The daughter of President Atambayev of Kyrgyzstan, Aliya Shagieva, recently sparked controversy for posting photos of breastfeeding her newborn son on Instagram. On Sina Weibo, Chinese...
Ginger-flavored Coca-Cola (姜味可口可乐) has recently hit the Chinese market, where the combination of ginger with cola is a well-loved one
A news story about a doctor forcing her patient into paying more money during an abortion procedure has sparked anger on Chinese social media about illegal...
Chinese company M-Bar has thought of a new solution for people who love karaoke but are too shy to sing in front of a crowd. M-Bar's...
He has been China's most famous foreigner for nearly three decades: Canadian Mark Rowswell aka Dashan. On March 30, he talked about his life as a...
Shadow banking is a halfway house between state and private economics - its "the Wild West of banking in China."
Beijing is tightening its mortgage rules in order to put a halt to the 'divorce loop' that has made it possible for people to get a...
After Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, and Picasa, popular image-sharing Pinterest is now also blocked in China. Chinese netizens are angry and disappointed, while some are outright devastated.
Lavish chandeliers and marble floors are perhaps not the first things that come to mind when thinking about horse stables. Despite some media writing that "the...
The topic of children's books in China recently made international headlines following a crackdown on foreign storybooks in the PRC. What's on Weibo explores the status...
Is the pot calling the kettle black?
Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, is China's "happiest city" of the year, according to a national poll by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. The outcome...
They have a larger online following than Oprah, yet you might not know their name. These are Chinese celebrities with the most fans on Sina Weibo....
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Chinese state tabloid Global Times published a peculiar headline on March 6 in response to a recent article by The Guardian on how following a Mediterranean...
"How can you teach children sexual education without talking about sex?"
The art of claw craning recently made headlines when an all-too- successful game of claw crane led to a formal police investigation in Daejeon, South Korea....
National People's Congress deputy Huang Xihua (黄细花) has called for lowering China's legal marriage age, from 22 for men and 20 for women, to a minimum...
Weilong's 'spicy sticks' (辣条) have been declared a national snack since their boycott of Lotte. Snacking away has never felt more noble.
A Thai commercial for skin care brand Ocean Skin recently has been making its rounds on Chinese social media. The popularity of the 2.5-minute ad again...