FROM THE WEIBO WATCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER The death of Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛) has sent shockwaves across Chinese social media. Her unexpected passing, along with the circumstances...
Qian Xuesen is a renowned Chinese scientist whose life shares remarkable parallels with Oppenheimer's.
Renowned Chinese artist and the creator of the 'Blue Rabbit' zodiac stamp Huang Yongyu has passed away at the age of 98. "I'm not afraid to...
The story of Lao Gan Ma founder Tao Huabi.
How a Weibo journal got caught up in pandemic politics: the Wuhan Diary controversy explained.
He's been called a 'Twitter king', but how did the unexpected online fame of this 'Hebei Pangzai' start?
Since one of the articles we did in the early days of What’s on Weibo about the 10 most evil power women in the history of...
27 years after her suicide, bohemian writer San Mao still strikes a chord with Chinese netizens.
What's behind the sudden rise and silent disappearance of China's biggest literary sensation of 2017?
China's 'Old Godmother' Tao Huabi, creator of Lao Gan Ma, is China's hottest businesswoman.
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...
They might have lived centuries ago, but are still the talk of the day in Chinese books, television shows and online media. They were often beautiful on 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...
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...
