The death of the 29-year-old environmentalist Lei Yang while in police custody has sparked online outrage, with many connecting this fatality to police brutality.
This is an extra background blog to the article: “We Could Be the Next Lei Yang” – Chinese Netizens on the Lei Yang Case. Although further...
Pictures of a kinkily dressed 'drag queen' in a Shenzhen supermarket have gone viral on Weibo, where Chinese netizens discuss if this kind of apparel should...
When Chinese media reported about a man falling victim to sexual harassment by a woman on a bus, female netizens responded to the issue in great...
A drug bust in Guangdong that resulted in the arrest of ten people has made headlines in China. The drug involved is a new type of...
Recently, a new novel by the famous Chinese author Jia Pingwa has brought the problems of China’s countryside women to the public’s attention. Women from China’s...
The all-girl group '56 Flowers' (五十六朵花) is all about promoting China's core socialist values. Although many Chinese are happy with the group's "positive energy", there are...
Wedding photography is a thriving business in today's China. While Chinese celebrity weddings are becoming more extravagant year on year, ordinary couples have now also caught...
Do (not) get married before you're 30? It is an issue many netizens are concerned about.
The scandal revolving around Wei Zexi, the 21-year-old cancer patient who died after finding misleading treatment information on search engine Baidu, has uncovered a huge Chinese...
Chinese search engine Baidu is under scrutiny after the death of a 21-year-old cancer patient. Many netizens blame Baidu for offering advertised space to fraudulent doctors....
Short introduction to featured article: China and the End of Down Syndrome
With screenings for Down syndrome becoming more advanced, there are less and less babies being born with Down in China every year. Unborn babies with Down...
As the countdown to the official opening of Shanghai Disneyland has started, crowds of visitors already flocked to the Magic Kingdom area this weekend. With huge...
One man from Xianyang was so fed up with his family forcing him to marry that he ran off and hid in the ruins of a...
The recent mysterious murder of the 25-year-old Chinese Michelle Leng, who studied in Sydney, has become a much-talked about case on social media, both in China...
Chinese political cartoonist Badiucao has left Weibo for the more liberal Twitter. But now that Twitter has appointed Kathy Chen, a former member of China’s People’s...
International car service company Uber is currently testing new rules that could make ordering a Uber cab more expensive for riders. On Chinese social media, netizens...
After the A4 waist and iPhone 6 legs, another Weibo hashtag gives netizens an opportunity to show off their slender bodies. With "The Big Weight Loss...
What are the most popular books amongst Chinese readers? In light of World Book Day, What's on Weibo gives an overview of the most popular books...
