The fairy-tale wedding of Taiwanese actor, director and musician Jay Chou (周杰伦) became a trending topic on Sina Weibo this week - perfect location, beautiful dress...
Earlier this month, a ban on wearing burqa's, or 'face masking veils' (蒙面罩袍), was legally approved in China. On January 18th, People's Daily reports that the...
Chinese President Xi Jinping is also lovingly called Xi Dada ('Daddy Xi' or 'Uncle Xi') by ordinary Chinese people. The growing cult around his persona is...
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...
Humans of Peking is collecting Beijing's stories; it's a website dedicated to the portraits, quotes and short stories from the people living in China’s capital. Personal...
With New Year having just past, and time still being a hot topic, Weibo users have jumped on the topic of the 1 extra second in...
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.
China's emergency number '110' is supposed to be used when one needs urgent help from the police. However, some people call 110 with the strangest information...
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...
For most young and single men and women, the New Year’s festivities are something to look forward to. In China, however, millions of single twenty-somethings are...
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...