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Meet Sister Zhang and the Heilongjiang College Room Inspection Gang
This scene featuring a room inspection team at a vocational college could be straight from a Tarantino movie – but these girls from Heilongjiang apparently just like to go about their duties in gang...
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Key Players, Digital Trends & Deep Dives: China Internet Report 2021
As China’s tech sector has been facing an ongoing crackdown by Beijing regulations, a lot has been changing in the country’s digital environment over the past year. The new China Internet Report 2021...
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Meng Wanzhou “Back to the Motherland,” Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor...
Meng Wanzhou (孟晚舟) is coming home to China. It has been nearly three years since the CFO of Huawei, and the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei (任正非), was first detained in Canada during transit at...
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‘Anti-Square Dancing Device’ Goes Viral on Chinese Social Media
The keyword is “反广场舞神器” – the tool that helps local residents find some peace and quiet when dancing grannies take over their public squares with loud music. No matter where you go in China, from...
View ArticleChina’s Bubble Operation Olympics: What is the “Closed Loop Management System”?
Participants of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will be required to stay within their own bubble. The term “closed-loop management” (闭环管理) or “closed-loop system” made headlines this month after the...
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Chinese Student Forced to Undergo “Fake Surgery” and Borrow Money While Lying...
The story of a 17-year-old girl who was forced to undergo a “fake surgery” at Shaanxi’s Ankang Xing’an Hospital has gone viral on Chinese social media. One of the netizens to break the story on social...
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Chinese Musician Song Dongye Canceled (Again) after Complaining about China’s...
Five years after being caught with drugs, Chinese singer Song Dongye went on Weibo to share his grievances on still being ‘canceled’ and asking for another chance to restart his career. Instead, he got...
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Dutch Vlogger Discovers Her Boyfriend’s Photo on a Chinese TV Drama
The Dutch influencer Rianne Meijer has gone viral in the Netherlands and on Chinese social media after she posted a TikTok video in which she shared the discovery of her boyfriend’s photo in a Chinese...
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The Unforgotten Victory: Why ‘The Battle at Lake Changjin’ Is One of China’s...
Chinese war movie The Battle at Lake Changjin became a social media sensation this fall. Why did this particular movie become so successful in Chinese cinemas and on social media? This is the...
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The Silent Storm: Peng Shuai’s Weibo Post
On the night of November 2nd, a Weibo post by Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai (彭帅) sent shockwaves across social media. In her lengthy post, the tennis star claims she was assaulted by former Vice...
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Hotpot Chain Haidilao Is Shutting Down Over 300 Restaurants
News that China’s most popular hotpot chain is closing down over 300 restaurants became a top trending topic on Chinese social media site Weibo on Friday. Haidilao (海底捞) made the announcement on Friday...
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Chinese Team EDG Wins LoL Esports World Championship 2021
EDG, China’s Edward Gaming team, is dominating trending topic lists on Chinese social media this weekend for winning the League of Legends World Championship (Worlds 2021) title. On Sunday, the hashtag...
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Weibo Discusses: How Has the Covid Epidemic Changed Your Life?
It has been nearly two years since China was hit with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Like most countries in the world, the epidemic has also had a profound impact on people’s lives in China....
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Chinese Fashion Brand Peacebird Accused of Plagiarism (Again!)
The Chinese fashion brand Peacebird (太平鸟) is trending on Chinese social media this week for its alleged involvement in various cases of plagiarism. The brand is accused of producing exact copies of...
View ArticleThe Dissertation Acknowledgement That Went Viral on Chinese Social Media
A ‘thank you’ section in a PhD thesis has gone viral on Chinese social media these days, moving many netizens to tears. The dissertation acknowledgments by Southeast University PhD student Zhong Jitao...
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Online Outrage after Pet Dog Gets Killed by Anti-Epidemic Workers in Shangrao
A pet dog was killed by anti-epidemic workers in Shangrao this week while its owner was undergoing quarantine at a nearby hotel. Chinese netizens are outraged, not only about the dog being killed...
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Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai Attends Fila Kids Junior Tennis Finals
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai (彭帅) has ‘reappeared’ on Chinese social media for the first time her post of November 2nd (link) sent shockwaves across social media before it was taken offline....
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China Association of Performing Arts Issues Online Influencer ‘Warning List’...
On November 23rd, the China Association of Performing Arts issued a so-called “warning list” of 88 names of internet personalities who have been reported and registered for their bad behavior. The...
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Li Xuezheng Defies Online Celebrity ‘Blacklist,’ Says He’ll Help Zhang Zhehan...
As an important voice within the industry, Li Xuezheng has spoken out against the recent blacklist of Chinese (online) performers issued by the China Association of Performing Arts. Li is willing to...
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CAPA Controversy Continued: Li Xuezheng Won’t Be Silenced
It has been a stormy week on Weibo following the ‘warning list’ issued by China’s Association of Performing Arts (CAPA) on Tuesday, November 23rd. It was the ninth time since 2018 for CAPA’s...
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