What’s on Weibo Chapters
📖🇨🇳 What’s on Weibo Chapters: Deep dives that evolve with the trends
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What’s on Weibo Chapters are in-depth explorations of key topics shaping discussions on Chinese social media, influencing Chinese society, and impacting the digital landscape at large. These Chapters function as dynamic digital dossiers.
Each Chapter focuses on a timely and relevant theme within one of six key areas:
💻 Digital Life in China
🏛️ Power & Politics
🤖 Tech & AI
👥 Social Shifts & Youth Trends
🎬 Pop Culture & Entertainment
📜 Historical Reflections
Each Chapter gives you layered insights into the bigger picture behind trending topics. Subscribe to unlock full access and to get the latest updates with the Weibo Watch newsletter.

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Inside the Labubu Craze and the Globalization of Chinese Designer Toys

Lured with “Free Trip”: 8 Taiwanese Tourists Trafficked to Myanmar Scam Centers

10 Viral Chinese Phrases You Didn’t Know Came From Video Games

Earring Gate: Huang Yangdiantian and the 2.3 Million RMB Emerald Earrings

Guming’s 1 Yuan Ice Water: China’s Coolest Summer Trend

China Is Not Censoring Its Social Media to Please the West

IShowSpeed in China: Streaming China’s Stories Well

China Reacts: 3 Trending Hashtags Shaping the Tariff War Narrative

Chinese New Nickname for Trump Mixes Fairy Tales with Tariff War

China Trending Week 15/16: Gu Ming Viral Collab, Maozi & Meigui Fallout, Datong Post-Engagement Rape Case

Squat or Sit? China’s Great Toilet Debate and the Problem of Footprints on the Seat

Strange Encounter During IShowSpeed’s Chengdu Livestream

No Quiet Qingming: From High-Tech Tomb-Sweeping to IShowSpeed & the Seven China Streams

Inside the Labubu Craze and the Globalization of Chinese Designer Toys

From Trade Crisis to Patriotic Push: Chinese Online Reactions to Trump’s Tariffs
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