When a naked girl plunged into a river in Nanjing on January 12, one young man did not hesitate to jump after her into the cold...
This week Weibo asks itself whether being part of the fuerdai (富二代), China's China's second generation rich, is all that it’s cracked up to be.
Freedom of speech has always been a complicated issue in the PRC. The terrorist attack of January 7th on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo quickly became...
8-Year-Old with HIV Banned: A small village in Sichuan has held a referendum for the banishment of an 8-year-old boy infected with HIV. The villagers unanimously...
China has held his first official Nanjing Massacre memorial day over the past weekend. Weibo's netizens have shown their support for the memorial, hoping that China...
Central theme on Weibo on the International day of the Handicapped: the acceptance of guide dogs in China still has a long way to go.
As China’s patience with North Korea is growing thin, China is questioning the ties with its 65-year long ally. “We have wiped North Korea’s ass for...
The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has notified Chinese media that they are no longer allowed to use Internet slang.
Several Chinese media, including CCTV and People's Daily, report that trade in children is on the rise in China's Fujian province. Young children and newborns are...
Trending on Sina Weibo today is the behaviour of American President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin during their official stay in Beijing for the...
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...