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...
"You think we’re scared of you? It’s not like we haven’t been to jail before."
From Telegram to Shaolin Temple, the two scandals that rocked Chinese social media this week.
"To put it bluntly, temples have been places of deception, corruption, opportunism, and exploitation since ancient times."
After six students drowned in a mine tank, social media users question safety precautions and media framing.
Note: In this What’s on Weibo chapter on the story behind China’s designer toys, also read Inside the Labubu Craze and the Globalization of Chinese Designer...
From ugly-cute rebellion to a new kind of 'C-pop,' the breakout success of Wakuku sheds light on Chinese consumer culture and the forces driving China’s trend...
🔥 Quick Take: Trending in China This is a brief update from our curated roundup of what’s trending in China this week. A version of this...
Labubu is not ‘Chinese’ at all—and at the same time, it is very much a product of present-day China.
🔥 Quick Take: Trending in China This is a brief update from our curated roundup of what’s trending in China this week. A version of this...
Online sleuths connect emerald earrings to post-earthquake business ties—sparking official investigations.
