If it walks like a duck, it might just be Auntie Goose Legs. A wrap-up of noteworthy trending stories in China. From the real Rolex recruiting fake crowds to diaper scares & a funny Deepseek moment.
How Adidas won and Nike lost, Japan's lost decades as a mirror for China, and why a possum is the new workplace spirit animal.
Why has Adidas regained cultural relevance in China while Nike is struggling despite its global strength?
After the first complaints surfaced, Auntie Goose Legs admitted the truth about her business: she ha been selling duck legs all along.
A special deep dive into the 2026 Xi-Trump summit through Chinese social media, highlighting the top 15 viral moments, internet memes, main themes, and netizen commentary.
Inside OPPO’s Mother’s Day PR fiasco and other failed marketing campaigns in China’s gender minefield
From top trends to platform scandals, these were the biggest online topics of the year.
Hasan Piker's controversial China tour, a Chinese school uniform resurfaces in Africa, a new winter hotspot, why Chinese elites 'run' to Tokyo, and more.
Female comedians are taking center stage in a new era of Chinese stand-up, challenging stereotypes and turning jokes into real-life impact.
A new state-backed epic about the Qing conquest of Taiwan is stirring debate. Plus: the Shanxi mine disaster, a controversial prison film, hukou reform, and China’s top 5 rising books.
From AI-generated film releases to popular “micro-vacations”, these are the digital & social trends shaping Chinese online conversations this May Day holiday.
This week in China: Grassroots football fever, a Nobel laureate writes for the TikTok era, France's cultural relic bill, and a 19-year-old’s blind box obsession bankrupts her father's company.
How a niche online debate was amplified into a global “racism” story, and why the real discussion runs deeper
Russian recruitment ads, China's censorship, and how Western media sometimes guess Beijing's stance by reading between the wrong lines.
Weibo, Wechat, Douyin, or Xiaohongshu? Understanding China’s top 10 social media platforms.
Behind the hashtag about Nanjing's cross-dressing ‘Sister Hong’: from legal implications to viral spectacle.
Labubu is not ‘Chinese’ at all—and at the same time, it is very much a product of present-day China.
As American 'TikTok Refugees' flock to China's Xiaohongshu (Rednote), their encounter with 'Li Hua' strikes a chord in divided times.
China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection is propagating old ideas in new ways.
A woman in Guangdong's Zhongshan was crushed by her husband's car in September of this year while trying to catch her spouse in the act of...
With less than 2000 pandas living in the wild, it is rare to have an encounter with a wild panda; so these villagers in Sichuan were...
Often it is the 'victim' scamming the driver in staged accidents, but now it is the driver who has scammed the victim.
A new zoo that recently opened in Yulin, Guangxi, is going viral on Chinese social media - and not because of its refinedness.
A Chinese man was reportedly suffocated in the Italian city of Modena. His remains were found in a suitcase under his bed.
Local authorities have published a statement regarding the controversial RYB kindergarten abuse case.
In the aftermath of the big Daxing fire, Beijing's 40-day safety evacuation campaign has become the talk of the day on Chinese social media.
One teacher has been arrested, but many questions still remain.
"Dear readers, I really cannot write about the RYB Education kindergarten.“
A day after a major abuse scandal at a Beijing branch of the Chinese preschool company RBY Education (红黄蓝幼儿园) has made headlines, many netizens are left...
Grannie knows best? Not everyone agrees on these 'after staying with grannie' make-overs.
Parents are accusing RYB Education of drugging and abusing their children. Details surrounding the case are being censored in Chinese media and on Weibo.
China's top television dramas to binge on this winter - by What's on Weibo.
Huawei's response to criticism over its Mate 10 Pro's special alarm function for Muslim prayers has spiraled into a 'PR crisis.'
