This is What's on Weibo's top 3 of what's trending (Aug 12–13): public outrage over a fatal stabbing in Nanchang, the ...

What’s Trending in China Today Stay updated with China Trend Watch by What’s on Weibo. Quick overview of today’s top Weibo & ...

The bullying incident at the center of this story happened outside school premises in Mianyang on the afternoon of July 22.

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Wakuku is the most talked-about newcomer in China’s trend toy market. Besides its mischievous grin, what’s perhaps most noteworthy is how closely Wakuku follows the marketing success of Labubu. As the ...

T he year is 1990, and the streets of Beijing’s Fangshan District are eerily quiet. You can almost hear a pin drop in the petrochemical town, as tens of thousands of workers and their families huddle ...

China Insight China Is Not Censoring Its Social Media to Please the West Russian recruitment ads, China’s censorship, and how Western media sometimes guess Beijing’s stance by reading between the ...

China Military “Li Jingjing Was Here”: Chinese Netizens React to Rumors of “Chinese Soldiers” in Russian Army “We should tell Li Jingjing to come home. Risking your life on the battlefield for Russia ...

Over the past few weeks, the Chinese blockbuster Ne Zha 2 has been trending on Weibo every single day. The movie, loosely based on Chinese mythology and the Chinese canonical novel Investiture of the ...

The impact of Ne Zha 2 goes beyond box office figures—yet, in the end, it’s the numbers that matter most.

As American 'TikTok Refugees' flock to China's Xiaohongshu (Rednote), their encounter with 'Li Hua' strikes a chord in divided times.

Imagine you are Li Hua (李华), a Chinese senior high school student. You have a foreign friend, far away, in America. His name is John, and he has asked you for some insight into Chinese Spring Festival ...