From digital stress to “dangerous Japan,” here are the trends that stood out this week on Chinese social media.
We’re at a very complicated time in our online lives. An explainer of “Chinamaxxing,” the “kill line,” and the platform politics behind them.
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.
How and why fetal sex testing became a national security story
As December 13 marked the 88th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, this Memorial Day trended online amid rising China–Japan tensions and sharper official rhetoric.
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.
From quick scrolls to the discussions that matter, these are the topics trending in China this week.
Did tents defeat China's hotel industry during the National Day holiday?
In the year following her father's death, Zong Fuli dealt with controversy after controversy as the head of Chinese food & beverage giant Wahaha.
“We have plenty of cattle and horses in China now — just not enough donkeys” (“目前我国牛马都不缺，就缺驴”).
Chinese netizens embraced a supposed “demonizing” Western gaze in AFP photos and made it their own.
The social media storylines behind China’s Victory Day parade.
From Kim Jong-un in Beijing to Lu Xun’s cigarette: what China’s talking about this week – a top 10 by What’s on Weibo.
This is What’s on Weibo’s top 3 of what’s currently trending in China (Aug 23–24).
What's on Weibo's Top 3: From Xi in Tibet to the next project after Black Myth: Wukong.
“We are not friends, and have never been,” is a line that went viral recently in light of the heightened focus on war in Chinese media...
What's on Weibo's Top 5: What’s Trending in China Today – From a fruit retailer CEO’s tone-deaf remarks and a Tiananmen parade rehearsal to an Alipay...
