Ruixin is a Leiden University graduate, specializing in China and Tibetan Studies. As a cultural researcher familiar with ...

Trending in China This is a brief update from our curated roundup of what’s trending in China this week. A version of this ...

The Chinese historical drama A Love Never Lost (人生若如初见) has been getting a lot of attention on Chinese social media since it ...

What’s in your water? Would a water by any other name taste as good? That’s the main gist of the topic that’s been trending ...

A Love Never Lost: The Historical Drama That Took Five Years (and a Run-In with Censors) to Finally Air The Chinese historical drama A Love Never Lost (人生若如初见) has been getting a lot of attention on ...

Russian recruitment ads, China’s censorship, and how Western media sometimes guess Beijing’s stance by reading between the wrong lines. Recently, news broke that two Chinese nationals were captured by ...

“China’s countermeasures are here” (#中方反制措施来了#). This hashtag, launched by Party newspaper People’s Daily, went top trending on Chinese social media on Friday, April 4, after President Trump announced ...

Dear Reader, Since yesterday, China’s trending topic lists are all about recycled sanitary pads, unhygienic disposable underwear, and water-injected shrimp. Why, you might wonder? It has everything to ...

📖🇨🇳 What’s on Weibo Chapters: Deep dives that evolve with the trends See video What’s on Weibo Chapters are in-depth explorations of key topics shaping discussions on Chinese social media, ...

The success of Ne Zha 2 mainly resonates so deeply because of the past failures and struggles of Chinese animation (donghua 动画). For years, China’s animation industry struggled to compete with ...

From quirky potatoes to low-key vibes, we uncover 10 buzzwords that shaped China’s cultural and social landscape in 2024. From ‘Chillax’ to ‘Digital Ibuprofen,’ this compilation of ten Chinese ...