The story revolves around Shi Yongxin (释永信), the head monk at China’s famous Shaolin Temple (少林寺) in Dengfeng, Henan. Shi is ...

After six students drowned in a mine tank, social media users question safety precautions and media framing. 🔥 Quick Take: ...

From residential compounds in Liangzhu to Renhe Street (良渚街道–仁和街道), some residents complained that their water smelled like ...

A 60-year-old man from Nanjing became the biggest trending topic on Weibo recently after news circulated that he had ...

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 Celebs Earring Gate: Huang Yangdiantian and the 2.3 Million RMB Emerald Earrings Online sleuths connect emerald earrings to post-earthquake business ties—sparking official investigations.

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 ...

Newsletter Weibo Watch: The Great Squat vs Sitting Toilet Debate in China🧻 This week, the Catch-22 of sitting versus squat toilets sparked heated discussion on Weibo after a Beijing News article ...

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 ...

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 ...

China Insight Story of Chinese Female MA Graduate Going Missing for 13 Years Sparks Online Storm The story of the Chinese MA graduate, Ms. Bu, who disappeared in 2011 brings back memories of the ...