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 ...

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 ...

Trending in China This is a brief update from our curated roundup of what’s trending in China this week. A version of this ...

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 ...

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 ...

Updates on Trending Topics on Sina Weibo This is Weiblog: the What’s on Weibo blog section providing updates on what is currently trending on Weibo, China’s biggest social media platform. Check out ...

How did the death of a young stray cat lead to a online wave of grief and outrage over the past few days? It started with fans mourning a beloved Chinese internet celebrity cat, then turned into ...