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A 60-year-old man from Nanjing became the biggest trending topic on Weibo recently after news circulated that he had ...
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The 'green tea bitch' (绿茶婊) is a new term launched over the Chinese Internet to describe a certain 'type' of woman. It is one amongst a series of new terms (milk tea bitch, black coffee bitch, etc) ...
Backgrounder Digital Art or Visual Propaganda? China’s New Wave of Online Political Satire Political, patriotic art mocking Western leaders is welcomed by social media users and propagated by Chinese ...
She is China’s ‘Old Godmother’: Tao Huabi (陶华碧) is the creator of one of China’s most famous chili sauces and is the embodiment of the ‘Chinese dream.’ By following her own path and relying on her ...
What's on Weibo explores who the richest kids of mainland China are: a top 10 of China's youngest billionaires, according to the Forbes List of the World's Billionaires.
Six years after Chinese pop star Zhang Muyi (1987) publicly declared his love for the then 12-year-old music pupil Miki Akama (2000), the two have now announced their wedding on Weibo. Although some ...
China Health & Science The “Last Downer”: 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 ...
China Memes & Viral The ‘Zhenlouqi’ Floor Shaker: The Chinese Noise Machine to Take Revenge on Your Noisy Upstairs Neighbors Noisy upstairs neighbors? The zhenlouqi is a way more effective revenge ...
PREMIUM CONTENT You might know the chili sauce Lao Gan Ma, a household name in China. But perhaps you’re less familiar with the story behind the sauce and its founder, which has inspired millions of ...