Week 18 This is a brief update from our curated roundup of what’s trending in China this week. A version of this story also ...

Russian recruitment ads, China's censorship, and how Western media sometimes guess Beijing's stance by reading between the ...

Week 17 This is a brief update from our curated roundup of what’s trending in China this week. A version of this story also ...

From Comrade Trump to the Tariff Beauty, Trump has many nicknames on Chinese social media.

D o you know who Li Gang is? On April 22, 2025, it is the name that is top trending on Chinese social media platforms Weibo, ...

What do Mao’s 1953 Korean War speech and Yang Jiechi’s 2021 Alaska Summit remarks have to do with the escalating US–China trade war? In Chinese official media responses, history and emotionally ...

What do Mao’s 1953 Korean War speech and Yang Jiechi’s 2021 Alaska Summit remarks have to do with the escalating US–China trade war? Apparently, everything, As you by now know, April 9 marked “D-Day” ...

It’s been a week where rituals met robots, IShowSpeed’s China streams got an upgrade, and quiet was nowhere to be found. It’s been a tumultuous news week, with discussions and trending topics on ...

“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 ...