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“I’d rather cry in a BMW than laugh on a bicycle.” Chinese belief.

"Only my boyfriend can shake hands with me. Others must pay 200,000 yuan (US$29,282) for the privilege," she said on the show. "Why 200,000 yuan? Because my basic criteria for my future boyfriend is that he must earn this amount of money each month."

"Date on Saturday" is a popular matchmaking TV program in Shanghai. Since it started in 1998, it has attracted 7,000 singles. IN a controversial new TV dating show, 24 women "judges" vote on a single guy and if he passes he can choose one for a date. It raises questions about demands of today's material girls. Xu Wei reports. There's a popular saying among young Chinese women who are seeking Mr Right: "I'd rather cry in a BMW than laugh on a bicycle." In Shanghai the low-end alternative is a motorbike or modest Santana. These words also swirl about on the Internet, show up on T-shirts and on TV dating shows where they stir controversy about today's perceived grasping, material girls. New shows featuring many female judges evaluating guys turn the spotlight on what women want in the man they marry. Ma Nuo, a 22-year-old print model from Beijing, became the center of controversy recently when she appeared on the popular new matchmaking program "If You're the One" on Jiangsu Satellite TV. "I'd rather cry in a BMW car than laugh on the backseat of a bicycle," Ma responded when she haughtily rejected a young man's offer to take her for a ride on his bike. Netizens were generally enraged, heaping scorn on her, labeling her the "BMW Lady," and saying she shamed the post-1980s generation. Ma quit the show in discomfort. But that's all okay. Now she's a star. Her modeling career took off and she's a hot item on TV talk shows and entertainment programs. On a Star TV talk show, Ma repeated her requirements for a man and also talked openly about her first sexual encounter. Now some TV talent shows have invited her to be a judge; an online video program about the FIFA World Cup has invited her to be a soccer commentator. It is said that Ma can now charge as much as some well-known actresses. Since it debuted in January, "If You Are the One" dating show has challenged traditional Chinese dating show formats in which men and women are usually equal in number. Every Saturday and Sunday at 9:20pm, a jury of 24 single women with different educational backgrounds, careers and personalities watch a single guy's introductory video and then question him. Then they vote by pushing lights and buzzers to determine if he should remain on the show. If he passes his 10-minute trial, a guy can choose one of the young women for a date. In each hourlong show, five guys undergo scrutiny. The jury remains the same, while the chosen woman is replaced. The truth is Ma is far from alone in her material requirements for marriage. Millions of Chinese women, and their parents, are like her, stirring a controversy about values. Material girls Other women on the show have been labeled material girls by Netizens, though many Netizens are sympathetic. Saleswoman Zhu Zhenfang appeared on the show and was quite candid about why she voted against some guys again and again. She was asked by the host if she would choose the guy who makes her happy or the guy who can buy her a luxurious house. Zhu didn't hesitate. "I can tell by their appearance that they can never afford a luxury house." Zhu also refused to shake hands with a young man who just wanted to say hello to all 24 single women. "Only my boyfriend can shake hands with me. Others must pay 200,000 yuan (US$29,282) for the privilege," she said on the show. "Why 200,000 yuan? Because my basic criteria for my future boyfriend is that he must earn this amount of money each month." That caused an uproar and she was called an outrageous snob. Many people observed that both the young women and the TV station were just trying to be provocative to promote themselves and increase ratings. "No one believes you can find the right person after a 10-minute Q and A," says Kevin Yang, an IT worker. "It's just show biz with dramatic scripts and temptations of money and fame. Like talent shows, this is a choice for people who want to become famous overnight." In all this commotion, some psychologists have come to the defense of women who insist on material security, though they do say demands have gone too far. "It's hard to pass judgment," says Zhang Zhenyu, a veteran psychologist from East China Normal University. "Look at the animal world. Females usually choose the strongest and healthiest mate so that good genes are passed to their offspring and the family is secure," he says. "The only difference in the human world is that houses and money can provide a sense of security, even if it is illusory and temporary. The logic and principles of survival remain the same." Of course, women choose those who are economically superior, he says. "My advice to them is to make their criteria more flexible. It doesn't matter if the man is rich at this time. What matters is earning potential and his desire to become a better person." The show's producer, Wang Gang, isn't fazed and says so far 200,000 young men and women have applied for the "love reality" TV program. "We understand some people may find our program a little radical and unrealistic. But we want to show different people's true feelings about love and marriage," he says. "We just give them a stage, and never judge." Conventional The program also raises topical issues such as housing prices, pressure on white-collars, and women's ties with their mothers-in-law, he says. The show's casting department carefully selects a jury representing women of diverse ages, family backgrounds, economic status, careers and education - the one criterion is that they be articulate and willing to express themselves in front of a camera. Though few, if any, of the women have found true love in the six-month-running show, many have received dating requests. Xu He, who holds a PhD in chemistry from Brown University (US state of Rhode Island), impressed many viewers with knowledge and eloquence. The 32-year-old professional has received hundreds of e-mails from men expressing interest and she's dating one of them. "The show has increased the dating options of people who devoted many years to study and career," she says. Those who want to play it safer gravitate to Shanghai Media Group's "Date on Saturday," which started in 1998 and has attracted 7,000 singles. The show claims its matchmaking is responsible for 300 marriages. Producer Zhao Feirong says the show has a solid fan base because it's authentic and really helps people. "We don't go for media hype and manipulation," says Zhao, adding that the show will update its interactive sections to cater to more people. It now features modern "speed dating" and psychologists who interpret singles' body language and comment about whether young people are attracted to each other. So-called love experts advise young people, who may be shy and inept, about good manners and communications skills in relationships. The show features couples singing love songs together and sending each other do-it-yourself gifts. The show plans to launch a segment "Moms and Dads" about parents who are anxious to see their children married and help them find dates. It's inspired by the city's many parents who gather in parks over weekends, holding signs describing their sons and daughters and exchanging information. Since many young people are absorbed in their careers, they cannot devote sufficient time to the all-important issues of marriage and starting a family. So parents join the dating game on behalf of their adult children. "Date on Saturday" also addresses the issue of the city's "leftover girls" - those who are in their late 20s and early 30s and still unwed. They usually have good education and decent jobs. "Traditional Chinese norms really put a lot of pressure on women who don't get married before 30. It seems unfair for them," says producer Zhao, noting that Western families and society are much more tolerant of single women who choose their own lifestyle and are not driven to marry. Since it's especially hard for "leftover girls" to find the right man these days, Dragon TV has decided to help, launching a new dating show, "One Out of 100" on Fridays at 9pm. The program, which calls itself an updated "Date on Saturday," gathers three female singles and 100 male bachelors. The women are attractive and successful workers. They can choose a date among the gents who introduce themselves and demonstrate some skills, interests or talent. This article is from one of the archives on Shanghai Daily. Read the full article

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China 'hid work of "Bat Woman" scientist who unlocked coronavirus gene'

Shi Zhengli is a virologist known as China's "Bat Woman" Shi Zhengli, a virologist based in Wuhan, mapped the new coronavirus gene sequence within days but she was "muzzled" by the authorities, fuelling claims of a cover-up in China China is accused of hiding the findings of a coronavirus expert - known as "Bat Woman" - after she quickly identified the genetic make-up of the new strain that has infected millions. Wuhan-based virologist Shi Zhengli is one of the world's top researchers on coronaviruses and has discovered dozens of deadly SARS-like viruses in bat caves. She studied samples taken from some of the first people to become infected with the new and then-mysterious respiratory illness in China in December and found it was similar to SARS. It was identified as a novel coronavirus and within three days she completed its gene sequencing, but it is claimed she was "muzzled" and ordered not to reveal any information about the new disease. The claims are the latest that point to a cover-up by Chinese authorities who failed to contain a virus that emerged in Wuhan and then spread around the world. Chinese journalist Gao Yu said he spoke to Shi during his incarceration in Wuhan, which was locked down for more than two months, and she told him her findings were hushed up, the Mail on Sunday reported. The journalist added: "We learned later her institute finished gene-sequencing and related tests as early as January 2 but was muzzled."

Researchers hold a bat inside a cave in China’s Yunnan province (file photo) (Image: EcoHealth Alliance) That same day, Yanyi Wang, director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, told staff not to reveal any information about the disease, it is claimed. After local doctors were detained for warning locals about the virus, the director claimed "inappropriate and inaccurate information" was causing "general panic". She ordered staff not to post any information on social media or speak to the media.

Scientistts at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where the new coronavirus was studied (Image: Wuhan Virology Institute) That same day, Yanyi Wang, director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, told staff not to reveal any information about the disease, it is claimed. After local doctors were detained for warning locals about the virus, the director claimed "inappropriate and inaccurate information" was causing "general panic". She ordered staff not to post any information on social media or speak to the media. Just over a week later, a team in Shanghai published a sequence on an open access platform after studying samples from an infected patient. Their laboratory was shut for "rectification" two days later. Life is slowly starting to return to normal in Wuhan after its lockdown was lifted after more than 70 days.

Shi Zhengli has discovered dozens of deadly SARS-like viruses in bat caves (file photo) (Image: EcoHealth Alliance) China is now stepping up screening of inbound foreigners and tightening border control after the number of single-day imported coronavirus cases set a record, helping double the daily number of newly detected infections. New confirmed cases in mainland China reached 99 on Saturday from 46 the previous day, with all but two involving travellers from abroad. In Shanghai, 51 Chinese nationals flying in on the same flight from Russia tested positive. "The risk of imported cases has increased dramatically," Wen Guohui, mayor of Guangzhou, an economic hub in Southern China, told a news conference. Guangzhou is enforcing anti-virus measures on anyone who enters the city from across the national border, regardless of nationality, race or gender, foreign affairs official Liu Baochun said at the same event. "We hope foreigners can strictly abide by anti-virus rules as Chinese do," he said. Read the full article

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Wuhan lab 'was experimenting on bats' from cave 'where coronavirus may have originated'

The Wuhan Institute of Virology has been carrying out tests on bats from Yunnan's caves, thought to be the source of Covid-19, fuelling new theories about where the virus came from A Wuhan laboratory has reportedly been carrying out experiments on bats from the cave believed to be the source of the coronavirus pandemic. The revelation has fuelled a conspiracy-like theory that the devastating virus may have originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology via an accidental leak, rather than the city's live animal market. The Mail on Sunday reports that that the Institute has been carrying out research on bats captured from caves in Yunnan, where the Covid-19 genome is thought to have come from. The caves are 1,000 miles away from Wuhan, the Chinese city which is now infamous for having been the epicentre of the global coronavirus pandemic. Scientists say it is highly likely that Covid-19 first came from bats, but first passed through an intermediary animal before jumping to humans.

Secret bat cave that could hold key to coronavirus It is widely believed that the flu-like virus first began infecting humans in late 2019 after being transmitted from an animal at the Huanan seafood market. However, UK government sources have told the Mail on Sunday that while "the balance of scientific advice" is still behind the animal market theory, an accident at the lab is "no longer being discounted". The experiments, which relate to the origin of coronaviruses, are said to have been paid for by a $3.7m grant from the US government.

It is widely believed that the flu-like virus first began infecting humans in late 2019 Funded by the US National Institutes of Health, the results of the research were published in November 2017 under the heading: "Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus." Scientists are uncertain about several aspects of the origin of Covid-19, with fresh doubts also arising last week following research by Cao Bin, a doctor at the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, which found that 13 of the first 41 diagnosed patients had not had any contact with the market. However, responding to the claims, the Chinese Embassy has described speculation around the lab's activities as "hasty and reckless allegations". In a letter also published in the Mail on Sunday, it says: "Hasty and reckless allegations, such as naming China as the origin in an attempt to shift the blame before any scientific conclusion, is irresponsible and will definitely do harm to international co-operation at this critical time. "In his telephone conversation with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi pointed out that 'alarmingly, some people are attempting to politicise the epidemic, label the virus and stigmatise China… "Raab expressed the UK's firm opposition to politicising the Covid-19 outbreak and fully agrees with China that the source of the virus is a scientific issue that requires professional and science-based assessment." Read the full article

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Covid-19 virus accidentally leaked by an intern in China: Fox News report claims

United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday extended his acknowledgement to a Fox News report that said the coronavirus may have been accidentally leaked by an intern working at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. The exclusive report by the Fox News based on the unnamed sources claimed that though the stain of the virus occurs naturally in bats and is not a bioweapon, it was studied in China’s infamous laboratory in Wuhan. United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday extended his acknowledgement to a Fox News report that said the coronavirus may have been accidentally leaked by an intern working at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. The exclusive report by the Fox News based on the unnamed sources claimed that though the stain of the virus occurs naturally in bats and is not a bioweapon, it was studied in China’s infamous laboratory in Wuhan. The initial transmission of the virus was bat-to-human, the news channel alleged. It added that the “patient zero” worked at the laboratory. The lab employee was accidentally infected before spreading the disease among the common people outside the lab in Wuhan city. The news platform further claimed that the Wuhan wet market never really sold bats. It was a setup established by China to shift the blame from the laboratory. The virus was being studied in the lab as an attempt by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to “demonstrate that its efforts to identify and combat viruses are equal to or greater than the capabilities of the United States,” Fox News reported citing multiple unnamed sources. Fox News reporter John Roberts said: “Multiple sources are telling Fox News today that the United States now has high confidence that, while the coronavirus is a naturally occurring virus, it emanated from a virology lab in Wuhan, that, because of lax safety protocols, an intern was infected, who later infected her boyfriend, and then went to the wet market in Wuhan, where it then began to spread.” President Trump neither confirmed nor denied the report, but mentioned that the US authorities are doing a very thorough examination of this “horrible situation that happened.” The news channel alleged that it could be China’s costliest coverup and the World Health Organization could be a part of it from the very beginning. As per a recent Washington Post, two years ago, the US embassy officials in China informed the US about the lack of biosafety measures taken by the Chinese government at Wuhan Institute of Virology where deadly viruses and infectious diseases are studied, as per the Indo Asian News service report. Read the full article

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