Chinese netizens are grabbing their popcorn (or sunflower seeds) and are diving into this explosive story as these leaked WeChat records show that the extremely rich & famous bachelor Wang Sicong is no Prince Charming after all.

Wang Sicong (王思聪), the son of one of the richest men in China, has become the most popular gossip topic on Weibo this week after his love interest leaked their WeChat conversation records online.

Wang Sicong, who has over 41 million followers on his Weibo account (@王思聪), is one of China’s most famous fu’erdai (富二代, the ‘second generation rich’). Wang is the son of Chinese tycoon Wang Jianlin (王健林), one of the richest persons in Asia.

Wang Sicong is a 33-year-old businessman, and he is known as a playboy who has had many girlfriends but never settled down, turning him into one of China’s most wealthy eligible bachelors. But despite so many women being interested in Wang, the girl he has been chasing for the past few years, internet celebrity and livestreamer Sun Yining (孙一宁), is just not into him at all.

Sun and Wang first met four years ago, and apparently, Wang never stopped pursuing her ever since. In the screenshots of the WeChat conversations between the two that leaked online, Wang is very blunt in expressing his interest in Sun and doesn’t shy away from using cheesy pick-up lines and repeating how much he misses her.

At times, he is rude and pushy, telling Sun he needs to see her: “Can’t you just make me feel better? My mood has been bad for days.” He sometimes also keeps sending Sun belligerent messages, even if she does not respond at all.

Wang keeps talking to Sun (in a patronizing way), even if Sun doesn’t respond at all.

Sun, however, again and again, keeps shutting him down by changing the topic, ignoring his cringy phrases, or making fun of him.

At one point during the four-year-long ‘charm offensive,’ Sun tells Wang that she is attracted to women and not to men – but even that doesn’t stop his ‘alpha male strategy’ to win her over: “Will you still say you’re a lesbian when you’re lying in my arms?”

Sun asks Wang if he realises how ridiculous he is after the ‘lesbian’ comment.

The conversations between the two become even more bizarre in April of 2021 when Wang unexpectedly tells Sun he has come to her hometown of Hangzhou to spend time with her, and then gets angry when she is not happy to meet him. He insists that they meet, even when Sun clearly indicates she has no interest in him.

Even after that, the billionaire keeps sending Sun desperate messages on how much he misses her and how he cannot believe that she is not a heterosexual woman. In the end, the conversation between the two gets so explosive that Wang threatens to expose Sun. But the tables were turned, and Sun was the one to first post the history of their WeChat messages online on June 15.

On her Weibo account, where the live-streaming star has over 720,000 fans, Sun shares how she has always been straightforward with Wang Sicong that she was not interested in becoming his girlfriend. She also makes it clear that Wang’s money and influence will not stop her from taking control over her own life.

Before posting the chat history, Sun appeared to be drunk and upset while live-streaming at night and scolding Wang Sicong.

On Weibo, the hashtag “Sun Yining / Wang Sicong” (#孙一宁 王思聪#) has received over 550 million views by now.

The drama further snowballed on Tuesday when Wang himself apparently also shared their WeChat chat records online, claiming Sun Yining had been misleading about their relationship and is not to be trusted. That hashtag page (#王思聪曝光和孙一宁聊天记录#) also attracted over 500 million views.

Many of the thousands of people commenting on this story find it entertaining and funny; who would have thought that the richest son in the country would be so poor when it comes to love? Others expressed disbelief that such a powerful man would be begging for this girl’s love for so many years.

There are those praising Sun Yining: “This offers new perspectives for online influencers. Rejecting Wang Sicong turns out to make you hotter than becoming Wang Sicong’s girlfriend!” But many people also do not sympathize with Sun at all, calling her a drama queen and an actress.

Even in the middle of the night, the Weibo discussions on ‘Wang versus Sun’ continue on Weibo. “I’m here enjoying this spectacle,” one commenter says: “I can’t wait to see what happens next.”

By Manya Koetse with contributions by Miranda Barnes

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It probably was not easy to translate the tough talks at the high-level meeting between the U.S. and China in Anchorage. Chinese female translator Zhang Jing became an online hit in China for remaining unflustered, graceful, and accurate.

Over the past days, the U.S.-China strategic talks in Anchorage have been a major topic of discussion on Chinese social media.

The first major U.S.-China meeting of the Biden administration ended on Friday, March 19. Despite the tense start of the meeting and some describing the talks as a “diplomatic clash,” China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi (杨洁篪) called the meeting “frank, constructive and helpful,” New York Times reports.

While international media focused on the meeting and what their outcome means for Sino-American relations and the foreign strategies of China and the U.S., many Weibo users focused on interpreter Zhang Jing (张京) who joined the meeting.

One video of the first session of the diplomatic talks shows how Yang Jiechi starts his response to the American side at 8.30 minutes, going on for over 15 minutes until the 24.36-minute mark. Next to him, interpreter Zhang Jing is fiercely taking notes.

When Yang is finished speaking, he glances to foreign minister Wang Yi on his right to let him speak, after which Zhang says, “Shall I first translate?”

While the U.S. side was awaiting the translation, Yang then says: “Ok, you translate,” adding in English: “It’s a test for the interpreter,” after which the American side says “We’re gonna give the translator a raise!”

Zhang then goes ahead and calmly translates Yang’s entire 15-minute speech directed at American secretary Blinken and national security advisor Sullivan.

To give a speedy translation of such a lengthy off-the-record speech is seen as a sign of Zhang’s utmost professionalism as an interpreter, which many on Weibo praise. “She’s my idol,” multiple people write.

On Sunday, the hashtag “China-U.S. Talks Female Interpreter Zhang Jing” (#中美对话女翻译官张京#) had reached 200 million views.

It’s not the first time for Zhang to become an online hit. She was previously also called “the most beautiful interpreter” of the National Congress in 2013.

Zhang Jing is a graduate of the China Foreign Affairs University (外交学院) and has been working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2007.

Being an interpreter is generally regarded an exciting and attractive job by many Chinese netizens, as the career involves much traveling and international contacts. But the ability to master another language than Chinese is also often admired.

In 2016, a TV drama titled The Interpreters (亲爱的翻译官) became a major hit, featuring Chinese actress Yang Mi who plays a Chinese-French interpreter on her way to start her professional career.

“Translators are usually the ‘heroes behind the scenes’,” one commenter writes, pointing out how rare it is for an interpreter to hit the limelight like this.

“There are still people saying it’s not important to learn English,” another Weibo user writes: “But if that were true, how could we educate brilliant interpreters like Zhang Jing? How else could we quarrel with Americans at the conference table?!”

Many who write about Zhang on Weibo say that she is an example or a role model to them: “I hope that my spoken English one day would be as excellent as hers. This motivates me to try even harder.”

By Manya Koetse

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