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Sudden Ground Collapse at Metro Station in Xiamen
First published December 12 2019, 23:50 CST In the evening of December 12, Xiamen’s Lvcuo (Lǚcuò 吕厝) metro station became a breaking news topic in Chinese media after a ground collapse incident...
View ArticleGirls’ Charity Project Funds Boys Instead: Online Anger over ‘Spring Buds...
First published December 18 2019, 20:35 CST A charity fund that was supposedly dedicated to girls’ education in rural China has been found to fund the education of boys, triggering anger online. The...
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‘Good Doctor’, Digital Hospitals: How Mobile Apps Are Alleviating China’s...
China’s healthcare industry is facing some serious challenges. As Chinese society is rapidly digitalizing, mobile apps now provide innovative solutions to alleviate pressing problems in the country’s...
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‘Cecolin’ Is Here: First Made-in-China HPV Vaccine Priced at US$47
While Chinese media praise Cecolin for being China’s first domestically produced HPV vaccine, Chinese social media users are more concerned with its price, quality, and availability. In the first week...
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The Weibo Battlefield in the US-Iran Conflict: Iranian and American Embassies...
“Don’t know if you all have discovered it yet, but the Iranian Embassy in China and the American Embassy in China have started to fight on Weibo,” prominent Chinese media outlet 21st Century Business...
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Iran “Unintentionally” Shot Down Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752
First published January 11th 2020, 15:45 CST Shortly after Iran’s military announced on Saturday that it shot down Ukrainian Airlines flight 752 on Wednesday, killing all 176 passengers on board, the...
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Grandma’s ‘Frigging’ Legs: Chinese Man Detained for Cussing on WeChat after...
First published January 13th 2020, 19:40 CST Many discussions on Weibo this weekend over a guy from Anhui being detained over a WeChat Moments post, in which he complained about getting a parking...
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WeChat’s New Emoji Are Here (Including a Watermelon-Eating and Doge One)
On January 14, Tencent’s Wechat introduced new emoji to its existing emoji set. The new emoji include, among others, a watermelon-eating emoji and a smiling Shiba Inu. On Weibo, the new emoji have...
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“I’m One of 1.4 Billion” Goes Trending as China’s Population Now Tops the...
According to the latest numbers, China’s birth rate has hit a new low, but state media are instead highlighting the fact that China’s population has now surpassed 1,4 billion. This Friday, official...
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Coronavirus on Chinese Social Media: The 8 Major Trends in Times of the...
Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus becoming big news in China and around the world, there have been few other topics going trending on Chinese social media than those related to 2019-nCoV....
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Distrust and Despair on WeChat and Weibo after Death of Wuhan Whistleblower
First published February 7th 2020, Fridaymorning, 6:30 CST The confusing information flows on the tragic death of Dr. Li are emblematic of the deeper problems behind the Wuhan pneumonia outbreak. Li is...
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Online Outrage over Gansu Female Medical Workers Required to Shave Their Heads
First published February 18 2020, 5:50 CST A Chinese media post praising female nurses for having their heads shaved has sparked outrage on Weibo and WeChat. Are these women heroes of the coronavirus...
View ArticleChildren of Hubei Medical Workers to Receive 10 Extra Points on High School...
First published February 18 2020, 21:45 CST Hubei authorities announced new measures on Tuesday to encourage and support the work of Hubei’s front-line medical workers during the coronavirus crisis....
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From Tea Farmer to Online Influencer: Uncle Huang and China’s Rural Live...
This is the “WE…WEI…WHAT?” column by Manya Koetse, originally published in German by Goethe Institut China on Goethe.de: “VOM TEEBAUERN ZUM INFLUENCER: ONKEL HUANG UND CHINAS LÄNDLICHE LIVESTREAMER.”...
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Post-Covid19 Outbreak Reopening: Haidilao Hotpot Dinners Just Got Pricier
First published April 7 2020 China’s number one hotpot chain has quietly raised its prices after its post-coronacrisis reopening, much to the dissatisfaction of hotpot-loving netizens: “While my wages...
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On Wuhan’s ‘Reopening Day’, Even Traffic Jams Are Celebrated
It was chilly and grey in Wuhan when the coronavirus epicenter city went into a full lockdown on January 23 of this year. On April 8, 76 days later, it is sunny and twenty degrees warmer outside as...
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Schools in China Are Reopening, But Will Lunch Breaks Ever Be the Same Again?
As most schools across China are opening their doors again, social media users are sharing photos of what school life looks like in the post-COVID-19 outbreak era this week. Some videos and images that...
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IKEA China Masturbation Video Causes Consternation on Weibo
First published May 10, 2020, 21:50 CST A video of a woman masturbating in an IKEA store in China has gone viral among Chinese social media users. In the video, a woman is filmed while fondling...
View ArticleChina’s Shulan City in “Wartime Mode” after Recording 13 COVID-19 Infections
First published May 11, 2020, 21:15 CST The city of Shulan in China’s Jilin Province is top trending on Chinese social media today after local authorities announced a “wartime mode” lockdown due to...
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Papi Jiang Receives Online Backlash for Giving Son Her Husband’s Surname
First published May 12, 2020, 20:25 CST An independent woman such as self-made superstar Papi Jiang should not have given her child her husband’s last name, Chinese self-proclaimed feminists say. The...
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