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China has a thriving gaming culture with far-reaching impact, not just on pop culture, but also on language – even those who are not into the world of gaming with inevitably use language associated ...
Ruixin is a Leiden University graduate, specializing in China and Tibetan Studies. As a cultural researcher familiar with ...
Trending in China This is a brief update from our curated roundup of what’s trending in China this week. A version of this ...
In recent years, China’s netizens have been paying closer attention to so-called “nepo babies”—the children of the rich and powerful whose success often seems tied more to family connections than to ...
The Chinese historical drama A Love Never Lost (人生若如初见) has been getting a lot of attention on Chinese social media since it ...
What’s in your water? Would a water by any other name taste as good? That’s the main gist of the topic that’s been trending ...
10 Viral Chinese Phrases You Didn’t Know Came From Video Games Gaming lingo isn’t just for players — it’s become part of modern-day Chinese language.
Russian recruitment ads, China’s censorship, and how Western media sometimes guess Beijing’s stance by reading between the wrong lines. Recently, news broke that two Chinese nationals were captured by ...
“China’s countermeasures are here” (#中方反制措施来了#). This hashtag, launched by Party newspaper People’s Daily, went top trending on Chinese social media on Friday, April 4, after President Trump announced ...
It’s just a small product, but it sparked a big controversy this week: a fake Gucci lipstick went viral after a female netizen named Miao (苗) shared with her followers how a Gucci sales associate sold ...
Dear Reader, Since yesterday, China’s trending topic lists are all about recycled sanitary pads, unhygienic disposable underwear, and water-injected shrimp. Why, you might wonder? It has everything to ...