Left Field, a new dating app, has launched in New York City. The app uses location-based notifications to facilitate real-life encounters. Left Field aims to use IRL events like parties to grow users, and expand to college campuses in May. Another new dating app is hoping to appeal to users with swipe fatigue. Left Field…
A privately-run school in southern China has come under fire for ordering parents to sign up to rules approving the use of corporal punishment on students. Longyuan Experimental School in Yangjiang, Guangdong province, was exposed in mid-February for asking the parents of its students to give consent for punishment measures including whipping hands and standing…
Social media in China has been left awestruck by a story of serendipity that brought a couple together with a car accident. A 36-year-old man, surnamed Li, and his 23-year-old wife tied the knot in central China’s Hunan province in February. When they “met” each other in December 2023, he was the driver of a…
Ury coaches her clients on self-awareness. Before setting up a dating profile online, she encourages singles to reflect on their relationship patterns to understand what might be holding them back from finding love. Are you chasing an unrealistic “spark” while overlooking great long-term potential? Are certain dating habits preventing you from forming lasting relationships? Recognizing…
Blackpink’s Jisoo will hold a fan meeting in Hong Kong as part of the K-pop singer’s Asia tour this year. The performer’s “Lights, Love, Action” tour would also cover other Asian cities including Manila, Bangkok, Tokyo, Macau, Taipei and Hanoi, the singer revealed on Tuesday. Ticketing information has yet to be released. Jisoo is also…
The opinions expressed in this article are the writer’s own and do not reflect the views of Her Campus. This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at CU Boulder chapter. Swipe right, swipe left. Swiping on the apps is the modern equivalent of the first impression of someone you just…
A Malaysian man has tied the knot with a Muslim Chinese woman after they met on a street in China when he asked her for directions to a launderette. Ethic Malay Zairy Amir, 38, comes from the state of Selangor in West Malaysia. He runs a delivery store in Guangzhou, in southern China’s Guangdong province….
Claire Volkman, 39, tried online dating after her marriage ended. She was traveling for work and went on dates in cities around the world. She met her second husband after a year of dating across multiple apps. A few months after I left my husband, I downloaded multiple dating apps. It felt like foreign territory,…
The well-known Chinese supermarket chain Pang Dong Lai has sparked controversy with rules governing employees’ family and personal matters, such as banning them from beating their children or imposing domestic violence on their spouses. A heated discussion on mainland social media came after the retail giant’s boss Yu Donglai announced a series of new management…
The compassionate response to rescue a puppy that was abused at a Buddhist site in northern China has touched millions of people on mainland social media. Public outrage was sparked after a worshipper posted a video showing a man kicking a puppy multiple times and causing it to roll down the stairs at Mount Wutai….