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Topic 1-QQ groups encourage young people to kill themselves

 

Two college students, who met on Tencent's QQ instant messenger platform, committed suicide together in a hotel in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province recently. After the incident, Nanjing-based Modern Express reporters discovered several other QQ groups through which strangers meet and plan their deaths together.

 

Topic 2-Bojack horseman cartoon popular in China

 

Chinese audiences are becoming increasingly invested in the chaotic¹ and emotional story of the American animated² comedy Bojack Horseman. Recently, Chinese fans are embracing the series, and Bojack screenshot's hype are becoming all the rage on Chinese social media. With this kind of attention being seen for a show that some might see as a "dark comedy", why is it so popular in China?

 

Topic 3-Deposit to prevent food waste

 

How do you like a buffet³ meal? You pay a fixed⁴ amount and eat as much as you can. But this could lead to the problem of food waste.

 

A seafood⁵ buffet restaurant in Beijing is charging a deposit in a bid to stop customers from taking more than they can eat. 

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