From 5,000 people crashing a rural pig feast in Chongqing to the collective effort to save Yanran Angel hospital.
How Chinese social media is making sense of the first geopolitical shockwaves of 2026.
Andrew Methven's favorite Chinese phrases of the year, a special feature by RealTime Mandarin.
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.
From 'Chinese Twitter' to digital dinosaur, the story of Weibo reflects the shifting dynamics of China’s online media landscape.
From ugly-cute rebellion to a new kind of 'C-pop,' the breakout success of Wakuku sheds light on Chinese consumer culture...
Behind the scandal at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital: the doctor, the trainee, and the letter that took over the Chinese...
“This man is doing God’s work. In just six hours, he eliminated all Western media propaganda about China,” Chinese influencer...
A little dog that chased a bus for over half an hour recently became a trending topic on Chinese social media.
A very unusual court case: a Chinese burglar was caught after he pooped on the ground at his victim's house. Thanks to the forensic DNA analysis...
Chinese netizens have exposed how a teacher beats and kicks his students during a military training at a Shandong school.
At the start of a new semester, more universities across China are setting up tented camps for parents who are seeing off their college freshman children....
A pregnant woman has caused havoc in the Beijing subway today when nobody would give up their seat for her. Incidents of aggression at Beijing's most...
At one Xiamen school, boys cannot have hair longer than 6 mm, and girls cannot wear bangs. If students have naturally curly or light hair, they...
Editorial: There is a double standard in the existing public opinion in China, where the women often get blamed for extramarital affairs.
A video that shows a man snatching away a boy from the back of a bike is circulating on Chinese social media. [Disturing footage, viewer discretion...
Chinese 3D artist Qi Xinghua (齐兴华) uses his skills to turn bleak walls in Chinese cities into stunning works of art - he brings concrete to...
China's media watchdog (广电总局) recently announced it will guard against the hyping of private scandals of the rich and famous. The notice comes after a month...
One young man from Huangshan was so upset when his girlfriend broke up with him, that he spread her phone number on social media saying "this...
A Japanese women's magazine recently reported that the Japan's Table Tennis Association is thwarting the marriage of table tennis star Ai Fukuhara to Taiwanese fellow Olympian...
It was the news everybody was hoping for. Gobi, the desert dog that joined Australian runner on his marathon across China and went missing before he...
France’s ‘burkini’ bans recently sparked outrage on Twitter, where many netizens called them "racist" and "oppressive". On Chinese social media, however, many netizens seem to support...
Investigation of the incident where a woman was attacked by a tiger when she got out of the car at the Badaling Wildlife Park (八达岭动物园) in...
