China’s AI actors are on the rise, and not everyone is buying it. The country’s microdrama industry offers a glimpse of what’s to come for the...
About a widely discussed "chilling effect", the death of Chinese researcher Wang Danhao, and unanswered questions. (April 3 update included)
From official reactions and armchair generals to women’s rights defenders: China’s online discourse surrounding the war in Iran.
Han Futao’s explosive report on fake patients and systemic abuse has triggered a heated online debate over hospital malpractices, the fragility of the welfare system, and...
We’re at a very complicated time in our online lives. An explainer of “Chinamaxxing,” the “kill line,” and the platform politics behind them.
A virtual Viagra for a pressured generation? The real story behind China’s latest viral app.
How Chinese social media is making sense of the first geopolitical shockwaves of 2026.
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.
A look back at the three major phases of China’s social media — and why What’s on Weibo is evolving into Eye on Digital China.
"The tariff drama, directed by Trump himself with himself as the main actor, has finally come to an end."
From the Dutch invoking a Cold War–era law to Chinese narratives about Europe, this is what gives the Sino-Dutch “Nexperia incident” its extra weight.
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...
731 was China’s most anticipated war movie of the year — how could it fail so miserably to live up to public expectations?
Chinese netizens embraced a supposed “demonizing” Western gaze in AFP photos and made it their own.
The social media storylines behind China’s Victory Day parade.
“We are not friends, and have never been,” is a line that went viral recently in light of the heightened focus on war in Chinese media...
From Telegram to Shaolin Temple, the two scandals that rocked Chinese social media this week.
Behind the hashtag about Nanjing's cross-dressing ‘Sister Hong’: from legal implications to viral spectacle.
From ugly-cute rebellion to a new kind of 'C-pop,' the breakout success of Wakuku sheds light on Chinese consumer culture and the forces driving China’s trend...
