The new semester at university has commenced, meaning thousands of freshmen move into their new on-campus homes. Not all of China's dormitories are comfortable; one dorm...
Trending topic on Sina Weibo on September 23, 2014: Long Qiming (龙启明), former member of the Flying Tigers, is critically ill. Chinese netizens are collectively donating...
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Is Ai Wei Wei really more 'pornographic' than a naked Jennifer Lawrence?
A shocking video went viral in June this year, showing a woman in a McDonald’s restaurant refusing to give some people her phone number, after which she...
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...
The story behind China's suicide statistics.
Trending topic on Sina Weibo, August 8 2014: “Leaders follow their routine at Henan drought” (#河南大草领导走过场#). Henan Province faces its worst case of draught and lowest rainfall...
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...
In the days following the MH17 crash, the Russian Embassy in China posted various comments on its official Weibo account with updates and reaction to the...
The crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 has led to much speculation on Weibo on who is responsible. Chinese website The Observer (观察者 Guanchazhe) writes: “Russia...
China's Internet celebrity Guo Mei Mei was arrested for World Cup Gambling in Beijing on July 10, 2014. A bit more on the world behind sport...
It is commonly known that 1989 Tiananmen is forgotten in Chinese history books, but what is actually described instead?
Begging has been a social problem in China for decades. The recent anti-vice crackdown in Dongguan has unexpectedly directed netizens' attention to the problem of forced...
Over the past decades, there has been a dramatic increase in environmental protests in China. Yuhang (Hangzhou) has been the most recent one, and has been...
Yang Dacai is one of China's officials who was recently investigated and put on trial for corruption. New cases of corrupt comrades unfold. What role does...
150 Chinese immigrants in Ghana have been detained whilst the crackdown continues. What is the problem behind the large-scale arrests?
