China's tech giants Tencent, Sina Weibo and Baidu are being investigated by China's Office for Cyberspace Administration for "violating internet laws." Chinese netizens respond with cynicism:...
"The A4 Waist is out of fashion, now the Heart-Shaped Boob challenge is popular," - a sentence that is buzzing around Weibo these days. Is this...
Photos of the arrest of a black man in Hefei triggered waves of racist remarks on Weibo this weekend.
China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) issued a notice this weekend that Chinese television stations should refrain from broadcasting TV dramas...
A baby girl from a village in Shandong has been rescued by authorities after netizens exposed the abuse by her father on Weibo. On August 5,...
A netizen from Taizhou, Jiangsu, has been arrested for insulting a member of China's civil police on Weibo. The 39-year-old man will be detained for 9...
There is no age limit when it comes to style. This is something that is especially apparent when looking at the Taiwanese 'Moonlight Fairy', an 88-year-old...
During the summer season, big international movies are blocked from Chinese cinemas. The policy, meant to boost China's domestic film industry, is a dreaded one amongst...
A 21-year-old student from Shenzen University who went missing this week during a shopping trip to Hong Kong has now turned up. The young woman, whose...
As making in-app purchases has never been easier, Chinese parents are losing thousands of renminbi to virtual weapons.
An express courier from Zhuzhou, Hunan, has suffered permanent injuries after being severely beaten by the woman he was delivering a package to. According to multiple...
A dinner with his wife and a short stop to buy cigarettes has turned into jail time for one man from Jiangxi. The peculiar news story...
Chinese state-run newspaper People's Daily has launched a campaign against sexual violence towards children on its social media channels, telling parents to teach their children sexual...
Translation of "Beijing Has 20 Million People Who Pretend to Live There" ("北京，有2000万人假装在生活") by Zhang Wumao.
An essay titled "Beijing Has 20 Million People Pretending to Live There" by Chinese blogger Zhang Wumao has gone viral on Chinese social media. The essay...
Discussions on the so-called 'halalification' of China have flared up after delivery app Meituan introduced separate boxes for its halal food deliveries this week.
Over the past four years, Winnie the Pooh has gone from an innocent bear to a political meme on Chinese social media. As the bear has...
The bodies of two Chinese sisters, aged 22 and 25, were discovered in Japan this week. Autopsy reports have established that the women died of strangulation....
After having sex in public in a Chengdu street, a 25-year-old Spanish man and a young Chinese woman have been arrested by local police. The man...
Weibo netizens have exposed how Baidu Maps, when looking for a city hospital in Shenzhen, instead provides the address of a private hospital run by the...
