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Quick scrolls, zooming in, and what’s on the feed: catching up on what’s been trending.
China’s new school year brings shifting names and rising costs, and the trending history behind Japan’s surname diversity.
How the Nepal–Tibet floods are being discussed on Chinese social media. From solidarity and sadness over Gyirong to censorship and anger at Taiwanese, Indian, and Western...
After the first complaints surfaced, Auntie Goose Legs admitted the truth about her business: she ha been selling duck legs all along.
If it walks like a duck, it might just be Auntie Goose Legs. A wrap-up of noteworthy trending stories in China. From the real Rolex recruiting...
How Adidas won and Nike lost, Japan's lost decades as a mirror for China, and why a possum is the new workplace spirit animal.
Inside OPPO’s Mother’s Day PR fiasco and other failed marketing campaigns in China’s gender minefield
From 5,000 people crashing a rural pig feast in Chongqing to the collective effort to save Yanran Angel hospital.
How and why fetal sex testing became a national security story
From war memory to viral eggs, salty cakes, an unfortunate dinner party and farewell to an iconic actress.
An unfortunate misunderstanding led to one innocent man being the only person injured in a crowd of thousands.
From viral street food vendors to China’s donkey crisis and new eldercare services, here’s this week’s Weibo highlights in What’s on Weibo’s China Trend Watch.
731 was China’s most anticipated war movie of the year — how could it fail so miserably to live up to public expectations?
A big debate over yùzhìcài — pre-made food — has boiled over on Chinese social media after a Xibei food review by Luo Yonghao pushed the...
Female comedians are taking center stage in a new era of Chinese stand-up, challenging stereotypes and turning jokes into real-life impact.
From Kim Jong-un in Beijing to Lu Xun’s cigarette: what China’s talking about this week – a top 10 by What’s on Weibo.
There’s talk of a ‘de-instant-noodling’ of China’s high-speed trains, but many netizens think smoking on the platform is the stinkier problem.
From foreign anti-smoking bloggers to the “Modern Lin Zexu,” China is seeing a rise in online anti-smoking activism.
