On August 10, Beijing's National People's Congress delegate Wang Youjun has called for an extension of women's maternity leave to three years in order to improve...
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...
Trending Topic of August 7, 2014: What was once an April Fools joke has now turned into a heated online discussion: is Sherlock Holmes ‘coming out’...
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...
North Korea has launched its very own tablet. The device, that is said to be locally produced, is an Android tablet that can be obtained for...
Trending topic of August 3: Super Smartphone Virus (＃超级手机病毒). Sina Weibo microbloggers are rapidly sharing a warning about a supervirus that is currently affecting countless smartphones....
Trending topic of August 1, 2014: Gay Pride 2014. It might not be topic of the day on Sina Weibo, but it is for What’s on...
Trending topic of July 31, 2014: Chinese actor Zhang Mo caught with drugs again.
Trending Topic of July 30, 2014: Besides the big news about the formal investigation into China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang, there are more mundane topics...
Trending topic of July 29, 2014: Students and netizens collectively protest the dismissal of one female teacher at Tsinghua University, turning it into a top trending...
"Jumei suspected of sellings counterfeit products". Another counterfeit scandal has made the headlines in China.
Weibo’s top trending topic of the day is a chart of Chinese cities where men are considered to be under their wife’s thumb the most. China’s...
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...
Sina Weibo netizens are feverishly discussing a soccer match that took place Wednesday (23rd of July) during The 14th Beijing Sport Competition between Beijing’s Haidian and...
After recent tragic news of the MH17 crash in the Ukrain, rising death tolls in Gaza and the Transasia crash in Taiwan, the trending topic of...
What’s on Weibo is undergoing a complete make-over to make the site more user-friendly, responsive and organized for you. The new site will include this blog...
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...
