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Recently, a video of a unique wedding without a groom, where a woman in a wedding dress appeared with her parents and children, went viral on Douyin, with many netizens in the comments expressing their support.

On November 13, a vegetable vendor in Shandong posted a video claiming she was charged a 5-yuan "sanitation fee" for setting up a stall at a rural market, and the money from selling two yuan worth of green onions wasn't even enough to cover the stall fee, sparking mockery from netizens.

On November 13, a blogger in Longxi, Gansu posted a video experiencing local grassroots wages, verifying by phone that the monthly salary for a cleaning position at the County People's Hospital is only 1,300 yuan, with an hourly rate of about 5.41 yuan. Netizens joked about the low wages and high housing prices.

On November 12, 'Reports claim Xiong Da was written to death' topped the Weibo trending list; the director responded that Xiong Da 'is only leaving temporarily,' while Douyin netizens sarcastically made up causes of death: died from no health insurance, worked to death without a two-day weekend, or died from 12-hour shifts.

On November 13, Hong Kong's M+ Museum announced that the screenings of Hou Hsiao-hsien's film 'The Time to Live and the Time to Die', originally scheduled for November 22 and December 12, were cancelled due to 'technical issues'. Netizens speculate it may be because the film contains content involving Kuomintang historical propaganda, touching on political sensitivities.

On November 12, the Dongguan Municipal Health Bureau halted the practice of 'deducting doctor performance pay for patient arrears' at the First Dongguan Hospital Affiliated to Guangdong Medical University, demanding verification of records and full reimbursement of deducted performance pay, while also summoning hospital leadership and launching a city-wide investigation.

A netizen reports being repeatedly stopped by Thai customs over the past two years and forced to pay bribes to enter, with the most recent demand being 1,700 RMB, claiming that Thai customs has turned soliciting bribes from Chinese tourists into a fixed income stream.

On November 10, a Douyin influencer went to the 'Dazhaimen' restaurant in Manhattan, New York, to demand unpaid wages and was reported to the police by the restaurant. After the US police intervened and mediated, they successfully received the owed wages the next day.

Netizens report that the principal directed teachers to vote for a designated candidate, gave each teacher a 5-yuan red envelope, and called it a "political task."

On November 13, The Beijing News reported that internet writer Zhou Lubao was sentenced to 14 years in prison in the first instance for extortion by publishing false negative information under the guise of rights defense for migrant workers; netizens question if this is an excuse to eliminate troublemakers under the name of cracking down on organized crime.