From 5,000 people crashing a rural pig feast in Chongqing to the collective effort to save Yanran Angel hospital.
How Chinese social media is making sense of the first geopolitical shockwaves of 2026.
Andrew Methven's favorite Chinese phrases of the year, a special feature by RealTime Mandarin.
Russian recruitment ads, China's censorship, and how Western media sometimes guess Beijing's stance by reading between the wrong lines.
Weibo, Wechat, Douyin, or Xiaohongshu? Understanding China’s top 10 social media platforms.
From 'Chinese Twitter' to digital dinosaur, the story of Weibo reflects the shifting dynamics of China’s online media landscape.
From ugly-cute rebellion to a new kind of 'C-pop,' the breakout success of Wakuku sheds light on Chinese consumer culture...
Behind the scandal at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital: the doctor, the trainee, and the letter that took over the Chinese...
“This man is doing God’s work. In just six hours, he eliminated all Western media propaganda about China,” Chinese influencer...
Eye on Digital China is an independent publication by sinologist and China trend watcher Manya Koetse, offering analysis and reporting on China’s digital culture, media,...
From top trends to platform scandals, these were the biggest online topics of the year.
How and why fetal sex testing became a national security story
The 2025 scandal surrounding Wong Kar-wai shows that public outrage only produces consequences when it aligns with official interests.
He Qing is remembered as a veteran actress, a symbol of classical Chinese beauty and literary culture.
As December 13 marked the 88th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, this Memorial Day trended online amid rising China–Japan tensions and sharper official rhetoric.
Hasan Piker's controversial China tour, a Chinese school uniform resurfaces in Africa, a new winter hotspot, why Chinese elites 'run' to Tokyo, and more.
"The tariff drama, directed by Trump himself with himself as the main actor, has finally come to an end."
Did tents defeat China's hotel industry during the National Day holiday?
In the year following her father's death, Zong Fuli dealt with controversy after controversy as the head of Chinese food & beverage giant Wahaha.
An unfortunate misunderstanding led to one innocent man being the only person injured in a crowd of thousands.
Whenever reports surfaced about the harsh conditions on Wong Kar-wai’s sets, mainstream media and fans often brushed off his tyrannical habits as the quirks of a...
From viral street food vendors to China’s donkey crisis and new eldercare services, here’s this week’s Weibo highlights in What’s on Weibo’s China Trend Watch.
731 was China’s most anticipated war movie of the year — how could it fail so miserably to live up to public expectations?
A big debate over yùzhìcài — pre-made food — has boiled over on Chinese social media after a Xibei food review by Luo Yonghao pushed the...
