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.
He Qing is remembered as a veteran actress, a symbol of classical Chinese beauty and literary culture.
"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.
Female comedians are taking center stage in a new era of Chinese stand-up, challenging stereotypes and turning jokes into real-life impact.
“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.
Note: In this What’s on Weibo chapter on the story behind China’s designer toys, also read Inside the Labubu Craze and the Globalization of Chinese Designer...
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...
From China’s first soap opera Yearnings to the rise of AI-fueled nostalgia.
Labubu is not ‘Chinese’ at all—and at the same time, it is very much a product of present-day China.
