By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-04-03 04:51:43 | Updated at 2025-04-04 18:44:43
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1. Shock as teen surrogate gives birth to twins for Chinese man, receives US$124,000
A 17-year-old girl from China’s Yi minority acted as a surrogate mother and egg provider for a 50-year-old man who allegedly paid her more than 900,000 yuan (US$124,000) to conceive twin boys. The alleged arrangement has sparked widespread public outrage.
2. Young Chinese woman faces high rent, pays US$7 a month to sleep in office toilet
A young woman in China who struggles with high rents is paying 50 yuan (US$7) a month to live in a toilet. The woman, surnamed Yang, 18, comes from a rural family in Hubei province in southern China, according to the Xiaoxiang Morning Post.
3. Heart attack kills China ‘century baby’ born at midnight on January 1, 2000 at 25
