This week, CCTV revealed the mascot of its 2016 Spring Festival Gala Evening. Kangkang the Monkey. Against expectations, it did not receive a warm welcome from...
According to Chinese state officials, 35 restaurants have been closed down for using opium poppies in their food.
Japan wants to get rid of the Buddhist manji-symbol (卍) on city maps, as foreigners associate it with the Nazi swastika. In China, where the symbol...
A 15-year old Chinese schoolboy forced his mother to get an abortion and threatened to skip his secondary examination if the baby wasn’t aborted.
‘Chunyun’ (春运), passenger transportation around Chinese New Year, is the biggest annual mass migration of the world. The travel season starts this Sunday.
Tom Selmon, Beijing-based photographer from London, likes to capture a lesser-known side of China’s capital. Going off the beaten path, Selmon does backstage, fashion and street...
The count-down has started for China's most important event of the year. Chinese New Year starts February 8. Although the anticipation of Spring Festival is evident...
Being famous in China is one of the last wishes of an 8-year-old American boy with terminal cancer. Under the hashtag of "D-STRONG", Chinese netizens are...
News of the kidnapping of a 3-year-old girl in Guangdong has become a trending topic on Weibo. A woman dressed in black, posing as a hungry...
What are the challenges bloggers are facing in China today? How can blogging help create tolerance in a divided society? These are the questions addressed at...
A schoolgirl from a small city in the south of China wrote a letter to the Queen of England asking her to visit her town. Much...
According to recent research by Beijing University, China’s post-1995 adolescents are 12 when they first fall in love. On average, they have their first sexual experience...
The story of a young man being infected with HIV because he was unaware that his wife was HIV positive has made the headlines in China....
News of the mass sex assaults during New Year's in Cologne and others cities has shocked people across Europe. Chinese media extensively covered the attacks and...
A Zhengzhou hospital was bulldozed while it was still under operation, causing doctors and patients to flee. Weibo netizens are furious about the brutal forced demolition.
A girl named Xiaoxiao became trending on Weibo when she posted a public message to her former beau on the social media platform. After her boyfriend...
Pyongyang is a restaurant chain owned and operated by the North Korean government. Pyongyang Restaurants, all staff from the DPRK's capital, offer a glimpse inside the...
When her pregnant mother fell down the stairs, 3-year-old Emma from the UK calmly dialed the emergency number to get help for her mum.
As of January 1st, the Chinese government has canceled the 'late wedding leave' that allowed China's twenty-five-somethings to take a 30-day paid leave when getting married....
In China, the motherland of tea, coffee is rapidly gaining in popularity. Although the market faces some cultural and societal hurdles, China is waking up and...
