What happened? Who is this person?

Topic 2: School switch of top Gaokao performer in LiaoningA 19-year old girl from Liaoning province has found herself back in the spotlight after proving herself to be the most diligent student for the second year in a row.

Not only that, she gave up a full ride to Hong Kong University to do so.

And, of course, this being China, everyone has an opinion. But before we get onto our soapbox, who exactly is this girl and why is she getting so much attention?

Topic 3: Flexible school lengthStarting from this year, the University of Jinan will allow its students to choose the length of time they spend until they get their undergraduate degree. This means they can receive their diploma in 3 years to 8 years from now on. Is this flexible educational system a good idea?

Topic 4: Urine TherapyA 21-year-old man in Wuhan claims that chugging down his own pee is what cured his hyperthyroidism. There are now more than 100,000 people resorting to urine therapy in the nation.

What is urine therapy?

Topic 5: Straight Guy CancerA new meme has entered netizens' lexicon. Straight guy cancer, or zhinanai in Chinese, is used to describe men who make self-centered comments about women without considering their feelingsWhere does this word come from?

Topic 6: Babies' namesChinese parents care a lot about their babies' names. So much so that some of them would go as far as giving their babies a four or five or even six character names just to make sure their names are unique and stand out.

And lately a young Chinese couple tried to add the symbol "@" in their baby's name, "@" is pronounced as love him/her in Mandarin Chinese.

Why would Chinese care so much about names?