation only.
The ABCF and the Returned Students Association of Barbados are inviting all past, current and prospective students of Chinese universities to join us for a special webinar on May 30/31 (Barbados/Beijing time) to share ideas about how our associations can better serve your needs.
The seventh in the series of joint youth forums organised by the ABCF and the Zhejiang International Studies University (ZISU) in Hangzhou, China takes place by Zoom on July 4/5 (Barbados/Beijing) on the topic of feminism.
Mark your calendar and stay tuned for details.
Remember - Invitation for Short Video on Barbados
For details see Week 10 Update at ABCF-BB.com.
This weekly newsletter is put together by DeLisle Worrell, President of the ABCF. Visit us at Association for Barbados China Friendship | (abcf-bb.com).
Thanks to everyone who sent contributions for this week’s Update. Please send items of interest to me via the contact page at ABCF-BB.com or to info@DeLisleWorrell.com
The ABCF mission is to build a deeper understanding between the Chinese people and Barbadians and Caribbean people from all walks of life. The association’s focus is on personal experiences, people-to-people contact, cultural exchanges and exchanges of ideas, and the facilitation of travel, business and study. From the outset we aim to learn from and build on the experiences of the Caribbean and China, and to develop mutual understandings and support that will be to the benefit of both sides.
