First Live Broadcast of Court Case on Weibo. Want to attend a Chinese court case? No need to go outside - just go on Weibo. The...
When pollution-themed documentary "Under the Dome" by former CCTV reporter Chai Jing became a trending topic on China’s social media platforms, it was blocked by censors....
It is illegal, but he does not care - the streets are ROBBBB's exhibition space. ROBBBB is a Beijing-born urban artist who interacts with the streets...
Chinese companies have been increasingly present in Africa for years. Besides investing in infrastructure and goldmines, Beijing is now exporting its media and entertainment to Africa....
The new Chinese cooking app 'Good Chef' was only launched last fall, but has already created a buzz in China. The start-up managed to get a...
China's Parliamentary Sessions will commence in Beijing this week. This year, cutting costs on the event itself has become a priority.
Every year, China's bachelors and bachelorettes are dreading the return to their hometowns, as parents and family members will inescapably ask them that one question: "Why...
Setting off fireworks and playing with firecrackers during Chinese New Year is a long-standing tradition. An old saying goes that the sound and heat of fireworks...
Chinese New Year has arrived. We are saying goodbye to the year of the Horse, and welcome the year of the Goat. Did you know that...
China is in the midst of a gay revolution. Geng Le, founder of gay app 'Blued', is one of the instigators. He is both a smart...
An overview of Islam in China and China’s relation to its Muslim minority.
Amidst the chaos and suffering of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) there was one beacon of light in Chengdu, where a school was set up that...
With plastic bottles draped around her body, sneakers on her head and necklaces made from corn, Wang Shouying is a style icon extraordinaire. Living in small-town...
Trending on Sina Weibo this week was a 10-meter deep hole that appeared in Beijing's historical city center on January 24th. The incident stirred public outcry...
Earlier this month, a ban on wearing burqa's, or 'face masking veils' (蒙面罩袍), was legally approved in China. On January 18th, People's Daily reports that the...
Chinese President Xi Jinping is also lovingly called Xi Dada ('Daddy Xi' or 'Uncle Xi') by ordinary Chinese people. The growing cult around his persona is...
When a naked girl plunged into a river in Nanjing on January 12, one young man did not hesitate to jump after her into the cold...
Humans of Peking is collecting Beijing's stories; it's a website dedicated to the portraits, quotes and short stories from the people living in China’s capital. Personal...
With New Year having just past, and time still being a hot topic, Weibo users have jumped on the topic of the 1 extra second in...
This week Weibo asks itself whether being part of the fuerdai (富二代), China's China's second generation rich, is all that it’s cracked up to be.
