The hashtag “Three Day Countdown to the 9.3 Military Parade” (#九三阅兵倒计时3天#) was top trending on Sunday, initiated by Beijing Daily (北京日报), and on Tueday, Xinhua boosted the big 9.3 countdown hashtag ...

From Kim Jong-un in Beijing to Lu Xun’s cigarette: what China’s talking about this week – a top 10 by What’s on Weibo.

What’s on Weibo is a reader-supported publication, run by Manya Koetse ( @manyapan ), offering independent analysis of social ...

What’s on Weibo is a reader-supported publication, run by Manya Koetse ( @manyapan ), offering independent analysis of social ...

“We are not friends, and have never been,” is a line that went viral recently in light of the heightened focus on war in Chinese media and popular culture.

China Arts & Entertainment Passing the Torch from ‘Ne Zha’ to ‘Nobody’: China’s Box Office Poster Relay Tradition With China’s box office relay tradition, every movie’s success becomes a win for ...

Dear Reader Waiting for Karma in the Maskpark Scandal From Telegram to Shaolin Temple, the two scandals that rocked Chinese social media this week.

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 From Trade Crisis to Patriotic Push: Chinese Online Reactions to Trump’s Tariffs “This moment is the time to reflect on our unity. If we can choose domestic alternatives, we should.” ...

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 ...