These are the top ways in which netizens' high Sesame Credit scores can be used in daily life.
With apps and QR code scanning taking over day-to-day life necessities in China, elderly citizens are feeling increasingly alienated from society.
Will the real Ali Pay please stand up?
After RoboCop, here's Guardrail Drone: this high-tech device makes it easier and safer for Chinese police to catch traffic violators.
China’s latest viral sensation, the ‘Personality Label’ app, has taken Chinese social media sites by storm. But after reportedly violating WeChat community guidelines, skeptical netizens have...
A Japanese instruction video on how to make the 'perfect selfie' made its rounds on Sina Weibo today. What actually is the perfect selfie?
International car service company Uber is currently testing new rules that could make ordering a Uber cab more expensive for riders. On Chinese social media, netizens...
Swiss luxury watchmaker IWC has launched its online China shop this week. The brand does not sell its watches through Chinese e-commerce giants such as JD.com...
China's food delivery app market has been booming over the previous year. Apps like Eleme, Meituan and Baidu Takeout make ordering in a piece of cake....
People are taking selfies all over the world. The way they take them, however, differs per culture. In China, taking the perfect selfie is not about...
Dumplings and firecrackers are not the only things that are popular during Chinese New Year. WeChat’s ‘Lucky Money’ is all the rage – and its success...
Sina Weibo, often referred to as 'Weibo', is one of the biggest social media platforms of China. A short introduction to China's most popular micro-blogging service.
As China is seeing a major crackdown on lawyers, activists and scholars, some on China's 'blacklist' trust the I'm Getting Arrested app to inform their circles...
Fighting for freedom of speech in the censored world of Weibo - that is the mission of Free Weibo, a platform that uncovers all the search...
Getting Married Through Weibo? Alipay and Sina Weibo have launched a new service where paying traffic fines, handling immigration issues or scheduling marriage registration no longer...
The new Chinese cooking app 'Good Chef' was only launched last fall, but has already created a buzz in China. The start-up managed to get a...
China is in the midst of a gay revolution. Geng Le, founder of gay app 'Blued', is one of the instigators. He is both a smart...
Weixin (微信), also known as WeChat, has become one of China's most popular smartphone apps. The app is taking over the mobile market, and is impacting...
Over the previous week, What’s on Weibo editor Manya Koetse was interviewed by the China Daily about the wondrous world of China’s biggest e-commerce platform Taobao, after...
What's on Weibo has compiled a list of the most remarkable products for sale on Taobao - China's largest e-commerce platform.
