October 29, 2026

Taipei mayoral poll shows blue and green neck and neck; Cheng Li-wen: This is an asymmetric war, and I hope to hold the bottom line

Background: In Taiwan politics, blue and green refer to the main political camps led by the Kuomintang and the Democratic Progressive Party, respectively.

A “Double First-Class” university announces admissions halt for five majors, including computer science and technology

Background: Double First-Class is a Chinese initiative to develop world-class universities and academic disciplines.

Huawei’s “Genius Youth” Yang Yuwen Joins Nanjing University

Huawei

A Chinese technology company that makes telecommunications equipment, devices and computing products. Reference ↗

Woman fakes a marriage to scam a bride price, then scams another marriage

Background: Bride price is a traditional marriage payment made by the groom's family to the bride's family.

Chinese Malatang Takes Japan by Storm

Background: Malatang is a Chinese dish of assorted ingredients cooked in a spicy broth.

Shenzhen distributes commemorative APEC car stickers

Background: APEC is the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

Wuthering Waves Story Explained: The Secret Behind Suo Ming’s Three Names in Version 3.7

Background: Wuthering Waves is a Chinese-developed action role-playing game.

What Sheep Do Androids Dream Of?

Background: A playful variation on Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.

2026 Singles' Day Monitor Picks: Tested with Equipment Worth Millions! A Step-by-Step Guide to Value-for-Money Monitors Across All Specs—Esports, Gaming, Office Work and Design

Background: Singles' Day, on November 11, is a major annual shopping event in China.

⚡ New Three Kingdoms FUNK ⚡

Background: The Three Kingdoms is a period of Chinese history widely depicted in literature, television, and games.

Trail Blazers Announce Yang Hansen’s Assignment to the Rip City Remix

Background: Rip City Remix is the Portland Trail Blazers’ NBA G League affiliate.

Average salary rankings for 31 provinces released: Who leads, and who has the strongest momentum?

Caijing's provincial wage comparison on Tencent News, displayed as published October 27 at 20:04 China Standard Time, discusses 2025 wage data. We checked its national figures against the NBS May 15, 2026 release: urban non-private unit employees averaged CNY 129,441 annually, versus CNY 71,590 for private unit employees. The corresponding nominal growth rates were 4.3% and 3.0%. These are gross annual means for different employer populations, not median monthly take-home pay. The survey covers urban legal entities with at least five employees and excludes individual businesses and freelancers. Non-private includes more than government and state-owned employers. We read the media account and the NBS table and definitions; we did not independently extract every provincial yearbook value, estimate a median or verify the article's causal explanations.

Tencent

A Chinese technology company behind Weixin/WeChat and businesses including games and cloud services. Reference ↗

Huawei

Huawei

A Chinese technology company that makes telecommunications equipment, devices and computing products. Reference ↗

Outrageous Premises in Women-Oriented Fiction

Background: Female-oriented fiction is fiction marketed primarily to women readers.

WTT Champions: Wang Yidi opens with a 5–0 run! The 32-year-old veteran loses seven points and falls 0–2 behind

Background: WTT Champions is an international table tennis tournament organized by World Table Tennis.

Cai Lei's Wife Tears Up When Asked, "What If Cai Lei Recovered from ALS?" Saying, "I Can't Accept It"

Background: ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting nerve cells that control voluntary muscles.

Neverness to Everness Version 1.5 Preview Special Program Recap

Neverness to Everness

An urban supernatural role-playing game developed by Hotta Studio; its Chinese title is Yi Huan. Reference ↗

Embarrassing Elimination! A 10,000-Word Breakdown of LPL No. 1 Seed AL’s Entire Round-of-16 Exit

Background: LPL is China’s top professional League of Legends competition.

[Yihuan] Version 1.5 Preview in a Nutshell: Has It Gone Completely Off the Rails?! Digital Backrooms? Tanks in the City! Ye'ermu + EXE Analysis

Neverness to Everness

An urban supernatural role-playing game developed by Hotta Studio; its Chinese title is Yi Huan. Reference ↗

Country Love Officially Announces a Livestream

Background: Country Love is a long-running Chinese television comedy-drama series.