It is front page news in some European media: "Mao visits Flanders". The story behind the headlines is a small made-in-China Mao sculpture that travelled to...
The Japanese candidate for the 2014 Miss International became the talk on Weibo after Sina netizens expressed their concerns on the Japanese “aesthetic standard” (#审美捉急#): the...
Trending on Sina Weibo today is the persona of Xuanlin Wang (王宣琳), better known as Dorothy Wang, the Chinese-American socialite starring in U.S. reality show The...
Li Xianglan (李香兰) aka Yamaguchi Yoshiko passed away at the age of 94. A rising star during the Sino-Japanese War, she was loved by those who...
Is Ai Wei Wei really more 'pornographic' than a naked Jennifer Lawrence?
The manager of Taiwanese actor Ko Chentung 柯震东, also known as ‘Kai Ko’, has spoken out for the first time today after Ko’s arrest on August 14. The...
Trending topics of August 18, 2014: Famous Taiwanese actor and singer Ke Zhendong (柯震东) , also known as Ko Chentung, has been arrested for suspected drug use....
August 15, 2014: It has been 69 years since Japan surrendered and WWII ended. Most of China's veterans have passed, but many have become old and...
Trending Topic of August 7, 2014: What was once an April Fools joke has now turned into a heated online discussion: is Sherlock Holmes ‘coming out’...
It is all over the Chinese Internet: Sherlock Holmes is gay. The British television series, based on the famous stories by A.C. Doyle, has become an...
The Confucius Institute Online has launched a poll on Weibo to look for the most popular Chinese character. The online poll was held concurrently with the...
Trending topic of July 31, 2014: Chinese actor Mo Zhang caught with drugs again. Award-winning actor Mo Zhang (张默), who is known for his roles in,...
The Chinese government has released its 2014 'anti-porn' campaign. What's the history behind China's crusade against pornography?
Run Shaw, the last of the Shaw Brothers, passed away on Jan 7th 2014, at the age of 107. A short history of the Shaw Brothers...
One of the most discussed female artists on the Internet, Li Yuchun is more than the winner of China's 'Supergirl' TV show; she is a national...
Want to check out some Chinese dramas? This is a top 15 of most-watched, most-discussed TV dramas in Mainland China around March 2013 according to the...
Big hit drama ‘Good Wife’ (贤妻/Xianqi) is a much-discussed topic on Sina Weibo: the traditional housewife is a hot item in modern-day China. Confucius Goes Commercial.
