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Death of Lanzhou Toddler after Late Emergency Response Sparks Online Anger...
The emergency number was dialed at 12:15. The ambulance arrived at 14:03. Chinese social media users are lashing out at Lanzhou authorities and expressing anger over a failing emergency response system...
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Ordos Stresses Residents’ Right to Self-Defence within Context of...
This week, Lanzhou’s failing emergency response system has been a major topic of discussion after the tragic death of a 3-year-old boy. Now, Ordos City has issued a noteworthy statement, promising...
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Taiwan University Professor Trending on Weibo: “Taiwanese People Need to Wake...
A hashtag titled “Taiwan Professor Urges People of Taiwan to Wake Up” appeared in Weibo’s top trending lists earlier this week, attracting over 180 million views (#台湾教授呼吁台湾人要觉醒#). The professor in...
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Another Death in Isolation: Hohhot Woman Falls to Death from 12th Floor of...
A 55-year-old woman in the city of Hohhot fell to her death from the 12th floor of her building on November 4th. The incident has become a major topic of discussion on Chinese social media, mainly...
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Victory of Perseverance? Visions of China’s ‘Dynamic Zero’ Covid Future
While China is seeing the worst Covid outbreak in months and resentment is rising over strict lockdowns and ‘excessive’ Covid measures, Chinese political pundits and opinion leaders are painting a rosy...
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China’s XR Development 101: How Chinese Tech Giants are Navigating Towards...
Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality technologies are blurring the lines between the real and digital worlds and are powering the metaverse. Chinese tech giants are at the forefront of the latest...
View ArticleChina’s Twenty Trending Covid Rule Changes and One Big Red Map
The Covid-19 tracking map of China is turning red: Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Guangdong, and Heilongjiang are among the provinces that have turned into ‘high-risk’...
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Harsh Covid Measures for Local Shop Owners Go Viral on Chinese Social Media
This week, two incidents in which Chinese local shop owners were punished in light of harsh covid rules went trending on Chinese social media. The first incident happened on November 10 in a milk tea...
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All Eyes on Shijiazhuang: Capital City of Hebei Among First To See a Shift in...
Confusion, excitement, and worry: there are a lot of mixed reactions on Chinese social media today as everyone is watching how Shijiazhuang is among the first cities to actively implement China’s new...
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Zhengzhou Covid Testing Point Launches Nucleic Acid VIP Service
One of the new trending topic hashtags on Chinese social media platform Weibo on November 16 is “Zhengzhou Testing Point Launches VIP Service” (#郑州一采样点推出VIP服务#). The launch of this local ‘VIP service’...
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About That Moment When Xi Jinping and Justin Trudeau Briefly Talked at G20
On November 16, a video showing a noteworthy exchange at the closing sessions of the G20 in Bali between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went viral on Twitter....
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Two Chinese Women Tied Up after Violating Guangzhou’s Anti-Epidemic Rules
An incident involving two young women in Guangzhou went trending on Chinese social this week. A viral video showed the two women forced to the ground, their hands and feet being tied up. The incident...
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Twitter Is Trending: Elon Musk’s ‘Extremely Hardcore’ Work Schedule Is ‘Soft...
Twitter is a hot topic on Weibo this week, with many Chinese commenters thinking Musk’s new strategy for Twitter must have been inspired by China’s strenuous 996 work culture. The future of Twitter is...
View ArticleBeijing Fighting Record-Breaking Numbers of Covid Cases
Beijing is fighting against the largest Covid-19 outbreak the city has ever seen. Although the capital city has managed to avoid major strict lockdowns since the start of the pandemic, it is now...
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Zhengzhou Community Blasts Warning over Loudspeaker: Outside Visitors Will Be...
This residential community in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, Henan Province, is raising discussions on Chinese social media for a stern warning that is blasted over the entrance gate loudspeakers:...
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Foxconn Protests 2.0: Riots at Zhengzhou’s Foxconn Factory as New Workers...
Following an exodus of employees, Zhengzhou’s Foxconn factory has been recruiting thousands of new employees to come and work for them. But despite new workers, old problems remain, and the “Foxconn...
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The 11.24 Urumqi Fire: Mourning and Anger at Lives Lost in Apartment Building...
A fire that occurred in Urumqi city, Xinjiang, on the evening of November 24 has triggered waves of mourning and anger on Chinese social media. Ten people lost their lives in the fire, and nine people...
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“A Good Day”– Kris Wu Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison
The Chinese-Canadian fallen celebrity Kris Wu, better known as Wu Yifan (吴亦凡) in China, has been dominating Chinese social media discussions after a preliminary court ruling came out in the criminal...
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Rising Tensions in Urumqi, Local Government Announces Getting Back to “Normal...
A deadly fire in Urumqi triggered anger and unrest in the Xinjiang capital. After people vented their frustrations on social media and even took their anger to the streets, the local government...
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Chinese Students Are Making Their Voices Heard, from Nanjing to Xi’an
The Communication University of China in Nanjing (南京传媒学院, abbr. CUCN) is trending on Weibo on Saturday night, with one hashtag receiving over 180 million views on Weibo before 23:00 local time....
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