Shadow banking is a halfway house between state and private economics - its "the Wild West of banking in China."
They have a larger online following than Oprah, yet you might not know their name. These are Chinese celebrities with the most fans on Sina Weibo....
Changing wedding customs are the mirror of a rapidly changing China. Over the past 50 years, China has seen drastic changes in the process of getting...
An article on Chinese social media argues that the One Child Policy has greatly benefited the status of Chinese women, and that the shift to a...
It is confusing even for Chinese netizens and journalists: why does 'Trump' have multiple names in Chinese? And which is the right one to use?
A remarkable funeral parade for Taiwanese politican Tung Hsiang on January 3rd included 50 scantily clad women pole dancing on cars. The festive funeral shows that...
What were the most discussed topics on Weibo of 2016? What’s on Weibo gives an overview of top stories on Chinese social media from A to...
As modern buildings mushroom and old neighborhoods disappear, the traces of Jewish history are fading in today's Shanghai. But recent initiatives, such as the Jews in...
It has been the question going around Chinese social media: why are the prices of China's most popular e-hailing app service Didi (滴滴) going up? Users...
The recent divorce of Chinese film star Wang Baoqiang (王宝强) has already become China's biggest scandal of 2016. With over 10 billion views, it is one...
China's rapid digital developments have greatly impacted people's lives in many ways. It has not only changed how people talk, shop, pay, or even date -...
Recently, a new novel by the famous Chinese author Jia Pingwa has brought the problems of China’s countryside women to the public’s attention. Women from China’s...
Wedding photography is a thriving business in today's China. While Chinese celebrity weddings are becoming more extravagant year on year, ordinary couples have now also caught...
The scandal revolving around Wei Zexi, the 21-year-old cancer patient who died after finding misleading treatment information on search engine Baidu, has uncovered a huge Chinese...
World Autism Awareness Day has brought more attention to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in China, where autistic children are often labelled as either 'stars' or 'weaklings'....
This week, Weibo netizens voiced their anger about what they deemed an unfair trial for a Xinjiang imam by the District Court. Although Chinese authorities have...
Chinese is widely known as one of the world’s most difficult languages, but what about Chinese Sign Language? What's on Weibo's Cat Hanson explores the issue...
