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Young Man Buys Small Dog, Turns Out Not to Be a Dog at All
A strange story is currently making its rounds on Wechat, involving a small black dog that turned out not to be a dog at all. Beijing News reports that a young Chinese man wanted a pet, and, on his...
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Trending in Beijing This Week: From Passenger Shaming to Fake Elephants
From passenger shaming to fake elephants – a wrap-up of the top trending topics Beijingers have been discussing this week, by What’s on Weibo for our friends at the Beijinger. An elephant on the loose...
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How China’s New Anti-Crime Policy Made a Hunt for Two Jailbreak Fugitives Go...
In early October of 2018, a major manhunt on two jailbreak fugitives from a Liaoning prison dominated the news for days and caused a sensation on the Chinese internet. With the 100,000 yuan (US$14,500)...
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Rocking it for a Decade, Beijing Band Namo Catches the Spirit of Their...
Mixing traditional Chinese music with Western rock influences, Beijing-based band NAMO is one of Beijing’s new generation’s go-to bands. This fall, the band celebrates its ten-year anniversary with a...
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CCTV Airs Program on Xinjiang’s ‘Vocational Training Centers’: Criticism &...
A recent CCTV “Focus Talk” TV program themed around an “educational training center” in Xinjiang, along with other Chinese state media articles on ‘training facilities’ in northwest China, has...
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Top Weibo Accounts of 2018: Most Popular Celebrities on Sina Weibo
They are the celebrities with the most followers on social media in the world, yet some of their names barely come up in English-language media at all. What’s on Weibo lists the top 10 celebrities with...
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Going Against the ‘Flaunt Your Wealth’ Challenge
The #flauntyourwealth or #fallingstars challenge, that was already popular in Russia this summer, has taken off in China. But many netizens seem to have a different take on what ‘flaunting wealth’...
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Insights into the Social Credit System on Chinese Online Media vs Its...
First published October 30 2018, 19:00 China Standard Time The lurid scenario of how China’s nascent Social Credit System (SCS) might unfold as presented by many international media, stands in stark...
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Nanjing To Implement Security Partitions in Public Buses and Introduce...
Amidst safety concerns over disruptive passengers in China’s public transport system, Nanjing is introducing security partitions in buses and special awards for drivers who do not respond to aggressive...
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Over 6000 Songs To Be Taken Down from China’s Karaoke Systems
First published November 5th 2018, 21:40 China Standard Time A recent announcement that over 6000 music videos need to be taken down from Chinese KTV systems has become top trending on Weibo, where...
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Insights into Sesame Credit & Top 5 Ways to Use a High Sesame Score
First published November 8 2018, 00:20 China Standard Time There’s been much talk about China’s ‘credit score’ recently, with many media conflating the country’s Social Credit System with the...
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China’s eSports Craze Reaches New Heights with the Victory of “Invictus...
Over the past week, hotlists of Baidu and Weibo were dominated by the news of China’s IG team winning the League of Legends (英雄联盟) World Championship for the first time in world history. Following...
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This Is the Weibo Post with the Most Comments Ever (Well, Almost)
It’s all about the money? When billionaire Wang Sicong announced he would be giving away more than $160,000 to Weibo users, his post generated over 63 million reactions. The victory of Chinese esports...
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Top 30 Classic TV Dramas in China: The Best Chinese Series of All Time
First published November 16 2018 China Standard Time They might have aired 30 years ago, but some TV dramas just never get old. We have listed the greatest classic Chinese TV dramas of all time, that,...
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Chengdu Bans 22 Dog Breeds – Owners Need to Find a “New Home” for Their Pet
The ban on 22 dog breeds in the city of Chengdu, including the common Chinese rural dog, has sparked anger among many Chinese netizens on social media. Starting from November 16, the city of Chengdu...
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Photo of Grey-Haired Post-80s Party Official Goes Viral on Weibo
A Party official from Chuxiong country, Yunnan, has become the talk of the day on Chinese social media, after his photo was posted online by the local organizational department on November 15. His...
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Controversy over Yu Minhong Suggesting That Chinese Women Are Responsible for...
The comments from education mogul Yu Minhong on the moral degeneration of Chinese women leading to the degeneration of the country, have caused major controversy on Chinese social media. The founder...
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How The Golden Horse Awards Turned Dark after Taiwan Independence Speech
The festive atmosphere at the 55th edition of Taipei’s Golden Horse Awards was overclouded by political remarks on stage about both an independent Taiwan and a unified Taiwan. The Film Festival’s...
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‘D&G Loves China’ Controversy: The Video, the “Racist” Designer, the Canceled...
It started with a controversial promotional video, got really messy when screenshots went viral of a China-bashing online conversation with the alleged Stefano Gabbana, started snowballing when D&G...
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Overview of the Dolce&Gabbana China Marketing Disaster Through Weibo Hashtags
First published November 24 2018, 3.30 China Standard Time The controversies surrounding Italian fashion brand D&G in China have been dominating Weibo’s top trending lists this week. Because it’s a...
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