Rice and wheat have been the dominant staple in China for centuries. The potato, generally perceived a vegetable instead of staple food, is a cuckoo in...
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...
Trending on Sina Weibo today is the hot topic of a 'super kid' who took his drunken father home by driving a tractor. What made the...
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...
My Skateboard Shoes is China's quirkiest song of 2014.
A noteworthy story from the Netherlands has made the rounds in the Chinese news and on social media. When a Dutch man wanted to propose to...
After her husband did not return from the battlefield in 1937 wartime China, Zhang Shuying never forgot about him. After 77 years, the 93-year-old finally finds...
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...
China's street cleaners work under extreme conditions. The story of one public cleaner has become a trending topic on Weibo. Netizens urge the government to improve...
Beijing's subway has become increasingly congested over the recent years. Overcrowding often leading to outbursts of aggression. What is different from before is that more and...
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...
For the first time in China, a man has been charged and sentenced to prison for catching toads. Although toads are popular as foodstuff, catching them...
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.
Starting from December 3rd 2014, China Railway is implementing some important new rules on buying and reserving train tickets.
A rookie at a Chinese navy recruit training base did not have much luck when throwing his first hand grenade. Watch the video below to see...
The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has notified Chinese media that they are no longer allowed to use Internet slang.
Hangzhou Library is not only China's 'warmest' library, it is also the most open library of Mainland China. The library is not only frequented by students...
Trending on Sina Weibo today is a short video of two girls getting into a fight at an underground ATM in the Nangang District of Harbin.
Recently, the Chinese government has made historical moves involving China's role in international peacekeeping. Today's seminar focuses on the China's role within the international peacekeeping community.
According to Sina, on the night of November 17th, a child in Guangzhou committed suicide by hanging himself in his home. Prior to the boy taking...